Knowing Allah, His Greatness And His Grace

اَيّهَا النّاسُ اِنّهُ لا نَبِيَّ بَعدي وَ لا اُمّةَ بَعدَكُم ألا فَاعبُـدُوا رَبّكُـم وَصَلّوا خَمسَكُم وَصُومُوا شَهرَكُم وَ حِجُّـوا بَيتَ رَبِّكُم وَ اَدّوا زَكوةَ اَموالِكُم طيّبَةً بِها اَنفُسُكُم وَ اَطيعُوا وُلاةَ اَمرِكُم تَدخُلُـوا جَنّةَ رَبِّكُم.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “O' people! Verily, there is no prophet after me, nor any Ummah after you (Muslims). So, take care to worship your Lord, perform your five ritual prayers, fast in the appointed month (Ramadan), make pilgrimage to the House of your Lord (Mecca), give the alms of your wealth in order to purify your souls thereby, and obey the Holders of Authority, so that you enter the Paradise of your Lord.”

عِظَمُ الخالِقِ عِندكَ يُصَغِّرُ المَخلُوقَ في عَينك.

Imam Amir Al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “Having the Greatness of the Creator in your mind would make you realize the insignificance of the creatures in your view.”

طُوبى لِمَن اَخلَصَ لِلّهِ عَمَلَهُ وَ عِل مَهُ وَ حُبّهُ وَ بُغ ضَـهُ وَ اَخ ذَهُ وَ تَر كَهُ وَ كَلامَهُ وَ صَم تَهُ وَ فِع لَهُ وَ قَو لَهُ.

Imam Amir Al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “Blessed is he who sincerely devotes the entirety of his actions, knowledge, love, hatred, receiving, relinquishing, speech, silence, deeds, and statements absolutely to Allah.”

اَلقَلبُ حَرَمُ الله فَلا تُسكِن حَرَمَ اللهِ غَيرَ اللهِ.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “The heart is the sanctuary of Allah, therefore, do not settle therein anything but Allah (The sacred place of the heart belongs to and Him alone. Therefore, keep the love of the world out of it.)

شيعَتُنَا الّذينَ اِذا خَلَوا ذَكَرُوا اللّهَ كَثيرًا.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “Our true followers are those who, when they are alone, remember Allah abundantly.” (That is, they avoid committing vices in private where there is no barrier for them to commit sin by the mere remembrance of Allah.)

لا وَاللهِ ما اَرادَ اللّهُ تَعالى مِنَ النّاسِ إلّا خَصلَتَينِ: اَن يُقِرّوا لَهُ بِالنِّعَمِ فَيَزيدَهُم وَ بِالذُّنُوبِ فَيَغفِرَها لَهُم.

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: “By Allah, He, the Exalted, expects of people but two traits: that they confess for Him the blessings in order that He increases His bounties for them; and that they make confessions about their evil actions and then He forgives those sins for them.”

اِنّ اللّه جَـلّ ذِكـرُهُ ما خَلَـقَ العِبـادَ إلّا لِيَعرِفُـوهُ فَـاِذا عَرَفُوهُ عَبدُوهُ، فاِذا عَبَدُوهُ اِستَغنَو ا بِعِبادَتِهِ عَن عِبَادَة ما سِواهُ.

Imam Husayn Ibn ‘Ali (‘a) said: “Verily, Allah, the Exalted, has not created human beings except for recognizing Him and worshipping Him as (the consequence of) knowing Him; and when they worship Him they would lack the need of adoring any human being (or things) other than Him because of that worship.”

لا يُهلَكُ مُؤمِنٌ بَينَ ثَلاثِ خِصـالٍ: شَهـادَةِ اَن لا اِلهَ إلّاَ اللهُ وَحدَهُ لا شَريك لَهُ, وَ شَفاعَةِ رَسُولِ الله, وَ سِعَةِ رَحمَةِ الله.

The fourth Imam, ‘Ali Ibn Husayn (‘a) said: “There is no destruction (Hell) for a believer having three qualities: Confessing that there is no god besides Allah, the One Who has no partner; the intercession of the Messenger of Allah and the vastness of the Grace of Allah.