🔻 Search and find your role.
-🔻 It may be different from your existing talents.
🔸 #LadyFatimah (as) said in her supplication, “O God, give me the opportunity to do what You have created me for.” [Muhaj al-Da’awat, p. 141] This shows that everyone has been given a #role in this world and can’t play another’s role.
🔸For example, one person has the role of being a father and one is a mother. God may tell them, “You yourself won’t become anything special in your life, but your child will. The result of all your efforts is that your child will be successful.”
🔸If we don’t accept this principle [the division of roles in this world], we will always be caught up in competitions, jealousies, enmities, regrets and sorrows about the past. And our hollow wishes for the future will cause us to go astray.
🔸Sometimes your role is different from your #talents. For example, God has determined for a person to be a mother and train her children, although she may have the ability to be successful in other fields. There is no difference between men and women in this. Many are not willing to accept their role. Whoever follows his/her desires will leave his/her role and lose track of it.
🔸All the world tells you to work based on your talents. But Fatimah (as) told you to carry out the role and plan that God designed for you. If it doesn’t match your talents, ask God for that talent.
🔸It is narrated that Allameh Tabatabai in the start of his studies in the Islamic seminary wasn’t able to understand his lessons well. So he resorted to the Immaculate ones and God had mercy on him. If he had looked at his talent and thought that being a seminary student didn’t match his talent, he wouldn’t have reached such a high level. But he was patient and God granted the needed ability to him.
🔸The role of Zahra (as) in this universe is unique. For instance, her existence is effective in the being of all the Imams. The Prophet (s) told her, “O Fatimah, I give you the good news that Mahdi is from you.” [Mizan al-Hikmah, vol. 1, trad. no, 1261] The light of Fatimah (as) that exists in the being of Imam Mahdi (aj) shows her special, hidden role.
🌸Congratulations on Lady Fatimah’s birth anniversary.
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-🔻 It may be different from your existing talents.
🔸 #LadyFatimah (as) said in her supplication, “O God, give me the opportunity to do what You have created me for.” [Muhaj al-Da’awat, p. 141] This shows that everyone has been given a #role in this world and can’t play another’s role.
🔸For example, one person has the role of being a father and one is a mother. God may tell them, “You yourself won’t become anything special in your life, but your child will. The result of all your efforts is that your child will be successful.”
🔸If we don’t accept this principle [the division of roles in this world], we will always be caught up in competitions, jealousies, enmities, regrets and sorrows about the past. And our hollow wishes for the future will cause us to go astray.
🔸Sometimes your role is different from your #talents. For example, God has determined for a person to be a mother and train her children, although she may have the ability to be successful in other fields. There is no difference between men and women in this. Many are not willing to accept their role. Whoever follows his/her desires will leave his/her role and lose track of it.
🔸All the world tells you to work based on your talents. But Fatimah (as) told you to carry out the role and plan that God designed for you. If it doesn’t match your talents, ask God for that talent.
🔸It is narrated that Allameh Tabatabai in the start of his studies in the Islamic seminary wasn’t able to understand his lessons well. So he resorted to the Immaculate ones and God had mercy on him. If he had looked at his talent and thought that being a seminary student didn’t match his talent, he wouldn’t have reached such a high level. But he was patient and God granted the needed ability to him.
🔸The role of Zahra (as) in this universe is unique. For instance, her existence is effective in the being of all the Imams. The Prophet (s) told her, “O Fatimah, I give you the good news that Mahdi is from you.” [Mizan al-Hikmah, vol. 1, trad. no, 1261] The light of Fatimah (as) that exists in the being of Imam Mahdi (aj) shows her special, hidden role.
🌸Congratulations on Lady Fatimah’s birth anniversary.
@PanahianEN
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📷 If we don’t think…
Thinking can rescue a person from being constricted by desires. Thinking can strengthen beliefs that help us to be free. If we do not think about our origin and the Hereafter, about the enjoyments of this world being temporary, about how the enjoyment of worshiping lasts and about the fact that this enjoyment is sweeter, we will have to come to our senses through the bitter experience of failures. strength from within.
