Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Greater Pilgrimage/Hajj and Lesser Pilgrimage/Umrah at Makkah (Saudi Arabia)
Almost every year Millions of Muslims from all over the World go to Saudi Arabia to perform:"Hajj" ( i.e., Greater Pilgrimage )in the holy month of "Zilhajj-al-Haraam". According to Hijri Islamic Callender 9th Day of Zilhajj-al-Haraam is ARAFA-DAY (Special Prayers are offered for forgiveness of all sins) and 10th Day is "EID-AL-ADHA" (on this day a Sheep or Cow or Camel is sacrificed by all Pilgrims/Hajjis in the Slaughter House). The main purposes of Hajj or Umrah are to gather all Muslims to Sacred Mosque/Khana-e-Ka'aba/Holy Places in Saudi Arabia from all over the world from different races/cultures/traditions (but all from one religion/Islam) so that they meet together and make friends to make a better world.
In the Holy Book "QUR'AN"-Surah 2:Al Baqarah, Lord Almighty said:"Perform the pilgrimage and the visit (to Makkah/Mecca as known in Western World)for Allah. And if you are prevented, then send such gifts as can be obtained with ease, and shave not your heads until the gifts have reached their destination. And whoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head must pay a ransom of fasting or almsgiving or offering. And if you are in safety, then whoever contents himself/herself with the visit for the Pilgrimage (shall give) such gifts as can be had with ease. And whoever cannot find (such gifts), then a fast of three days while on the pilgrimage, and of seven when you have returned, that is, ten in all. That is for him whose folk are not present at the Sacred Mosque. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.
The pilgrimage is (in) the well known months, and whoever is minded to perform the pilgrimage therein (let him/her remember that) there is (to be) no lewdness nor abuse nor angry conversation on the pilgrimage. And whatsoever good you do Allah knows it. So make provision for yourselves (hereafter); for the best provision is to ward off evil. Therefore keep your duty unto Me, O men of understanding.
It is no sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord (by trading). But, when you press on in the multitude from Arafat, remember Allah by the sacred monument. Remember Him as He has guided you, although before you were of those astray.
Then hasten onward from the place whence the multitude hastens onward, and ask forgiveness of Allah, Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
And when you have completed your devotions, then remember Allah as you remember your fathers ( it was the custom of the pagan Arabs to praise their forefathers at the conclusion of the Pilgrimage ) or with a more lively rememberance. But of mankind is he who says:"Our Lord! Give unto us in the world," and he has no portion in the Hereafter.
And of them (also) is he who says:"Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and guard us from the doom of Fire."
In the Holy Book "QUR'AN"-Surah 2:Al Baqarah, Lord Almighty said:"Perform the pilgrimage and the visit (to Makkah/Mecca as known in Western World)for Allah. And if you are prevented, then send such gifts as can be obtained with ease, and shave not your heads until the gifts have reached their destination. And whoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head must pay a ransom of fasting or almsgiving or offering. And if you are in safety, then whoever contents himself/herself with the visit for the Pilgrimage (shall give) such gifts as can be had with ease. And whoever cannot find (such gifts), then a fast of three days while on the pilgrimage, and of seven when you have returned, that is, ten in all. That is for him whose folk are not present at the Sacred Mosque. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.
The pilgrimage is (in) the well known months, and whoever is minded to perform the pilgrimage therein (let him/her remember that) there is (to be) no lewdness nor abuse nor angry conversation on the pilgrimage. And whatsoever good you do Allah knows it. So make provision for yourselves (hereafter); for the best provision is to ward off evil. Therefore keep your duty unto Me, O men of understanding.
It is no sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord (by trading). But, when you press on in the multitude from Arafat, remember Allah by the sacred monument. Remember Him as He has guided you, although before you were of those astray.
Then hasten onward from the place whence the multitude hastens onward, and ask forgiveness of Allah, Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
And when you have completed your devotions, then remember Allah as you remember your fathers ( it was the custom of the pagan Arabs to praise their forefathers at the conclusion of the Pilgrimage ) or with a more lively rememberance. But of mankind is he who says:"Our Lord! Give unto us in the world," and he has no portion in the Hereafter.
And of them (also) is he who says:"Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and guard us from the doom of Fire."
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
An address to this vicious world!
We all know that our life-span in this world is very very short as compared to the eternal life, i.e. life-after death. How does it sound to address it as under?
"O vicious world! be away from me; why do you come in front of me like this? Have you fallen in love with me or do you want to allure me? God forbid that I may be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible; go and try your allurements on somebody else. I do not desire to own you and do not want to have you. The life of pleasures that you offer is of very little duration. There is no real importance in what you offer, the desire of holding you is an insult and a humiliation to sober minds. Sad is the plight of those who want to acquire you, they do not provide for hereafter, they have to pass through a long journey over a very difficult road towards a sad destination".
