The Pure Mystery of Ghadir

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🌼🔆🌼The Secret of Remembering Ali🌼🔆🌼
🔹“The Wonders of Ghadir and the Master,” “The Most Beloved of Things,” “The Secret of Satan’s Lament,” “Raw Love,” “Ghadir Eve”

📅 Date: 1405/03/14 – 18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447
✨ Session: Meshkat-e Noor
🎤 Speaker: Master Ali Saei

🌻🔆The Pure Essence of Ghadir🔆🌻
🌼🔆🌼The Secret of Remembering Ali🌼🔆🌼

🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹
🔅🌹 “The Wonders of Ghadir and the Master,” “The Most Beloved of Things,” “The Secret of Satan’s Lament,” “Raw Love,” “Ghadir Eve,” and more … A summary with an addendum, 1405.03.14, Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat), 110.141 (903) 🌹🔅
🤲 الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَمَسِّكِينَ بِوَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ peace be upon them🔆
✨Your beauty is a gift that brings the world a smile on “يَوْمُ التَّبَسُّمِ” 💫
🌸 فَرَوْحٌ وَ رَيْحانٌ وَ جَنَّةُ نَعيمٍ🌷
🍃May the Ghadir of your soul brim with flowing water🌼

Opening section—A body-soul immersed in the waters of Ghadir
❇️ A portrait of Ghadir
Every Ghadir comes with a fresh event and subtle wonders. Prepare your soul for a new vision of Ghadir! Take the measure of the Ghadir within you!
Ghadir is an interwoven system, an essential property of every being! Each person is transformed in proportion to their faith and response to Ghadir!
Why should the inner dimensions of Ghadir not continue to unfold—when they do!
💫🔆… وَ فِي يَوْمِ الْغَدِيرِ عَرَضَ‌ اللَّهُ‌ الْوَلَايَةَ عَلَى أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ فَتَسْبِقُ إِلَيْهَا أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فَزَيَّنَ بِهَا الْعَرْشَ ثُم‌…
🔆 … On the day of Ghadir, God presented wilayah to the inhabitants of the seven heavens. The inhabitants of the seventh heaven were the first to accept it, and so [God] adorned the Throne with it [wilayah]. Then…

❇️ Ghadir, the centre of wonders
The universe is a connected, integrated system; every event affects the whole of existence!
If the system’s core changes, the whole universe changes!
Why is Ghadir so important? Because it is at the heart of wondrous events!
Ghadir is not confined to the earth; its earthly aspect is only one part of it!
Ghadir is eternally bound to Ali. To know Ghadir is to know Ali. If you wish to know Ali, you must take flight beyond his bodily form and soar to the heights of his spirit and essence!

❇️ Why Ghadir, and why Ali?
The pure light of divine unity is the secret of Ghadir and the secret of Ali!
Ali means the flame of pure life in divine unity: a breath of divine unity, its pulse and heartbeat, its tree bearing fruits of divine unity, its colour and its taste—the springtime of divine unity, the purest remembrance, the purest sacred Name!
Ali, peace be upon him, is the supreme banner of divine unity. To become a person of Ghadir is to keep that banner flying high!
To become a person of Ghadir is to receive permission from the Almighty to ascend, to reach the summit of divine unity as Ali did, and to take on the hue of servitude!

🔸وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي مَا خَلَقْتُ خَلْقاً أَحَبَ‌ لِي مِنَ الْمُقِرِّينَ بِتَوْحِيدِي وَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرِي

❇️ The most beloved of things to You is divine unity
💫🔆إلهي! أطعت في أحبّ‌ الأشياء إليك و هو التّوحيد و لم أعصك في أبغض الأشياء إليك و هو الكفر؛ فاغفر لى ما بينهما.
🔆Ali, Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him: “My God, I have obeyed You in what You love most—the oneness [of God], and I have not disobeyed You in what You hate most—associating partners with You. So forgive my sins, which lie between these two [states].”

💫🔆A supplication of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him: وَ لَوْ لَمْ تُعَرِّفْنِي حَلَاوَةَ مَعْرِفَتِكَ مَا عَرَفْتُ وَ لَوْ لَمْ تُبَيِّنْ لِي شَدِيدَ عِقَابِكَ مَا اسْتَجَرْتُ إِلَهِي أَطَعْتُكَ فِي أَحَبِ‌ الْأَشْيَاءِ إِلَيْكَ وَ هُوَ التَّوْحِيدُ وَ لَمْ أَعْصِكَ فِي أَبْغَضِ الْأَشْيَاءِ إِلَيْكَ وَ هُوَ الْكُفْرُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَهِي أُحِبُّ طَاعَتَكَ
🔆“Had You not made me taste the sweetness of knowing You, I would never have known You; and had You not shown me the severity of Your punishment, I would never have sought refuge. My God, I have obeyed You in what You love most—the oneness (of God)—and I have not disobeyed You in what You hate most—disbelief. So forgive me for what lies between these two [states]. My God, I love to obey You.”

❇️Why Satan Wailed on the Day of Ghadir
Why should Satan wail?! Because a wail signals “defeat, despair, hopelessness, the triumph of light over darkness, truth over falsehood, the radiance of divine unity and the vanishing of idolatry.”
So, despite all the injustice, oppression and sin in the world, has Satan still not succeeded?!
Even if every sin in the world were gathered together, it would be eclipsed by the radiance of a single act of worship by ʿAlī, peace be upon him!
The light of ʿAlī’s worship, peace be upon him, reflects the grandeur of his spirit and his ʿAlid essence!
With each breath he takes, with every glorification and declaration of God’s greatness, all knowledge is transformed by the brilliance of his remembrance!
Ghadir means affirming and ratifying a life grounded in divine unity!

❇️God Himself plants love for ʿAlī, peace be upon him
💫🔆فِي تَفْسِيرِ الْعَيَّاشِيِّ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ‌ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: «فَلَعَلَّكَ تارِكٌ بَعْضَ ما يُوحى‌ إِلَيْكَ» وَ ذَكَرَ حَدِيثاً طَوِيلًا وَ فِي آخِرِهِ:
وَ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي آخِرِ صَلَوتِهِ رَافِعاً بِهَا صَوْتَهُ يُسْمِعُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ هَبْ لِعَلِيٍّ الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي صُدُورِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَ الْهَيْبَةَ وَ الْعَظَمَةَ فِي صُدُورِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمنُ وُدًّا فَإِنَّما يَسَّرْناهُ بِلِسانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ تُنْذِرَ بِهِ قَوْماً لُدًّا» بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، فَقَالَ: رُكَعُ‌ وَ اللَّهِ لَصَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فِي شَنٍّ بَالٍ‌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا سَأَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّهُ، أَ فَلَا سَأَلَهُ مَلَكاً يَعْضُدُهُ، أَوْ كَنْزاً يَسْتَظْهِرُ بِهِ عَلَى فَاقَتِهِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ هُودٍ أَوَّلُهَا: «فَلَعَلَّكَ تارِكٌ بَعْضَ ما يُوحى‌ إِلَيْكَ» الْآيَةَ.
🔆 In Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī, it is narrated from ʿAmmār ibn Suwayd, who said: I heard Imam al-Ṣādiq, peace be upon him, speak about this verse: «فَلَعَلَّكَ تارِكٌ بَعْضَ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ» (So perhaps you, O Prophet, would leave out some of what is revealed to you), and he related a lengthy report. At the end of it, he said:
In his final prayer, the Messenger of God, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, raised his voice so that the people could hear him and prayed for the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him: “O God, place love for ʿAlī in the hearts of the believers, and awe and reverence for him in the hearts of the hypocrites.” Then God revealed this verse: «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمنُ وُدًّا…» (the verse mentioned above), followed by the verse «فَإِنَّما يَسَّرْناهُ بِلِسانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ تُنْذِرَ بِهِ قَوْماً لُدًّا» (We have made the Qur’an easy in your tongue, so that you may give good news to the God-fearing and warn a contentious people). “A contentious people” refers to the Umayyads.
The narrator said: Then [one of the opponents] remarked, “By God, a measure of dates in an old waterskin is dearer to me than what Muhammad asked his Lord for. Why did he not ask Him for an angel to help him, or for a treasure to free him from poverty?” Then God revealed ten verses of Sūrat Hūd concerning him, the first of which is «فَلَعَلَّكَ تارِكٌ بَعْضَ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ».

