📕 Is it worse to be an adulterer or a person who doesn’t pray?
📌 How much enjoyment is there in not praying?
📌 Not praying is disrespecting God.
💠 Someone asked Imam Sadiq (‘a), “Why don’t you consider an adulterer to be an unbeliever, but you consider a person who doesn’t pray to be an unbeliever?” Imam Sadiq (‘a) replied, “Because an adulterer and people like him do this action due to their lust overcoming them. But a person who doesn’t pray, hasn’t stopped praying except for the reason that he has scorned it. You won’t find an adulterer who did such a thing except because of the enjoyment, which it had. However, a person who doesn’t pray, finds no enjoyment in not praying. When a person doesn’t enjoy what he is doing, he is scorning it. When scorning is involved, disbelief is involved too.” How much enjoyment is there in not praying? How much enjoyment has he had because he didn’t pray? Was anything else involved besides him wanting to abase praying? Was anything else involved besides him wanting to disrespect God?! We should also pay attention to the fact that in the same way that not praying is disrespecting God, praying late is disrespecting God a little too.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 16 of the book “#How_to_pray_a_good_prayer,” by #AlirezaPanahian. (Under translation)
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📌 How much enjoyment is there in not praying?
📌 Not praying is disrespecting God.
💠 Someone asked Imam Sadiq (‘a), “Why don’t you consider an adulterer to be an unbeliever, but you consider a person who doesn’t pray to be an unbeliever?” Imam Sadiq (‘a) replied, “Because an adulterer and people like him do this action due to their lust overcoming them. But a person who doesn’t pray, hasn’t stopped praying except for the reason that he has scorned it. You won’t find an adulterer who did such a thing except because of the enjoyment, which it had. However, a person who doesn’t pray, finds no enjoyment in not praying. When a person doesn’t enjoy what he is doing, he is scorning it. When scorning is involved, disbelief is involved too.” How much enjoyment is there in not praying? How much enjoyment has he had because he didn’t pray? Was anything else involved besides him wanting to abase praying? Was anything else involved besides him wanting to disrespect God?! We should also pay attention to the fact that in the same way that not praying is disrespecting God, praying late is disrespecting God a little too.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 16 of the book “#How_to_pray_a_good_prayer,” by #AlirezaPanahian. (Under translation)
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📷 Looking from Above
Sometimes a person becomes so busy in trying to achieve his desires that he is unable to see himself and his own situation from above. If a person looks at his own situation from above, he will see that he has been moving in circles for many years and hasn’t moved away from the point where he started, not even a little.
#AlirezaPanahian
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Sometimes a person becomes so busy in trying to achieve his desires that he is unable to see himself and his own situation from above. If a person looks at his own situation from above, he will see that he has been moving in circles for many years and hasn’t moved away from the point where he started, not even a little.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 The Secrets to Solving Problems
We shouldn’t think that if we aren’t satisfied, we will be able to pray better. In addition, we shouldn’t think that if we complain, God will see our problems more clearly. Smiling when beset with the worst problems and being content while praying are the secrets to solving problems.
#AlirezaPanahian
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We shouldn’t think that if we aren’t satisfied, we will be able to pray better. In addition, we shouldn’t think that if we complain, God will see our problems more clearly. Smiling when beset with the worst problems and being content while praying are the secrets to solving problems.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
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🎦 The Strategic Path
🔻By spending a little time you can do something important for Imam Husayn ('a) and Humanity, which is very special.
#AlirezaPanahian #Vetr
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🔻By spending a little time you can do something important for Imam Husayn ('a) and Humanity, which is very special.
#AlirezaPanahian #Vetr
@PanahianEN
📷 A Happy Life
Living happily is a prerequisite to serving God happily. A person, who is not content with his life, won’t become happy through his servitude either. We should look at our problems in such a way that we don’t complain, instead we should be thankful, in order for our servitude to be sweet.
#AlirezaPanahian
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Living happily is a prerequisite to serving God happily. A person, who is not content with his life, won’t become happy through his servitude either. We should look at our problems in such a way that we don’t complain, instead we should be thankful, in order for our servitude to be sweet.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 The Way to Teach Sincerity to Children
If we don’t want to teach our children to be hypocritical, we shouldn’t train our children with the goal of improving our reputation in front of others. If we train our children in order to improve our reputation in front of God, we have taught them sincerity.
#AlirezaPanahian
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If we don’t want to teach our children to be hypocritical, we shouldn’t train our children with the goal of improving our reputation in front of others. If we train our children in order to improve our reputation in front of God, we have taught them sincerity.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 Exercising the Soul
Tribulations strengthen the forces of a person’s soul. Struggling in difficulties exercises the soul. In the same way that physical vitality is necessary, vitality of the soul is necessary too. The difference between the soul and the body is that the soul doesn’t age. Our soul can become even younger and fresher in each moment so long as we don’t forget to exercise it!