Our welfare do not lie in our having enormous wealth and numerous children, but it rests in our being highly educated and forebearing, and in our being proud of our obedience to God. If we do a good deed then thank Lord for it, and if we commit a sin then repent and atone for it. In this world there is a real welfare for two kinds of people; one is the person who, when commits a sin atones/repents for it and the other is the person who is anxious to do good as much as possible.
Take care and do not pray to Lord saying, " I pray Thee to protect and guard me from temptations and trials", for there is none who is not tempted and tried. But beseech Him to guard you against such temptation as may lead you towards wickedness and sins. Though He knows them better than even they know themselves ( because He is the Creator ), yet those trials and tests are for the purpose of their realising and knowing those deeds which merit reward or which deserve punishment. There are some people who love to have children and there are some people who simply crave after wealth and hate poverty.
There are many educated people (in this world) who have ruined their future on account of their ignorance of religion. Their knowledge did not prove any avail to them.
More wonderful than man/woman himself/herself is that part of his/her body which is connected with his/her trunk with muscles. It is his/her heart ( mind ). Look what good and bad tendencies it is a source of. On one hand it hold treasures of knowledge and wisdom, and on the other it is found to harbour very ugly desires. If a man/woman sees even a tiny gleam of success then greed forces him/her to humiliate himself/herself. If he/she gives way to avarice then inordinate desires ruin him/her; if he/she is disappointed then despondency almost kills him/her. If he/she is excited then he/she loses temper and gets angry. If he/she is pleased then he/she gives up precaution. Sudden fear makes him/her dull and nervous and he/she is unable to find a way out of the situation. During the times of peace and prosperity he/she becomes careless and unmindful of future (i.e., life-after!). If he/she acquires wealth then he/she becomes haughty and arrogant. If he/she is plunged in distress then his/her agitation, impatience and nervousness disgrace him/her. If he/she is overtaken by poverty then he/she finds himself/herself in a very sad plight; hunger makes him/her weak and over-feeding harms him/her equally. In short every kind of loss and gain unbalances his/her mind!!!
"O vicious world! be away from me; why do you come in front of me like this? Have you fallen in love with me or do you want to allure me? God forbid that I may be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible; go and try your allurements on somebody else. I do not desire to own you and do not want to have you. The life of pleasures that you offer is of very little duration. There is no real importance in what you offer, the desire of holding you is an insult and a humiliation to sober minds. Sad is the plight of those who want to acquire you, they do not provide for hereafter, they have to pass through a long journey over a very difficult road towards a sad destination".
Our welfare do not lie in our having enormous wealth and numerous children, but it rests in our being highly educated and forebearing, and in our being proud of our obedience to God. If we do a good deed then thank Lord for it, and if we commit a sin then repent and atone for it. In this world there is a real welfare for two kinds of people; one is the person who, when commits a sin atones/repents for it and the other is the person who is anxious to do good as much as possible.
Take care and do not pray to Lord saying, " I pray Thee to protect and guard me from temptations and trials", for there is none who is not tempted and tried. But beseech Him to guard you against such temptation as may lead you towards wickedness and sins. Though He knows them better than even they know themselves ( because He is the Creator ), yet those trials and tests are for the purpose of their realising and knowing those deeds which merit reward or which deserve punishment. There are some people who love to have children and there are some people who simply crave after wealth and hate poverty.
There are many educated people (in this world) who have ruined their future on account of their ignorance of religion. Their knowledge did not prove any avail to them.
More wonderful than man/woman himself/herself is that part of his/her body which is connected with his/her trunk with muscles. It is his/her heart ( mind ). Look what good and bad tendencies it is a source of. On one hand it hold treasures of knowledge and wisdom, and on the other it is found to harbour very ugly desires. If a man/woman sees even a tiny gleam of success then greed forces him/her to humiliate himself/herself. If he/she gives way to avarice then inordinate desires ruin him/her; if he/she is disappointed then despondency almost kills him/her. If he/she is excited then he/she loses temper and gets angry. If he/she is pleased then he/she gives up precaution. Sudden fear makes him/her dull and nervous and he/she is unable to find a way out of the situation. During the times of peace and prosperity he/she becomes careless and unmindful of future (i.e., life-after!). If he/she acquires wealth then he/she becomes haughty and arrogant. If he/she is plunged in distress then his/her agitation, impatience and nervousness disgrace him/her. If he/she is overtaken by poverty then he/she finds himself/herself in a very sad plight; hunger makes him/her weak and over-feeding harms him/her equally. In short every kind of loss and gain unbalances his/her mind!!!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Death and Life-after - as explained by: Imam Ali A.S. ( son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad S.A. )
To understand death, we need to know: What is life? The Greek philosophors Plato, Aristotle and Socrates had struggled with this question to find the keys that unlock the mystery of human existence. But the Holy Books like Torah, Bible and Qur'an reveal a God who boldly claims that He is the Creator of all life and that He created human life for a tremendous purpose. God created man in His image, according to His likeness; and gave dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle ( and all animals ), over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Human beings are unique among God's physical creation in their godlike abilities to make decisions, plan and create. Far beyond providing man with animal-like instinct, God created within human beings intellect, self-awareness, the capacity to learn, reason, communicate and produce.
