GOOD SAYINGS...

Anger is a condition in which

the tongue works faster than the mind.

 

You can"t change the past,

but you can ruin the present

by worrying over the future.

 

Love...and you shall be loved.

 

All people smile in the same language.

 

Everyone needs to be loved...

 

especially when they do not deserve it.

 

The real measure of a man"s wealth

is what he has invested in eternity.

 

Laughter is God"s sunshine.

 

Everyone has beauty

but not everyone sees it.

 

It"s important for parents to live

the same things they teach.

 

Thank God for what you have,

TRUST GOD for what you need.

 

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday

and the worries of tomorrow,

you have no today to be thankful for.

 

Man looks at outward appearance

but the Lord looks within.

 

The choice you make today

will usually affect tomorrow.

 

 Take time to laugh, for it is

the music of the soul.

 

If anyone speaks badly of you,

live so none will believe it.

Love is strengthened by working

through conflicts together.

 

The best thing parents can do

for their children is to love each other.

 

Harsh words break no bones

but they do break hearts.

 

To get out of a difficulty,

one usually must go through it.

 

 

We take for granted the things

that we should be giving thanks for.

 

Love is the only thing that can be

divided without being diminished.

 

Happiness is enhanced by others

but does not depend upon others.

 

For every minute you are angry with someone,

you lose 60 seconds of happiness

that you can never get back.

 

Do what you can, for who you can,

with what you have, and where you are.

 

Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses and not their thorns. Only then can we achieve the love we should feel for each other; only then can we bloom in our own garden.

The Lamp of Guidance is burning in his heart

Imam Ali says: "O' creatures of Allah! the most beloved of Allah is he whom Allah has given power (to act) against his passions, so that his inner side is (submerged in) grief and the outer side is covered with fear. The lamp of guidance is burning in his heart." This requires a revolution of thoughts, a revolution of conscious, and a revolution of purity.

Sermon 86, 

THE GOD-FEARING DESCRIPTION - ALI ibn TALIB (A.S.)

HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE GOD-FEARING 

as said by Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.)......

All praise and gratitude are due to Allah (s.t.)

The God-fearing in this world are the people of distinction.  Their speech is to the point, their dress is moderate and their gait is humble.  They submit to Allah with obedience.  They keep their eyes closed before what Allah has made unlawful for them and they put their ears to knowledge.  They remain in the time of trials as though they remain in comfort due to their satisfaction with the act of Allah.  If there had not been fixed periods of life ordained for each, their spirits would not have been remained in their bodies even for the twinkling of any eye because of their eagerness for the reward and fear of chatisment.  The greatness of the Creator is seated in their heart, and so, everything else appears small in their eyes.  Thus, to them, Paradise is as though they see it and are enjoying its favours.  To them Hell is also as if they see it and are suffering punishment in it.

Their hearts are grieved, they are protected against evils, their bodies are thin, their needs are scanty, their souls are chaste, and their supporting Islam is great.  They endured hardship for a short while, and in consequence they secured comfort for a long time.  It is beneficial transaction that the Generous Lord made easy for them.  The world aimed at them, but they did not aim at it.  It captured them, but they freed themselves from it by a ransom.

During a night are upstanding on their feet reading portions of the Holy Quran and reciting it in a well-measured way, creating through its grief for themselves and seeking by it the cure for their ailments.  Their griefs are stirred as they weep for their sins and the pains of their wounds and injuries.  If they come across a verse creating eagerness for Paradise they pursue it avidly, and their spirits turn towards it eagerly,and they feel as if it is in front of them. And when they come across a verse which contains fear of Hell they bend the ears of their hearts towards it, and feel as though the sound of Hell and its cries are reaching their ears.  They bend themselves form their backs, prostrate themselves on their foreheads, their palms, and their toes, and beseech Allah the Sublime for the deliverance.

During the day they are wise, learned, virtuous and God-fearing.  Fear of Allah has made them thin like arrows.  If any one looks at them he belives they are sick, although they are not sick, and he says that they have gone made.  In fact, great concern (i.e., fear) has made them mad.

