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Lesson Four Resurrection, a Manifestation of Divine Justice The question of divine justice — a question which has numerous dimensions — must be raised at this point. We observe that in this world the good and evil deeds of men are not subject to any ...

Lesson Four Resurrection, a Manifestation of Divin...

Lesson Two Two Views Concerning the Pleasures of This World Man can construct a solid barrier against the danger of the dissolution of his inward personality only when he attains religious belief and certainty, the conviction that our sorrows and joy...

Lesson Two Two Views Concerning the Pleasures of T...

Resurrection Judgment and the Hereafter Lessons on Islamic Doctrine (BOOK THREE) Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari Translated by: Hamid Algar ( 5 ) About the Author Sayyid Mujtaba Musawi Lari is the son of the late Ayatollah Sayyid 'Ali Asghar Lari, one o...

Resurrection Judgment and the Hereafter Lessons o...

Light Within Me by : Allamah Mutahhari Allamah Tabatabai Imam Khumayni Part One : Allamah Murtaza Mutaharri Preface 1 Science of Gnosis Islamic Law, (Shari'at) Spiritual Path (Tariqat) and Truth (Haqiqat) 15 Material of Islamic Gnosis 17...

Light Within Me by : Allamah Mutahhari Allamah ...

Cause And Effect On the basis of causation one thing is considered to be the cause and another to be the effect. As a rule the cause should be on the one side and the effect on the other. In other words they should be in two different places. Take t...

Cause And Effect On the basis of causation one th...

His Being And His Glory Are the Real Truth That is the main question. As for the nature of His glory at the various stages of His essence, His attributes and His actions, the verses we have quoted above indicate only that "He is the First and the La...

His Being And His Glory Are the Real Truth That i...

Formal Knowledge is a Hurdle in the Way of Remembering Allah I do not know what we should become, but I know that our training should be such that our formal knowledge should not be a hurdle in the way of remembering Allah. This is an important que...

Formal Knowledge is a Hurdle in the Way of Rememb...

Our Worship is For Paradise All our devotional acts serve our own interests only. Those who are more pious among us perform them for the sake of Paradise. Take away the temptation of Paradise, then see who performs them. Imam Ali's case is different...

Our Worship is For Paradise All our devotional ac...

Self-Conceit is the Cause of All Troubles Most of the troubles man faces are the result of his vanity and empty pride. Man loves himself and desires to be admired by others. But that is his mistake. He does not realize that he himself is nothing and...

Self-Conceit is the Cause of All Troubles Most of...

Part Three : Ayatullah Ruhullah Khumayni INTERPRETATION OF SURAH AL-HAMD I have been asked to say something on the exegesis of Surah al-Hamd. The fact is that the exegesis of the Qur'an is not a thing of which we may be able to acquit ourselves wel...

Part Three : Ayatullah Ruhullah Khumayni INTERPRE...

Eradication of Devilish Insinuations The spiritual traveller must have full control over himself so that no thought might enter his mind inadvertently and no action might be taken by him unintentionally. It is not very easy to secure the required de...

Eradication of Devilish Insinuations The spiritua...

(vii) Checking It means that the spiritual traveller should every day have a fixed time for checking and assessing what he had done during the past 24 hours. The idea of this checking has been derived from what Imam Musa ibn Ja`far has said: 'He who...

(vii) Checking It means that the spiritual travel...

SEEKING ALLAH'S GUIDANCE The first thing that a spiritual traveller has to do is to inquire into various religions as far as possible so that he may become conversant with the unity and guidance of Allah. He should try to acquire at least as much k...

SEEKING ALLAH'S GUIDANCE The first thing that a ...

THE TWELVE WORLDS On the basis of what has been said above, a devotee, making a spiritual journey has to pass through 12 Worlds before reaching the world of sincerity. The names of these worlds are: minor Islam, major Islam, greater Islam, minor fai...

THE TWELVE WORLDS On the basis of what has been s...

Sincerity of Devotion It must be remembered that without being sincere in the way of Allah it is not possible to attain to spiritual stations and stages. Truth cannot be unravelled to a spiritual traveller unless he is fully sincere and single-minde...

Sincerity of Devotion It must be remembered that ...

Part Two : Allamah Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai' STAGES OF SPIRITUAL JOURNEY A materialist passes his life in the dark valley of materialism. He is plunged in the sea of evil desires and always is tossed from this side to that side by the waves of mat...

Part Two : Allamah Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai' STA...

Gnostics of Eighth Century `Ala'uddin Simnani: In the beginning he was a senior government official. Later he relinquished that job and joined the fraternity of the gnostics. He spent all his riches in the way of Allah. Ala'uddin Simnani who is the ...

Gnostics of Eighth Century `Ala'uddin Simnani: In...

Brief History of Gnosis The leaders of Islam whose life replete with Islamic ideas and spiritual manifestations has given birth to deep spirituality in the Muslim world, were not technically mystics or gnostics. Now we propose to give a concise acc...

Brief History of Gnosis The leaders of Islam whos...

Shari`at, Tariqat and Haqiqat (Islamic law, Spiritual path and Truth) Another important cause of disagreement between the gnostics and others especially the jurists, is the special view that the gnostics hold about shari'at, tariqat and Haqiqat. T...

Shari`at, Tariqat and Haqiqat (Islamic law, Spiri...

Part One : Allamah Murtaza Mutaharri PREFACE Although most people are preoccupied with earning their livelihood and pay little attention to spiritual matters, yet every man has an inherent desire to know the absolute truth. This dormant power, when...

Part One : Allamah Murtaza Mutaharri PREFACE Alt...

The Last Luminary Preface The Good News The Birth The Minor Occultation 1) 'Uthman ibn Sa'id 'Umari 2) Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Uthman 3) Abul-Qasim Husayn ibn Ruh Nawbakhti 4) Abul-Hasan 'Ali ibn Muhammad Simmari The Major Occultation The ...

The Last Luminary Preface The Good News The Bir...