❇️The love of an extremist places one among the hypocrites

💫🔆وَ قَالَ ع‌ هَلَكَ فِيَّ رَجُلَانِ مُحِبٌ‌ غَالٍ‌ وَ مُبْغِضٌ قَال‌
“And he, peace be upon him, said:”
“Two men have perished because of me: an extremist who loves me, and an enemy who speaks [ill of me and spreads malicious talk].”
(Some manuscripts read مُبْغِضٌ قَالٍ, meaning “an enemy who speaks harshly and abusively” or “one whose hatred makes him disavow me.”)

❇️“The extremist lover” and “the slandering enemy” are both hypocrites
“The extremist lover” sells allegiance and love for a pittance, while “the slandering enemy” shortchanges the cause of allegiance!
Woe to those who shortchange allegiance!
One refuses to buy it; the other sells it for nothing—or sets it ablaze!
One shortchanges it (the slandering enemy); the other sells it cheap (the extremist).
We must make allegiance our crown and the light of our eyes; we must honour its grandeur!
We must be an adornment to allegiance, not a blemish, a disgrace or a burden upon it!
We must not be among the doomed, for both groups are losers—and the extremist lovers are the greater losers!
Extremist lovers are worse than ISIS, for they trample the light of allegiance underfoot instead of letting it illuminate the horizons of servitude to God!

💫🔆قَالَ: وَ حَدَّثَنِي مَسْعَدَةُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ‌: «إِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ عَدُوُّ اللَّهِ رَنَّ أَرْبَعَ‌ رَنَّاتٍ‌: يَوْمَ لُعِنَ، وَ يَوْمَ أُهْبِطَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، وَ يَوْمَ بُعِثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ يَوْمَ الْغَدِيرِ»
🔆 The narrator said: Mus‘ada ibn Sadaqa related to me that Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him) had related to him from his father (Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him), who said: “Indeed, Iblis, the enemy of God, cried out and wailed four times: on the day he was cursed, on the day he was cast down to earth, on the day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was sent, and on the Day of Ghadir.”

❇️The Garden of Knowledge of Our Master, Amīr al-Muʾminīn, peace be upon him
Part One: Nurturing Love
Let us not underestimate love for the Ahl al-Bayt!
Love can work wonders on a small scale! What, then, can it do on a grand scale?!
A little love can make a person lose themselves in it, and spend their entire fortune for its sake!
A little love can overcome every obstacle!
What, then, can great and supreme love accomplish?!
Love must be alive!
Love that is merely claimed is cold and dark; it must be made warm and radiant!
The practical key to exalted love is following the teachings of the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt!

❇️Unripe Love
Love that goes no further than simply receiving love is a burden to the beloved. Empty, unripe, merely professed love, devoid of understanding, torments the beloved’s soul!
Love must mature into mawadda: mawadda is love put into practice!
A mother’s love for her child is active, practical love; a child’s love for its mother is born of need!
Our love for the Immaculate and Pure Ahl al-Bayt must be mature, grounded in knowledge, radiant, and expressed as mawadda!

❇️Following Is the شرط of Exalted Love
✨ 🔆 Āl ʿImrān: 31 قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُوني‌ يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحيمٌ
🔆 Say: “If you love God, follow me; then God will love you and forgive your sins. God is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

❇️Faith and Righteous Deeds Are the شرط of Loyalty to Our Master ʿAlī, peace be upon him
Mawadda is ardent love—warm, fiery, and radiant; in other words, it is love full of longing and eagerness.
The wilayah of ʿAlī, peace be upon him, is the highest example of mawadda.
One who possesses mawadda possesses wilayah and is passionately devoted to it—not to a wilayah that exists only in words, but to serving and obeying it, to being under its command: to be like Mālik, like Salmān, Abū Dharr, and Miqdād—not to become an extremist. The extremists are among those whom Amīr al-Muʾminīn condemned.
Extremism is the worst, most poisonous, and most lethal form of false love!
A true lover of Amīr al-Muʾminīn, peace be upon him, must be under his command!

✨ 🔆 Maryam: 96 إِنَّ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمنُ وُدًّا
🔆 Surely, those who believe and do righteous deeds—the All-Merciful will place affection for them in people’s hearts!
💫🔆عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‌ قُلْتُ: قَوْلُهُ: «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمنُ وُدًّا» قَالَ: وَلَايَةُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هِيَ الْوُدُّ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ.
🔆 It is narrated from Abū Baṣīr that he said to Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: I asked about the interpretation of the verse “إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمنُ وُدًّا” (Surely, those who believe and do righteous deeds—the All-Merciful will place affection for them).
He replied: “The wilayah of Amīr al-Muʾminīn, peace be upon him, is the affection God speaks of.”

❇️The Clear Sign of Mawadda
The wilayah of ʿAlī, peace be upon him, is no small matter! Faith and righteous deeds alone are the clear sign of wilayah and love for ʿAlī, peace be upon him!
Anyone devoid of faith, whose faith does not take root in righteous deeds, is lying when they claim to love ʿAlī, peace be upon him, and accept his wilayah!
Faith and righteous deeds are the condition for “love of ʿAlī and wilayah of His Eminence—and for their coming to fruition.” The initial gift of love and mawadda is the fuel that sets one moving along the path of sincere love. Through sincere conduct, love and mawadda grow stronger and go hand in hand with the manifestation of faith and righteous deeds. Each strengthens the other: “faith and righteous deeds” strengthen “mawadda,” and “mawadda” strengthens “faith and righteous deeds”!
Thus, the initial gift must deepen after one accepts wilayah!
Mawadda is both a sign of faith and righteous deeds and a means of increasing them. If it is not, then acceptance of wilayah is nothing more than a claim!
Truly, faith and righteous deeds are the fragrance and blossoms of wilayah!

❇️ The Manifestation of the Authority of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) on the Day of Resurrection
✨ 🔆 al-Ḥadīd: 12 يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتِ يَسْعى‌ نُورُهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْديهِمْ وَ بِأَيْمانِهِمْ بُشْراكُمُ الْيَوْمَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدينَ فيها ذلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظيمُ
🔆 (This great reward will be granted) on the Day when you see believing men and women with their light racing ahead of them and to their right. (It will be said to them,) “Good news for you today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, where you will abide forever. That is the supreme triumph!”
✨ 🔆 al-Ḥadīd: 13 يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنافِقُونَ وَ الْمُنافِقاتُ لِلَّذينَ آمَنُوا انْظُرُونا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ قيلَ ارْجِعُوا وَراءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراً فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بابٌ باطِنُهُ فيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ ظاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذابُ
🔆 On that Day, the hypocritical men and women will say to the believers, “Wait for us, so that we may borrow some of your light!” They will be told, “Go back and seek light for yourselves!” Then a wall will be raised between them, with a gate in it: within it is mercy, and outside it, punishment.
✨ 🔆 al-Taḥrīm: 8 يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً عَسى‌ رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئاتِكُمْ وَ يُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ يَوْمَ لا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ وَ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعى‌ بَيْنَ أَيْديهِمْ وَ بِأَيْمانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنا أَتْمِمْ لَنا نُورَنا وَ اغْفِرْ لَنا إِنَّكَ عَلى‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَديرٌ
🔆 O you who believe, turn to God in sincere repentance. It may be that your Lord will then absolve you of your sins and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the Day when God will not disgrace the Prophet or those who believe with him. Their light will race ahead of them and to their right, and they will say, “Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us. You have power over all things!”

💫🔆قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ): «يَسْعى‌ نُورُهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ بِأَيْمانِهِمْ‌ أَئِمَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَسْعَى بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ بِأَيْمَانِهِمْ حَتَّى يُنْزِلُوهُمْ مَنَازِلَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ».
💫🔆 Imam al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon him) said:
“Their light races ahead of them and to their right. On the Day of Resurrection, the Imams of the believers will move ahead of them and to their right, leading them to their dwelling places in Paradise.”

