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ABOUT PEOPLE WHOM ALLAH LIKES BEST O' people! The person liked best by Allah is the one who seeks Allah's help to overcome his passions, recognizes the solemnity of life, and safeguards himself from what displeases Allah * Such a person will have accepted the genuine teaching of Islam and is ready to meet death when it comes; and will have realized the ultimate goal of his existence and is willing to bear every hardship (for life's duration) in virtue; * Such a person will have studied the facts and realities of our existence and has taken lessons and warnings from the same, keeping Allah always in mind, trying his best. * Such a person is one who endeavors toward perfection (which Allah has helped him to attain), and after achieving it, walks in the path of piety and truth. * Such a person is the one who overcomes immoderate desires, and is serious in seeking the favor of Allah and to receive His blessings. * Such a person is one who has overcome his mental blindness, given up the company of vicious people, and become a source of guidance toward truth and a means to control vicious activities. * Such a person is one who has seen the right path of Islam and had adopted it, has recognized the truth and justice and boldly faces difficulties and overcomes obstacles: thus associating himself with Allah and the religion of Islam. |
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ABOUT GOOD CHARACTER: When a man asked Imam Ali for advice, Ali replied admonishingly, '' * Do not yearn for a better world (to come by) without laboring for it; and do not postpone atonement (for you do not know how long you are going to live.'' * Then Imam Ali continued -by describing the worldly people-, ''Don't you see that many people speak the language of the pious yet they l*st for material life. * If one of them is given bounties in this world, he wants more; and if he is deprived he becomes distressed. He is unable to offer thanks for what Allah has given him, but aspires for more of what he already has. He warns against evil and calls for piety, yet he does not practice what he preaches. * He loves the pious, but does not imitate their action, and dislikes the sinners while he is a sinner himself. He is frightened of death because of his sins, but does not refrain from the sins to ease his fright. If he is sick, he is resentful, and when he recovers he is full of himself. He is proud when in good health and in desperation when he suffers. * If such a man is in distress he prays out of necessity, and if he is in joy, he is conceited. If in doubt he obeys the reasoning of passions, and when the matter is clear he has no control over them. * Such a man shows anxiety when others commit a sin smaller than his, and hopes for himself far more than what he deserves for his actions. When he is rich, he is haughty, but if he becomes poor he gets desperate and feeble. He produces little but is quick to give advice. * When he has a chance to satisfy a passion such a man seizes on the occasion and defers atonement. If he faces a test, he loses his patience. * Such a man talks of the lessons of others, but does not take a lesson for himself. He exaggerates when he gives a sermon, but is not touched by his own sermon. He is generous in talk and miserly in action. He competes for what is fleeting (worldly life), and is indifferent to what is eternal . He finds duties a burden and immediate gain an end. * Such a man is afraid of death, but does not prepare for it in good time. He considers the sins of others great yet he overlooks his very own sins; the duties he performs he considers significant, and the heavier duties of others as insignificant. * Such a man is full of criticism for others and of praise for himself.'' |
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ABOUT IMAN: In a sermon Imam Ali quoted the Prophet (pbuh) saying: ''Allah has ordained the Faith as purity from plurality of gods, Prayers as safeguard against conceit, Zakat as a means of spreading wealth, Fasting as a test for devotion. Pilgrimage as demonstration of sincerity in religion, and Jihad as defense for Islam. * Allah has also ordained the Enjoining to good deeds in the interest of the whole, and preventing evil to deter the irresponsive. Allah has prescribed the Tightening of ties with the kin to strengthen the community, Punishment of trespassers to avoid bloodshed and to respect the rights of others, Abstention from drinking alcohol in order not to lose one's reason. * Allah has Prohibited theft to secure the integrity of the whole; Prohibited fornication to remove doubts about blood relationship; and Prohibited hmos*xuality to protect the health and maintain continuity of the community. Allah has ordered Giving witness to ensure justice, and Abstention from lying to propagate truth. Allah has also required that Security be maintained so that fear may be eliminated. Allah promotes Honesty to be the system of the nation and Obedience to be a sign of deference for the Imam of the Ummah (Ahlul Bayt).'' |