Human brains are physically quite similar to some animal brains, the difference between the human mind and the animal brain is the spritual essence God included in the makeup of human beings:"For what man knows the things of a man except [by] the spirit of the man which is in him?" ( The Bible- 1 Corinthian 2:11; see also Job 32:8; Zechariah 12:1 ). Hence, the "spirit of the man" makes humanbeings intellectually superior to animal, enabling them to develop skills in mathematics and science, invent written languages, build great civilizations, learn from the past and plan for the future.
The Qur'an -Surah 2: Al Baqarah: "How disbelieve you in God when you were dead and He gave life to you! then He will give you death, then life again, and then unto Him you will be returned. He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is Knower of all things.
Can we pinpoint just what death is? Are we destined to go somewhere to experience some form of reward or punishment? What is really going to happen when we die? To understand, let's refer to the Biblical & the Qur'anic account of the first human beings. God personally instructed Adam and Eve, but they chose to disobey Him ( The Qur'an- Surah 2: Al Baqarah: O Adam! dwell you and your wife in the Garden, and eat you freely of the fruits thereof where you will; but come not near this tree lest you become of the wrong-doers. But the Devil caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the happy state in which they were!) The Bible- Genesis 3:19 reveals: Adam and his wife Eve let Satan influence them into choosing their own will rather than obeying God's instructions. God informed them that, because they had disobeyed Him, their lives would grow difficicult and, as He had warned, they would die. "In the sweat of your face, "God said to Adam, "you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Our lives are physical; we age and eventually die. Like Adam and Eve, we eventually return to dust. Look around the world at the example of nature. All living processes eventually break down and cease, then the physical remains begin to decay. Ofcourse, many relgious groups teach that at death a person goes immediately to his/her reward or punishment. But the reality of what happens after death is quite different from all of these ideas. Solomon observed that mankind and animals are destined for, in death, a common fate. "For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other......All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust" (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20). It is a known factor that so far no scientist or researcher has claimed to live in this world forever i.e., avoiding death!
When you have ultimately to turn your face from this world and have eventually to meet death, then why wish delay and why feel nervous of death?
Faith in any religion is supported by four columns - patience, belief, justness or equity and defence for the cause of religion.
Belief is combination of four traits of character - to guard oneself against infatuations of sin; to search for explanation of truth through Knowledge; to take warning from history of nations and life of individuals; to follow the footsteps of good people who have passed. Because whoever wants to guard himself/herself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes of infatuation and true ways of fighting them; to find those true ways one has to search them with the help of knowledge; whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take lessons from life; and whoever tries to take lessons from life is acctually engaged in the study of the causes of rise and fall of previous civilisations.
Justness or Equity is composed of the attributes of desire, fear, abstemiousness and expectation; that is, whoever desires to reach the Heaven will not covet anything of this vicious world, whoever is afraid of the Hell will abstain from sins and vices; whoever practices piety and abstemiousness will pleasantly bear difficulties and calamities of life; and whoever expects death will hurry to do good as much and as quickly as possible.
Justice and equity also claim four qualities in man/woman: depth of understanding; profoundness of knowledge; fairness of judgment and clearness of mind; because whoever tries his/her best to understand a problem will have to study it; whoever has the practice of studying subject he/she is to deal with will develop a clear mind and will always come to correct decisions; whoever tries to achieve all this will have to develop ample patience and forbearance; and whoever does this has done justice to the cause of mankind/religion and has led a life of good repute and fame.
Defence of the religion is divided into four branches: to advise, persuade and order people of obedience towards life-after death; to prohibit them from sins and vices; to speak truth on all occassions; and to hate vicious persons and sinners.
There are four reasons of infidelity and loss of belief in life-after death: a desire for unnecessary rationalisation; a passion to dispute every argument; a bigoted and ignorant mind and a wish not to see and understand truth. Because whoever goes after unreasonable and unnecessary rationalisation will never be able to reach truth; whoever keeps on disputing every argument on account of his/her ignorance will always remain blind to realities; whoever turns his/her face away from truth because of bigotedness and ignorance, will always take good for bad and bad for good, and will always remain satisfied of his/her ignorance and infidelity; and whoever does not wish to see the truth and refuses to accept it will have a very difficult course left open for him/her, his/her affairs will be very complicated and the way to salvation will be uncertain.