#SpiritualMessage
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Thinking can rescue a person from being constricted by desires. Thinking can strengthen beliefs that help us to be free. If we do not think about our origin and the Hereafter, about the enjoyments of this world being temporary, about how the enjoyment of worshiping lasts and about the fact that this enjoyment is sweeter, we will have to come to our senses through the bitter experience of failures. strength from within.
#SpiritualMessage
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🔲 Practice to be able to control your mind. Don’t wait for a miracle from the skies!
👉🏼 #ControllingMyMind (4)
➖You should practice to be able to #control your mind. Don’t wait for a miracle from the skies! Ayatollah Bahjat was asked, “How can we #focus when praying?” He replied, “When you see your mind has strayed, don’t willingly let it stray again.” Of course, some thoughts come to one’s mind spontaneously. When this happens, focus again on prayer. Some people bring their attention back hundreds of times when praying, but there aren’t many such people. When most people are distracted, they realize it after prayer!
➖Allameh Tabatabai wrote in his book “Risalah al-Wilayah,” “Choose a quiet place, where there aren’t distractions such as lights, noise, etc. Sit in such a way that you won’t become busy with something else. Keep your eyes closed. Then imagine the shape of the letter ‘A’ or one of God’s Names with your complete concentration. Be careful no imaginary figures enter the shape of ‘A.’ In the beginning of the way, you will see that other imaginary figures interrupt you and try to make your mind dark and confused. Your daily thoughts, goals and desires may also enter. These interrupting images will continue for a while. If you keep clearing away these disrupting images, you will gradually see those images are diminishing every day and your thinking is becoming luminous. This continues until you feel whatever comes to your heart and mind is so bright that it is as if you are seeing it with your eyes. Eventually, there won’t be any other images left with the shape of ‘A.’”
➖If you have a controlled mind and ask God for something, you’ll be able to change God’s decree. God told Prophet Jesus (as), “Do not call Me, unless you are humble and your concern and intention is one concern. In this case I will answer you.” [Kafi, vol. 8, p. 133] “One concern” means focusing your mind and not allowing yourself to be #distracted. If you call God like this, He will certainly answer you. Unfortunately, we are not able to focus on one subject for more than a moment, and this is useless! So we must practice in order to gain this power.
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👉🏼 #ControllingMyMind (4)
➖You should practice to be able to #control your mind. Don’t wait for a miracle from the skies! Ayatollah Bahjat was asked, “How can we #focus when praying?” He replied, “When you see your mind has strayed, don’t willingly let it stray again.” Of course, some thoughts come to one’s mind spontaneously. When this happens, focus again on prayer. Some people bring their attention back hundreds of times when praying, but there aren’t many such people. When most people are distracted, they realize it after prayer!
➖Allameh Tabatabai wrote in his book “Risalah al-Wilayah,” “Choose a quiet place, where there aren’t distractions such as lights, noise, etc. Sit in such a way that you won’t become busy with something else. Keep your eyes closed. Then imagine the shape of the letter ‘A’ or one of God’s Names with your complete concentration. Be careful no imaginary figures enter the shape of ‘A.’ In the beginning of the way, you will see that other imaginary figures interrupt you and try to make your mind dark and confused. Your daily thoughts, goals and desires may also enter. These interrupting images will continue for a while. If you keep clearing away these disrupting images, you will gradually see those images are diminishing every day and your thinking is becoming luminous. This continues until you feel whatever comes to your heart and mind is so bright that it is as if you are seeing it with your eyes. Eventually, there won’t be any other images left with the shape of ‘A.’”
