"يقظة فكر" التعليمية ✺

I am looking for dromedary figurines from Iran, from before the first millennium BC. Somebody told me that in some museums in Iran, there are one-humped camel figurines that are dated to the 3rd or 2nd millennium BC. Do you know anything of that?

“A morning does not pass,” Ḥātim al-Aṣamm once remarked, “without Satan asking me, ‘What will you eat? What will you wear? And where will you live?’ I answer, ‘I shall eat death, I shall wear the shroud, and I shall live in the grave.'"

– From the Riṣāla of Qushayrī (d. 1072), ed. ‘Abd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd and Maḥmūd b. Sharīf (Damascus: Dār al-Farfūr, 2002), s.v., "Ḥātim".

حاتم الاصم صوفی می گفت:
هر روز صبح
بدون اینکه شیطان از من بپرسد
که:
چه می خواهی بخوری؟
چه می خواهی بپوشی؟
کجا می خواهی بروی؟

پاسخ می دهم:
من باید مرگ را بخورم
من باید کفن را بپوشم
من باید در قبر زندگی کنم.

كيف تعرف عن نفسك وتبدأ حوار

- يمكنك ان تخبر شخص عن اسمك وكذلك تستطيع ان تسأله عن اسمه بأستخدام احد هذه الامثلة

What's your name? مااسمكِ؟
My name is Jessica Barrow. اسمي جسيكا بارو

- واحيانا كثيرة يستخدمون Hey او Hello قبل ان يقول اسمه

Hey I'm Julia. What's your name? هاي انا جوليا . ماأسمك ؟
Hello my name is Sam. مرحبا اسمي سام
Hey I'm Daniel. هاي انا دانيال

- للسؤال عن اللقب او اسم العائلة او العشيرة استخدم هذا السؤال

What is your surname? ماهو لقبك او اسم عائلتك ؟
My last name is Bloom. لقبي هو بلوم
My family name is Russel but I am married now so it's Holdip.
اسم عائلتي هو روسل لكني تزوجت ولقبي الان هو هولدب

- وفي حال انك نسيت اسم شخص وتريد ان تسأل عن اسمه بطريقة مؤدبة يمكنك ذلك باستخدام احد هذه العبارات

Forgive me, what did you say your name was?
سامحني ماذا قلت اسمك كان ؟
Excuse me may I ask your name?
المعذرة هل تسمح لي ان اسئلك عن اسمك ؟
Could you say your name again please?
من فضلك هل تسطيع ان تقول اسمك مجدداُ ؟
I'm sorry I seem to have forgotten your name.
انا اسف يبدو اني قد نسيت اسمك

- ويمكنك ان تسئل عن حال شخص وامور الحياة باستخدام احدى هذه العبارات

What's up? ما الأمر؟
How's life? كيف امور الحياة
How are you? كيف حالك ؟
How have you been? كيف كنت ؟
- ولو طرح شخص ما احد الاسئلة في اعلاه عليك يمكنك ان تجيب باستخدام احد العبارات التالية

I'm fine and yourself? انا بخير وانت ؟
I am good thank you for asking. انا بخير شكر للسؤال
I'm alright how about you. انا على مايرام ماذا عنك

- واذا اردت ان تسأل شخص عن عمره يمكنك السؤال بالطريقة التالية

How old are you? كم عمرك
I am twenty seven. عمري سبعة وعشرون
I am forty years of age.
عمري اربعين سنة - استخدام رسمي اثناء مقابلة مثلاً
I will be thirty next month. سيكون عمري ثلاثون سنة الشهر القادم

- يمكنك ان تسأل شخص عن دولته ومكان اقامته باستخدام التالي

Where are you from? من اي دولة انت
I am from the USA.
انا من الولايات المتحدة الامريكية
What city in the UK do you live in?
ماهي المدنية التي تعيش فيها في المملكة المتحدة
I actually live in London.
في الحقيقة انا اعيش في لندن
I am from Florida. انا من فلوريدا
Whereabouts in Florida are you from?
من اي مكان في فلوريدا
Originally I am from Poland but I have been living in the UK most of my life.
في الاصل انا من بولندا لكن عشت اغلب حياتي في المملكة المتحدة
I was born in Australia. انا ولدت في استراليا
Where is your family from? من اي دولة عائلتك ؟
My parents are from Iran.والدي من ايران

- ويمكن ان تسأل عن مكان سكن شخص ما من خلال التالي

Where do you live?اين تسكن ؟
I live in a small town near Athens.
أنا أعيش في بلدة صغيرة قرب أثينا
..........