Similarly, doubt and uncertainty about the truth of what our religion has taught is based upon four basic reasons: absurd reasoning; fear; vacillation and hesitation; and unreasonable surrender to heathenism and infidelity. Beacause one who has accustomed himself/herself to unreasonable and absurd discussions will never see the Light of Truth and will always live in the darkness of ignorance; one who is afraid to face true facts ( of life, death and the life-after death ) will always turn away from ultimate reality; one who allows doubts and uncertainties to vacillate him/her will always be under the sway and control of Satan; and one who surrenders himself/herself to heathenism, accepting damnation in this world and hereafter will so be damned
Human brains are physically quite similar to some animal brains, the difference between the human mind and the animal brain is the spritual essence God included in the makeup of human beings:"For what man knows the things of a man except [by] the spirit of the man which is in him?" ( The Bible- 1 Corinthian 2:11; see also Job 32:8; Zechariah 12:1 ). Hence, the "spirit of the man" makes humanbeings intellectually superior to animal, enabling them to develop skills in mathematics and science, invent written languages, build great civilizations, learn from the past and plan for the future.
The Qur'an -Surah 2: Al Baqarah: "How disbelieve you in God when you were dead and He gave life to you! then He will give you death, then life again, and then unto Him you will be returned. He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is Knower of all things.
Can we pinpoint just what death is? Are we destined to go somewhere to experience some form of reward or punishment? What is really going to happen when we die? To understand, let's refer to the Biblical & the Qur'anic account of the first human beings. God personally instructed Adam and Eve, but they chose to disobey Him ( The Qur'an- Surah 2: Al Baqarah: O Adam! dwell you and your wife in the Garden, and eat you freely of the fruits thereof where you will; but come not near this tree lest you become of the wrong-doers. But the Devil caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the happy state in which they were!) The Bible- Genesis 3:19 reveals: Adam and his wife Eve let Satan influence them into choosing their own will rather than obeying God's instructions. God informed them that, because they had disobeyed Him, their lives would grow difficicult and, as He had warned, they would die. "In the sweat of your face, "God said to Adam, "you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Our lives are physical; we age and eventually die. Like Adam and Eve, we eventually return to dust. Look around the world at the example of nature. All living processes eventually break down and cease, then the physical remains begin to decay. Ofcourse, many relgious groups teach that at death a person goes immediately to his/her reward or punishment. But the reality of what happens after death is quite different from all of these ideas. Solomon observed that mankind and animals are destined for, in death, a common fate. "For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other......All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust" (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20). It is a known factor that so far no scientist or researcher has claimed to live in this world forever i.e., avoiding death!
When you have ultimately to turn your face from this world and have eventually to meet death, then why wish delay and why feel nervous of death?
Faith in any religion is supported by four columns - patience, belief, justness or equity and defence for the cause of religion.
Belief is combination of four traits of character - to guard oneself against infatuations of sin; to search for explanation of truth through Knowledge; to take warning from history of nations and life of individuals; to follow the footsteps of good people who have passed. Because whoever wants to guard himself/herself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes of infatuation and true ways of fighting them; to find those true ways one has to search them with the help of knowledge; whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take lessons from life; and whoever tries to take lessons from life is acctually engaged in the study of the causes of rise and fall of previous civilisations.
Justness or Equity is composed of the attributes of desire, fear, abstemiousness and expectation; that is, whoever desires to reach the Heaven will not covet anything of this vicious world, whoever is afraid of the Hell will abstain from sins and vices; whoever practices piety and abstemiousness will pleasantly bear difficulties and calamities of life; and whoever expects death will hurry to do good as much and as quickly as possible.
Justice and equity also claim four qualities in man/woman: depth of understanding; profoundness of knowledge; fairness of judgment and clearness of mind; because whoever tries his/her best to understand a problem will have to study it; whoever has the practice of studying subject he/she is to deal with will develop a clear mind and will always come to correct decisions; whoever tries to achieve all this will have to develop ample patience and forbearance; and whoever does this has done justice to the cause of mankind/religion and has led a life of good repute and fame.
Defence of the religion is divided into four branches: to advise, persuade and order people of obedience towards life-after death; to prohibit them from sins and vices; to speak truth on all occassions; and to hate vicious persons and sinners.
There are four reasons of infidelity and loss of belief in life-after death: a desire for unnecessary rationalisation; a passion to dispute every argument; a bigoted and ignorant mind and a wish not to see and understand truth. Because whoever goes after unreasonable and unnecessary rationalisation will never be able to reach truth; whoever keeps on disputing every argument on account of his/her ignorance will always remain blind to realities; whoever turns his/her face away from truth because of bigotedness and ignorance, will always take good for bad and bad for good, and will always remain satisfied of his/her ignorance and infidelity; and whoever does not wish to see the truth and refuses to accept it will have a very difficult course left open for him/her, his/her affairs will be very complicated and the way to salvation will be uncertain.
