🔻Will the Saviour reform the world by just using miracles?
🔸One common, uninformed way of looking at the topic of the #Saviour is to believe that the Imam (‘a.j.) will guide humankind with just the use of #miracles - without people carrying out their duties, separate from the natural structure of human society and separate from the divine customs in relation to the course of history - towards Heaven and an ideal situation.
🔸This way of thinking ignores humankind’s dignity, belittles religion and does not take into account God’s unalterable traditions. Eventually, this will lead to an irresponsible and useless way of #awaiting the Saviour.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
🔸One common, uninformed way of looking at the topic of the #Saviour is to believe that the Imam (‘a.j.) will guide humankind with just the use of #miracles - without people carrying out their duties, separate from the natural structure of human society and separate from the divine customs in relation to the course of history - towards Heaven and an ideal situation.
🔸This way of thinking ignores humankind’s dignity, belittles religion and does not take into account God’s unalterable traditions. Eventually, this will lead to an irresponsible and useless way of #awaiting the Saviour.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
🔻Will the Saviour solve all matters with a sword?!
🔸Some people have the common, uninformed impression that when the #Saviour comes he will solve all problems with a #sword! Of course, in the process of the Saviour’s uprising, a sword (weapons) will definitely be used. However, this requires much preparation and will also be accompanied by many necessities. The day, when Ali bin Abi Talib’s (‘a) hands were tied up, there was a sword, but it was not used due to a lack in the preliminaries and necessities. This sword is the same sword; the only difference is that the situation will be right for it to be used at that time.
🔸If using a sword is depicted without paying attention to its principles, then the image that the enemies of the Imam (‘a.j.) present to the world to frighten people from him will be confirmed. They depict an image of an oppressive, imprudent ruler who only wishes to solve everything with his sword when he comes!
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
🔸Some people have the common, uninformed impression that when the #Saviour comes he will solve all problems with a #sword! Of course, in the process of the Saviour’s uprising, a sword (weapons) will definitely be used. However, this requires much preparation and will also be accompanied by many necessities. The day, when Ali bin Abi Talib’s (‘a) hands were tied up, there was a sword, but it was not used due to a lack in the preliminaries and necessities. This sword is the same sword; the only difference is that the situation will be right for it to be used at that time.
🔸If using a sword is depicted without paying attention to its principles, then the image that the enemies of the Imam (‘a.j.) present to the world to frighten people from him will be confirmed. They depict an image of an oppressive, imprudent ruler who only wishes to solve everything with his sword when he comes!
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
🔻Is it enough for people to be tired of oppression or for tyranny to reach its peak for the Saviour to reappear?
🔸One common, uninformed impression about the #Reappearance is that it is enough for people to be tired of #oppression or for tyranny to reach its peak for the #Saviour to reappear; and, there is no need for people to be ready for accepting #justice.
🔸However, forming a just government among people who are only tired of oppression but cannot tolerate justice will not be a lasting government at all.
🔸When people insisted the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (‘a), accept the caliphate, the Imam refused. The basic reason for his refusal was that although people were tired of oppression, they did not want justice. They could not understand justice and its necessities, nor could they tolerate them. There is a great difference between these two.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
🔸One common, uninformed impression about the #Reappearance is that it is enough for people to be tired of #oppression or for tyranny to reach its peak for the #Saviour to reappear; and, there is no need for people to be ready for accepting #justice.
🔸However, forming a just government among people who are only tired of oppression but cannot tolerate justice will not be a lasting government at all.
🔸When people insisted the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (‘a), accept the caliphate, the Imam refused. The basic reason for his refusal was that although people were tired of oppression, they did not want justice. They could not understand justice and its necessities, nor could they tolerate them. There is a great difference between these two.
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
💥A Special Longing for a Special Night
🔸One level of sincerity is that we stay up during the night of the 23rd of the month of #Ramadan just to pray for the #Reappearance of the Imam (‘a.j.). Asking for forgiveness or asking for other needs is fine, but let’s have our main intention to be praying for the Reappearance. When we do this, we will feel the difference.
🔸The truth is that we have become used to his absence, because we have not thought very much about the greatness of the Reappearance, the tragedy of him being in occultation and the fact that the world is deprived of his government.
🔸Crying when asking for the Reappearance of the #Saviour requires #thinking. If we do not reach a high level of thinking for understanding the necessity of his Reappearance in the #Night_of_Destiny, we will never understand it. I ask you to pray for the Reappearance.
Ali Reza Panahian
✅ @PanahianEN
🔸One level of sincerity is that we stay up during the night of the 23rd of the month of #Ramadan just to pray for the #Reappearance of the Imam (‘a.j.). Asking for forgiveness or asking for other needs is fine, but let’s have our main intention to be praying for the Reappearance. When we do this, we will feel the difference.
🔸The truth is that we have become used to his absence, because we have not thought very much about the greatness of the Reappearance, the tragedy of him being in occultation and the fact that the world is deprived of his government.
🔸Crying when asking for the Reappearance of the #Saviour requires #thinking. If we do not reach a high level of thinking for understanding the necessity of his Reappearance in the #Night_of_Destiny, we will never understand it. I ask you to pray for the Reappearance.
Ali Reza Panahian
✅ @PanahianEN
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