 If they remember the sublimity of Allah the Exalted and the stability of His ominpotence, in addition to the mention of death and horrors of the Day of Resurrection, their hearts are dreaded, their views are agitated, and their minds are bewildered.  If they feel fearful, they hurry to Allah through good acts.  they are not satisfied with their meager good acts and do not regard their major acts as great.  They always blame themselves and are afraid of their deeds.

When anyone of them is spoken of highly, he says: “I know myself better than others, and my Lord knows me better than I know.  O Allah does not deal with me according to what they say, and make me better than they think of me and forgive me those shortcomings which they do not know.  You are the All-Knowing of the unknown.

The peculiarity of anyone of them is that you will see that he has strength in religion, determination along with leniency, faith with conviction, eagerness in seeking knowledge, courtsey in lenience, clemency in alms-giving, understading in awareness, knowledge in forbearance, moderation in riches, devotion in worship, gracefulness in starvation, endurance in hardship, mercy for the exhausted, fulfillment of the right, leniency in earning, desire for the lawful, pleasure in guidance, hatred from greed, piety in straightforwardness, and abstinence in appetites.  The approval of him who ingornes him does not decieve him. He does not stop judging his deeds.  He performs virtuous dees but still feels afraid.  In the evening he is anxious to offer thanks to Allah.  In the morning his anxiety is to remember Allah.  He passes the night in fear and rises in the morning in joy- fear lest night is passed in forgetfulness, and joy over the favor and mercy received by him.  If his self refuses to endure a thing which does not like, he does not grant its request towards what it likes.  The coolness of his eye lies in what is to last forever, while from the things of this world that will not last he keeps aloof.  He tranfuses knowledge with forbearance, and speech and action.

You will see his laziness aloof, his activity uninterrupted, his hopes simple, his shortcomings few, heart fearing, his spirit contented, his ingronance absent, his affairs simple, but religon safe, his desires dead, his anger suppressed, his mannerism pure. He does not brief about what is kept secret with him.  He does not conceal the testimony agaist his enemies.  He does not do any practice ostentatiously.  He does not leave anything shyly.  Good alone is expected from him.  Evil from his is not to be feared.  Even if he is found among those who remember Him.  He forgives him who is unjust to him, and he gives to him who deprives him.  He behaves well with him who behaves ill with him.

His forbearance is not absent.  He does not neglect what adorns him.  Indecent speech is far from him, his utterance is lenient, his evils are turned its face from hi.  He is dignified during calamities, patient in distress, and thankful during ease.

He does not commit excess over him whom he hates, and does not commit sin for the sake of him whom he loves.  He does not claim posession of things that are not his.  He does not deny others' rights that are obligatory upon him.  He admits truth before evidence is brought against him. He does not misapproriate what is placed in his custody.  He does not oppress or threaten others.  He does not cause harm to his neighbor, he does not feel happy at others misfortunes.  He hurries to the right.  He fulfills the trusts.  He is slow in ill deeds.  He enjoins good and forbids evil.  He does not enter into the worldly pleasures wrongly and does not go out of right.

If is he silent his silence does not grieve him, if he laughs he does not raise his voice.  He satisfies with what is his.  Malice does not agitate him.  Whims do not overcome him.  Stringiness does not prevail him.  He does not desire for what is not his.  His associates with people so as to learn.  He keeps silent so as to be safe.  He asks so to undestand.  He does not listen to the good wording so that others will not find themselves neglectful in comparision with him.  He does not speak of his good actions so as to avoid taking pride in it before others.

 If he is wronged he endures till Allah takes revenge on his behalf.  His own self is in distress because of him, while the people are in ease from him.  He puts himself in hardship for the sake of his next life, and makes people feel safe from himself.  His keeping way is not by way of vanity or feeling of greatness, nor his nearness by way of deceit and cheating.  He follows the example of the past men of virtue and he is the example of the coming people of virtue.

Similes of Hadrat Ali (a.s.)