Similarly, doubt and uncertainty about the truth of what our religion has taught is based upon four basic reasons: absurd reasoning; fear; vacillation and hesitation; and unreasonable surrender to heathenism and infidelity. Beacause one who has accustomed himself/herself to unreasonable and absurd discussions will never see the Light of Truth and will always live in the darkness of ignorance; one who is afraid to face true facts ( of life, death and the life-after death ) will always turn away from ultimate reality; one who allows doubts and uncertainties to vacillate him/her will always be under the sway and control of Satan; and one who surrenders himself/herself to heathenism, accepting damnation in this world and hereafter will so be damned
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sayings of Imam Ali-Ibne-Abu Talib S.A. - Written about 1400 Years ago!
The aim of this Blog/Article is to present to mankind in general and English-Readers in particular an exalted sources of inspiration, a very persuasive approach towards piety, a guiding beacons towards justice and truth, as models of the art of rheorics and a masterpiece of literature written over 1400 years ago.
It is intended that people from all over the World will be benefitted from these following SAYINGS of a noble AUTHOR: Imam Ali-Ibne-Abu Talib (A.S.) who was born about 610 A.D. in the precincts of Kaaba in Mecca ( Saudi Arabia ).
1. During the times of troubles, disturbances, tumults and wars adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you, they neither burden you with important and weighty affairs nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
2. One who developes the trait of greediness and avarice invites degradation; one who keeps on advertising his poverty and ill-luck will always be humiliated; one who has no control over his tongue will often have to face embarrassment and discomfort.
3. A wiseman's mind is the safest custody of secrets; an open and pleasant countenance gets more friends; patience and forbearance will hide and cover many defects.
4. Wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoritrical and practical knowledge are best marks of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.
5. A wiseman's mind is the safest custody of secrets; an open and pleasnat countenance gets more friends; patience and forbearance will hide and cover many defects.
6. A wise man/woman first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks later.
7. A fool's mind is at the mercy of his/her tongue and a wise man's/woman's tongue is under control of his/her mind.
8. A conceited and self-admiring person is disliked by others; charity and alms are the best treatments for ailments and calamities; one has to face in after-life and deeds that he/she has done in this world.
9. Man is the wonderful creature, he/she sees through layers of fat ( fatty tissue ), he/she hears through a bone, he/she speaks through a lump of flesh ( tongue ).
10. When this world favours anybody it lends him/her qualifications, attributes and surpassing merits of others, and when it turns its face away from him/her it snatches away even his/her own excellences and fame.
11. Treat people in such a way and live amongst them in such a manner that if you die they weep over you, and if you are alive they crave for your company.
12. If you get an opportunity and power over your enemy then, in thankfulness to Almighty God for this, forgive him/her.
13. He/She is very unfortunate who cannot in his/her lifetime gain a few sincere friends and sympathisers and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them ( through his/her deeds ).
14. When few blessings come your way, do not drive them away through thanklessness.
15. One who is deserted by friends and relatives will often find help/assistance and sympathy from strangers.
16. Every person who is tempted to go astray does not deserve punishment.
17. Our affairs are hinged to the destiny decreed by the Lord; even our best thoughtout programmes may lead us to death and destruction.
18. One who rushes madly after inordinate desires runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.
19. Overlook and forgive weaknesses of generous people, because if they fall down Hand to God lifts them.
20. Failures are often results of timidity and fears; disappointments are results of uncalled for modesty; hours of leisure pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good in this world.
21. Anyone who has done good work is better than his/her action and anyone who has committed bad deed is worse than the deed itself.
22. Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
23. To come to the relief of distressed and to help the oppressed act as expiation and amends to many sins; the best form of devotion to the service of mankind is not to make a show of it.
24. Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
25. Value of a man/woman depends upon his/her courage and resolution; his/her veracity depends upon his/her traits of nobility and self-respect and his/her chastity depends upon his/her sense of honour.
26. To give up inordinate desires is the best kind of wealth and fortune.
27. There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance, no greater heritage than culture and no greater friend and helpmate than consultation.
28. Wealth converts every foreign country into your native place and poverty turns your native place into a strange land.
29. Wealth is the fountain-head of inordinate cravings.
30. Contentment is the capital which will never come to an end!
31. Tongue is such a ferocious beast that if let loose it will act ravenously.
32. If you are favoured then repay the obligation manifold; but he/she will always excel in merit who takes the initiative.
33. The best source of success of a claimant is the mediator.
34. People in this world are like travellers whose journey is going on though they are asleep ( Life's journey is going on though people may not feel it.) !
35. To loose friends is to become a stranger in one's own country.
36. Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it from others!