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
Tribulations strengthen the forces of a person’s soul. Struggling in difficulties exercises the soul. In the same way that physical vitality is necessary, vitality of the soul is necessary too. The difference between the soul and the body is that the soul doesn’t age. Our soul can become even younger and fresher in each moment so long as we don’t forget to exercise it!
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📚 Part 17 of the book “#How_to_pray_a_good_prayer,” by #AlirezaPanahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 Why don’t we say “Allah is Beneficent” instead of “Allah is the Greatest” in our ritual prayers?
📌 If we said “O Kind God” wouldn’t the hearts of people be more attracted to prayer?
📌 Why do we put our forehead on dust in front of God’s Greatness?
💠 Why don’t we say “Allah is Beneficent” or “Allah is Merciful” instead of “Allah is the Greatest” while praying? Don’t we say in supplications, “O the One Who His Mercy has surpassed His Anger?” Wasn’t it better if we said “O Kind God” instead of saying “God is the Greatest”? Wouldn’t the hearts be more attracted to prayer in this way? Why do we talk about God’s Greatness as soon as we start praying?
💠 When reading the Kumayl Supplication, the readers of this supplication continuously talk about God’s Kindness and cry. Why shouldn’t we use this method in praying and say “God is Merciful” instead of saying “God is the Greatest,” and then cry a lot? For example, instead of saying “God is the Greatest” we could say, “O my dear God! You are so kind!” What is wrong with being in love with God like this?! A person can’t fall in love with God’s Omnipotence and Greatness and cry because of these!
💠 Why do we say “God is the Greatest (Allahu Akbar)” so much? Why is prayer full of God’s Greatness? Why do we put our forehead on dust in front of God’s Greatness? Why is it that we should necessarily bow and prostrate in each cycle of praying?
💠 We must do these things because prayer, like a boot camp, wants to teach us something, and that is God’s Greatness. When a commander wants to show his greatness to his soldiers he doesn’t say, “Mr Soldier! I will buy you a car and in return you listen carefully to what I say!” During the several months of training when a soldier goes to boot camp, the commander won’t continuously give little snacks to him and say, “My dear, today I have bought another tasty snack for you. In return, listen to what I say. If a war starts, promise not to escape! Ok my dear?! You don’t need to shave your head completely. I myself will fix your hair any way that you like, and I’ll put gel on it too! But, in response to me paying attention to you here, you must pay attention to me in the battlefield!”
💠 Some people say, “O God, solve my problem so that I can then pray for You!” What they are saying is like a soldier who goes to boot camp and says, “Pay special attention to me now so that I will fight for you tomorrow!” If a commander behaves like this with a soldier, his greatness won’t enter the soldier’s heart. The outcome will be that the soldier won’t listen to the commands of the commander in sensitive and dangerous moments of the war in the future. If the commander tells him, “Go forward,” he will say, “Wait, let me see. Why should I go forward?” But, there is a famous saying from the past, which says, “There is no ‘questioning’ in the military.”
💠 The purpose of our discussion is not to say whether this behaviour in the military is correct or not. Or if it is necessary, what are the limits? Nonetheless, the commands of a commander in the military forces are important and sensitive. The organisation must be strong in the military forces. Therefore, they have a military discipline and special practises, which everyone must obey. The same thing should happen when we are standing in front of God, so that the Greatness and Dignity of the God of the universe may enter our hearts.
💠 Why should God’s Greatness enter our hearts? The reasons are: 1. We will gain the power to execute God’s commands, which is to our own benefit. 2. We will be able to love God. (More explanation will follow in the next sections.)
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 17 of the book “#How_to_pray_a_good_prayer,” by #AlirezaPanahian. (Under translation)
✅ @PanahianEN
📌 If we said “O Kind God” wouldn’t the hearts of people be more attracted to prayer?
📌 Why do we put our forehead on dust in front of God’s Greatness?
💠 Why don’t we say “Allah is Beneficent” or “Allah is Merciful” instead of “Allah is the Greatest” while praying? Don’t we say in supplications, “O the One Who His Mercy has surpassed His Anger?” Wasn’t it better if we said “O Kind God” instead of saying “God is the Greatest”? Wouldn’t the hearts be more attracted to prayer in this way? Why do we talk about God’s Greatness as soon as we start praying?
💠 When reading the Kumayl Supplication, the readers of this supplication continuously talk about God’s Kindness and cry. Why shouldn’t we use this method in praying and say “God is Merciful” instead of saying “God is the Greatest,” and then cry a lot? For example, instead of saying “God is the Greatest” we could say, “O my dear God! You are so kind!” What is wrong with being in love with God like this?! A person can’t fall in love with God’s Omnipotence and Greatness and cry because of these!