📚 هذه بعض الجمل المهمة للاستفادة منها وتضمينها في جمل أو محادثات :-


1. How are you?
كيف حالك؟
📢 هاو ار يو



2. How old are you?
كم عمرك ؟
📢 هاو اولد ار يو



 3. What is your name?
ما هو أسمك ؟
📢 وات از يور نيم

                                                

4. Where are you from?
من أين أنت؟
📢 وير ار يو فروم
                                                


5. What are you doing ?
ماذا تفعلون؟
📢 وات ار يو دوينق
                                                 


6. What do you do ? = what is your job ?
                                                
ماذا تفعل ؟ وتأتي أيضا ً بـ ما هي وظيفتك ؟
📢 وات دو يو دو ؟ وات از يور جوب؟




7. Can I use your phone ?
هل استطيع استخدام هاتفك؟
📢 كان آي يوس يور فون



8. What is going on here ?= what is happening?
ماذا يجري هنا ؟ وتأتي بمعنى ماذا يحدث ؟
📢 وات از قوينق اون هير ؟ وات از هابينينق ؟


9. What time do you get up ?
متى وقت الاستيقاظ؟
📢 وات تايم دو يو قيت اب ؟

 
 10. What time do you go to work?
ماهو الوقت الذي تذهب به الى العمل ؟
📢 وات تايم دو يو قو تو وورك



 11. How do you go to work ?
كيف تذهب الى العمل؟
📢 هاو دو يو قو تو وورك



 12. Do you speak English?
هل تتكلم الانجليزية ؟
📢 دو يو سبيك انقلش



13. Can you help me ?
هل تستطيع مساعدتي ؟
📢 كان يو هيلب مي



14. What do you say?
ماذا تقول؟
📢 وات دو يو ساي



15. Do you know how to drive a car ?
هل تعلم كيفية قيادة السيارة ؟
📢 دو يو نو هاو تو درايف أ كار 

📚 هذه بعض الجمل المهمة للاستفادة منها وتضمينها في جمل أو محادثات :-


1. How are you?
كيف حالك؟
📢 هاو ار يو



2. How old are you?
كم عمرك ؟
📢 هاو اولد ار يو



 3. What is your name?
ما هو أسمك ؟
📢 وات از يور نيم

                                                

4. Where are you from?
من أين أنت؟
📢 وير ار يو فروم
                                                


5. What are you doing ?
ماذا تفعلون؟
📢 وات ار يو دوينق
                                                 


6. What do you do ? = what is your job ?
                                                
ماذا تفعل ؟ وتأتي أيضا ً بـ ما هي وظيفتك ؟
📢 وات دو يو دو ؟ وات از يور جوب؟




7. Can I use your phone ?
هل استطيع استخدام هاتفك؟
📢 كان آي يوس يور فون



8. What is going on here ?= what is happening?
ماذا يجري هنا ؟ وتأتي بمعنى ماذا يحدث ؟
📢 وات از قوينق اون هير ؟ وات از هابينينق ؟


9. What time do you get up ?
متى وقت الاستيقاظ؟
📢 وات تايم دو يو قيت اب ؟

 
 10. What time do you go to work?
ماهو الوقت الذي تذهب به الى العمل ؟
📢 وات تايم دو يو قو تو وورك



 11. How do you go to work ?
كيف تذهب الى العمل؟
📢 هاو دو يو قو تو وورك



 12. Do you speak English?
هل تتكلم الانجليزية ؟
📢 دو يو سبيك انقلش



13. Can you help me ?
هل تستطيع مساعدتي ؟
📢 كان يو هيلب مي



14. What do you say?
ماذا تقول؟
📢 وات دو يو ساي



15. Do you know how to drive a car ?
هل تعلم كيفية قيادة السيارة ؟
📢 دو يو نو هاو تو درايف أ كار 

Commonly used contractions…

💡And 👉 'n
Do you know Nancy'n David?

💡Are 👉 'r
My parents'r on vacation.

💡Are you 👉 ya
Ya going to the movie?
Where ya going?
🚫Are you is contracted only when followed by one or more words. Therefore, it would be incorrect to contract, How are you? to How ya? unless it was followed by one or more words such as: How ya doing?

💡Dose she 👉 dushi
Dushi speak English?

💡Don't know 👉 dunno
I dunno where you live.

💡Give me 👉 gimme
Gimme that!

