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"واعلم اَنَّ الَّذِي بيّدِهِ خَزائِنُ السَّمواتِ والارض قد اَذِنَ لَكَ في الدُّعاءِ وتَكَفَّلَ لَكَ بالإجابَةِ وامَرَكَ اَن تَسألَهُ ليُعِطيَكَ وتَستَرحِمَهُ لِيَرحَمَكَ ولم يَجْعَل بَينَهُ وبَينَكَ مَن يَحجِبُكَ عَنهُ، ولم يُلجِئكَ اِلى مَن يَشْفَعُ...
"واعلم اَنَّ الَّذِي بيّدِهِ خَزائِنُ السَّمواتِ و...
"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ أنَّ اَحَداً لَم يُنَبِّئ عَنِ الله كَمَا اَنبَأ عَنهُ الرَّسُولُ صَلّى الله عَلَيهِ وَآلهِ، فَارضَ بِهِ رَائِداً وَاِلى النَجَاة قَائِداً فَانّي لَم اَلُكَ نَصِيحَةً وَاِنَّكَ لَن تَبلُغَ في النَّظَرِ لِنَفسِكَ وَاِن اِجتَهَدتَ ...
"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ أنَّ اَحَداً لَم يُنَبِّئ عَن...
Since God is the Creator of everything and every creature, and He initiates creation and resurrection, and mixes sorrow with happiness, ugliness with beauty, assets with miseries and has made this principle of juxtaposition as the basis for perfectio...
Since God is the Creator of everything and every c...
There are many people whose personal knowledge is used for the evaluation of things and events. If they assume something is true, they accept it, or else they would reject it. But we should know our scientific knowledge and means are limited. "وَمَا...
There are many people whose personal knowledge is ...
Although this world is a mixture of treasure and snake, flower and thorn, sadness and happiness, asset and misery, hardships and ease, sweetness and bitterness, it is harmonious and lovely and every particle and part of it is in its proper place. And...
Although this world is a mixture of treasure and s...
Since early times, there were groups such as Disanieh, Manawieh, Mazdakieh, and the like who were of the opinion that there should be relatedness and relation between cause and effect. Therefore, they used to believe that there were two Gods. The rea...
Since early times, there were groups such as Disan...
Although Islam agrees with logical imitation, i.e., the reference of the ignorant person to the scholar, on which the order of society relies, such as one’s reference to physicians, engineers, tailors, carpenters, and jurisprudents knowledgeable in t...
Although Islam agrees with logical imitation, i.e....
As we know, man's knowledge, compared with what is unknown to him, is like a drop of water in the sea. If man wants to capture this drop of knowledge, he has to select the proper method of approach so as not to get drowned in the immense sea of what ...
As we know, man's knowledge, compared with what is...
"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ اَنَّ اَحبَّ مَا انْتَ آخِذٌ بِهِ اِليَّ مِن وَصِيَّتِي تَقوَى الله وَالاِقتِصَار على مَا فَرَضَهُ الله عَلَيكَ، وَالاَخْذَ بِمَا مَضَى عَلَيهِ الاَوّلُونَ مِن آبَائِكَ وَالصَالِحُونَ مِن اَهلِ بَيتِكَ، فَاِنَّهُم لَم يَدَعُوا اَ...
"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ اَنَّ اَحبَّ مَا انْتَ آخِذٌ ...
There are many pieces of knowledge which are gained through experience and trial, either through personal experiencing or by the experiences of others, but neither through perception nor scientific analysis. When the child draws his hand for the fir...
There are many pieces of knowledge which are gaine...
As we have experienced, children are more capable of learning than adults. They retain what they are exposed to at this early age. It is said: "The acquisition of knowledge at childhood is like engraving on the stone; but the acquisition of knowledg...
As we have experienced, children are more capable ...
Know that there is no good in knowledge that is not beneficial, and knowledge that is not worthy of acquisition is not beneficial "و اعلم انّه لا خير في علم لاينفع ولا ينفع بعلم لا يحق تعلمه" As we know, the Islamic commandments and its allowable a...
Know that there is no good in knowledge that is no...
Understand my testament and do not disregard it, for indeed the best speech is that which is is beneficial. "و تفهّم وصيّتي ولا تذهبنّ عنك صفحا فانّ خير القول ما نفع" Sometimes the act of implementing a will is ceremonial; in such cases it does not...
Understand my testament and do not disregard it, f...
"Istikhara" means to ask for good or to weigh the importance of an option and to select the best one.4 It also means to ask God to give him the best.5 But in the language of Shari’ah (or religion) it means to ask God for the best. We read in supplic...
"Istikhara" means to ask for good or to weigh the ...
"Sincerity in prayer" means that a believer should ask God only for his needs and in carrying the prayer out a believer should not be in doubt, neither should he employ hypocrisy. Regarding this, the Holy Qur’an says: وَادعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الد...
"Sincerity in prayer" means that a believer should...
19. Habituate yourself to patient endurance in afflictions; the best of moral traits is to constrain yourself to patience in the (path of) truth. وعود نفسك التصبّر على المكروه ونعم الخُلق التصبر في الحَقِّ The factor which protects man in confronti...
19. Habituate yourself to patient endurance in aff...
وتفقه في الدين" It is true that knowledge is light and ignorance is darkness; and it is also obvious that light is better than darkness, but lights are of different types. It is clear that knowledge is more important when it deals with excellent iss...
وتفقه في الدين" It is true that knowledge is ligh...
17. Bid others to do good and you will be one of them; reject evil with your hand and your tongue, and do your utmost to separate from one who does evil. ‘Strive in the way of God as is His due’ (ref.22:78) and do not let the reproach of any reproach...
17. Bid others to do good and you will be one of t...
“وَدَعِ القَولَ فِيمَا لا تَعرِف، وَالخِطَابَ فِيمَا لَم تُكَلَّف” In these sentences, Imam ‘Ali (as) emphasizes two ethical principles: 1. Do not talk on anything you lack information about. This is because your statements might turn out to be fal...
“وَدَعِ القَولَ فِيمَا لا تَعرِف، وَالخِطَابَ فِيم...
“فاصلح مثواك ولا تبع آخرتك بدنياك “ After the above 13 recommendations to his son, each of which is one stage of self-improvement, the Imam (as) comes to the following conclusion: My son, you should be aware that life does not include only these few...
“فاصلح مثواك ولا تبع آخرتك بدنياك “ After the abo...
“ وحذّره صولة الدهر وفحش تقلب الليالي والايام” Man is always confronted with unexpected and unfavorable events of the world: Sometimes disease, death, and misery of your beloved ones, and at other times, poverty, deprivation and depression, sometime...
“ وحذّره صولة الدهر وفحش تقلب الليالي والايام” Ma...
