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They lived like passengers…
[5 minutes]
Aren’t we all passengers in this world ?
They realized the fragility of life and their own
existence…
Isn't it a reality that we are mere creatures
destined to face death one day ?
They kept their duties as the pivotal aim of their
lives…
Shouldn’t we do that too ?
A selection from the sayings of Imam Ali (as)…
Attitudes of God Fearing People…
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…
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…
Fear God like a person…
Who listened (good advice) and bowed before
it, who admits the sins committed by him and
recognizes their enormity…
…Who is afraid of the consequences of his
actions; performed good deeds…
…Who hastens to lead a virtuous life…
…Who believes in the Day of Judgment and
undertakes honesty and piety…
…and when advised to take a warning accepts the advice and abstains
from evil deeds.
Fear God like a person…
Who faithfully believes in His Commands and sincerely decides to
follow them…
…Who repents the sins committed by him and
the good work left undone by him…
…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.
Fear God like a person…
Who spends his life in search of truth, and
when alarmed by ties of worldly life, discards and
renounces it…
…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.
Fear God like a wise man…
Whose mind is so filled with thoughts of
tomorrow that he has forgotten everything
else…
…Whose mind has realized the enormity of His Wrath and to escape it, he exerts himself to the best of his ability…
…Night prayer has turned even his short
sleep into awakening…
…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…
…Piety has kept his desires in control…
Remembrance of God is ever moving his tongue...
…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…
…Vanity and pride do not lead him towards self-deception and do not
upset his mind…
…He is never deceived with doubtful or false
arguments…
…He passes his days happily because of the
happiness of good tidings and pleasure of eternal
bounties...
…He passes the pathway of this world in
praiseworthy manner…He reaches the next world
with virtues…
…He knows the dangers one has to face there and protects himself well with
the help of sublime thoughts, ideal virtues
and noble deeds…
…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.
…In this way he passes the few days of the transient
stay allotted to him in this world…
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.
Thus explains Imam Ali (as) the attitudes of those
who fear God.
[Nahjul Balagha, Sermon al-Ghurra (# 89)]