❇️As the degrees of faith rise, so does one’s share of *wilāyah*
💫🔆عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ): «إِنَّ النَّاسَ يُقَسَّمُ بَيْنَهُمُ النُّورُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى قَدْرِ إِيمَانِهِمْ، وَ يُقْسَمُ لِلْمُنَافِقِ فَيَكُونُ نُورُهُ عَلَى [قَدْرِ] إِبْهَامِ رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى، فَيَطَأُ نُورَهُ، فَيَقُولُ: مَكَانَكُمْ حَتَّى أَقْتَبِسَ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ. قِيلَ: ارْجِعُوا وَراءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراً يَعْنِي حَيْثُ قُسِمَ النَّارُ». قَالَ: «فَيَرْجِعُونَ فَيُضْرَبُ بَيْنَهُمُ السُّورُ، فَيُنَادُونَهُمْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السُّورِ: أَ لَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْ قالُوا بَلى‌ وَ لكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ تَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَ ارْتَبْتُمْ وَ غَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمانِيُّ حَتَّى جاءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَ غَرَّكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ* فَالْيَوْمَ لا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَ لا مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مَأْواكُمُ النَّارُ هِيَ مَوْلاكُمْ وَ بِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ».
ثُمَّ قَالَ: «يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا قَالَ اللَّهُ لِلْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى، وَ لَكِنَّهُ عَنَى أَهْلَ الْقِبْلَةِ».
💫🔆 It is narrated from ʿAlī (Ibn Abī Ḥamza?) on the authority of Abū Baṣīr, who said: Imam al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon him) said:
“On the Day of Resurrection, light will be apportioned among people in proportion to their faith. Even the hypocrite will be given light, no more than the size of the big toe on his left foot. He will then place his light beneath his feet [or his light will be trampled underfoot]. Then he will say, ‘Wait for us, so that we may take some light from yours.’ It will be said, ‘Go back and seek light behind you’”—that is, to the place where the Fire has been apportioned.
He said: “So they will turn back, and a wall will be raised between them. Those on the side of the light will call out to them from beyond the wall: ‘Were we not with you?’ They will say, ‘Yes, but you led yourselves into temptation, waited [for disaster to befall us], doubted, and were deluded by your wishes, until God’s decree [of death] came; and the deceiver [Satan] deceived you about God. So today no ransom will be accepted from you or from those who disbelieved. The Fire is your home; it is your protector—and what a wretched destination!’”
Then he said: “Abū Muḥammad, by God, God did not speak these words about the Jews and Christians. He meant those who face the qiblah.”

❇️Part Two: What is meant by “Remembering ʿAlī is worship”?
May we make the names of the Infallible Imams, peace be upon them, a litany and repeat them as we repeat the name of God?
Absolutely not! What is meant by remembering Muḥammad and the Family of Muḥammad, peace be upon them, is not repeating their names in the way we repeat the name of Almighty God. Nor is any such practice prescribed by the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them!
Rather, it means recalling their virtues and merits, and giving thoughtful attention to the sublime benefit to be gained from them.
It also means remembering them in our own supplications to our Almighty Lord.
Thus, remembering Muḥammad and the Family of Muḥammad, peace be upon them, means recalling their virtues and merits, sending blessings upon them, turning to them with sincerity, and expressing our affection and love.
Among the finest ways of remembering them are sending blessings upon them, visiting their shrines, doing good in their name, holding celebrations to mark their births, and commemorating the evenings of mourning and their martyrdoms.
The finest way to remember them is through a comprehensive visitation prayer: a visitation that recalls them by describing the virtues of their servitude to God.
Ziyārat Jāmiʿah Kabīrah is both a comprehensive visitation prayer and, in effect, a comprehensive guide to knowing them.
Remembering them also means reflecting on their hadiths and spreading their teachings.
Repeating their names in any way that takes on the character of invocation or worship is impermissible!
For they are the means and the vessel by which one journeys toward God. To stop on the road runs counter to its purpose and destination!
✨🔆Al-Māʾidah: 7 وَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ ميثاقَهُ الَّذي واثَقَكُمْ بِهِ إِذْ قُلْتُمْ سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَليمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدُورِ
🔆And remember God’s blessing upon you, and the covenant He took from you with solemn assurance when you said, “We hear and we obey.” And be mindful of God; surely God knows what lies within hearts.
Remembering blessings and bounties is in no way worshipping them!
We must not misuse hadiths!
Let us not turn a clear hadith into an ambiguous one!
The Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, are the means “toward God,” not “from God.”

❇️ أَخْرِجِ الْبُغْضَ وَ الْمُنْكَرَ وَ الْغُلُوَّ
💫🔆مِنْ جُمْلَتِهَا هَذَا الدُّعَاءُ مَنْسُوباً إِلَى لَيْلَةِ الْغَدِيرِ وَ هُوَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ دَعَوْتَنَا إِلَى سَبِيلِ طَاعَتِكَ وَ طَاعَةِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ وَصِيِّهِ وَ عِتْرَتِهِ دُعَاءً لَهُ نُورٌ وَ ضِيَاءٌ وَ بَهْجَةٌ وَ اسْتِنَارٌ فَدَعَانَا نَبِيُّكَ لِوَصِيِّهِ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ فَوَفَّقْتَنَا لِلْإِصَابَةِ وَ سَدَّدْتَنَا لِلْإِجَابَةِ لِدُعَائِهِ فَأَنَبْنَا إِلَيْكَ بِالْإِنَابَةِ وَ أَسْلَمْنَا لِنَبِيِّكَ قُلُوبَنَا وَ لِوَصِيِّهِ نُفُوسَنَا وَ لِمَا دَعَوْتَنَا إِلَيْهِ عُقُولَنَا فَتَمَّ لَنَا نُورُكَ يَا هَادِيَ الْمُضِلِّينَ أَخْرِجِ الْبُغْضَ وَ الْمُنْكَرَ وَ الْغُلُوَّ لِأَمِينِكَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا وَ نُفُوسِنَا وَ أَلْسِنَتِنَا وَ هُمُومِنَا وَ زِدْنَا مِنْ مُوَالاتِهِ وَ مَحَبَّتِهِ وَ مَوَدَّتِهِ لَهُ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ زِيَادَاتٍ لَا انْقِطَاعَ لَهَا وَ مُدَّةً لَا تَنَاهِيَ لَهَا وَ اجْعَلْنَا نُعَادِي لِوَلِيِّكَ مَنْ نَاصَبَهُ وَ نُوَالِي مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ وَ نَأْمُلُ بِذَلِكَ طَاعَتَكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَذَابَكَ وَ سَخَطَكَ عَلَى مَنْ نَاصَبَ وَلِيَّكَ وَ جَاحَدَ [وَ جَحَدَ] إِمَامَتَهُ وَ أَنْكَرَ وَلَايَتَهُ وَ قَدَّمْتَهُ أَيَّامَ فِتْنَتِكَ فِي كُلِّ عَصْرٍ وَ زَمَانٍ وَ Vessels; indeed, You have power over all things قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِكَ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَلِيِّكَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ حُجَجِكَ فَأَثْبِتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ وَ مُوَالاةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ مُعَادَاةِ أَعْدَائِكَ مَعَ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ تَجْمَعُهُمَا لِي وَ لِأَهْلِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِيَ the believers; indeed, You have power over all things قَدِيرٌ يَا أَرْحَمَ the Most Merciful
One part of these prayers is the supplication attributed to the night of Ghadir:
“O God, You called us to obey You, Your Messenger, and his legatee and family—a call filled with light, radiance, joy, and brilliance. On the day of Ghadir Khumm, Your Messenger therefore called us to follow his legatee. You granted us success in accepting Your call and guided us to answer his prayer. So we turned to You, surrendering our hearts to Your Messenger, our souls to his legatee, and our minds to what You had called us to. Thus Your light was made complete for us, O Guide of the astray! Remove from our hearts, souls, tongues, and thoughts all rancour, ignorance, and excess concerning Your trusted one, the Commander of the Faithful, and the Imams among his descendants. Grant us ever-increasing, boundless love, affection, and devotion for him and the Imams who follow him. Make us such that we oppose whoever opposes Your friend, love whoever loves him, and through this hope to attain Your obedience, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

O God, visit Your punishment and wrath upon whoever opposed Your wali, denied his Imamate, and refused his authority—and upon those whom You gave precedence over Your wali in every age and time, and at every moment of trial. Indeed, You have power over all things.

O God, by the right of Muhammad, Your Messenger, and Ali, Your wali, and the Imams who followed him, Your proofs, make my heart steadfast in Your religion, in love for Your friends, and in enmity toward Your enemies. Grant me the best of this world and the Hereafter, and bring these blessings together for me, my family, my children, and my believing brothers and sisters. Indeed, You have power over all things, O Most Merciful of the merciful!”

❇️Sacred Remembrance
God’s Proof is a means of remembering God; it is God’s name and sign. Through the remembrance, name, and sign of God, God must be remembered in the finest way—not forgotten!
Through the remembrance of the one who remembers, the One remembered—His Eminence, Allah—is recalled.
It is a mistake to remember remembrance itself through remembrance!
Remembrance is a means leading to the One remembered! Remembrance is a means leading to God!
Through remembrance, we worship the One remembered! Remembrance is a means of worship! The means themselves are not to be worshipped!