37. Do not be ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to return the needy empty-handed is an act of greater shame.
38. To refrain from unlawful and impious source of pleasures is an ornament to poor, and to be thankful for the riches granted is the greatest decoration to wealth.
39. If you cannot get things as much as you desire then be contented with what you have.
40. An uneducated man/woman or a savage will always overdo a thing or neglect to do it properly.
41. The wiser a man/woman is, the less talkative he/she will be.
42. Time delays bodies but rejuvenate hopes, daily it brings death nearer and nearer but delays fulfilment of desire more and more.
43. Whoever gets anything from the world lives in anxiety of holding it, and whoever loses anything passes his/her days grieving over the loss.
44. Whoever wants to be a leader and a guide, should educate himself/herself before educating others; before teaching morality to others he/she should imrove his/her morals and character.
45. Every breath that you take is a step you put forward towards death.
46. Anything which can be counted or reckoned is finite and will come to an end.
47. If you are confused about good or bad effects of an action, then study carefully the cause and you will know the effect will be.
48. Like your body your mind also gets tired and fagged, in such case find educational diversion for it.
49. That knowledge is very superficial which remains only on your tongue, the intrinsic merit and value of knowledge is that you act upon it.
50. Acquire wisdom and truth from whomever you can, because even an apostate can have them, but unless they are passed over to a faithful/true-believer in Lord and become part of wisdom and truth that he/she possesses, they have a confused existence in the minds of abostates.
51. Those who give up religion to better their circumstances in life seldom succeed. The Wrath of Lord makes them go through more calamities and losses than the gains they gather for themselves.
52. Only such person can establish a Divine Rule, who, where justice and equity are required, will neither feel deficient nor weak and who is not greedy and avaricious.
53. No wealth has more utilility value than intelligence and wisdom; no solitude is more horrible than when people avoid you on account of your vanity and conceit or when you wrongly consider yourself above everybody to confide and consult.
54. No eminence is more exalting than pity; no companion can prove more useful than politeness; no heritage is better than culture ; and no leader is superior to Divine Guidance.
55. No deal is more profitable than good deeds; no profit is greater than Heavanly Reward; no abstinenece is better than to restrain one's mind from indulging in doubts ( about religion/existence of God ); no virtue is better than refraining from prohibited deeds.
56. No knowledge is superior to deep thinking and prudence; no worship or prayers are more sacred than fulfilment of obligations and duties; no religious faith is loftier than feeling ashamed to do wrong and bearing calamities patiently.
57. No eminence is greater than to adopt humbleness; no exaltation or grandeur is superior to learning and knowledge; nothing is more respectable than forgiveness and forebearance; and no support and defence are stronger than consultation and counsel.
58. When a community is composed of really honest, sober and virtuous people then anybody forming a bad opinion about anyone of its member when nothing wicked has been seen is a great insjustice to its member; on the contrary in a corrupt society to form good opinion of anyone out of those people and to trust him/her is doing harm to yourself.
59. To lose or to wate an opportunity will always result in grief and sorrow.
60. The world, which offers you vicious pleasures is like a snake, so soft to touch, but so full of lethal poison. Unwise people are allured by it and drawn towards it and wise people avoid it and keep away from its poisonous effects.
61. Blessings are for the people who humbles themselves before Lord, whose sources of income are honest, whose intentions are always honourable, whose character is noble, whose habits are sober, who gives away in the name and in the cause of God the wealth which is lying surplus with him/her, who controls his/her tongue from vicious and useless talk, who abstains from oppression and tyranny, who cheerfully and faithfully follows the traditions of prophets/commandments of God and who keeps himsef/herself away from innovation in their religion.
62. How I wonder at the mentality of a miser; fearing poverty he/she takes so stinginess and thus hastily pushes himself/herself head-long into state of want and destitution; he/she madly desires plenty and ease but throws it away without understanding. In this world, he/she, of his/her own free will, leads the life of a beggar and in the next world he/she will have to submit an account like a millionaire!
63. How I wonder at the arrogance of a haughty and vain person. Yesterday he/she was only a cell and tomorrow he/she will be a dead-body!
64. I wonder at the person who observes the Universe created by God and doubts His Being and Existence!
65. I wonder at the person who sees people dying around him/her and yet has forgotten his/her end (death)!
66. I wonder at the person who understand the marvel of original creation and refuses to accept that he/she will be brought back to live again!
67. I wonder at the man/woman who takes great pains to decorate and to make comfortable this mortal habitat and totally forgets his/her permanent and immortable abode.
68. Whoever is not diligent in his work will suffer sorrow and loss.
69. Whoever has no share of God in his/her wealth and in his/her life then there is no place for him/her in the Realm of the Lord.
70. If you understand the Majesty of the Lord then you will not attach any importance to the universe and its marvels.
71. An Angel announces daily "Birth of more human beings means so many more will die; collection of more wealth means so much more will be destroyed; errection of more buildings means so many more ruins in time to come."