💠 Why do we say “God is the Greatest (Allahu Akbar)” so much? Why is prayer full of God’s Greatness? Why do we put our forehead on dust in front of God’s Greatness? Why is it that we should necessarily bow and prostrate in each cycle of praying?
💠 We must do these things because prayer, like a boot camp, wants to teach us something, and that is God’s Greatness. When a commander wants to show his greatness to his soldiers he doesn’t say, “Mr Soldier! I will buy you a car and in return you listen carefully to what I say!” During the several months of training when a soldier goes to boot camp, the commander won’t continuously give little snacks to him and say, “My dear, today I have bought another tasty snack for you. In return, listen to what I say. If a war starts, promise not to escape! Ok my dear?! You don’t need to shave your head completely. I myself will fix your hair any way that you like, and I’ll put gel on it too! But, in response to me paying attention to you here, you must pay attention to me in the battlefield!”
💠 Some people say, “O God, solve my problem so that I can then pray for You!” What they are saying is like a soldier who goes to boot camp and says, “Pay special attention to me now so that I will fight for you tomorrow!” If a commander behaves like this with a soldier, his greatness won’t enter the soldier’s heart. The outcome will be that the soldier won’t listen to the commands of the commander in sensitive and dangerous moments of the war in the future. If the commander tells him, “Go forward,” he will say, “Wait, let me see. Why should I go forward?” But, there is a famous saying from the past, which says, “There is no ‘questioning’ in the military.”
💠 The purpose of our discussion is not to say whether this behaviour in the military is correct or not. Or if it is necessary, what are the limits? Nonetheless, the commands of a commander in the military forces are important and sensitive. The organisation must be strong in the military forces. Therefore, they have a military discipline and special practises, which everyone must obey. The same thing should happen when we are standing in front of God, so that the Greatness and Dignity of the God of the universe may enter our hearts.
💠 Why should God’s Greatness enter our hearts? The reasons are: 1. We will gain the power to execute God’s commands, which is to our own benefit. 2. We will be able to love God. (More explanation will follow in the next sections.)
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 17 of the book “#How_to_pray_a_good_prayer,” by #AlirezaPanahian. (Under translation)
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 Do not become attached from the beginning.
We human beings make ourselves interested and dependent on some things. Then, we believe we need these things. If we are not able to obtain these false needs, we become restless. In order to resolve these frustrations, we create other attachments. When we do not obtain them, we become forlorn. It would have been better if we hadn’t become attached in the first place.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
We human beings make ourselves interested and dependent on some things. Then, we believe we need these things. If we are not able to obtain these false needs, we become restless. In order to resolve these frustrations, we create other attachments. When we do not obtain them, we become forlorn. It would have been better if we hadn’t become attached in the first place.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 Solitude
One of the ways to know ourselves is through solitude. A person loses himself in a chaotic environment and with many activities. Other people’s opinions about him prevail over him and prevent him from knowing his real self. A person should sometimes look at himself when in solitude, think about himself, and talk about himself with God Who is always present in our solitude.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
One of the ways to know ourselves is through solitude. A person loses himself in a chaotic environment and with many activities. Other people’s opinions about him prevail over him and prevent him from knowing his real self. A person should sometimes look at himself when in solitude, think about himself, and talk about himself with God Who is always present in our solitude.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 Take our hands…
God, forgive us when we sin, and when You have forgiven us, compensate for our past. God take our hands when we behave ignorantly, and when You have taken our hands, grant us wisdom. God, when we do not want You, please You want us. When You want us, make us love You too.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
God, forgive us when we sin, and when You have forgiven us, compensate for our past. God take our hands when we behave ignorantly, and when You have taken our hands, grant us wisdom. God, when we do not want You, please You want us. When You want us, make us love You too.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 Mountaineering
Mountaineering brings both pride and humbleness. When you are at the mountains tops and climbing up, you develop a sense of greatness. When you cannot go on, you discover your smallness.
#AlirezaPanahian
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Mountaineering brings both pride and humbleness. When you are at the mountains tops and climbing up, you develop a sense of greatness. When you cannot go on, you discover your smallness.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
📷 Don’t be like others!
God, wake us when others are sleeping, and when others are awake, take us to the peak of awareness. When others have stopped, help us to move. When others are moving, help us to fly. In the end, we should never be like others. “Put me amongst the most blessed servants and closest ones in dignity to You.” [Kumayl Supplication]
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
God, wake us when others are sleeping, and when others are awake, take us to the peak of awareness. When others have stopped, help us to move. When others are moving, help us to fly. In the end, we should never be like others. “Put me amongst the most blessed servants and closest ones in dignity to You.” [Kumayl Supplication]
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
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🎦 The Cure for All Pains
🔻If a person is committed to praying on time, he will reach to high levels in spirituality.
#AlirezaPanahian
@PanahianEN
🔻If a person is committed to praying on time, he will reach to high levels in spirituality.
#AlirezaPanahian
@PanahianEN