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ABOUT TAWHID (ONENESS OF ALLAH): Tawhid is the subject dealing with the Almighty, His creation, and the relationship between the Creator and the Created, though literally speaking Tawhid means Oneness (Unity) of Allah. What follows is a translation of one of the Khutbas Imam Ali had given in regard to this subject: ''By attributing qualifications to Allah a person will have negated Allah's Oneness. By comparing anything with Allah a person shows his ignorance about Allah's reality. By giving Allah a simile, a person misses the point. By pointing to Allah or imagining Him, a person will have meant something other than Allah. By having to depend on something else it means the object is a created recipient, thus becomes deficient by itself. Allah is the maker and the creator without instruments, the designer without meditation, and the rich without accruing wealth. Time does not accompany Him; instruments do not help Him. Allah preceded all times, and His existence preceded all nonexistence. Allah's eternity preceded all beginnings. By Allah's creation of senses it is known that He needs no senses. By creating contradictions, Allah is known to have no contradictions. By creating comparison, Allah is known to have no comparable. Allah created the juxtaposition between light and darkness, clarity and obscurity, immobility and mobility, heat and cold. He reconciled their contradictions, delineated their differences, and determined their convergence and divergence. Allah is not confined by limits, nor contained by numbers. His creation (objects), however, are limited by their nature and are comparable to others. ''Since'', ''perhaps'' and ''otherwise'' are qualifications that apply to His creation, but do not apply to Allah. By such created things (objects) reason knows Allah's existence and by the same objects Allah kept Himself concealed from sight''. After he finishes off his long oration, Ali poses the question by asking: Is the annihilation of the world after its creation more surprising than its initial creation and mounding?! |
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NAHJUL BALAAGHAH REFERS TO Ahlul Bayt Sources for this chapter: Nahjul Balaaghah, Arabic, Explanation, Muhammad Abduh. Nahjul Balaaghah, English Translation, Mohammed Askari Jafery. Nahjul Balaaghah, English Translation of certain selections, Farouk Ebeid. Nahjul Balaaghah, Arabic, Explanation, Dr. Subhi Al-Salih Nahjul Balaaghah, English, Translation, Sayyid Ali Reza Quotes of number of Khutbas and page numbers are taken from the book Nahjul Balaaghah; by Dr. Subhi Al-Salih; first edition, Beirut, 1967. |
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BALAAGHAH SPEAKS ABOUT AHLUL BAYT Nahjul Balaaghah is a highly valued book consisting of the 254 sermons, 48 letters, and 212 sayings of Imam Ali (a.s.) as compiled by Syed al-Radhee. Nahjul Balaaghah is unique to Imam Ali and its sermons and sayings were highly valued in the Islamic world. None of the Sahaaba was ever able to produce anything the like of Nahjul Balaaghah, neither in substance nor in literary eloquence. No wonder Ali was referred to as Sayyid al-Bulaghaa' and Sayyid al-Fu'qahaa, meaning Ali of the Pinnacle of Literary Expression and the Pinnacle of the Jurisprudents [Faqeehs]. This chapter quotes Nahjul Balaaghah about Ali's forthcoming family, Ahlul Bayt through the many generations. Ali describes Ahlul Bayt's forthcoming generations in a startling manner, describing their status, their high rank, their immaculate behavior, and their guidance and directives, even though 9 of them (out of the 12) were not even born at this time. He urges people to follow Ahlul Bayt's teachings and example. Nahjul Balaaghah contains a total of 11 references on behalf of Ahlul Bayt. The quotes often appear in various sermons, said at variable occasions and about different subjects. The quotes in Arabic are computer scanned from the book of Nahjul Balaaghah, Arabic Explanation, by Dr. Subhi Al-Salih, and so is the numbering of the sermons and pages, 1st Edition, Beirut 1967. It is of importance to mention that the majority of Ali's sayings and speeches were stated during his Khilaafah when in Kufa, though some sayings were said before he became Khalifa. |
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Imam Ali About Rasool Allah: Nahjul Balaaghah refers to the Prophet (pbuh) at least 24 times, said at different occasions and covering many aspects of the Prophet's life as Ali has described. In here 3 references are translated. Part of Sermon 95, page 140, about Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): Sermon 94 was about the condition of the society at the time of the Prophet's proclamation of Islam, and the Prophet's works to disseminate the Islamic Message. .... Allah (swt) has sent Muhammad (pbuh) at a time when: * Mankind was going astray, in disorientation and perplexity, and in malicious discord; * People were in l*st and mischief. They were prisoners of their avarice, and their capricious desires had deflected them [from the virtuous]; * Conceit took hold of them, thus it swerved them; * Extremes of ignorance made fools of them. * Society was confounded and in confusion, not only by instability but also by the evil of ignorance. It was then, [with the advent of Prophethood], that Muhammad (pbuh) gave superb admonitions and trustworthy advice, in abundance. He trod on the Right Path [Islam] and urged mankind towards the path of wisdom and with fitting counsel. |
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