Hadrat Ali had the peculiar skill to explain things by giving appropriate similes. In his various addresses and sermons, we come across many instances of his brilliance of expression that brings home the truth through these interesting examples.

The world: The world is like a serpent which is outwardly very soft skinned but poisonous within.

Falsehood: Like the feathers of a peacock, falsehood might look very attractive, but is as ugly as [as are the] feet of a peacock. Falsehood has no legs to stand upon.

The unbelievers: Unbelievers are like bats who can see in the dark, but who are blinded by daylight and [so] cannot see.

The people who did not respond to his call: When Hadrat Ali exhorted the people of Iraq to respond to his call for war against Muawiyah, they did not respond to his call. He said, "You are like a pregnant woman who undergoes the ordeal of childbirth, but gives birth to a dead child."

The tree and the fruit: When after the death of the holy Prophet, the Quraish based their claim to the caliphate on the ground that they belonged to the same tree as the holy Prophet. Hadrat Ali said, "It is strange that they look to the tree, but neglect its fruit."

The people of Basra: When the people of Basra, who had originally taken the oath of allegiance to him, [yet] later chose to fight against him, Hadrat Ali said that these people were near the water but far from the sky.

People of the age of ignorance: Referring to the people of the age of ignorance in the pre-Islamic era, Hadrat Ali said that they were like an egg which has broken in the nest.

The people of Kufa: Addressing the people of Kufa, Hadrat Ali said: "When I invite you to fight, your eyes begin to move in their sockets as if you [were] in the agony of death. You are like camels whose herdsmen have disappeared, and when these animals are collected on one side, they scatter on the other side."

Mughira b. Shu'aba: Mughira was regarded by the Quraish as a wise man. When Mughira favoured Muawiyah, Hadrat Ali said, "Mughira has profited from Islam only to the extent of seeking worldly gain. He is oblivious to the Hereafter."

The people who run after the world: About the people who run after the world, Hadrat Ali said, "Those people who chase after the world are like beasts who lunge at one another, with the strong oppressing the weak."

The people who are not deceived by the world: About the people who are not deceived by the world, Hadrat Ali said, "Those who have understood the deceptive character of the world, do not feel distressed on death. They are like the people who migrate from a famine-struck land to a land of plenty."

Hadrat Ali's complaint against the Umayyads: During the caliphate of Hadrat Uthman, Hadrat Ali had a complaint that the Umayyadds were holding from him what was due to him. He said, "The Umayyads are withholding what is due to me, just like the camelman who milks the she camel withholds milk from the young one of the camel.

Falsehood of Muawiyah: Referring to the falsehood of Muawiyah, Hadrat Ali said that falsehood had appeared in his case like the horns on the head of a young goat.

Shedding of sins through prayer: In a sermon, Hadrat Ali said that through prayer the sins of men were shed just [like] a tree sheds its leaves.

Cleanliness and prayers: In another sermon, Hadrat Ali said, "Prayer is like a hot spring of water which flows at your door and provides you with the wherewithal for cleanliness."

Crumbs after meals: In a sermon, Hadrat Ali said that the world had run its course, and nothing had been left of it except the crumbs after the meals.

The people who did not respond to his call: Hadrat Ali compared the people who did not respond to his call to a camel who ran away from the herd shrieking with pains in its belly.

Hearts of the people: Hadrat Ali prayed for the hearts of the people to melt at the mention of the God's words, just like salt [is] dissolved in water.

Ignorant persons: Hadrat Ali said that ignorant persons were like persons riding on beasts of burden who could not see. He deplored that such ignorant people dealt with the injunctions of Islam as wind scattered straw.

Ashas b. Qais: Hadrat Ali said that among his companions, Ashas b. Qais was what Abdullah b. Abi Sahi was in the time of the holy Prophet.

Patience and faith: Patience and faith bear the same relation in a human being. Like a head is attached to the body (and a body cannot be without a head) so there can be no faith without patience.