➖If you have a controlled mind and ask God for something, you’ll be able to change God’s decree. God told Prophet Jesus (as), “Do not call Me, unless you are humble and your concern and intention is one concern. In this case I will answer you.” [Kafi, vol. 8, p. 133] “One concern” means focusing your mind and not allowing yourself to be #distracted. If you call God like this, He will certainly answer you. Unfortunately, we are not able to focus on one subject for more than a moment, and this is useless! So we must practice in order to gain this power.
✅ @PanahianEN
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📷 A Test of Our Wisdom
When we are uncertain, our wisdom is being tested. Success in this test involves freeing our minds from carnal desires and worthless likings. Consulting and Istikharah are good, but they do not take the place of freeing our wisdom from desires. The true way for Istikharah is to ask for God’s help for our wisdom to become illuminated and guided.
#SpiritualMessage
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When we are uncertain, our wisdom is being tested. Success in this test involves freeing our minds from carnal desires and worthless likings. Consulting and Istikharah are good, but they do not take the place of freeing our wisdom from desires. The true way for Istikharah is to ask for God’s help for our wisdom to become illuminated and guided.
#SpiritualMessage
✅ @PanahianEN
🌺 Congratulations on the anniversary of the birth of Imam Muhammad Baqir (‘a) and the beginning of the month of Rajab!
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🌱Congratulations on the start of the spring of spirituality and the season for deepening our relationship with God!
◽️The month of Rajab should be the start of a new season for increasing our relationship with God.
◽️Our relationship with God is what gives the most warmth and excitement to a person. A lasting, deep peace and joy can only be gained through being in contact with God. Being in contact with God causes a person to love God and to feel sincerely humble before Him. In addition, worshiping becomes enjoyable for him and he feels honored at the same time.
◽️Having such a relationship with God can be so fresh and exciting in each moment that it is as if one had never experienced having a relationship with anyone before that. Our relationship with God is the only relationship that will always be new and heart-warming. It can become more intense in each moment, and it has no harmful effects afterwards. The kind God has given us this opportunity during the month of Rajab, the start of the season of spirituality, to deepen our relationship with Him and to gain a new understanding.
◽️Let’s spend time for having a relationship with God, talking with Him, asking Him for our needs, reciting His words and pondering over them. We will return to Him one day and be with Him forever. Let’s become ready for the day when we will meet God. God is kind and in response to a person’s simple words with Him, He may allow that servant to come closer to Himself and let him taste this enjoyment.
#MonthOfRajab
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◽️The month of Rajab should be the start of a new season for increasing our relationship with God.
◽️Our relationship with God is what gives the most warmth and excitement to a person. A lasting, deep peace and joy can only be gained through being in contact with God. Being in contact with God causes a person to love God and to feel sincerely humble before Him. In addition, worshiping becomes enjoyable for him and he feels honored at the same time.
◽️Having such a relationship with God can be so fresh and exciting in each moment that it is as if one had never experienced having a relationship with anyone before that. Our relationship with God is the only relationship that will always be new and heart-warming. It can become more intense in each moment, and it has no harmful effects afterwards. The kind God has given us this opportunity during the month of Rajab, the start of the season of spirituality, to deepen our relationship with Him and to gain a new understanding.
◽️Let’s spend time for having a relationship with God, talking with Him, asking Him for our needs, reciting His words and pondering over them. We will return to Him one day and be with Him forever. Let’s become ready for the day when we will meet God. God is kind and in response to a person’s simple words with Him, He may allow that servant to come closer to Himself and let him taste this enjoyment.
#MonthOfRajab
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◾️ Imam Hadi’s (as) Role in Reinforcing the Concept of Imamate
➖ By the time of Imam Hadi (as), Shi’ism had matured in a special way and had passed some of its hardest tests. The Shi’a had reached a level where they were able to accept Imam Javad’s (as) Imamate even though he was only 9 years old. They were also able to pass the test of Imam Reza (as) being the successor to the Caliph of the time, while there were some people who only believed in 7 Imams at his time. In another test, they were able to accept the idea that limitations and restrictions had been placed on their Imam, Imam Hadi (as), [and stay on their belief as his followers] and so they passed this test.
