Mouood Mouood English Edition
10. God, the Hidden the Manifest
Imam Mahdi (A.f.) has said:
O the Hidden in spite of His perfect manifestation and the Manifest in spite of His perfect concealment.
(Mafaatih ul Jinan ,Dua e Rajabieh)
Note : God knows all the hidden details of everything, and even our thoughts and intentions. God is present everywhere, i.e. He is Omnipresent but God’s Own Self is Hidden and invisible for the eyes. No one has ever seen God. Moses (A.S) used to speak to God, but when he asked God to make Himself visible to him (God told Moses (A.S) ‘You cannot see Me. But look at the mountain, if it remains firm in its place then you will see Me’. But when God illuminated the mountain (Tur-e Sina) with His Glory, He crumbled it. It was shattered to pieces, which means God cannot be seen by eyes so the claim of Sufis that they see God with their eyes is but denial of God’s statement in the holy Quran:“Eyesight comprehends Him not. (la tudrekohol-absaar). (Ana’am 6:103)
Hence God is Hidden and can be seen by all with the eyes of their heart only.
11. What, How and Where Is God
• Ali (A.s.) has said in Dua e Mashlool : “O ‘He’ of whom no one knows WHAT ‘He'(God) is, nor How ‘He’ is, nor WHERE ‘He’ is, nor in WHICH direction,’ He’ is, except ‘He’ Himself “.
• Imam Hussain (A.S) has said: O the One, Whom no one understands except He (God) Himself.
Note: God has infinite attributes & infinite knowledge, None of His creations, not even His messengers, Imams and angels can comprehend God but little. Man’s limited knowledge can never understand God, the Ingenious Creator of the entire Universe Who will destroy the entire universe, and create another greater universe for judgment and recompense in heaven or hell.
• Imam Ali An-Naqi(A.S.) has narrated: God cannot be described except by those attributes by which He has described Himself, and how can His qualities be described when senses fail to find Him, & guess or conjecture has no access to Him. Imaginations fail to limit His excellence. The eyes cannot encompass Him.
(Tohaf al Uqul P482)
12 . God the Creator, the Destroyer and Reviver
• The holy Quran states: Has not He, Who created the heavens & the earth, power to create similar to them (again)? Yes, indeed! He is the Originator, the All- Knowing’
(Yaseen36:81)
• Ali (A.s.) has said: the Creator is the Destroyer and the Destroyer is the Reviver
(Nahjul Balagha :advice to Imam Hassan (A.S))
13. God the Strongest Link
• Imam Ali (A.S.)has said: He (God) is far from being encompassed by heart or eye for believing in His Lordship.
Which link is stronger than the link between you &God if you clasp it firmly?
• Imam Mohammad Taqi(A.S.) has said: Who can destroy a person when he is sustained by God? And who can rescue a person when he is pursued by God?
(Ehqaq ul Haqq P 428-439)
14. the most precious possession
Imam Husain(A.S) has said:
What has he obtained who lost You O God? And what has he lost who found You?
One who is satisfied with anyone other than- You, O God, has in reality dispossessed himself of everything?
15. God and the people
One who annoys God to please people, God leaves him to the people.
16.God is Samad
A person asked Imam Husain (A.S)the meaning of ‘Samad’ He replied : The Aayaat after Samad (صمد) in the Surah-e-Towheed explain its meaning ,i.e., nothing emerges from God , nor God has emerged from anything and nothing is like unto Him ; (i.e. ,nothing in the universe can match God ,Who is beyond all needs. )
17. Fear of God
• Fear God and be a credit for us & not an object of shame.
(T O p 488)
• A person who commits sins& crimes openly in presence of people has no fear of God.(BA V 78 p 377)
Note: A person should not commit sin in presence of God. Beware God is Omnipresent i.e. present everywhere.
• People who are safe from God’s punishment are those who fear God more than others.
18. Love of God
• Imam Mohammad Taqi(A.S.) has said: Indeed love of God cannot be acquired without making a number of people wrathful. (B.A V:78 P 363)
Access to God is facilitated by ones intention in the heart. A person can reach God more quickly with intention than with physical performance of any service. (Ehqaq ul haqq P 428-439)
• Imam Sadeq (A.S) has said: “One who loves us is with us”.
Note : Love is empty and on tongue only if without obedience to Imams (A.S)).
19. Wrath of God
• Imam Sajjad (A.S) has said: God is most wrathful against a person who accepts the “Sunnah” of an Imam, but does not follow the conduct of the Imam practically.
Note: Wrath of God means His punishment On the Day of Judgment people will be called with their Imams, as indicated in the holy Quran
Imam Reza(A.S) has said:
• One who pleases a king or an authority with something that arouses God’s wrath is cast out of the heavenly religion finalized by the Mighty & Majestic God. (O’yun Akhbar ur RezaV 2 P 69)
• God is wrathful against:
1- Futile talk
2- Wasting of wealth
3- Imploring a lot from people.
(BA Vol. 78 P375)
Note: Wrath of God means His punishment. God does not curse any sinner but punishes him in this world or the hereafter .God is All Powerful and Omnipotent. God denounces the disobedient. God is invincible, some Jews believe that God wrestled with Jacob and was defeated by him. It is an abominable belief, and the original Torah(which is not distorted) denies it.
20) Delight of God
Imam Sajjad (A.S) has said:
Next to cognizance of God, nothing is more pleasing to Him than chasteness of stomach and chasteness of sexual organs.
Note: Angels are devoid of appetite for food or sex. The person who gave good tidings of a son to Virgin Mary (AS) was an angel.
21. God & Imam
O God! Make me cognizant of Thy Self, for if You do not make Your Self known to me, I will not know Thy Messenger.
O God! Make me cognizant of Thy Messenger, for if I do not know Thy Messenger, I will not know Thy guiding authority.
O God! Make me cognizant of Thy guiding authority, for if I do not know Thy guiding authority, I will stray from my religion.
Note: Imam Mahdi (A.F.) is the guiding authority (Hujjah) of the present time.
Note: After the demise of the best of God’s Messenger(S.A.) , Muslims got divided into about 72 sect .Shias and Sunnis are the main sects. The Shias follow only the Sunnah of the messenger whereas the Sunnis follow the Sunnah of the messenger as well as the Sunnah of the ruler of the time who maybe just or not, hypocrites, opportunists or not.
Shias believe that 12 Imams are chosen by God, whereas Sunnis choose their own khalifas, but they may make mistake in their choice, example Abu Sofyan’s progeny was denounced by God in the holy Quran. But they ruled for one thousand.
Salman, Abuzar , Miqdad, A’mmar where all Shias of the best Messenger only. Belief has 10 degrees and Salman was on the highest degree of belief and Iran was saved from the fire of hell by following the true Islam as taught by Salman, the best friend of Mohammad(S.A.) the obedient servant of God.
