A Glimpse of God in the Sayings of Masoomeen (A.S.)

The Hindu said: “I do not know which sense is conscious of those things, as a person in sleep is like the dead who can neither hear nor see.”
The Imam said: “Now you are approaching the truth. Is it not worthy that your intellect should confess whether awake or asleep, your heart or intellect comprehends everything and God has blessed you this internal sense which perceives significance and realities.”
The Hindu said: “Now there is no way out for me except confession.”
The Imam said: “Now it is worthy of your intellect and wisdom to bear witness that God the All Knowing has created everything with His Creative Ability, knowledge and organized planning.
The Hindu physician said: “I bear witness that only God is the Creator of this universe and everything in it. Your arguments were very firm and my intellect also confirms the truth.
Note: An atheist was convinced by Imam Sadiq (A.S) regarding God’s existence by narrating about creation of a peacock with such beautiful fluorescent feathers. He said a peacock has not come to existence by itsef but God has created it by saying; “be” and it came to existence immediately as intended by God. Its egg contains yellow and colorless liquids is miraculously hatched as a peacock
8. God and Soul
• It is stated in Ghorarul Hikam: One who has cognizance of his soul has cognizance of God.
(Ghorarul hikam part 77 Hadith 301)
• Regarding ‘Soul’,God says: “They ask you about the ‘Soul’ Say the soul is a command of God & YOU ARE NOT GIVEN OF ITS KNOWLEDGE BUT A LITTLE. ( Isra:87)
Note a: When a person cannot understand his soul, He can never understand God’s Divine Self. God is incomprehensible. The creator can never be understood by His creatures.
Note b: What is soul? A healthy person is alive when he has a soul otherwise he is dead. But a person with soul is also regarded as dead when he is vicious and criminal.
A good person’s soul returns to God but his body is buried as taught by a crow to Cain (Qabeel) when he killed his brother Abel (Habeel).
Note c : what a pleasant journey for a martyr when his soul returns from this temporal world to eternal life in Paradise.
9. God & Predestination or Fate
Imam Mahdi(A.F.) has said :Well the time of my emergence for deliverance of this world from evil depends upon the will of God and all those who foretell the exact time of my emergence are liars.
(Kamal al Din V2P483)
Note a) Oracles & those who predict ones future are liars, because God changes the destiny of a person according to his good deeds and supplications especially on the night of destiny (Lailatol Qadr), also due to prayers by his parents, friends and relatives and charity; therefore future of everyone is not predestined but is changeable by God. Hence Exact time of emergence of Imam Mahdi (A.S) is unknown and depends upon God’s discretion and is foretold by liars only.
Note b) Allamah Iqbal says: ” You are a living being, free to choose and not controlled by stars”.Those who foretell the entire life of a person from his birth star are mistaken. Because lay the blame of all their devilish and criminal life on predestination. They are misguided by Satan so they shall definitely be punished as they themselves are responsible for their sinful life and not the birth star.
• The Imams (A.S) have explained that there is neither fatalism ie compulsion by fate nor complete freewill, but the truth is golden mean between the two extremes.
• Imam Baqir(A.S) was a baby of about 2 years during the battle of Karbala . The holy messenger (S.A) had told Jabir Ibn Abdollah Ansari to convey his Salaam to Imam Baqir (A.S) who will split knowledge marvelously.
• In Ziarate A’shura (which is an everlasting memoir of the Imam) Imam Mahdi (A.F.) is mentioned as follows:
“ So I beseech Allah …that He may sustain me with the demand of vengeance for your (Husain’s) blood with the assisted Imam (the victorious Al Mahdi) from Ahle Bayt , the nobles of the house of Mohammad (S.A) .”
Note :The promised savior Imam Mahdi (A.F.) will emerge by the will of God for just and equitable vengeance against all those who were responsible for or even agree with the martyrdom of Imam Husain (A.S) up to Doomsday. One of the names of God is Avenger, but God will be patient until the test and trial of mankind, and the respite for Satan is over. Imam Husain’s Martyrdom is an extremely tragic event in the history of the world .The battle of Karbla was a war between Right and Might ;Justice against Tyranny. No one had such an exalted character as Imam Husain (A.S) to sacrifice everything to establish Divine Godly values of truth, justice and freedom. Imam Husain (A.S) paid a very dear price for attaining success in his purpose. He awakened the people of all times to follow on his footsteps by martyrdom, instead of obeying the powerful tyrants. Imam Husain (A.S.) is mourned every year by people who love freedom, truth and justice throughout the world not only by Shiah Muslims but also by many sects of Muslims , Christians, Jews, Hindus and others.
• Imam Sadiq A.S. has said: “There is neither fatalism nor complete freewill but the truth is between these two extremes”
When the Imam was asked whether God has permitted human beings to do whatever they like? The Imam replied: “God is too powerful to allow people to be completely free without restrictions in their activities.”
Note: When a person says:“I am the master of my life and the captain of my fate’’, has he not forgotten that God is the Master of our life? Not only all mankind but also trillions of angels are servants of God.
Complete freewill
Imam Sadiq(A.S) has said: “ 1. If a person thinks that all affairs have been entrusted to his freewill to do whatever he likes then he has regarded God’s Might as too trifle and therefore he shall be destroyed.
Fatalism
2. If a person thinks that he has no power to do anything by his own decision and that everything is done by God, it means God is unjust when He punishes the criminals and sinners for what He had predestined Himself.
Actuality
3.If a person thinks that God has commanded him to do what is possible for him and does not expect him to do whatever is beyond his ability, and thanks God for His goodwill whenever he performs a good deed. He seeks forgiveness for his sins with sincere repentance, such a person is mature and a civilized Muslim.
• Imam Haadi (A.S.) has said:
Fate divulges for you that which you could not anticipate.
(RB V2 P369)
Note a: It is said fate is both inevitable (takvini) and evitable (tashriee). The Inevitable fate is written in a safeguarded plate (Lohe Mahfuz) it is unavoidable, and God is all knowing and He puts mankind to test and trial under different conditions.
The evitable or effaceable destiny is written in ‘Lohe Mahv o Sebat’ with changeable or evitable conditions, example by prayers , alms or charity and good deeds especially on the Night of Destiny (Laylat ol Qadr). Thus death is of two kinds 1- death in suspension or evitable death which is changeable 2- inevitable death- everyone has to die and God knows this final hour of death e.g. the holy prophets Jesus, Khizr, Idris, Imam Mahdi (A.S) will ultimately die even after living for thousands of years by the will of God.
Note b : A person, who thinks that he commits sins and crimes as they are written in his fate, lays the burden of his sins on God and blames Him as unjust when He punishes him; but God has mentioned in the holy Quran that He does not commit a particle weight of injustice(4:40)
Note c: Everyone commits sins because God has given him energy- but this energy should not be spent in God’s disobedience, God has created Satan as a takvini creation for testing mankind and Jinn, therefore Satan is an inevitable creation by God. Those who turn a deaf ear to Satan by their own decision and follow the right path of God as shown by the fourteen ma’sumeen are successful in the test in this world.