Disease and sins: Disease sheds sin just [like a] tree sheds its dead leaves.

Death of the virtuous: Hadrat Ali compared the death of the virtuous to the migration journey of the people from a famine-struck land to a land of plenty.

Days of life: The days of life pass like clouds in the sky.

Devotion to the world: Those who are devoted to the world are like barking dogs and ferocious animals who lunge at one another and where the strong devour the weak.

Seekers of the world: Those who seek the world are like a loose camel roaming about causing mischief.

Virtue of silence: Hadrat Ali advocated the virtue of silence by advancing the simile that water can be preserved in a waterskin only when its mouth is tied.

Thirsty camels on a water pond: When the people flocked to him and urged him to accept their allegiance, Hadrat Ali compared them to thirsty camels that flocked to a water pond when their harnesses were untied.

The caliphate of  Umar: When  Abu Bakr died, Umar became the Caliph. Hadrat Ali held that the second Caliph was like a person riding a camel, whose reins, if tightened would injure the camel, and if loosened would endanger the rider.

Umayyad use of the Bait-ul-Mai: Referring to the appropriation of the funds of the Bait-ul-Mai by the Umayyads for personal ends during the caliphate of Uthman, Hadrat Ali held that they ate away the public funds, just as the camel eats away the grass.

Withholding the milk of the she camel from its young: Hadrat Ali had the complaint that during the caliphate of the Hadrat Uthman, the Umayyads withheld from him what was his right, just like the camelman who, while milking the she camel, withholds its milk from its young one.

Handle of the grinding stone: When Abu Bakr became the Caliph, Hadrat Ali held that Abu Bakr had assumed the mantle of the caliphate forcibly while he knew that he (Hadrat Ali) was as essential for the caliphate as a handle was necessary for turning the grinding stone.

The simile of a sinner: A sinner is like a person riding on an animal [of] which he had no control, and which is running fast to hurl him into a precipice.

Drops of rain: The injunctions of God descend like drops of rain.

Summer clouds: When the people of Kufa did not respond to the call of Hadrat Ali to meet the challenge off Muawiyah, Hadrat Ali said that he longed for warriors who in their action and speed would be like summer clouds.

The goat and the lion: Addressing the people of Kufa, Hadrat Ali said, "I want you to tread the path of the truth, but you run from it like a goat runs away when hearing the roar of the lion."

Taking the thorn out of the foot with a thorn: On another occasion Hadrat Ali said that the people of Kufa were like a person who picked out [a] thorn from his foot with a thorn.

Solution of salt in water: With reference to the people of Kufa, Hadrat Ali prayed "O God, melt their hearts like salt dissolves in water."

Bull with crooked horns: When Talha defected after taking the oath of the allegiance to him, Hadrat Ali compared him to a bull with crooked horns.

Shaking plants: Referring to the piety of the Companions of the holy Prophet, Hadrat Ali said that they shuddered at the mention of the Hereafter [like] plants shake when a strong wind blows.

Pregnant woman separating from the child: Addressing the people of Kufa, Hadrat Ali said that they were not dependable and that they were likely to leave him like a pregnant woman is separated from [her] child at childbirth.

Households of the holy Prophet: Hadrat Ali described the household of the holy Prophet to be like stars, in that if one star sets another star rises.

Foaming waves of the sea: While addressing Hadrat Uthman, Hadrat Ali said that treason was likely to rage like the foaming waves of the sea. 

READ IT THINK IT FEEL IT !!!!

We love ourselves even after doing many mistakes. Then how can we hate others for their one mistake. Think before you hate someone or hate yourself. 

Swimming along the flow is effortless but swimming against it needs effort. Don't go the way life takes you, but take life the way you wanna go. Dare to be different.


A beautiful saying: If your eyes are positive you would like all the people in the world. But if your tongue is positive all the people in the world like you. 


Life is about the art of drawing without an eraser, so be careful while taking decisions about the most valuable pages of your life. 


A nice thought: I met money and said why everyone runs behind you, you are just a piece of paper. Money smiled and said of-course I am just a piece of paper, but I haven't seen a dustbin yet in my whole life. 