❇️Mentioning the Virtues of God’s Proof
💫🔆عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ الصَّادِقِينَ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لِأَخِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَضَائِلَ لَا يُحْصِي عَدَدَهَا غَيْرُهُ فَمَنْ ذَكَرَ فَضِيلَةً مِنْ فَضَائِلِهِ مُقِرّاً بِهَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ وَ لَوْ وَافَى الْقِيَامَةَ بِذُنُوبِ الثَّقَلَيْنِ وَ مَنْ كَتَبَ فَضِيلَةً Among the virtues عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع لَمْ تَزَلِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ مَا بَقِيَ لِتِلْكَ الْكِتَابَةِ رَسْمٌ وَ مَنِ اسْتَمَعَ إِلَى فَضِيلَةٍ مِنْ فَضَائِلِهِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي اكْتَسَبَهَا بِالاسْتِمَاعِ وَ مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى كِتَابَةٍ فِي فَضَائِلِهِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي اكْتَسَبَهَا بِالنَّظَرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص النَّظَرُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع عِبَادَةٌ وَ ذِكْرُهُ عِبَادَةٌ وَ لَا يُقْبَلُ إِيمَانُ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا بِوَلَايَتِهِ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ.
💫🔆 Muhammad ibn Ali (Imam al-Baqir (AS)) narrates from his noble forefathers (AS) that the Messenger of God (PBUH) said:
“Indeed, God, Blessed and Exalted, has bestowed upon my brother Ali ibn Abi Talib virtues that none but he can enumerate. Whoever mentions one of his virtues, acknowledging it as true, God will forgive their past and future sins—even if, on the Day of Resurrection, they come bearing the sins of both communities, humankind and jinn. Whoever writes down one of the virtues of Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS), the angels will pray for their forgiveness for as long as any trace of that writing remains. Whoever listens to one of his virtues, God will forgive the sins they have committed through hearing [what is forbidden]. And whoever looks at a written account of his virtues, God will forgive the sins they have committed through looking [at what is forbidden].”

Then the Messenger of God (PBUH) said: “Looking at Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) is an act of worship; mentioning him is an act of worship. No servant’s faith is accepted unless it is accompanied by loyalty to him and disavowal of his enemies.”

❇️What is meant by remembering “Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (PBUH)” is understanding their standing and merits before God
💫🔆قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عِبَادَةٌ وَ ذِكْرِي عِبَادَةٌ وَ ذِكْرُ Ali عِبَادَةٌ وَ ذِكْرُ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ عِبَادَةٌ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ جَعَلَنِي خَيْرَ الْبَرِيَّةِ إِنَّ وَصِيِّي لَأَفْضَلُ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَحُجَّةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ وَ خَلِيفَتُهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ الْأَئِمَّةُ الْهُدَاةُ بَعْدِي بِهِمْ يَحْبِسُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ through them يُمْسِكُ السَّماءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا by His permission وَ بِهِمْ يُمْسِكُ الْجِبَالَ أَنْ تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَ بِهِمْ يَسْقِي خَلْقَهُ الْغَيْثَ وَ بِهِمْ يُخْرِجُ النَّبَاتَ أُولَئِكَ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ حَقّاً وَ خُلَفَائِي صِدْقاً عِدَّتُهُمْ عِدَّةُ الشُّهُورِ وَ it is اثْنا عَشَرَ شَهْراً وَ عِدَّتُهُمْ عِدَّةُ نُقَبَاءِ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ثُمَّ تَلَا ع هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَ السَّماءِ possessor of the constellations ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ تَقْدِرُ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُقْسِمُ بِالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ وَ يَعْنِي بِهِ السَّمَاءَ وَ بُرُوجَهَا قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا ذَاكَ قَالَ أَمَّا السَّمَاءُ فَأَنَا وَ أَمَّا الْبُرُوجُ فَالْأَئِمَّةُ بَعْدِي أَوَّلُهُمْ عَلِيٌّ وَ آخِرُهُمْ الْمَهْدِيُّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ all of them

💫🔆 The Messenger of God (PBUH) said:
“Remembering God, Mighty and Glorious, is worship; remembering me is worship; remembering Ali is worship; and remembering the Imams among his descendants is worship. By Him who sent me as a prophet and made me the best of humankind, my successor is the foremost of successors. He is God’s proof to His servants and His deputy among His creatures. From among his descendants will come the Imams who guide after me. Through them, God keeps punishment away from the people of the earth; through them, He holds the heavens aloft, so that they do not fall upon the earth except by His permission; through them, He keeps the mountains steady, so that they do not tremble; through them, He sends rain to His creatures and makes plants grow. They are God’s true friends and my rightful successors. Their number is that of the months—twelve—and their number is that of the leaders appointed by Moses son of Imran.”
Then the Imam (AS) recited this verse: “وَ السَّماءِ ذاتِ الْبُرُوجِ” (By the heaven with its constellations). He then said: “Ibn Abbas, do you know that when God swears by the heaven with its constellations, He means the heaven and its constellations?”
I said, “Messenger of God, what does that mean?”
He replied: “As for the heaven, it is me; and as for its constellations, they are the Imams who come after me. The first is Ali and the last is the Mahdi. May God’s blessings be upon them all.”

❇️ Contemplating Ali (AS) as the Book of Creation
To contemplate Ali (AS) as the Supreme Sign of God, and to remember him, is to read Ali as a divine book.
Remembering Ali means drawing near to God through him.
Remembering Ali as an interpretation of the verse:
✨🔆 Yasin: 12 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِ الْمَوْتى‌ وَ نَكْتُبُ ما قَدَّمُوا وَ آثارَهُمْ وَ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ أَحْصَيْناهُ في‌ إِمامٍ مُبينٍ
🔆Indeed, We bring the dead to life, and We record what they have sent ahead and all the traces they have left behind. We have enumerated everything in a manifest Imam!

In every word of the Nahj al-Balagha, the Sahifa of Ali, and the other sayings of the Commander of the Faithful (AS), let us contemplate Ali’s beauty, remember him, and send blessings upon him!
Ali’s words are a mirror reflecting his beauty!
By following Ali and walking in the way of his conduct, life, and tradition, let us taste the essence of Ali!

💫🔆 عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَ اللَّفْظُ لِعَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ‌ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُدِيمُ النَّظَرَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ع فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ النَّظَرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عِبَادَةٌ
الْإِبَانَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُطَّةَ رَوَى أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ‌ رَأَيْتُ مُعَاذاً يُدِيمُ النَّظَرَ إِلَى وَجْهِ عَلِيٍّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُدِيمُ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِ كَأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَرَهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ النَّظَرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عِبَادَةٌ
وَ هُوَ أَكْثَرُ فِي الرِّوَايَاتِ‌
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَمَّارٍ وَ مُعَاذٍ وَ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص‌ النَّظَرُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عِبَادَةٌ وَ ذِكْرُهُ عِبَادَةٌ وَ لَا يُقْبَلُ إِيمَانٌ‌ إِلَّا بِوَلَايَتِهِ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ‌
شِيرَوَيْهِ فِي الْفِرْدَوْسِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ قَالَ النَّبِيُ‌ ذِكْرُ عَلِيٍ‌ عِبَادَةٌ
الْخَرْكُوشِيُّ فِي شَرَفِ النَّبِيِ‌ أَنَّهُ كَانَ النَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ وَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ النَّظَرُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عِبَادَةٌ وَ النَّظَرُ إِلَى الْوَالِدَيْنِ بِرَأْفَةٍ وَ رَحْمَةٍ عِبَادَةٌ وَ النَّظَرُ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ عِبَادَةٌ وَ النَّظَرُ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ عِبَادَةٌ
أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‌ مَثَلُ عَلِيٍّ فِيكُمْ أَوْ قَالَ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَعْبَةِ الْمَسْتُورَةِ النَّظَرُ إِلَيْهَا عِبَادَةٌ وَ الْحَجُّ إِلَيْهَا فَرِيضَة
💫🔆 It is related from Anas, from Umar ibn al-Khattab—and the wording is attributed to Aisha—that he said: “Abu Bakr would continually gaze at Ali (AS). He was asked about it, and he said, ‘I heard the Messenger of God (PBUH) say: “Looking at Ali is worship.”’”
In Ibn Batta’s book al-Ibana, it is related from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayra, who said: “I saw Muadh continually gazing at Ali’s (AS) face. I said to him, ‘You look at him as though you have never seen him before.’ He replied, ‘I heard the Messenger of God (PBUH) say: “Looking at the face of Ali ibn Abi Talib is worship.”’”
This meaning is found in many reports.
A report from the Prophet (PBUH), transmitted by Ammar, Muadh, and Aisha, states: “Looking at Ali ibn Abi Talib is worship; remembering him is worship; and no faith is accepted without allegiance to him and disavowal of his enemies.”
Shirawayh relates in al-Firdaws from Aisha that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Remembering Ali is worship.”