72. This world is not a place of permanent settlement, it is a passage, a road on which you are passing; there are tow kinds of people here, one is the kind who have sold their souls for Eternal Damnation, the other is of those who have purchased their souls and freed them from damnation.
73. A friend cannot be considered as a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need; behind your back and after your death!
74. If you want to pray to the Lord for better means of subsistence then first give something in charity.
75. If one is sure of the returns then he/she shows great liberality in donations.
It is intended that people from all over the World will be benefitted from these following SAYINGS of a noble AUTHOR: Imam Ali-Ibne-Abu Talib (A.S.) who was born about 610 A.D. in the precincts of Kaaba in Mecca ( Saudi Arabia ).
1. During the times of troubles, disturbances, tumults and wars adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you, they neither burden you with important and weighty affairs nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
2. One who developes the trait of greediness and avarice invites degradation; one who keeps on advertising his poverty and ill-luck will always be humiliated; one who has no control over his tongue will often have to face embarrassment and discomfort.
3. A wiseman's mind is the safest custody of secrets; an open and pleasant countenance gets more friends; patience and forbearance will hide and cover many defects.
4. Wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoritrical and practical knowledge are best marks of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.
5. A wiseman's mind is the safest custody of secrets; an open and pleasnat countenance gets more friends; patience and forbearance will hide and cover many defects.
6. A wise man/woman first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks later.
7. A fool's mind is at the mercy of his/her tongue and a wise man's/woman's tongue is under control of his/her mind.
8. A conceited and self-admiring person is disliked by others; charity and alms are the best treatments for ailments and calamities; one has to face in after-life and deeds that he/she has done in this world.
9. Man is the wonderful creature, he/she sees through layers of fat ( fatty tissue ), he/she hears through a bone, he/she speaks through a lump of flesh ( tongue ).
10. When this world favours anybody it lends him/her qualifications, attributes and surpassing merits of others, and when it turns its face away from him/her it snatches away even his/her own excellences and fame.
11. Treat people in such a way and live amongst them in such a manner that if you die they weep over you, and if you are alive they crave for your company.
12. If you get an opportunity and power over your enemy then, in thankfulness to Almighty God for this, forgive him/her.
13. He/She is very unfortunate who cannot in his/her lifetime gain a few sincere friends and sympathisers and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them ( through his/her deeds ).
14. When few blessings come your way, do not drive them away through thanklessness.
15. One who is deserted by friends and relatives will often find help/assistance and sympathy from strangers.
16. Every person who is tempted to go astray does not deserve punishment.
17. Our affairs are hinged to the destiny decreed by the Lord; even our best thoughtout programmes may lead us to death and destruction.
18. One who rushes madly after inordinate desires runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.
19. Overlook and forgive weaknesses of generous people, because if they fall down Hand to God lifts them.
20. Failures are often results of timidity and fears; disappointments are results of uncalled for modesty; hours of leisure pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good in this world.
21. Anyone who has done good work is better than his/her action and anyone who has committed bad deed is worse than the deed itself.
22. Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
23. To come to the relief of distressed and to help the oppressed act as expiation and amends to many sins; the best form of devotion to the service of mankind is not to make a show of it.
24. Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
25. Value of a man/woman depends upon his/her courage and resolution; his/her veracity depends upon his/her traits of nobility and self-respect and his/her chastity depends upon his/her sense of honour.
26. To give up inordinate desires is the best kind of wealth and fortune.
27. There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance, no greater heritage than culture and no greater friend and helpmate than consultation.
28. Wealth converts every foreign country into your native place and poverty turns your native place into a strange land.
29. Wealth is the fountain-head of inordinate cravings.
30. Contentment is the capital which will never come to an end!
31. Tongue is such a ferocious beast that if let loose it will act ravenously.
32. If you are favoured then repay the obligation manifold; but he/she will always excel in merit who takes the initiative.
33. The best source of success of a claimant is the mediator.
34. People in this world are like travellers whose journey is going on though they are asleep ( Life's journey is going on though people may not feel it.) !
35. To loose friends is to become a stranger in one's own country.
36. Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it from others!
37. Do not be ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to return the needy empty-handed is an act of greater shame.
38. To refrain from unlawful and impious source of pleasures is an ornament to poor, and to be thankful for the riches granted is the greatest decoration to wealth.
39. If you cannot get things as much as you desire then be contented with what you have.
40. An uneducated man/woman or a savage will always overdo a thing or neglect to do it properly.
41. The wiser a man/woman is, the less talkative he/she will be.
42. Time delays bodies but rejuvenate hopes, daily it brings death nearer and nearer but delays fulfilment of desire more and more.