💡Going to 👉 gonna
I'm gonna give him a present.

💡Goodbye 👉 g'bye
I'll talk to you tomorrow. G'bye.

💡Got to 👉 gotta
I gotta give him a present.

💡Have to 👉 hafta
I hafta go home immediately.

💡In front of 👉 in fronna
He parked in fronna the house.

💡-ing 👉 -in'
I'm goin' to the store.

💡Let me 👉 lem'me
Lem'me have it.

💡Out of 👉 outta
Get outta here!
🚫Pronounced: Ged oudda here!

💡Want to 👉 wanna
I wanna go outside.

💡What are you 👉 wachya or wacha
Wachya/Wacha doin'?

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PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

Part Vll

O people! " Fear Allah as He ought to be feared, and do not die except as Muslims" (Qur'an, 3:102). O people! " ...Believe in what We have revealed, verifying what you have, before We alter faces then turn them on their backs or curse them as We cursed the violators of the Sabbath" (Qur'an, 4:47). By Allah! Redid not imply anyone in this verse except a certain band of my sahaba whom I know by name and by lineage, and I have been ordered (by my Lord) to pardon them; so, let each person deal with ' Ali according to what he finds in his heart of love or of hatred.

O people! The noor from Allah, the Exalted One and the Sublime, flows through me then through ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib then in the progeny that descends from him till al-Qa'imal-Mehdi, who shall effect the justice of Allah, and who will take back any right belonging to us because Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, made us Hujjat over those who take us lightly, the stubborn ones, those who act contrarily to our word, who are treacherous, who are sinners, who are oppressors, who are usurpers, from the entire world.

O people! I warn you that I am the Messenger of Allah; messengers before me have already passed away; so, should I die or should I be killed, are you going to turn upon your heels? And whoever turns upon his heels shall not harm Allah in the least, and Allah shall reward those who are grateful, those who persevere. 'Ali is surely the one described with perseverance and gratitude, then after him are my offspring from his loins.

O people! Do not think that you are doing me a favour by your accepting Islam. Nay! Do not think that you are doing Allah such a favour lest He should void your deeds, lest His wrath should descend upon you, lest He should try you with a flame of fire and brass; surely your Lord is ever-watchful.

O people! There shall be Imams after me who shall invite people to the fire, and they shall not be helped on the Day of Judgment.

O people! Allah and I are both clear of them.

O people! They and their supporters and followers shall be in the lowest rung of the fire; miserable, indeed, is the resort of the arrogant ones. Indeed, these are the folks of the sahifa; so, let each one of you look into his sahifa!

This reference to the sahifa has been overlooked by most people with the exception of a small band and we will Insha-Allah shed a light on this sahifa later on.

@AbodeofWisdom

PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

PART Xl

O people! Perform your pilgrimage to the House by perfecting your religion and by delving into fiqh, and do not leave the sacred places except after having repented and abandoned (the doing of anything prohibited).

O people! Uphold prayers and pay the zakat as Allah, the Exalted One and the Sublime, commanded you; so, if time lapses and you were short of doing so or you forgot, ' Ali is your wali and he will explain for you.

He is the one whom Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, appointed for you after me as the custodian of Hiscreation. He is from me and I am from him, and he and those who will succeed him from my progeny shall inform you of anything you ask them about, and they shall clarify whatever you do not know.

Halal and haram things are more than I can count for you now or explain, for a commandment to enjoin what is permissible and a prohibition from what is not permissible are both on the same level, so I was ordered (by my Lord) to take your oath of allegiance and to make a covenant with you to accept what I brought you from Allah, the Exalted One and the Sublime, with regards to' Ali Ameerul-Mo'mineen and to the wasis after him who are from me and from him, a standing Imamate whose seal is al-Mehdi till the Day he meets Allah Who decrees and Who judges.

O people! I never refrained from informing you of everything permissible or prohibitive; so, do remember this and safeguard it and advise each other to do likewise; do not alter it; do not substitute it with something else.

I am now repeating what I have already said: Uphold the prayers and pay the zakat and enjoin righteousness and forbid abomination.

The peak of enjoining righteousness is to resort to my speech and to convey it to whoever did not attend it and to order him on my behalf to accept it and to (likewise) order him not to violate it, for it is an order from Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, and there is no knowledge of enjoining righteousness nor prohibiting abomination except that it is with a ma'soom Imam.

