🔻Looking at the concept of being tested balances a person both spiritually and mentally, and it increases his/her wisdom.
🔻Whatever happens to you is to your benefit, and the criteria for what is to your benefit is the tests.
👉🏼 Destiny (6)
🔸 When #life brings pressures on some people and the situation becomes a little hard for them, they cry out and object! These kinds of people have not understood the fundamental goal of #creation. They do not know why we are here. God says, “It is He who has created death and life to put you to the #test.” [Qur’an 67:2]
🔸God has used different terms such as “Fitna (trial),” “Ibtila (tried),” and “Imtihan (test)” about 60 times in the Holy Qur’an in order to show the importance of the issue of testing and divine trials in our lives.
🔸Before thinking about our lives being temporary, we should think about this world being a place for us to be tested. When we want to look at divine destinies that are ruling over us, we should look at the main philosophy behind these destinies and the most determining factor, which is tests.
🔸Thinking about the concept of being tested balances people spiritually and mentally and increases their wisdom. It also regulates a person’s #perspective and planning for his/her individual and social life. However, most people do not pay attention to the concept of being tested, they do not know the philosophy behind the events that are taking place for them or what God’s questions are for testing them in their lives.
🔸This subject is incredibly absorbing. That is because a person senses that he/she is living with his/her Lord in each moment. If you look at life in this way, you will understand that whatever happens to you is to your #benefit, and the criteria for what is to your benefit is the tests. Because, the mentor in your destinies is God, and He knows better what is to your benefit.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
✅ @PanahianEN
🔻Whatever happens to you is to your benefit, and the criteria for what is to your benefit is the tests.
👉🏼 Destiny (6)
🔸 When #life brings pressures on some people and the situation becomes a little hard for them, they cry out and object! These kinds of people have not understood the fundamental goal of #creation. They do not know why we are here. God says, “It is He who has created death and life to put you to the #test.” [Qur’an 67:2]
🔸God has used different terms such as “Fitna (trial),” “Ibtila (tried),” and “Imtihan (test)” about 60 times in the Holy Qur’an in order to show the importance of the issue of testing and divine trials in our lives.
🔸Before thinking about our lives being temporary, we should think about this world being a place for us to be tested. When we want to look at divine destinies that are ruling over us, we should look at the main philosophy behind these destinies and the most determining factor, which is tests.
🔸Thinking about the concept of being tested balances people spiritually and mentally and increases their wisdom. It also regulates a person’s #perspective and planning for his/her individual and social life. However, most people do not pay attention to the concept of being tested, they do not know the philosophy behind the events that are taking place for them or what God’s questions are for testing them in their lives.
🔸This subject is incredibly absorbing. That is because a person senses that he/she is living with his/her Lord in each moment. If you look at life in this way, you will understand that whatever happens to you is to your #benefit, and the criteria for what is to your benefit is the tests. Because, the mentor in your destinies is God, and He knows better what is to your benefit.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
✅ @PanahianEN
🔻 In the beginning, we must sacrifice our bad likings for good ones.
🔻 In the next stage, we must sacrifice our good likings for higher ones.
👉🏼 Destiny (12)
🔸In each #test, and in each good choice we make, we must crush some of our #likings. Of course, this is difficult and painful to do. Overcoming superficial interests and reaching deep, hidden #interests is the only way for human beings to produce added value. Thus, God has said, “O man! Surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.” [Qur’an 84:6]
🔸#ImamAli (as) said, “Each worship act involves some difficulties and dislikes, and each sin involves some desires.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, sermon 176] But don’t try to be religious by adapting religion to your own desires.
🔸The #Prophet (s) said about those who work for their life in the Hereafter, “People die once, but they die 70 times a day due to fighting their own wills, opposing their desires and fighting the evil that runs through their veins.” [Mizan al-Hikmah, p. 2916]
🔸God says, “Certainly We have created man to be in distress.” [Qur’an 90:4] But we keep pursuing excitements and entertainments. We expect to be constantly immersed in pleasures and comforts even though we see that we fail to achieve many of our dreams. Today, some hold classes on how to be #successful and how to reach our dreams. But Imam Ali (as) in a letter to the youth said, “I am writing to a youth whose dreams won’t come true.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, letter 31]
🔸Not only must we crush our bad and worthless likings for good, valuable likings, but in higher stages, we must also crush our good likings for better ones. And this opposing our will continues until the last moments of our lives. [Tuhaf al-Uqul, p. 370]
🔸Fighting his will for a person like Ibrahim (as) was not crushing his bad likings. It meant crushing a good liking, loving his son Ismael (as), for the love of God. Imam Ali (as) loved to protect the trust that had been entrusted to him and defend Fatimah (as). But the situation was such that for the sake of God and a higher interest, he didn’t use his sword to defend Fatimah (as), and this was very hard for him.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
✅ @PanahianEN
🔻 In the next stage, we must sacrifice our good likings for higher ones.
👉🏼 Destiny (12)
🔸In each #test, and in each good choice we make, we must crush some of our #likings. Of course, this is difficult and painful to do. Overcoming superficial interests and reaching deep, hidden #interests is the only way for human beings to produce added value. Thus, God has said, “O man! Surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.” [Qur’an 84:6]
🔸#ImamAli (as) said, “Each worship act involves some difficulties and dislikes, and each sin involves some desires.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, sermon 176] But don’t try to be religious by adapting religion to your own desires.
🔸The #Prophet (s) said about those who work for their life in the Hereafter, “People die once, but they die 70 times a day due to fighting their own wills, opposing their desires and fighting the evil that runs through their veins.” [Mizan al-Hikmah, p. 2916]
🔸God says, “Certainly We have created man to be in distress.” [Qur’an 90:4] But we keep pursuing excitements and entertainments. We expect to be constantly immersed in pleasures and comforts even though we see that we fail to achieve many of our dreams. Today, some hold classes on how to be #successful and how to reach our dreams. But Imam Ali (as) in a letter to the youth said, “I am writing to a youth whose dreams won’t come true.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, letter 31]
🔸Not only must we crush our bad and worthless likings for good, valuable likings, but in higher stages, we must also crush our good likings for better ones. And this opposing our will continues until the last moments of our lives. [Tuhaf al-Uqul, p. 370]
🔸Fighting his will for a person like Ibrahim (as) was not crushing his bad likings. It meant crushing a good liking, loving his son Ismael (as), for the love of God. Imam Ali (as) loved to protect the trust that had been entrusted to him and defend Fatimah (as). But the situation was such that for the sake of God and a higher interest, he didn’t use his sword to defend Fatimah (as), and this was very hard for him.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
✅ @PanahianEN