Life is like a coin. Pleasure and Pain are the two sides. Only one side is visible at a time. But remember other side is also waiting for it's turn. 


If you like someone, show it. It will be sweeter then telling. But if you don't like someone. Just tell it. It will be less painful then showing it. 


A very true but strange quote: Love doesn't start in the morning & end in the evening. It starts when you don't need it & ends when you need it most. 


What's greater then mom's love? Which pillow is better then lover's lap? Which company's better then friends? There are some things in life with no substitutes. Love them forever. 


Tragedy of moon: So simple but so attractive. So enlightening but so cool. So moving but so still. So quiet but so popular. So romantic but still single. 


A cute story: A man daily sent a rose to his wife. One day he died, but his wife still received roses. She asked the floweriest. He said, your husband paid advance for your whole life. Moral: Love someone forever 


A boy loved a girl so much. One day he proposed to her. But she refused. Still he was not sad. His friends asked him, didn't you feel bad? He said, why should I feel? I lost the one who never loved me. But she lost the one who really loves her.

OUR FOURTH IMAMS(A.S.)- EXCELLENT ADVICE TO HIS COMPANIONS

Imam Sajjad's(a.s) Advice to His Companions  O people fear Allah(s.w.t) and know that you will inevitably return to Him, when every one will see his good and bad deeds right before his very eyes, he will wish for the longest period of time to separate himself from his bad deeds Allah(s.w.t) warns you about Himself. Woe is you, son of Adam. You are negligent but not neglected. Your death is the hastiest to you. It is approaching you with sure steps. It is targeting at death seizes your soul, and you will be alone in your grave. There, your soul will be given back to you and the two angels, namely Munkar and Nakeer, will break in to your grave to examine and interrogate you so difficulty. First of all, they will ask you about the lord that you were worshipping, the prophet whom was sent to you, the religion that you were following, the book that you were reciting (and taking as guide), and the imam to whom you were adhering loyally. Moreover, they will ask you how you have finished your age, and the source of your wealth and the fields in which you have spent your wealth. Be cautions, look upon yourself, and prepare answers for the test, examination, and interrogations. If you are faithful, knowledgeable of your religion, loyal to the truthful, and following Allah's disciples, Allah will prompt you to provide acceptable confirmation and will make you speak accurately, so that you will say the correct answer and you will be foretold of gaining Paradise and Allah's consent and the angels will receive you with comfort and happiness. If you are not, your tongue will stammer, your proof will be rejected, you will be unable to answer, Hell will be advanced to you, and the angels will receive you with the anguish of the dwelling of boiling water and heat of Hell. Furthermore, you-son of Adam-should realize that what is to come on the Day of Resurrection will be greater, more terrible, and more heartbreaking. On that day, all people will be gathered and others will be witnessing it. Allah, therein, will gather the ancient people and the later generations. On that day, the trumpet will be sounded and the graves will be turned over. That is the day of approaching when, because of hardship and frustration, their hearts will almost reach up to their throats. On that day, stumbles will not be raised, ransoms will not be accepted, apologies will not be excused, and repentance will be there except the rewarding for the good deeds and punishment for the evildoings. Any believer who has done a good deed that is as slight as an atom's weight will find its reward, and any believer who has done an evildoing that is as slight as an atom's weight will find its punishment. Beware, O people, of sins and acts of disobedience (to Allah) against which Allah has warned and exhorted in the truthful Book and the articulate rhetoric. Do not feel secure from the retribution and destruction of Allah when the Shaitan urges you enjoying the transitory passions and pleasures of this world. Allah says: When a satanic thought starts to bother the pious ones, they understand and see the light. (Holy Qur'an, 7:201) Take God-fearing as the slogan of your hearts and always remember that Allah promised you of the good rewarding and warned you against the painful anguish when you will be returned to Him. He whoever fears something will certainly beware of it, and whoever bewares of something will desert it.  