notifications_active Weekly Meshkat-e Noor Session: Thursdays at 20:30 at Haj Reza Mosque
Peace be upon you, respected teacher. What qualities must a person who seeks to receive divine light and earn the approval of our master Imam al-Mahdi (AJ) possess?
َّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
Sincere faith, genuine God-consciousness, and following the Imams—that is, living under the Imamate, authority, and guidance of the infallible Imams (peace be upon them)—are among the conditions for receiving divine light and earning the approval of Imam al-Mahdi (AJ). These qualities are emphasised in the Quran and hadith.
Sincere faith, wholehearted piety, and following the Infallibles (being under their leadership, guardianship and obedience) are among the conditions for receiving the Divine Lights!
**Al-Ḥadīd: 28** أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ آمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُوراً تَمْشُونَ بِهِ وَ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحيمٌ
O you who believe! Be mindful of God and believe in His Messenger; He will grant you a double share of His mercy, give you a light by which to walk among people and along your path in life, and forgive you. God is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
**Al-Taḥrīm: 8** 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 forgive your sins and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, on a Day when God will not disgrace the Prophet or those who believed with him. Their light will shine before 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!”
**Al-Anʿām: 122** أَ وَ مَنْ كانَ مَيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْناهُ وَ جَعَلْنا لَهُ نُوراً يَمْشي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَنْ مَثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُماتِ لَيْسَ بِخارِجٍ مِنْها كَذلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكافِرينَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Is someone who was dead, then We gave him life and granted him a light by which to walk among people, like someone lost in darkness, never able to emerge from it? Thus the evil deeds of the disbelievers have been made appealing to them.
**Recommendation:** The Sermon of the Pious by Amīr al-Muʾminīn (peace be upon him) in *Nahj al-Balāghah*, and Supplication 20 of *Al-Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyyah*, are excellent guides.