0 people! The Qur'an informs you that the Imams after him are his (' Ali's) descendants, and I have already informed you that they are from me and from him, for Allah says in His Book, " And he made it a word to continue in his posterity so that they may return " (Qur'an, 43:28) while I have said: "You shall not stray as long as you uphold both of them (simultaneously)."

O people! (Uphold) piety, (uphold) piety, and be forewarned of the Hour as Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, has said, "0 people! Guard (yourselves) against (punishment from) your Lord; surely the violence of the Hour is a grievous thing" (Qur'an, 22:1).

Remember death, resurrection, the judgment, the scales, and the account before the Lord of the Worlds, and (remember) the rewards and the penalty. So whoever does a good deed shall be rewarded for it, and whoever commits a sin shall have no place in the Gardens.

@AbodeofWisdom

PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

Part Xll

O people! You are more numerous than (it is practical) to shake hands with me all at the same time, and Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, commanded me to require you to confirm what authority I have vested upon 'Ali Ameerul-Mo'mineen and to whoever succeeds him of the Imams from me and from him, since I have just informed you that my offspring are from his loins.

You, therefore, should say in one voice: "We hear, and we obey; we accept and we are bound by what you have conveyed to us from our Lord and yours with regard to our Imam' Ali (V' Ameerul-Mo'mineen, and to the Imams, your sons from his loins. We swear the oath of allegiance to you in this regard with our hearts, with our souls, with our tongues, with our hands. According to it shall we live, and according to it shall we die, and according to it shall we be resurrected. We shall not alter anything or substitute anything with another, nor shall we doubt nor deny nor suspect, nor shall we violate our covenant nor abrogate the pledge. You admonished us on behalf of Allah with regard to' Ali (V' Ameerul-Mo'mineen, and to the Imams whom you mentioned to be from your offspring from among his descendants after him: al-Hasan and al-Husain and to whoever is appointed (as such) by Allah after them. The covenant and the pledge are taken from us, from our hearts, from our souls, from our tongues, from our conscience, from our hands. Whoever does so by his handshake, it shall be so, or otherwise testified to it by his tongue, and we do not seek any substitute for it, nor shall Allah see our souls deviating there from. We shall convey the same on your behalf to anyone near and far of our offspring and families, and we implore Allah to testify to it, and surely Allah suffices as the Witness and you, too, shall testify for us."

O people! What are you going to say?! Allah knows every sound and the innermost of every soul; "Whoever chooses the right guidance, it is for his own soul that he is rightly guided, and whoever strays, it is only to its detriment that he goes astray" (Qur'an, 17:15).

O people! Swear the oath of allegiance to Allah, and swear it to me, and swear it to' Ali Ameerul-Mo'mineen, and to al-Hasan and al-Husain and to the Imams from their offspring in the life of this world and in the hereafter, a word that shall always remain so. Allah shall annihilate anyone guilty of treachery and be merciful upon everyone who remains true to his word: "Whoever reneges (from his oath), he reneges only to the harm of his own soul, and whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward" (Qur'an, 48:10)

O people! Repeat what I have just told you to, and greet' Ali with the title of authority of "Ameerul-Mo'mineen" and say: "We hear, and we obey, O Lord! Your forgiveness (do we seek), and to You is the eventual course" (Qur'an, 2:285), and you should say: "All praise is due to Allah Who guided us to this, and we would not have found the way had it not been for Allah Who guided us" (Qur'an, 7:43).

O people! The merits of' Ali ibn Abu Talib with Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, the merits which are revealed in the Qur'an, are more numerous than I can recount in one speech; so, whoever informs you of them and defines them for you, you should believe him.

@AbodeofWisdom

In the time of Imam Hadi (peace be with him), a person wrote a letter from one of the distant cities

he wrote in letter that O Imam I am away from you. Sometimes I have needs or problems, anyway what do I do?

Imam Hādi (peace be with him) wrote in answer to him:

"Move your lips and talk. We are not far.

Bihār-ul Anwār

@AbodeofWisdom

In memory of Ayatollah Sayyed Mahmoud Taleghani

One of the villagers said: "I heard from my father that one day, one of the famous clerics of the region asked Ayatollah Taleghani why he doesn't enjoin people to good and forbid them from evil?"

He replied: "what do you suggest I do?"

The cleric said: "you (seriously) don't put in any effort to gather the people to the mosque? If you don't like to do that, (then) lecture the people (by commanding them to good and forbidding them from evil), (or) at least invite them to congregational prayers".

