they lived like passengers… [5 minutes] aren’t we all passengers in this world ?
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They lived like passengers…
[5 minutes]
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Aren’t we all passengers in this world ?
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They realized the fragility of life and their own
existence…
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Isn't it a reality that we are mere creatures
destined to face death one day ?
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They kept their duties as the pivotal aim of their
lives…
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Shouldn’t we do that too ?
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A selection from the sayings of Imam Ali (as)…
Attitudes of God Fearing People…
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O' creatures of God, fear God keeping in view the
reason why He created you and be afraid of Him to the extent He has advised you
to do so…
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Make yourself deserve what He has promised
you, by having confidence in the truth of His
promise and entertaining fear for the Day of
Judgment…
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Fear God like a person…
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Who listened (good advice) and bowed before
it, who admits the sins committed by him and
recognizes their enormity…
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…Who is afraid of the consequences of his
actions; performed good deeds…
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…Who hastens to lead a virtuous life…
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…Who believes in the Day of Judgment and
undertakes honesty and piety…
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…and when advised to take a warning accepts the advice and abstains
from evil deeds.
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Fear God like a person…
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Who faithfully believes in His Commands and sincerely decides to
follow them…
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…Who repents the sins committed by him and
the good work left undone by him…
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…Who carefully follows in the footsteps of virtuous people gone before him; and when he is told of truth, he recognizes it
and follows it.
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Fear God like a person…
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Who spends his life in search of truth, and
when alarmed by ties of worldly life, discards and
renounces it…
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…Who provides himself carefully for the
Hereafter…who keeps his mind free from evil
desires…who purifies his soul and prepares to
secure for himself a place where he has to stay
permanently.
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Fear God like a wise man…
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Whose mind is so filled with thoughts of
tomorrow that he has forgotten everything
else…
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…Whose mind has realized the enormity of His Wrath and to escape it, he exerts himself to the best of his ability…
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…Night prayer has turned even his short
sleep into awakening…
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…In the hope of Divine reward his days are spent in doing good deeds even under the scorching sun,
under fatigue and thirst of fast…
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…Piety has kept his desires in control…
Remembrance of God is ever moving his tongue...
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…He entertains fear before dangers… and avoiding dubious and
crooked ways, he takes to the true and straight path so that he may reach his
destination safely…
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…Vanity and pride do not lead him towards self-deception and do not
upset his mind…
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…He is never deceived with doubtful or false
arguments…
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…He passes his days happily because of the
happiness of good tidings and pleasure of eternal
bounties...
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…He passes the pathway of this world in
praiseworthy manner…He reaches the next world
with virtues…
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…He knows the dangers one has to face there and protects himself well with
the help of sublime thoughts, ideal virtues
and noble deeds…
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…He concentrates on the ways and means of attaining His Favor,
successfully endeavors to shun vice and
wickedness, he prepares himself to meet his death.
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…In this way he passes the few days of the transient
stay allotted to him in this world…
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Thus he leads a glorious life and passing this
period of transition with meritorious and
exemplary character, he reaches the next world happily and gracefully.
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Thus explains Imam Ali (as) the attitudes of those
who fear God.
[Nahjul Balagha, Sermon al-Ghurra (# 89)]