Knowing Allah, His
Greatness and His Grace
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."
Khisal-I-Saduq, p. 152
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Having the Greatness of the
Creator in your mind would make you realize the insignificance of the
creatures in your view."
Nahjul-Balagha, Statement 129
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen 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."
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 289
Imam 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.)
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 70, p. 25
Imam 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.)
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 93, p. 162
Imam 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."
Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 426
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."
Safinat-ul-Bihar, vol. 2, p. 180
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. |