🔻Our Sacrifices
🔸The issue of sacrificing started from the beginning of creation. The main argument between Cain and Abel was about their sacrifices being accepted. [Qur’an 5:27] Cain wasn’t an ill-tempered person that he decided to kill his brother. Rather, the important issue of a #sacrifice being accepted or not was involved.
🔸At the end of each period of worshiping, we should think about whether our worshiping has been #accepted or not, for instance Hajj or the month of Ramadan. A deed being accepted is very complicated, and God has made it ambiguous for us whether He has accepted our deeds or not.
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice our #likings. Prophet #Ibrahim (‘a) had asked for a son from God, God had granted him #Ismail and he liked his son because of God. He wasn’t an ordinary child, but was capable of becoming a prophet. Now, he had to sacrifice his child, and Prophet Ibrahim did so. However, God showed mercy to him and said, “You truly wanted to do this, so it’s enough and accepted.”
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice one of our #talents. We should not become sad if we are not able to use all our talents or if we are not able to do a great deed, which we had wanted to do. Sometimes these things are our sacrifices. We put effort but if it doesn’t happen, we should say, “Ok God.”
🔸We have #problems in life. Let’s count them to be our sacrifices for God. Let your soul smile and be satisfied with life. You have made a sacrifice in not being able to do something, to show a talent, or you lost an opportunity. Say, “These are my sacrifices.”
🔸Imam Ali (‘a) was the most talented person on earth who could have manifested all his talents. He said, “People, I can get light from this running water for your nights!” [Tasnif Nahj al-Balaghah, p. 782] They did not allow him to manifest his talents.
🔸If a person gives a sacrifice and it’s accepted, he will enjoy spiritually very much, not a selfish but a loving enjoyment. The #vitality and happiness that comes from giving a sacrifice is so great that we have an #Eid for giving a sacrifice called “Eid al-Adha.”
🌱Congratulations on Eid al-Adha to everyone!
@PanahianEN
🔸The issue of sacrificing started from the beginning of creation. The main argument between Cain and Abel was about their sacrifices being accepted. [Qur’an 5:27] Cain wasn’t an ill-tempered person that he decided to kill his brother. Rather, the important issue of a #sacrifice being accepted or not was involved.
🔸At the end of each period of worshiping, we should think about whether our worshiping has been #accepted or not, for instance Hajj or the month of Ramadan. A deed being accepted is very complicated, and God has made it ambiguous for us whether He has accepted our deeds or not.
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice our #likings. Prophet #Ibrahim (‘a) had asked for a son from God, God had granted him #Ismail and he liked his son because of God. He wasn’t an ordinary child, but was capable of becoming a prophet. Now, he had to sacrifice his child, and Prophet Ibrahim did so. However, God showed mercy to him and said, “You truly wanted to do this, so it’s enough and accepted.”
🔸Sometimes we must sacrifice one of our #talents. We should not become sad if we are not able to use all our talents or if we are not able to do a great deed, which we had wanted to do. Sometimes these things are our sacrifices. We put effort but if it doesn’t happen, we should say, “Ok God.”
🔸We have #problems in life. Let’s count them to be our sacrifices for God. Let your soul smile and be satisfied with life. You have made a sacrifice in not being able to do something, to show a talent, or you lost an opportunity. Say, “These are my sacrifices.”
🔸Imam Ali (‘a) was the most talented person on earth who could have manifested all his talents. He said, “People, I can get light from this running water for your nights!” [Tasnif Nahj al-Balaghah, p. 782] They did not allow him to manifest his talents.
🔸If a person gives a sacrifice and it’s accepted, he will enjoy spiritually very much, not a selfish but a loving enjoyment. The #vitality and happiness that comes from giving a sacrifice is so great that we have an #Eid for giving a sacrifice called “Eid al-Adha.”
🌱Congratulations on Eid al-Adha to everyone!
@PanahianEN
🔻The good feeling of Eid al-Ghadir
🔸The spiritual inner #enjoyment that people can feel on #Ghadir is more than on Ashura. We should tell those who have tasted the enjoyment of Ashura, “You still haven’t tasted the enjoyment of Ghadir!”
🔸I do not want to say that the enjoyment that comes from being happy for the Household of the Prophet is more than the enjoyment that comes from being sad for them. And I do not want to say that the enjoyment of Muharram is only due to its mourning ceremonies. During that time too you talk about affection for the Household (‘a). However, the enjoyment of #Guardianship and becoming drowned in it is obviously more than the enjoyment of affection.
🔸On Ghadir, people should not participate in commemorations of this event due to feeling that it is a duty or to gain rewards. Rather, they should participate due to their enjoyment in the same way that on Ashura they go to gatherings because they are enjoyable.
🔸When a person goes on the walk for Arbaeen, he is restless the next year and says, “I have to go again.” If we tell him, “Going one time was enough; you have gained its reward,” he will reply, “Sure. But, I don’t want to go for its reward anymore. I want to go for itself.”
🔸The enjoyment of Ghadir is very surprising. It is very different from all other enjoyments. Let’s think about this.
🌸 Congratulations on #Eid al-Ghadir (‘a) to all those who like to follow the path of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali bin Abi Talib (‘a), and #LiveLikeAli (‘a).
@PanahianEN
🔸The spiritual inner #enjoyment that people can feel on #Ghadir is more than on Ashura. We should tell those who have tasted the enjoyment of Ashura, “You still haven’t tasted the enjoyment of Ghadir!”
🔸I do not want to say that the enjoyment that comes from being happy for the Household of the Prophet is more than the enjoyment that comes from being sad for them. And I do not want to say that the enjoyment of Muharram is only due to its mourning ceremonies. During that time too you talk about affection for the Household (‘a). However, the enjoyment of #Guardianship and becoming drowned in it is obviously more than the enjoyment of affection.
🔸On Ghadir, people should not participate in commemorations of this event due to feeling that it is a duty or to gain rewards. Rather, they should participate due to their enjoyment in the same way that on Ashura they go to gatherings because they are enjoyable.
🔸When a person goes on the walk for Arbaeen, he is restless the next year and says, “I have to go again.” If we tell him, “Going one time was enough; you have gained its reward,” he will reply, “Sure. But, I don’t want to go for its reward anymore. I want to go for itself.”
🔸The enjoyment of Ghadir is very surprising. It is very different from all other enjoyments. Let’s think about this.
🌸 Congratulations on #Eid al-Ghadir (‘a) to all those who like to follow the path of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali bin Abi Talib (‘a), and #LiveLikeAli (‘a).
@PanahianEN