❇️How Should We Remember God’s Bounties?
God’s bounties are a means of knowing and loving the sacred presence of God!
God’s bounties are divine knowledge of a special kind!
To partake of God’s bounties is to partake of divine knowledge! God’s bounties and blessings are not merely there to satisfy us, delight us, and help us grow; they are there to deepen our understanding and draw us nearer to Him!
The greatest divine blessing is the greatest sign of God and the gateway to drawing near to Him!
The wilayah of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, is among God’s greatest bounties; His supreme bounties are means to attain the highest form of servitude to God!
So remembering God’s bounties means remembering God’s proofs—that is, using them as His supreme means to attain the highest form of servitude to Him!
✨ 🔆 الأعراف : 69 أَ وَ عَجِبْتُمْ أَنْ جاءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَلى‌ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ لِيُنْذِرَكُمْ وَ اذْكُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَ زادَكُمْ فِي الْخَلْقِ بَصْطَةً فَاذْكُرُوا آلاءَ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
🔆 “Do you marvel that a reminder from your Lord should come to you through a man from among yourselves, to warn you? Remember how He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature and strength. So remember God’s bounties, that you may prosper!”
✨ 🔆 الأعراف : 74 وَ اذْكُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عادٍ وَ بَوَّأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ سُهُولِها قُصُوراً وَ تَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبالَ بُيُوتاً فَاذْكُرُوا آلاءَ اللَّهِ وَ لا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدينَ
🔆 “Remember how He made you successors after the people of ‘Ad and settled you in the land, where you build palaces on its plains and carve homes for yourselves in the mountains. So remember God’s bounties, and do not spread corruption in the land!”

💫🔆 عَنْ أَبِي يُوسُفَ الْبَزَّازِ قَالَ‌ تَلَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَاذْكُرُوا آلاءَ اللَّهِ‌ قَالَ: أَ تَدْرِي مَا آلَاءُ اللَّهِ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا قَالَ: هِيَ أَعْظَمُ نِعَمِ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ هِيَ وَلَايَتُنَا.
🔆 Abu Yusuf al-Bazzaz reported: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, recited this verse: «فَاذْكُرُوا آلاءَ اللَّهِ» (So remember God’s greatest blessings). Then he said, “Do you know what God’s bounties are?” I replied, “No.” He said, “They are God’s greatest blessings upon His creatures: the wilayah of us, the Ahl al-Bayt.”

❇️How Should We Remember God’s Blessing?
✨ 🔆 آل‌عمران : 103 وَ اعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَميعاً وَ لا تَفَرَّقُوا وَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْداءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْواناً وَ كُنْتُمْ عَلى‌ شَفا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْها كَذلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آياتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
🔆 “Hold fast, all together, to the rope of God [the Qur’an and Islam, and every means of unity], and do not become divided. Remember God’s blessing upon you: you were once enemies, and He joined your hearts together, so by His blessing you became brothers. You stood on the brink of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it. Thus God makes His signs clear to you, that you may be guided.”

❇️To Dwell on Betrayal Is to Betray Remembrance
By the light, they find the way and journey along it; they do not stop at the light. They draw knowledge from the light and attain insight!

❇️Wronging God’s Blessings and Bounties
Take care not to forget God while remembering Him.
The state of many who are heedless, inattentive, or excessive is like that of someone reciting the prayer, yet failing to remember God in the very heart of the prayer!
✨🔆الذاريات : 11 الَّذينَ هُمْ في‌ غَمْرَةٍ ساهُونَ
🔆 “Those who are sunk in ignorance and heedlessness,”
✨🔆 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَ رَءَيْتَ الَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ(1)الماعون
فَذَالِكَ الَّذِى يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ(2)
وَ لَا يحَُضُّ عَلىَ‌ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ(3)
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ(4)
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتهِِمْ سَاهُونَ(5)
الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاءُونَ(6)
وَ يَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ(7)

❇️Part Three: Revealing the Rank and Station of Mawla Amir al-Mu’minin (AS)
Ali (AS) joins this world to the Hereafter. Ali (AS) is God’s path from this world to the Hereafter. The splendor and greatness of Mawla will reach their zenith in the end!
Know Ali (AS) well, so that you may equip yourself well through him and scale the heights of servitude to God!
❇️Worldly attachment to God’s vicegerent guarantees attachment to him in the Hereafter
💫🔆فِي أَمَالِي شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ‌ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ نَادَى مُنَادٍ مِنْ بُطْنَانِ الْعَرْشِ أَيْنَ خَلِيفَةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ؟ فَيَقُومُ دَاوُدُ (ع) فَيَأْتِي النِّدَاءُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَسْنَا إِيَّاكَ أَرَدْنَا وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى خَلِيفَةً، ثُمَّ يُنَادَى ثَانِيَةً أَيْنَ خَلِيفَةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ فَيَقُومُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) فَيَأْتِي النِّدَاءُ مِنْ قِبَلِ اللَّهِ‌ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْخَلَائِقِ هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ خَلِيفَةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ، وَ حُجَّتُهُ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ، فَمَنْ تَعَلَّقَ بِحَبْلِهِ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا فَلْيَتَعَلَّقْ بِحَبْلِهِ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، يَسْتَضِي‌ءُ بِنُورِهِ، وَ يَتْبَعُهُ إِلَى الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنَ الْجِنَانِ، قَالَ فَيَقُومُ النَّاسُ الَّذِينَ قَدْ تَعَلَّقُوا بِحَبْلِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَيَتَّبِعُونَهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي النِّدَاءُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ الّا مَنِ ائْتَمَّ بِإِمَامٍ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا فَليَتَّبِعْهُ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَذْهَبُ بِهِ، فَحِينَئِذٍ يَتَبَرَّأُ «الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَ رَأَوُا الْعَذابَ وَ تَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَسْبابُ وَ قالَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا لَوْ أَنَّ لَنا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَما تَبَرَّؤُا مِنَّا كَذلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ اللَّهُ أَعْمالَهُمْ حَسَراتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ ما هُمْ بِخارِجِينَ مِنَ النَّارِ».
🔆In his Amali, Shaykh al-Tusi (may God sanctify his soul) relates through his chain of transmission from Imam al-Sadiq (AS), who said: “When the Day of Resurrection comes, a herald will call from within the Throne: ‘Where is God’s vicegerent on earth?’ David (AS) will rise, but a call will come from God, the Almighty and Glorious: ‘We did not mean you, even though you are the vicegerent of God, the Exalted.’ Then the call will be made a second time: ‘Where is God’s vicegerent on earth?’ Amir al-Mu’minin Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) will rise. Then a call will come from God, the Almighty and Glorious: ‘O gathered creatures! This is Ali ibn Abi Talib, God’s vicegerent on His earth and His proof to His servants. Whoever clung to his cord in the abode of this world, let them cling to his cord today, seek illumination from his light, and follow him to the highest ranks of Paradise.’” The narrator says: “Those who had clung to his cord in this world will then rise and follow him to Paradise. Then a call will come from God, Glorified and Exalted: ‘Take heed! Whoever followed an imam in the abode of this world must follow that imam wherever he goes.’ It is then that ‘those who were followed will disown their followers, and they will see the punishment; all ties will be severed. The followers will say, “If only we could return, we would disown them just as they have disowned us.” Thus God will show them their deeds as sources of bitter regret, and they will never emerge from the Fire.’”