43. Whoever gets anything from the world lives in anxiety of holding it, and whoever loses anything passes his/her days grieving over the loss.
44. Whoever wants to be a leader and a guide, should educate himself/herself before educating others; before teaching morality to others he/she should imrove his/her morals and character.
45. Every breath that you take is a step you put forward towards death.
46. Anything which can be counted or reckoned is finite and will come to an end.
47. If you are confused about good or bad effects of an action, then study carefully the cause and you will know the effect will be.
48. Like your body your mind also gets tired and fagged, in such case find educational diversion for it.
49. That knowledge is very superficial which remains only on your tongue, the intrinsic merit and value of knowledge is that you act upon it.
50. Acquire wisdom and truth from whomever you can, because even an apostate can have them, but unless they are passed over to a faithful/true-believer in Lord and become part of wisdom and truth that he/she possesses, they have a confused existence in the minds of abostates.
51. Those who give up religion to better their circumstances in life seldom succeed. The Wrath of Lord makes them go through more calamities and losses than the gains they gather for themselves.
52. Only such person can establish a Divine Rule, who, where justice and equity are required, will neither feel deficient nor weak and who is not greedy and avaricious.
53. No wealth has more utilility value than intelligence and wisdom; no solitude is more horrible than when people avoid you on account of your vanity and conceit or when you wrongly consider yourself above everybody to confide and consult.
54. No eminence is more exalting than pity; no companion can prove more useful than politeness; no heritage is better than culture ; and no leader is superior to Divine Guidance.
55. No deal is more profitable than good deeds; no profit is greater than Heavanly Reward; no abstinenece is better than to restrain one's mind from indulging in doubts ( about religion/existence of God ); no virtue is better than refraining from prohibited deeds.
56. No knowledge is superior to deep thinking and prudence; no worship or prayers are more sacred than fulfilment of obligations and duties; no religious faith is loftier than feeling ashamed to do wrong and bearing calamities patiently.
57. No eminence is greater than to adopt humbleness; no exaltation or grandeur is superior to learning and knowledge; nothing is more respectable than forgiveness and forebearance; and no support and defence are stronger than consultation and counsel.
58. When a community is composed of really honest, sober and virtuous people then anybody forming a bad opinion about anyone of its member when nothing wicked has been seen is a great insjustice to its member; on the contrary in a corrupt society to form good opinion of anyone out of those people and to trust him/her is doing harm to yourself.
59. To lose or to wate an opportunity will always result in grief and sorrow.
60. The world, which offers you vicious pleasures is like a snake, so soft to touch, but so full of lethal poison. Unwise people are allured by it and drawn towards it and wise people avoid it and keep away from its poisonous effects.
61. Blessings are for the people who humbles themselves before Lord, whose sources of income are honest, whose intentions are always honourable, whose character is noble, whose habits are sober, who gives away in the name and in the cause of God the wealth which is lying surplus with him/her, who controls his/her tongue from vicious and useless talk, who abstains from oppression and tyranny, who cheerfully and faithfully follows the traditions of prophets/commandments of God and who keeps himsef/herself away from innovation in their religion.
62. How I wonder at the mentality of a miser; fearing poverty he/she takes so stinginess and thus hastily pushes himself/herself head-long into state of want and destitution; he/she madly desires plenty and ease but throws it away without understanding. In this world, he/she, of his/her own free will, leads the life of a beggar and in the next world he/she will have to submit an account like a millionaire!
63. How I wonder at the arrogance of a haughty and vain person. Yesterday he/she was only a cell and tomorrow he/she will be a dead-body!
64. I wonder at the person who observes the Universe created by God and doubts His Being and Existence!
65. I wonder at the person who sees people dying around him/her and yet has forgotten his/her end (death)!
66. I wonder at the person who understand the marvel of original creation and refuses to accept that he/she will be brought back to live again!
67. I wonder at the man/woman who takes great pains to decorate and to make comfortable this mortal habitat and totally forgets his/her permanent and immortable abode.
68. Whoever is not diligent in his work will suffer sorrow and loss.
69. Whoever has no share of God in his/her wealth and in his/her life then there is no place for him/her in the Realm of the Lord.
70. If you understand the Majesty of the Lord then you will not attach any importance to the universe and its marvels.
71. An Angel announces daily "Birth of more human beings means so many more will die; collection of more wealth means so much more will be destroyed; errection of more buildings means so many more ruins in time to come."
72. This world is not a place of permanent settlement, it is a passage, a road on which you are passing; there are tow kinds of people here, one is the kind who have sold their souls for Eternal Damnation, the other is of those who have purchased their souls and freed them from damnation.
73. A friend cannot be considered as a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need; behind your back and after your death!
74. If you want to pray to the Lord for better means of subsistence then first give something in charity.
75. If one is sure of the returns then he/she shows great liberality in donations.
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