Ayatollah Taleghani replied to that famous cleric: "enjoin (yourself) to action, it isn't about lecturing (only). I go to the water spring in the middle of these cold winter nights and splash the ice cold water from head to toe in order to make ablution. After that, I slowly walk like (shy) women towards the mosque to perform prayers.

If this action doesn't invite anyone to the mosque, then lecturing, commanding, and yelling will do nothing".

(Winter nights in Taaliqan, Iran are very cold and long, and the water spring is almost outside the village [takes quite bit of time from the spring to the mosque, passing by many homes]).

@AbodeofWisdom

PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

Part Vll

O people! " Fear Allah as He ought to be feared, and do not die except as Muslims" (Qur'an, 3:102). O people! " ...Believe in what We have revealed, verifying what you have, before We alter faces then turn them on their backs or curse them as We cursed the violators of the Sabbath" (Qur'an, 4:47). By Allah! Redid not imply anyone in this verse except a certain band of my sahaba whom I know by name and by lineage, and I have been ordered (by my Lord) to pardon them; so, let each person deal with ' Ali according to what he finds in his heart of love or of hatred.

O people! The noor from Allah, the Exalted One and the Sublime, flows through me then through ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib then in the progeny that descends from him till al-Qa'imal-Mehdi, who shall effect the justice of Allah, and who will take back any right belonging to us because Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, made us Hujjat over those who take us lightly, the stubborn ones, those who act contrarily to our word, who are treacherous, who are sinners, who are oppressors, who are usurpers, from the entire world.

O people! I warn you that I am the Messenger of Allah; messengers before me have already passed away; so, should I die or should I be killed, are you going to turn upon your heels? And whoever turns upon his heels shall not harm Allah in the least, and Allah shall reward those who are grateful, those who persevere. 'Ali is surely the one described with perseverance and gratitude, then after him are my offspring from his loins.

O people! Do not think that you are doing me a favour by your accepting Islam. Nay! Do not think that you are doing Allah such a favour lest He should void your deeds, lest His wrath should descend upon you, lest He should try you with a flame of fire and brass; surely your Lord is ever-watchful.

O people! There shall be Imams after me who shall invite people to the fire, and they shall not be helped on the Day of Judgment.

O people! Allah and I are both clear of them.

O people! They and their supporters and followers shall be in the lowest rung of the fire; miserable, indeed, is the resort of the arrogant ones. Indeed, these are the folks of the sahifa; so, let each one of you look into his sahifa!

This reference to the sahifa has been overlooked by most people with the exception of a small band and we will Insha-Allah shed a light on this sahifa later on.

@AbodeofWisdom

PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

PART Xl

O people! Perform your pilgrimage to the House by perfecting your religion and by delving into fiqh, and do not leave the sacred places except after having repented and abandoned (the doing of anything prohibited).

O people! Uphold prayers and pay the zakat as Allah, the Exalted One and the Sublime, commanded you; so, if time lapses and you were short of doing so or you forgot, ' Ali is your wali and he will explain for you.

He is the one whom Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, appointed for you after me as the custodian of Hiscreation. He is from me and I am from him, and he and those who will succeed him from my progeny shall inform you of anything you ask them about, and they shall clarify whatever you do not know.

Halal and haram things are more than I can count for you now or explain, for a commandment to enjoin what is permissible and a prohibition from what is not permissible are both on the same level, so I was ordered (by my Lord) to take your oath of allegiance and to make a covenant with you to accept what I brought you from Allah, the Exalted One and the Sublime, with regards to' Ali Ameerul-Mo'mineen and to the wasis after him who are from me and from him, a standing Imamate whose seal is al-Mehdi till the Day he meets Allah Who decrees and Who judges.

O people! I never refrained from informing you of everything permissible or prohibitive; so, do remember this and safeguard it and advise each other to do likewise; do not alter it; do not substitute it with something else.

I am now repeating what I have already said: Uphold the prayers and pay the zakat and enjoin righteousness and forbid abomination.

The peak of enjoining righteousness is to resort to my speech and to convey it to whoever did not attend it and to order him on my behalf to accept it and to (likewise) order him not to violate it, for it is an order from Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, and there is no knowledge of enjoining righteousness nor prohibiting abomination except that it is with a ma'soom Imam.

0 people! The Qur'an informs you that the Imams after him are his (' Ali's) descendants, and I have already informed you that they are from me and from him, for Allah says in His Book, " And he made it a word to continue in his posterity so that they may return " (Qur'an, 43:28) while I have said: "You shall not stray as long as you uphold both of them (simultaneously)."