❇️Part Four: The Technology of Dust
When dust is connected to its hardware and tools, life comes into view, beauty emerges, and countless flavors appear!
✨🔆 الحديد : 17 اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْآياتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
🔆 Know that God gives the earth life after its death! We have made the signs clear to you, so that you may reflect!
The human being, too, is dust: when connected to its software and hardware, it becomes an exhibition of wonders and beauty!
Seen through the Cup of the World, Ali, the father of dust, is the supercomputer of dust!
❇️The dust of Ali al-Murtada’s threshold is the kohl of all creation’s eyes
✨🔆النبأ : 40 إِنَّا أَنْذَرْناكُمْ عَذاباً قَريباً يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ وَ يَقُولُ الْكافِرُ يا لَيْتَني‌ كُنْتُ تُراباً
🔆We have warned you of an imminent punishment: a day when each person will see what their hands sent ahead, and the unbeliever will say, “Would that I were dust, and had not been caught up in this punishment!”
💫🔆 وَ قَالَ الطَّبْرِسِيُّ فِي مَعْنَى الرُّوحُ: رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي (تَفْسِيرِهِ) بِإِسْنَادِهِ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ)، قَالَ: «هُوَ مَلَكٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ».
I say: The meaning of “Spirit” has already been discussed in the verse: وَ يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي‌ and in the words of the Exalted وَ كَذلِكَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ رُوحاً مِنْ أَمْرِنا.
The words of the Exalted:
إِنَّا أَنْذَرْناكُمْ عَذاباً قَرِيباً يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ وَ يَقُولُ الْكافِرُ يا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُراباً Ali ibn Ibrahim, on the words of the Exalted: إِنَّا أَنْذَرْناكُمْ عَذاباً قَرِيباً, said: “In the Fire.” On the words of the Exalted: يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ وَ يَقُولُ الْكافِرُ يا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُراباً, he said: “Dust-born”—that is, an Alid. He also said that the Messenger اللّه (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله) المُكَنِّي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) أَبَا تُرَابٍ.
💫🔆 Tabarsi, too, explains the meaning of “Spirit”: Ali ibn Ibrahim relates in his commentary, with his chain of transmission, from Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him), who said: “It is an angel greater than Gabriel and Michael.”
I say: The meaning of “Spirit” was discussed earlier in the verse, “They ask you about the Spirit. Say: The Spirit is of the command of my Lord,” and in the words of God, Exalted is He: “Thus We revealed to you a spirit by Our command.”
The words of the Exalted: “إِنَّا أَنْذَرْناكُمْ عَذاباً قَرِيباً يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ وَ يَقُولُ الْكافِرُ يا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُراباً”
(We have indeed warned you of an imminent punishment: a day when a person will see what their hands sent ahead, and the unbeliever will say, “Would that I were dust.”)

Ali ibn Ibrahim says: “‘An imminent punishment’ means in the Fire. ‘A day when a person sees what their hands sent ahead’ means the day a person sees what they sent ahead. And ‘the unbeliever will say, “Would that I were dust”’ means ‘dust-born’—that is, an Alid, one affiliated with Ali. He also said that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) gave the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) the kunya Abu Turab.”

💫🔆 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ)، قَالَ: «قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ وَ يَقُولُ الْكافِرُ يا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُراباً يَعْنِي عَلَوِيّاً يُوَالِي أَبَا تُرَابٍ».
💫🔆 It is related from Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) that he said: “God’s words, ‘A day when a person sees what their hands sent ahead, and the unbeliever will say, “Would that I were dust,”’ mean that he wishes he had been an Alid—that is, one of Abu Turab’s followers, bound to Abu Turab through allegiance.”

Jam-e Jan, [6/5/2026 4:15 PM]
💫🔆 قَالَ: وَ جَاءَ فِي بَاطِنِ تَفْسِيرِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ (عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ) مَا يُؤَيِّدُ هَذَا التَّأْوِيلَ فِي تَأْوِيلِ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى:
أَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلى‌ رَبِّهِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذاباً نُكْراً ، قَالَ: «هُوَ يُرَدُّ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ)، فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَاباً نُكْراً، حَتَّى يَقُولَ: يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَاباً، أَيْ مِنْ شِيعَةِ أَبِي تُرَابٍ، وَ مَعْنَى رَبِّهِ أَيْ صَاحِبِهِ».
💫🔆 He said: In the inner interpretation transmitted from the Household of the Prophet (peace be upon them), further support for this interpretation is found in the commentary on the words of God, Exalted is He:
“أَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلى‌ رَبِّهِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذاباً نُكْراً” (But whoever acts unjustly, We shall soon punish him; then he will be returned to his Lord, who will punish him with a dreadful punishment).
He said: “He will be returned to the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him), who will punish him severely, until he says, ‘Would that I were dust’—that is, ‘Would that I had been one of Abu Turab’s Shi‘a.’ The word ‘his Lord’ means his master.”

💫🔆 عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: لِمَ كَنَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) عَلِيّاً (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) أَبَا تُرَابٍ؟ قَالَ: لِأَنَّهُ صَاحِبُ الْأَرْضِ، وَ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا بَعْدَهُ، وَ بِهِ بَقَاؤُهَا، وَ إِلَيْهِ سُكُونُهَا، وَ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) يَقُولُ: «إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَ رَأَى الْكَافِرُ مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِشِيعَةِ عَلِيٍّ مِنَ الثَّوَابِ وَ الزُّلْفَى وَ الْكَرَامَةِ، قَالَ: يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَاباً، أَيْ مِنْ شِيعَةِ عَلِيٍّ، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ يَقُولُ الْكافِرُ يا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُراباً».
It is narrated from Abāya ibn Rabʿī that he said: I asked ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, “Why did the Messenger of God (PBUH) give ʿAlī (AS) the kunya Abū Turāb?”
He replied: “Because he is the master of the earth and God’s proof to its inhabitants after [God], and through him the earth endures and finds peace. I heard the Messenger of God (PBUH) say: ‘When the Day of Resurrection comes and the unbeliever sees the reward, nearness and honour that God, Blessed and Exalted, has prepared for the followers of ʿAlī, he will say, “Would that I were dust”—that is, one of ʿAlī’s followers. This is what God, Mighty and Glorious, says: And the unbeliever will say, “Would that I were dust.”’”

✅ Just as ʿAlī is the father of the earth, he is the father of water, spirit and life. If he does that with the earth, what might he do with life itself!

Part Five: The Technology of the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt
❇️The Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt: two distinctive and special manifestations of the Word of God!
To hold fast to the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt is to equip oneself with the most advanced, ever-current and constantly renewed technology in existence!
Clinging to the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt means connecting to the transcendent network—the cable of transcendent technology.
With just one connection, a person becomes both a world and a true knower عالِم! عالَم و عالِم —one who is continually renewed! One comes of age, reaching the summit of maturity and eloquence!
By seeing, a person analyses—that is, grasps the meaning of what is seen! One acquires the transcendent knowledge of understanding meanings through transcendent visual and auditory signs!
When the Two Weighty Things become interwoven with a person’s sinews, flesh and blood, their whole being can penetrate the wonders of existence in manifold ways.
The signs of God are divine lights, each a sun with its own distinctive radiance!

Part Six: Every Human Being Is a Part of a Vast System
❇️The follower of ʿAlī is a vital part of Master ʿAlī
A follower of ʿAlī is one of ʿAlī’s limbs. When the bearer of Dhū al-Faqār comes alive, why should not ʿAlī’s follower, with all these wonders, come alive through ʿAlī?
ʿAlī is God’s guardian, God’s light, God’s wondrous system of wonders! Whoever joins this system,

from experimental trials to industrial applications, the more we increase our capacity, the further we will advance from the experimental stage towards industrialisation!
Until now, the world has been in ʿAlī’s shadow; it must enter ʿAlī’s light!
Those who fail in the laboratory never reach industrialisation!
The Most High God has not yet revealed ʿAlī in his full and perfect measure!
ʿAlid masterpieces are on their way!
One day, ʿAlī’s supreme manifestation will shine forth.
Those who exaggerate ʿAlī’s status are deprived of the grace of his divine guardianship!
His splendour and greatness belong solely to those who affirm God’s oneness!

Kharqūshī relates in Sharaf al-Nabī: The people were praying, while Abū Dharr gazed at the Commander of the Faithful (AS). When asked about it, he said: “I heard the Messenger of God (PBUH) say, ‘Looking at ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib is worship; a father’s and mother’s loving and compassionate gaze is worship; looking into the Qur’an is worship; and looking at the Kaʿba is worship.’”
It is narrated from Abū Dharr that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “The likeness of ʿAlī among you—or, he said, in this community—is that of the veiled Kaʿba: looking at it is worship, and pilgrimage to it is an obligation.”

❇️ʿAlī (AS), the means of ascent
💫🔆 عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَ اللَّفْظُ لِزَيْدٍ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‌ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَتَمَسَّكَ بِالْقَضِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ الَّذِي غَرَسَهُ اللَّهُ فِي جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلْيَتَمَسَّكْ بِحُبِّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي Ṭālib
A fine preacher
God planted in the Garden of Eden a shoot,
the finest of all planters.Made of ruby, it rises and grows,
its branches beautiful and supple.If you wish to hold fast, then be among those

who cling to my brother’s cord.The Basran falcon
It is related that Abū Hurayra said to me:
“I have filled my ears with words from the Prophet.Whoever wishes to cling to the branch
that gleams bright with red ruby—planted and nurtured by the Lord of the worlds,

the blessed planter, in the Gardens of Eden—must remain a follower of the guiding master, my father,

Ḥasan ʿAlī, the man of many virtues.”