➖ We can say that the Shi’a community reached a certain maturity. Much less than fifty years after this, the occultation of the Imam of the Time (a.j.) began. Imam Hadi (as) played a special role in finalizing the thoughts, culture, rulings and customs of the Shi’a community. He played an important role in organizing, unifying and helping the Shi’a to pass God’s last tests.
➖The very important text of the “Ziyarah Jami’a Kabira” has been narrated from Imam Hadi (as). This supplication is a collection of all the teachings of the previous Imams on the topic of Imamate. We should pay more attention to this precious heritage from Imam Hadi (as).
➖The Imams have always attracted the attention of wise people, who are in love [with God and their religion], toward religious knowledge. Condolences on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hadi (as).
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➖ By the time of Imam Hadi (as), Shi’ism had matured in a special way and had passed some of its hardest tests. The Shi’a had reached a level where they were able to accept Imam Javad’s (as) Imamate even though he was only 9 years old. They were also able to pass the test of Imam Reza (as) being the successor to the Caliph of the time, while there were some people who only believed in 7 Imams at his time. In another test, they were able to accept the idea that limitations and restrictions had been placed on their Imam, Imam Hadi (as), [and stay on their belief as his followers] and so they passed this test.
➖ We can say that the Shi’a community reached a certain maturity. Much less than fifty years after this, the occultation of the Imam of the Time (a.j.) began. Imam Hadi (as) played a special role in finalizing the thoughts, culture, rulings and customs of the Shi’a community. He played an important role in organizing, unifying and helping the Shi’a to pass God’s last tests.
➖The very important text of the “Ziyarah Jami’a Kabira” has been narrated from Imam Hadi (as). This supplication is a collection of all the teachings of the previous Imams on the topic of Imamate. We should pay more attention to this precious heritage from Imam Hadi (as).
➖The Imams have always attracted the attention of wise people, who are in love [with God and their religion], toward religious knowledge. Condolences on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hadi (as).
@PanahianEN
🌙 The Month for God’s Special Friends
🌱 The month of Rajab is the month of worshiping for the special friends of Almighty God. Those who worship more earnestly and pay more attention to their worship acts in the month of Rajab are considered to be the special friends of Almighty God. This is to such an extent that on the Day of Judgment, those who worshiped Him during the month of Rajab will be called separately. And God the Almighty will call them to His court in a special way.
#MonthOfRajab
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🌱 The month of Rajab is the month of worshiping for the special friends of Almighty God. Those who worship more earnestly and pay more attention to their worship acts in the month of Rajab are considered to be the special friends of Almighty God. This is to such an extent that on the Day of Judgment, those who worshiped Him during the month of Rajab will be called separately. And God the Almighty will call them to His court in a special way.
#MonthOfRajab
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🔻 Religion isn’t bitter.
🔻 Life’s nature is such that there is some bitterness in it.
👉🏼 Destiny (15)
🔸There are bitter realities in this world from which religion rescues a person to some extent. #Religion isn’t bitter. It’s life’s nature that there is some bitterness in it. God has mentioned this bitterness, “Certainly We have created man to be in distress.” [Qur’an 90:4]
🔸In Letter no. 31 in Nahj al-Balaghah, #ImamAli (as), addressed his young son and described 14 features of youthhood, mostly referring to the bitterness of life. “[This letter is] from a mortal father… to a son who yearns for that which will not be achieved, is treading the path of those who have gone, is subject to ailments, is caught up in the days, is a target of hardships…”
🔸Religion tells a person, “Give me your hand so that I may release you from these #hardships a little and cause your bitterness to be #fruitful. Now that you pray, when you tolerate your problems and hardships, you will gain light. Even if you weren’t praying, you would have had to tolerate hardships but without gaining any light.