O people! (Uphold) piety, (uphold) piety, and be forewarned of the Hour as Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, has said, "0 people! Guard (yourselves) against (punishment from) your Lord; surely the violence of the Hour is a grievous thing" (Qur'an, 22:1).

Remember death, resurrection, the judgment, the scales, and the account before the Lord of the Worlds, and (remember) the rewards and the penalty. So whoever does a good deed shall be rewarded for it, and whoever commits a sin shall have no place in the Gardens.

@AbodeofWisdom

PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

Part Xll

O people! You are more numerous than (it is practical) to shake hands with me all at the same time, and Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, commanded me to require you to confirm what authority I have vested upon 'Ali Ameerul-Mo'mineen and to whoever succeeds him of the Imams from me and from him, since I have just informed you that my offspring are from his loins.

You, therefore, should say in one voice: "We hear, and we obey; we accept and we are bound by what you have conveyed to us from our Lord and yours with regard to our Imam' Ali (V' Ameerul-Mo'mineen, and to the Imams, your sons from his loins. We swear the oath of allegiance to you in this regard with our hearts, with our souls, with our tongues, with our hands. According to it shall we live, and according to it shall we die, and according to it shall we be resurrected. We shall not alter anything or substitute anything with another, nor shall we doubt nor deny nor suspect, nor shall we violate our covenant nor abrogate the pledge. You admonished us on behalf of Allah with regard to' Ali (V' Ameerul-Mo'mineen, and to the Imams whom you mentioned to be from your offspring from among his descendants after him: al-Hasan and al-Husain and to whoever is appointed (as such) by Allah after them. The covenant and the pledge are taken from us, from our hearts, from our souls, from our tongues, from our conscience, from our hands. Whoever does so by his handshake, it shall be so, or otherwise testified to it by his tongue, and we do not seek any substitute for it, nor shall Allah see our souls deviating there from. We shall convey the same on your behalf to anyone near and far of our offspring and families, and we implore Allah to testify to it, and surely Allah suffices as the Witness and you, too, shall testify for us."

O people! What are you going to say?! Allah knows every sound and the innermost of every soul; "Whoever chooses the right guidance, it is for his own soul that he is rightly guided, and whoever strays, it is only to its detriment that he goes astray" (Qur'an, 17:15).

O people! Swear the oath of allegiance to Allah, and swear it to me, and swear it to' Ali Ameerul-Mo'mineen, and to al-Hasan and al-Husain and to the Imams from their offspring in the life of this world and in the hereafter, a word that shall always remain so. Allah shall annihilate anyone guilty of treachery and be merciful upon everyone who remains true to his word: "Whoever reneges (from his oath), he reneges only to the harm of his own soul, and whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward" (Qur'an, 48:10)

O people! Repeat what I have just told you to, and greet' Ali with the title of authority of "Ameerul-Mo'mineen" and say: "We hear, and we obey, O Lord! Your forgiveness (do we seek), and to You is the eventual course" (Qur'an, 2:285), and you should say: "All praise is due to Allah Who guided us to this, and we would not have found the way had it not been for Allah Who guided us" (Qur'an, 7:43).

O people! The merits of' Ali ibn Abu Talib with Allah, the Exalted and the Sublime, the merits which are revealed in the Qur'an, are more numerous than I can recount in one speech; so, whoever informs you of them and defines them for you, you should believe him.

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In memory of Ayatollah Sayyed Mahmoud Taleghani

One of the villagers said: "I heard from my father that one day, one of the famous clerics of the region asked Ayatollah Taleghani why he doesn't enjoin people to good and forbid them from evil?"

He replied: "what do you suggest I do?"

The cleric said: "you (seriously) don't put in any effort to gather the people to the mosque? If you don't like to do that, (then) lecture the people (by commanding them to good and forbidding them from evil), (or) at least invite them to congregational prayers".

Ayatollah Taleghani replied to that famous cleric: "enjoin (yourself) to action, it isn't about lecturing (only). I go to the water spring in the middle of these cold winter nights and splash the ice cold water from head to toe in order to make ablution. After that, I slowly walk like (shy) women towards the mosque to perform prayers.

If this action doesn't invite anyone to the mosque, then lecturing, commanding, and yelling will do nothing".

(Winter nights in Taaliqan, Iran are very cold and long, and the water spring is almost outside the village [takes quite bit of time from the spring to the mosque, passing by many homes]).

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