Do not be with the inadvertent ones who incline to the temporary pleasures of this world and who devised evil plans. Allah the Exalted says: Can they who have devised evil plans expect to be safe from the command of Allah to the earth to swallow them up, or from a torment which might strike them from an unexpected direction? Are they confident that Allah will not seize them while they are on a journey? They will not be able to escape from Allah. Are they confident Allah will not slowly destroy them? (Holy Qur'an 16:45-47) I warn you lest you will encounter the same retribution that Allah imposed upon the unjust ones and mentioned in the Book. Do not feel safe from suffering a part of the anguish with which Allah threatened the unjust people in His Book. Allah has surely provided other people as means of admonition to you. The very happy is that who learns lessons from others. Allah, in the Book, has also attracted your attentions to the punishments that He imposed upon the unjust people who preceded you. He says: How many unjust towns did We destroy and replace them with other nations. When they found Our torment approaching them they started to run away from the town.We told them, "Do not run away. Come back to your luxuries and your houses so that you can be questioned." (When agony befell them,) They said, "Woe to us! We have been unjust. (Holy Qur'an 21:11-4) You, people, may claim that these Verses refer to the polytheists only. Allah says: We shall maintain proper justice on the Day of Judgment. No soul will be wronged the least. For a deed even as small as a mustard seed, one will duly be recompensed. We are efficient in maintaining the account. (Holy Qur'an 21:47) You should know, O servants of Allah, that the proper scales and the records will not be maintained or opened for the polytheists, for they will be taken to Hell in hoards. The proper scales and the records will be maintained and opened for the Muslims. Fear Allah, O servants, and know that Allah the Exalted has not like for any of His disciples to enjoy this world. Besides, He has not attracted their attentions to its pleasures, transitory amusements, or surface enjoyments. As a matter of fact, Allah has created this world as a field of testing people so that He will see which of them is most virtuous in the deeds. By Allah I swear, examples were cited for you and a variety of evidences is shown to the heedful ones. O believers, include yourselves with the heedful ones. All power belongs to Allah. Abstain from the transitory pleasures of this world from which Allah has ordered you to abstain. He, the Most Truthful, says: The example of the worldly life is like the water sent down from the sky which becomes mixed with the earth's produce that people and cattle consume. When the land becomes fertile and pleasant, people think that they have control over it. At Our command during the night or day, the land becomes as barren as if it had no richness the day before. Thus, do We explain the evidence (of the truth) for the people who reflect. (Holy Qur'an 10:24) Do not be inclined to this world; for Allah has said to Muhammad (S.A.W.): Do not be inclined towards the unjust ones lest you will be afflicted by Hell. Besides Allah, no one can be your protector nor will anyone be able to help you. (Holy Qur'an 11:113) Do not imitate those who are inclined to this world as if it is their permanent residential place and settlement. This world is certainly a short-lived lodging, a transitory house, and an abode of working. Supply yourselves with the good deeds before the scattering of this world's days and before Allah gives the permission to ruin it. As He created and originated it, Allah can ruin it, for He is its custodian and can give it in inheritance to anyone he wishes.  Allah provides you and us with aid to supply with God-fearing and asceticism, make you and us with the abstinent from the transitory pleasures of this world and the desirous for the reward of the life to come. We are only for Him, and through Him can we do.  Peace and Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you. Wording of Admonition Allah guards you and us against the trickeries of the oppressors, the tyranny of the envious, and the violence of the despots. O believers, do not be misled by the tyrannical rulers and their fellows who are desiring only for the pleasures of this world, tending to it, deceived by its attractions, approaching it as well as its destruction and smashes which will certainly terminate and be ruined in the morrow. Beware of matters against which Allah has warned you. Abstain from matters from which Allah has ordered you to abstain. Do not copy the inclination of those who regarded this world as a permanent abode. All that which is in this world is evidence on its lowliness. Its ornamentation, changeability of manners, variableness of conditions, lessons, playing with people- all these are proofs on its lowliness. It surely exalts the mean and demeans the noble. It will drive some people into Hell. This is an efficient lesson, trial, and warning for the heedful.  