💫🔆 It is narrated from Abu Hurayra—and the wording is transmitted from Zayd—that the Prophet (PBUH) said:
“Whoever wishes to grasp the reddish branch that God planted with His right hand in the Garden of Eden should hold fast to love for ʿAli ibn Abi Talib.”
Khatib Munih (the poet) says:
Indeed, God planted a sapling in the abode of Eden,
and He is the best of planters.
It rises proudly from ruby, its branches growing
in beauty and grace.

So if you wish to hold fast,
be among those who cling to the cord of the [Prophet’s] brother.
Saqr Basri (the poet) says:
It is narrated that Abu Hurayra said to me:
I filled my ears with the words of the Prophet, who said:
Whoever wishes to hold fast to that branch
which gleams with red ruby,
planted and set in the earth by the Lord of the worlds
in the two Gardens of Eden—blessed be the planter—
must always follow the guardianship of the Guide,
Abu’l-Hasan ʿAli, endowed with virtues.

خَطِيبٌ مُنِيحٌ
لَقَدْ غَرَسَ الْإِلَهُ بِدَارِ عَدْنٍ قَضِيبًا وَ هُوَ خَيْرُ الْغَارِسِينَا
مِنَ الْيَاقُوتِ يَسْتَعْلِي وَ يَنْمُو عَلَى قُضْبَانِهَا حُسْنًا وَ لِينَا
فَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ تَمَسَّكْتُمْ فَكُونُوا بِحَبْلِ أَخِي مِنَ الْمُتَمَسِّكِينَا
O eloquent benefactor!
Indeed, God planted a sapling in the land of Eden, and He is the best of planters:
it rises from ruby and grows upon its branches in beauty and grace.
So if you wish to hold fast, be among those who cling to my brother’s cord.

الصَّقْرُ الْبَصْرِيُّ
يُرْوَى بِأَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ لِي إِنِّي مَلَأْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ مَسَامِعَا
مَنْ رَامَ أَنْ يَتَمَسَّكَ الْغُصْنَ الَّذِي مِنْ أَحْمَرَ الْيَاقُوتِ أَصْبَحَ لَامِعَا
مِنْ غَرْسِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ زَرْعِهِ مِنْ جَنَّتَيْ عَدْنٍ تَبَارَكَ زَارِعَا
فَلْيَبْقِيَنَّ لِوِلَايَةِ الْهَادِي أَبِي حَسَنٍ عَلِيٍّ ذِي الْمَنَاقِبِ تَابِعَا
Saqr Basri relates that Abu Hurayra said to me:
Indeed, I have filled my ears with the words of the Prophet.
Whoever wishes to hold fast to a branch gleaming with red ruby,
planted and cultivated by the Lord of the worlds in the two Gardens of Eden—blessed be its planter—
must always follow the guardianship of the Guide, Abu’l-Hasan ʿAli, possessor of virtues.

❇️Tawhid: the key to connection with ʿAli
How can we attune ourselves to ʿAli’s melody?
The secret of becoming a follower of ʿAli is transcendent tawhid, whose pearls shine in the waves of ʿAli’s words.
“The perfection of sincerity toward Him lies in denying attributes of Him.”
ʿAli (AS) has revealed the summit of tawhid!
To accompany ʿAli and share his intimate counsel is to journey to the summit of tawhid; meeting ʿAli lies along the path to conquering that summit!
Beware of shirk dressed up in the veneer of tawhid: it is a deadly whirlpool of shirk!
Tawhid-flavoured delusions lead to the perils of shirk!
Only those who affirm God’s oneness may enter the innermost secrets of ʿAli!

❇️The eye of shirk
💫🔆“أَنَا قَاتِلُ الْأَقْرَانِ وَ مُجَدِّلُ الشُّجْعَانِ، أَنَا الَّذِي فَقَأْتُ عَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ وَ ثَلَلْتُ عَرْشَهُ، غَيْرَ مُمْتَنٍ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِجِهَادِي وَ لَا مُدِلٍّ إِلَيْهِ بِطَاعَتِي، وَ لَكِنْ أُحَدِّثُ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّي.”
🔆“I am the slayer of peers and the one who brings down the valiant. I am the one who tore out the eye of shirk and toppled its throne. I do not claim merit before God for my struggle, nor do I boast before Him of my obedience; rather, I speak of my Lord’s bounty [and proclaim it].”
🌼ʿAli Saʿi (ʿAbdullah Meshkat), 110.141 (903)🌼

🌟 A summary of the text “The Pure Secret of Ghadir”
1. Key themes (main topics)
Ghadir as an ontological system: Ghadir is not merely a historical event; it is the “heart of wondrous events” and an interconnected order at the core of existence, influencing the universe.

ʿAli (AS) and tawhid: ʿAli (AS) is the manifestation of the “pure light of tawhid,” the “supreme banner of tawhid,” and the “flame of pure life in tawhid.” Ghadir signifies the establishment of a life grounded in tawhid.

Love, devotion, and the danger of exaggeration: A distinction is drawn between “raw, professed love,” “devotion put into practice,” and “mature, knowledgeable love.” The text strongly condemns exaggeration in love and places those who go to extremes alongside the hypocrites.

The essential condition of guardianship: “Faith and righteous deeds” are prerequisites for attaining “wudd” (that is, the guardianship of ʿAli). Love without following the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt is incomplete and lifeless.

The place of invoking the Ahl al-Bayt (AS): Invoking the names of the Ahl al-Bayt does not mean repeating their names as one invokes God; it means recalling their virtues, sending blessings upon them, visiting their shrines, spreading their teachings, and reflecting on their hadiths. Remembrance is a means of drawing near to God, not an end in itself.

Resurrection and light: On the Day of Resurrection, the believers’ light will be apportioned according to their faith, and the Imams (AS) will move ahead of them. “The disbeliever’s wish to be dust” has been interpreted as “the wish to be an Alid—a follower of Abu Turab.”

2. A framework of conceptual pairs (to avoid confusion)
Sound concept (the axis of divine unity and wilayah) | False concept (deviation from wilayah)
Following Ali (AS) out of love for God (Qur’an 3:31) | Raw, merely professed love without action
Mawadda = a love that aspires and acts | Exaggerated love (ghuluw), which incurs the Imam’s displeasure
Remembrance = recalling virtues, sending blessings, and pilgrimage | Remembrance = repeating a name as though invoking God
Ali (AS) as a means “to God” | Ali (AS) as “from God,” on a par with God
The believers’ light = degrees of faith | The hypocrites’ light = trampled underfoot
3. Practical guidance and warnings
For transcendent love: Love must be transformed into mawadda and practical obedience to the commandments. For example, a mother’s active love for her child, as opposed to a child’s dependent love for its mother.

For remembering the Ahl al-Bayt: Hold gatherings celebrating their births and commemorating their martyrdoms; recite Ziyārat Jāmiʿa Kabīra and blessings upon them; reflect on their hadiths and share their teachings. There is a strict prohibition on repeating any name in a manner that amounts to worship.

A grave warning: “Both the extremist lover and the negligent hater are lost.” Extremists are more dangerous than ISIS, because they trample the light of wilayah underfoot.

4. Remarkable features of Ghadir in the text’s account
Satan’s lament: Satan lamented on four days: when he was cursed, when he was cast down to earth, when the Prophet (PBUH) was commissioned, and on the day of Ghadir.

Wilayah offered to the heavens: God offered wilayah to the inhabitants of the heavens, and those of the seventh heaven were the first to accept it.

Ali (AS) and the earth: The honorific Abu Turab means “master of the earth and God’s proof to its inhabitants.” The disbeliever’s wish on the Day of Resurrection—“Would that I were dust!”—has been interpreted as “Would that I had been one of the followers of Abu Turab!”

5. Final summary (in simple terms)
Ghadir is not merely a historical event at Khumm; it is the operating system of creation, activated through acceptance of Ali’s (AS) wilayah. The key to entering this system is pure monotheism, followed by transforming professed love into active mawadda through faith, righteous deeds, and obedience to the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt. We must avoid the two great afflictions of ghuluw (excessive devotion) and denial (hostility or negligence). Ultimately, remembering the Ahl al-Bayt is a means of drawing near to God, not an end in itself; on the Day of Resurrection, the light of wilayah will shine forth in proportion to each person’s faith.

🌼Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)🌼

Philosophical principles (ontological, epistemological, and axiological)
Principles drawn from the text in a structured framework

💫A) Ontological principles: Teachings about the nature of existence and the order of being
✨Principle 1: The universe as an interconnected system with a purpose

“The universe is an interconnected, integrated system; every event in it affects the entire universe.”
Rule: Every event at any point in existence has an existential effect on the whole system.

✨Principle 2: Ghadir as the “core of events” and the centre of change in the order of being

“Ghadir is the core of astonishing events.”