🔸Paying attention to this fact that God is #testing us is very useful for a person’s spirit. It doesn’t let a person become weighed down by useless and superfluous happiness, sorrows, fears, and anxieties. It removes grudges from a person’s heart and brings comfort. It also corrects a person’s relationship with God and eliminates arrogance. Of course, it also causes a person to become fearful and anxious with respect to God a little. But afterwards, affection is created in a person’s heart and he becomes dependent on God. This is because he now understands he isn’t so independent. Thus, he will supplicate and rely on God even more.
🔸Whoever fears being tested should follow this advice of Imam Ali (as), “If you fear something, throw yourself into it, because your fear is greater than the action itself.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, wisdom no. 175] After starting that action, you will see it wasn’t as frightening as you had thought. Once you have entered into the middle of a test, you will feel relieved.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
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🔻 Life’s nature is such that there is some bitterness in it.
👉🏼 Destiny (15)
🔸There are bitter realities in this world from which religion rescues a person to some extent. #Religion isn’t bitter. It’s life’s nature that there is some bitterness in it. God has mentioned this bitterness, “Certainly We have created man to be in distress.” [Qur’an 90:4]
🔸In Letter no. 31 in Nahj al-Balaghah, #ImamAli (as), addressed his young son and described 14 features of youthhood, mostly referring to the bitterness of life. “[This letter is] from a mortal father… to a son who yearns for that which will not be achieved, is treading the path of those who have gone, is subject to ailments, is caught up in the days, is a target of hardships…”
🔸Religion tells a person, “Give me your hand so that I may release you from these #hardships a little and cause your bitterness to be #fruitful. Now that you pray, when you tolerate your problems and hardships, you will gain light. Even if you weren’t praying, you would have had to tolerate hardships but without gaining any light.
🔸Paying attention to this fact that God is #testing us is very useful for a person’s spirit. It doesn’t let a person become weighed down by useless and superfluous happiness, sorrows, fears, and anxieties. It removes grudges from a person’s heart and brings comfort. It also corrects a person’s relationship with God and eliminates arrogance. Of course, it also causes a person to become fearful and anxious with respect to God a little. But afterwards, affection is created in a person’s heart and he becomes dependent on God. This is because he now understands he isn’t so independent. Thus, he will supplicate and rely on God even more.
🔸Whoever fears being tested should follow this advice of Imam Ali (as), “If you fear something, throw yourself into it, because your fear is greater than the action itself.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, wisdom no. 175] After starting that action, you will see it wasn’t as frightening as you had thought. Once you have entered into the middle of a test, you will feel relieved.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
✅ @PanahianEN
Sound Hearts
Bad likings, which we hide in our hearts, cause our spirits to become depressed. These are likings that are unattainable or are mixed with sin, and we ourselves know that they are not good. And yet, we do not eliminate them. Rather, we strengthen them by envisioning and thinking about them. A heart that is empty of such bad likings is a sound heart.
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Bad likings, which we hide in our hearts, cause our spirits to become depressed. These are likings that are unattainable or are mixed with sin, and we ourselves know that they are not good. And yet, we do not eliminate them. Rather, we strengthen them by envisioning and thinking about them. A heart that is empty of such bad likings is a sound heart.
#SpiritualMessage
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🌙 The Spring Season of Spirituality
🌱 The month of Rajab is a prelude to the month of Sha'ban and the holy month of Ramadan. These three months can easily be called the season for worshiping or the spring season of worshiping. Spring has three months; here too there are three luminous months. It is said, "The month of Rajab is the month of God, the month of Sha'ban is the month of the Prophet of God (s) and the month of Ramadan is the month of the nation of Islam - the servants of God." (Amali Saduq, p. 534)
#MonthOfRajab
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🌱 The month of Rajab is a prelude to the month of Sha'ban and the holy month of Ramadan. These three months can easily be called the season for worshiping or the spring season of worshiping. Spring has three months; here too there are three luminous months. It is said, "The month of Rajab is the month of God, the month of Sha'ban is the month of the Prophet of God (s) and the month of Ramadan is the month of the nation of Islam - the servants of God." (Amali Saduq, p. 534)
#MonthOfRajab
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🔲 Religion tells us to control our minds ourselves.