The everyday conditions, including the gloomy seditious affairs, the heresies, the consecutive authorities of injustice, the misfortunes, the fear from the rulers, and the incitement of the Shaitan-all these shake the pure intentions of the hearts and stop against the existent right guidance and the recognition of the rightful, except the hearts of those whom Allah the Majestic protects. Surely, no one can realize the changeability and the variableness of the worldly conditions, as well as the result of its harmful sedition, except those whom Allah has protected. They are those who took the very right path and followed the straight way. They then sought the aid of abstinence through thorough pondering (over things) and learning lessons from others. So, they abstained form receiving the transitory pleasures of this world, deserted its lusts, desired for the bounty of the life to come, worked hard for obtaining them, watched for death, and refused to live the life with the oppressors. Thus, they looked at this world with eagle eye and keen sight and understood the seditious events, heretic deviation, and rulers' injustice. By my life I swear, you have been shown sufficient proofs, through the misfortunes that befell the ancient people, on the necessity of avoiding the misleading ones as well as people of heresies, tyranny, and commitment of sins on this earth. Seek Allah's help and return to the obedience to Him and those whose obedience should be preferred to those whom are currently followed and obeyed. Be thoroughly careful before you suffer regret and sorrow when you will be taken to Allah to stand before him (for maintaining judgment). By Allah I take the oath, any people who direct to the disobedience to Allah will surely suffer His agony, and any people who prefer the worldly pleasures to the life to come will surely suffer grievous end and ill fate. The acknowledgment of Allah and the pursuance of the acts of obedience to Him are connected to each other He whoever acknowledges Allah will fear Him, and whoever fears Allah will be urged acting obediently to Him. Scholars and their disciples worked hard for the sake of Allah and desired for Him after they had acknowledged Him. In this regard, Allah says: Only Allah's knowledgeable servants fear Him. (Holy Qur'an 35:28) Do not receive anything from the pleasures of this world through committing an act of disobedience to Allah. Spend your times with performing acts of obedience to Allah, seize the opportunities of this world, and work for matters due to which you will be saved from the agony of Allah. This way will decrease your sins, make your apologies more excusable, and increase your opportunities of salvation. Precede the fulfillment of Allah's instructions and the acts of obedience to Him and to them whose obedience is incumbent upon you to your other affairs. Do not precede the acts of obedience to the tyrannical rulers and the pleasures of this world to the fulfillment of Allah's instructions and the acts of obedience to Him and to them whose obedience is incumbent upon you. You should know that you, as well as we, are the servants of Allah, Who prevails us and will be he Only Judge tomorrow when He will subjugate you to interrogation. Prepare the answers for that interrogation before it falls and before you are standing ahead of the Lord of the worlds. On that day, no one will speak before obtaining His permission. You should also know that Allah will not believe the liars, belie the truthful, reject the excusable apology, or excuse the unjustifiable apology. Allah's is the whole argument against the creatures through His messengers and their successors. Fear Allah and keep on reforming yourselves, performing acts of obedience to Him and to His representatives. It happens that one feels sorry for his past negligence and omission of Allah's dues and rights. Seek Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him, for He accept the repentance, pardons the evildoings, and knows well whatever you do. Beware of associating with the disobedient (to Allah), supporting the oppressors, and neighboring the sinful. Beware of the seditious affairs of such the disciples of Allah, opt for a religion other than Allah's, and prefer their own opinions to the opinions of Allah's disciples (namely the Imams) will be suffering flaming fire (in Hell) that will consume their bodies [from which the souls are absent] and whose hard-heartedness overcame; [therefore, they are dead as they do not feel the heat of Hell]. Learn lessons, people of sights, and thank Allah for His guiding you. You should know that you cannot move away from the control of Allah's ability to anything else. Allah will watch your actions and you will be gathered before Him. Benefit by the lessons and imitate the ethics of the virtuous ones. Source: Tuhaf al-Uqoul