✨Principle 3: The wilayah of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) as the greatest of God’s “bounties” (an ontological blessing)

“The greatest of God’s bounties is our wilayah, we who are the Ahl al-Bayt.”
Rule: Divine blessings have degrees; wilayah is the highest blessing and the closest path to nearness to God.

✨Principle 4: Ali (AS) as “the father of earth, water, spirit, and life”

“Ali is the father of earth, the father of water, spirit, and life.”
Rule: An exalted person may stand at the centre of the divine will as a foundational element of existence.

💫B) Epistemological principles: Teachings about knowledge and knowing
✨Principle 5: Knowing Ali (AS) by moving beyond the body to the essence

“To know Ali: You must soar beyond his Alid body and rise to the spirit and essence of his being.”
Rule: Knowing the reality of God’s saints requires moving from outward appearance to inner reality, and from the material to the immaterial.

✨Principle 6: Remembering the Ahl al-Bayt is a means of knowing, not an end

“Remembrance is a means to God; the means themselves are not worshipped.”
Rule: Every sign—even the most sacred of names—is a means of knowing God; stopping at the sign is an epistemological deviation.

✨Principle 7: On the Day of Resurrection, the light of knowledge is apportioned according to degrees of faith

“Light is divided among people in proportion to their faith.”
Rule: In the hereafter, knowledge and faith take visible form as “light,” which can increase or diminish.

✨Principle 8: Knowledge is attained through “a synthesis of observation, analysis, and transcendent knowledge”

“By seeing, a person analyzes … Knowledge is the transcendent understanding of meanings through signs and images and sounds that are themselves transcendent.”
Rule: True understanding combines the senses, reason, and what lies beyond reason (divine confirmation).

💫C) Axiological Principles: Teachings concerning values and what ought to be
✨Principle 9: The difference between “raw love,” “mawadda,” and “transcendent love”

“Raw love can become a source of trouble for the beloved … Mawadda is love put into practice.”
Rule: The worth of love is measured by its degree of “practical commitment, self-sacrifice, and knowledge”; love without action is incomplete in value.

✨Principle 10: The condition for attaining wilayah = faith + righteous action

“Only faith and righteous action are clear signs of wilayah and love for Ali.”
Rule: Claiming to love the Ahl al-Bayt without committing to righteous action is false (moral realism).

✨Principle 11: Exaggeration (extremism) is worse than falling short—even worse than disbelief

“Those who exaggerate in their love are worse than ISIS … Those who exaggerate are among those condemned by the Commander of the Faithful.”
Rule: Attributing divinity to an Imam is more dangerous than practical disbelief.

✨Principle 12: Obeying the commands of the Quran and the Ahl al-Bayt is the practical expression of love

“The practical expression of transcendent love is obedience to the commands of the Quran and the Ahl al-Bayt.”
Rule: The moral worth of an act is measured by the extent to which it follows “the source of revelation and wilayah.”

💫D) Principles of Political and Social Philosophy
✨Principle 13: A Shiite is “a member of the great system of wilayah”

“A follower of Ali is, in other words, one of Ali’s limbs.”
Rule: The community of believers is like a “supersystem,” with the Imam as its heart and mind.

✨Principle 14: The world must move from Ali’s shadow into Ali’s light

“Until now, the world has been in Ali’s shadow; it must enter into Ali’s light.”
Rule: In the light of complete wilayah, civilizational progress—from mere order (shadow) to conscious guidance (light)—becomes possible.

🌟The Philosophical System of “Ghadiri Wisdom”

1. Ontological Principles (Principles of Being)
Principle One: The interconnected unity of existence
Existence is a “continuous supersystem” in which every part affects the whole. No event is merely local or separate from the whole.

Principle Two: Ghadir as the “Active Intellect” of the system of existence
Ghadir is not merely an event in time; it is the “center of wonders” and the “mind of the events of the world.” In philosophical terms, Ghadir is the final cause (purpose) and the formal cause (that which gives order) of the history of creation and religious law.

Principle Three: Wilayah is the greatest of God’s blessings
Divine blessings have different degrees. The wilayah of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) is the greatest of these blessings—the closest path to nearness to God and the greatest means of attaining servitude to Him.

Principle Four: The Perfect Human (Ali, peace be upon him) as the axis of transformation
Ali (AS) is “the father of earth, water, spirit, and soul.” This means that the existence of the Perfect Human is the axis of transcendent change in the material and spiritual elements of existence.

2. Epistemological Principles (Principles of Knowing)
Principle Five: Two levels of knowing—the “Alawid body” and the “Alawid essence”
Knowing the friend of God involves two stages:
🔹 First level: Knowing the outward, physical form (incomplete)
🔹 Second level: Rising to the “Alawid spirit and essence” (complete knowledge)

Principle Six: Remembrance as a means
Remembering the names of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) is not an end in itself, but a means of drawing near to God. To stop at remembrance instead of reaching the One remembered is a form of practical polytheism. Rule: Remembrance is a path, nothing more.

Principle Seven: Knowledge takes the form of “light” on the Day of Resurrection
In the hereafter, faith and knowledge appear as “light,” apportioned according to the degree of one’s faith and righteous action.

Jām-e Jān, [6/5/2026 4:15 PM]
Principle Eight: Integrated knowledge (senses + reason + illumination)
Knowing the truth follows a threefold path:
Observation (the senses)
Analysis (reason)
Transcendent understanding of meanings (illumination or divine confirmation)

3. Axiological Principles (Ethics and Normative Duties)
Principle Nine: The Hierarchy of Love
Love has three degrees:
Raw love: professed but uninformed and consumerist (harmful to the beloved)
Mawadda: love put into practice, self-sacrificing and eager
Transcendent love: guided by the commands of the Quran and the Ahl al-Bayt, and grounded in complete knowledge

Principle Ten: Wilayah Requires Faith and Righteous Deeds
No wilayah or love is valid without “righteous deeds.” Love without action is a lie. The rule: الایمانُ یُثبِتُه العملُ الصالحُ و الودُّ.

Principle Eleven: The “Speck and Sun” Principle in Worship
The light of Ali’s (AS) worship is so immense that it eclipses all the sins in the world. The rule: the worship of the Perfect Human transcends the scale of ordinary sins.

Principle Twelve: Extremism Is the Deadliest Deviation
Ghuluww (excessive love and attributing divinity to an Imam) is more dangerous than simple enmity, and even more dangerous than ordinary disbelief. Those who go to extremes are among those who incur the wrath of God’s friends.

4. The Structure of the Educational and Social System
Principle Thirteen: The “Part of a System” Theory
A true Shi‘i is “one of Ali’s (AS) members.” Just as Dhu’l-Fiqar comes alive in Ali’s hand, so too does the Shi‘i attain true life through connection to this system.

Principle Fourteen: Moving from the “Shadow of Wilayah” to the “Light of Wilayah”
Humanity has until now lived in the shadow of Ali’s wilayah (which preserves the bare minimum order of existence). Humanity’s historical destination is to enter the “light of wilayah”—that is, to live consciously, lovingly and transcendently in the radiance of the Imamate.

Principle Fifteen: The Quran and the Ahl al-Bayt as a “Transcendent Information Network”
Holding fast to the Two Weighty Things means connecting to the “cable of transcendent technology” and the world’s “most up-to-date system of knowledge.” This connection makes a person both “knowledgeable” and a “world.”

5. The Teleology of the System of Ghadir Wisdom
Ultimate aim: “To become a banner of tawhid unfurled”
To become Ghadiri means:
To reach the summit of tawhid
To take on the hue of servitude
To be ready for the fullest manifestation of Ali (AS)

The stages of spiritual wayfaring in this system:
Accepting wilayah (permission to attain transcendence)
Transforming raw love into mawadda (putting love into practice)
Connecting to the system of the Two Weighty Things (the Quran and the Ahl al-Bayt)
Moving from the shadow to the light of wilayah
Conquering the summit of tawhid in the radiance of Ali (AS)

Final Table of the Philosophical System of “Ghadir Wisdom”
Section | Principles
Ontology | The unity of existence’s influences – Ghadir as the Active Intellect – wilayah as the greatest of divine blessings
Epistemology | Two-level knowledge – remembrance as an instrument – the embodiment of the light of knowledge – integrated knowledge (sensation + reason + illumination)
Axiology | Hierarchy of love – the requirement of righteous deeds – the greatness of perfect worship – the prohibition of ghuluww
Social Education | The “part of a system” theory – moving from shadow to light – the Two Weighty Things as a transcendent network
Teleology | Becoming a banner of tawhid – the stages of wayfaring, from acceptance to reaching the summit

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