đź”»In this world, success means being successful in the divine tests.
đź”»Other successes in life are the tools for us to be tested.
👉🏼 Destiny (7)
🔸When the central factor for our destinies, for the prophets being sent, and for the religious laws are for us to be tested, this means that the main thing in this world is neither suffering nor being comfortable. Therefore, people’s goals should not be success, comfort and blessings, and of course, no one’s goal should be to be in pain, suffering, bothering oneself or giving hardships to oneself.
🔸We are not supposed to search for #success in this world. This means that we should not be after reaching that optimal point that we have in mind. The optimal point is to pass tests correctly. Our only success is to be successful in divine #tests.
🔸When we say that the central factor for divine destinies is tests, this means that whether you are given hardship or comfort, this is for you to be tested. [Qur’an 89:15–16]
🔸When we see some differences between others and ourselves, we should not say that this is #discrimination and this is in contradiction with God’s justice! The Commander of the Faithful, Ali (as), said, “Do not count wealth and children to be the criteria of God’s anger or pleasure. This stems from your ignorance about divine tests and trials for testing [people’s] abilities and powers.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, sermon no. 192]
🔸We can say that the #primary, practical goal of the creation of human beings is to be #tested. The Qur’an says, “It is He who has created death and life to put you to the test.” [67:2] The #intermediary goal of creation is “#worshiping and servitude.” The Qur’an says, “We have created jinn and human beings only that they might worship Me.” [51:56] The #ultimate aim and goal of creation is #meeting_God.” The Qur’an states, “…you are working hard toward your Lord and you will meet Him.” [84:6] It also states, “We are the servants of God and to Him we shall all return.” [2:156] In other words, the primary goal of creation that we are facing in our actions in this world is testing.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
âś… @PanahianEN
đź”»Other successes in life are the tools for us to be tested.
👉🏼 Destiny (7)
🔸When the central factor for our destinies, for the prophets being sent, and for the religious laws are for us to be tested, this means that the main thing in this world is neither suffering nor being comfortable. Therefore, people’s goals should not be success, comfort and blessings, and of course, no one’s goal should be to be in pain, suffering, bothering oneself or giving hardships to oneself.
🔸We are not supposed to search for #success in this world. This means that we should not be after reaching that optimal point that we have in mind. The optimal point is to pass tests correctly. Our only success is to be successful in divine #tests.
🔸When we say that the central factor for divine destinies is tests, this means that whether you are given hardship or comfort, this is for you to be tested. [Qur’an 89:15–16]
🔸When we see some differences between others and ourselves, we should not say that this is #discrimination and this is in contradiction with God’s justice! The Commander of the Faithful, Ali (as), said, “Do not count wealth and children to be the criteria of God’s anger or pleasure. This stems from your ignorance about divine tests and trials for testing [people’s] abilities and powers.” [Nahj al-Balaghah, sermon no. 192]
🔸We can say that the #primary, practical goal of the creation of human beings is to be #tested. The Qur’an says, “It is He who has created death and life to put you to the test.” [67:2] The #intermediary goal of creation is “#worshiping and servitude.” The Qur’an says, “We have created jinn and human beings only that they might worship Me.” [51:56] The #ultimate aim and goal of creation is #meeting_God.” The Qur’an states, “…you are working hard toward your Lord and you will meet Him.” [84:6] It also states, “We are the servants of God and to Him we shall all return.” [2:156] In other words, the primary goal of creation that we are facing in our actions in this world is testing.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
âś… @PanahianEN
đź”» The testing system requires that a person have the opportunity to sin and to do good deeds.
đź”» Why does Islam give sinners time and opportunities?
👉🏼 Destiny (13)
🔸In order for people to be able to produce increased value, in addition to the internal conflict between good and bad likings, the external environment must also be such a way that people can be #tested. This means it should be possible to sin and to do good deeds.
🔸But it doesn’t mean there must be both bars and mosques! This means if someone drinks alcohol in hiding in his house, he shouldn’t be accosted. You shouldn’t even expose, disgrace, or gossip about him. According to traditions, if he sinned yesterday and you see him the next day, you should assume he has repented and not think that he is a #sinner.
🔸Of course, it is natural that this way of dealing with sinners will give them the #opportunity to sin again, and this method makes sinners bolder. It is because of this method that it appears that the 124,000 divine prophets did not succeed. But if God wanted human beings to be good by force, he wouldn’t have created them at all.
🔸Without a doubt it should be possible to sin, but this doesn’t mean that we should ruin the environment in such a way that it is no longer possible to do good deeds or that people should be encouraged to sin.
🔸Westerners frequently make claims about #freedom, but interestingly this concept isn’t in the Holy Qur’an. Rather, there is the concept “the opportunity to choose.” But these two concepts are different. The freedom they have designed is such that the society is so corrupted that people don’t dare to do good deeds.
🔸In the west there is freedom to be bad and it is even pushed on people, but freedom for becoming good is limited. An example is the way good people, the sanctities, and the prophets are ridiculed in the name of “freedom of expression.” This ridiculing disrupts the testing system.
🔸We are in favor of preserving the testing system. In order to do this, there must be the opportunity for sin to the extent determined by the divine laws of #Islam.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
âś… @PanahianEN
đź”» Why does Islam give sinners time and opportunities?
👉🏼 Destiny (13)
🔸In order for people to be able to produce increased value, in addition to the internal conflict between good and bad likings, the external environment must also be such a way that people can be #tested. This means it should be possible to sin and to do good deeds.
🔸But it doesn’t mean there must be both bars and mosques! This means if someone drinks alcohol in hiding in his house, he shouldn’t be accosted. You shouldn’t even expose, disgrace, or gossip about him. According to traditions, if he sinned yesterday and you see him the next day, you should assume he has repented and not think that he is a #sinner.
🔸Of course, it is natural that this way of dealing with sinners will give them the #opportunity to sin again, and this method makes sinners bolder. It is because of this method that it appears that the 124,000 divine prophets did not succeed. But if God wanted human beings to be good by force, he wouldn’t have created them at all.
🔸Without a doubt it should be possible to sin, but this doesn’t mean that we should ruin the environment in such a way that it is no longer possible to do good deeds or that people should be encouraged to sin.
🔸Westerners frequently make claims about #freedom, but interestingly this concept isn’t in the Holy Qur’an. Rather, there is the concept “the opportunity to choose.” But these two concepts are different. The freedom they have designed is such that the society is so corrupted that people don’t dare to do good deeds.
🔸In the west there is freedom to be bad and it is even pushed on people, but freedom for becoming good is limited. An example is the way good people, the sanctities, and the prophets are ridiculed in the name of “freedom of expression.” This ridiculing disrupts the testing system.
🔸We are in favor of preserving the testing system. In order to do this, there must be the opportunity for sin to the extent determined by the divine laws of #Islam.
#AliRezaPanahian
#Most_Determining_Factor
#Destiny
âś… @PanahianEN
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