🔲 Why do you let an external factor grab your attention?!
👉🏼 #ControllingMyMind (5)
➖A person who constantly overeats is harming himself and is called an overeater. But people don’t usually use bad terms about a person who constantly uses devices that attract a person’s attention, such as the TV, Internet, etc. Because this still isn’t considered to be bad behavior. But the harm and evil from these is much more than overeating!
➖Psychologists say, “If a person watches too much TV, he’ll become foolish.” Listening to a story on the radio is much better than watching a TV serial, because it involves more mental activity and your mind won’t become so lazy.
➖Today, there are different tools to attract people’s #attention, and this is truly an insult to people! It is as if they are saying, “Let me decide what you think about!” Why should an external factor grab your attention?!
➖The best moments for worshiping are at dawn when you are #alone. In fact, many places in religion refer to “controlling one’s mind,” such as “Dhikr [remembering God].” Dhikr means controlling one’s mind and is the opposite of “Ghiflah [negligence],” which means not being able to control one’s mind due to an inability to focus. Imam Sadiq (as) said, “The root of straying is Ghiflah, and the root of guidance is Dhikr.” [Misbah al-Shari’a, vol. 1, p. 55]
➖Many think since this world is instantaneous and sweet, it causes us to fall in love with it. But since the Hereafter is a promise for the future and we have not tasted its sweetness yet, we don’t fall in love with it. This is very wrong!
➖Since this world’s Dhikr is constantly in our mind and we remember it more, we love it. Since we do not remember the Hereafter very much, we do not love it that much.
➖ #ImamSadiq (as) said, “When you love something, do not think about it or remember it very much because this may destroy you.” [Kafi, vol. 6, p. 459] This world being instantaneous does not ruin a person; it is the Dhikr of this world that ruins one. How can you expect the Hereafter, a promise for the future, to cause you to grow without thinking about it and remembering it?!
✅ @PanahianEN
🔲 Why do you let an external factor grab your attention?!
👉🏼 #ControllingMyMind (5)
➖A person who constantly overeats is harming himself and is called an overeater. But people don’t usually use bad terms about a person who constantly uses devices that attract a person’s attention, such as the TV, Internet, etc. Because this still isn’t considered to be bad behavior. But the harm and evil from these is much more than overeating!
➖Psychologists say, “If a person watches too much TV, he’ll become foolish.” Listening to a story on the radio is much better than watching a TV serial, because it involves more mental activity and your mind won’t become so lazy.
➖Today, there are different tools to attract people’s #attention, and this is truly an insult to people! It is as if they are saying, “Let me decide what you think about!” Why should an external factor grab your attention?!
➖The best moments for worshiping are at dawn when you are #alone. In fact, many places in religion refer to “controlling one’s mind,” such as “Dhikr [remembering God].” Dhikr means controlling one’s mind and is the opposite of “Ghiflah [negligence],” which means not being able to control one’s mind due to an inability to focus. Imam Sadiq (as) said, “The root of straying is Ghiflah, and the root of guidance is Dhikr.” [Misbah al-Shari’a, vol. 1, p. 55]
➖Many think since this world is instantaneous and sweet, it causes us to fall in love with it. But since the Hereafter is a promise for the future and we have not tasted its sweetness yet, we don’t fall in love with it. This is very wrong!
➖Since this world’s Dhikr is constantly in our mind and we remember it more, we love it. Since we do not remember the Hereafter very much, we do not love it that much.
➖ #ImamSadiq (as) said, “When you love something, do not think about it or remember it very much because this may destroy you.” [Kafi, vol. 6, p. 459] This world being instantaneous does not ruin a person; it is the Dhikr of this world that ruins one. How can you expect the Hereafter, a promise for the future, to cause you to grow without thinking about it and remembering it?!
✅ @PanahianEN
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