Holding Fast to the Two Weighty Things

🌼🔆🌼A Two-Sided Triangle🌼🔆🌼

🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹

🔅🌹 “The Coming of Age of Intention”  “The Secret of the Triangle of Servitude”  “The Threshold of Emergence” “A Commentary on Supplication 20 of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya”  “Session 224” and … Summary with Supplement       1403.05.11    Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)  🌹🔅

🔅🌼 An overview and map of the discussion: “Absolute Adherence to the Two Weighty Things”🌼🔅

🌼 Until our dying breath, we must not imagine that we are beyond the reach of God’s test. The Angel of Death will come unannounced and take no account of our plans.

🌼 Even the questions of Nakir and Munkar are meant to show us ourselves.

🌼 To be stripped of righteous guidance, the path of truth, and the intention to grow leaves our being unripe.

🌼 If we falter in righteous guidance, the fruit of our souls will not ripen.

🌼 First, we must come to know “righteous guidance, the path of truth, and the intention to grow.” Once we know them, we must establish them in our souls; and once they are firmly rooted, we must draw on them.

🌼 At the threshold of the End Times, the meaning of noble virtues and vile traits changes. I am no longer the same being I was thousands of years ago; now my being is brimming with information. The fruit of noble virtues must be at the height of beauty and freshness, perfectly ripe.

🌼The time has come for human beings to nourish themselves directly from God’s Most Beautiful Names.

🌼 We may not sense the dawn of the End Times, but its night is unmistakable.

🌼 If we do not attain righteous guidance, the path of truth, and the intention to grow, we will become Satan’s puppets. He will first take over our hearts and minds, then turn our whole being into his refuse heap.

🌼 Most people today are captives of Dajjāl-like and sorcerous spaces, of virtual spaces, and of imaginary realms.

🌼The echoes of the End Times’ lesser blast are already being heard! Those who are prepared have readied themselves for the Great Blast.

🌼 “Righteous guidance, the path of truth, and the intention to grow” mean holding fast to the Quran and the Prophet’s family; but the Imam has spoken of them in these terms to deepen our understanding.

🌼 Why has the flame of satanic sciences cast its shadow over the world? Am I, too, among those responsible? Almost everything that passes for knowledge will disappear.

🌼 Woe to those who do not recognize the sun and will draw their swords against it! The depth of our understanding is directly connected to the Quranic verses.

🌼 This is an age in which corruption and sin have reached saturation point; now people are rummaging through the past to revive forgotten forms of corruption.

🌼If I cannot form an intention together with my Imam of the Age, I have not attained the intention to grow. A living intention grows; an intention joined with reason grows.

🌼 The essence of the world rests on a single branch, and we are on it now! The final lines of the world’s book are being written.

🌼 I should have been transformed in every dimension—even in how I eat, in my appetites, and so on.

🌼 With this much attachment to the world, can I ask God to take the world away from me? I should have brought all my desires to perfection—but what have I done?

🌼 With what learning do I hope to meet my Imam of the Age? Have I journeyed to the sun? Can I bear its light? We are meant to behold the Light of God.

🌼How long are we to keep walking by candlelight? The Imams are lamps for those who seek to see.

🌼 Who is willing, with Imam Husayn, to see, hear, taste, and worship God?

🌼 If we look at the sun, we see that it is light, that it is in motion, that it guides, and that it has a design and a plan.

🌼 The path of growth has parted from the path of the unseen.

🌼 When I see the path of growth, I do not accept it as the *sabīl*. I love the Imam of our Time, yet I do not accept him as my *sabīl*! Where does this love reside in me? Is it merely a claim? Can a lover be parted from their beloved even for a moment?

🌼 If I were connected to the heart of God, I would be committed to the intention of growth with my whole being. I would journey and strive with that intention; the intention of growth flows from the heart of God.

🌼If I cannot set my intention alongside that of my Imam of the Time, then I have not attained the intention of growth. A living intention grows; an intention joined to reason grows. Reason is the Imam of the Time.

🌼 The system of intention must grow. When it does, all our feelings, satisfactions and pleasures are transformed.

🌼If we ask God, He will pour the essence of His verses into our souls.

🌼 If we do not attain the intention of growth, corrupt intentions may take its place.

🌼 When the intention sprouts, we must nurture it into a tree; we must not think the sprout alone is enough.

🌼 The union of (righteous guidance, the path of truth, and the intention of growth) will reveal the world of existence in its highest form.

🌼When will we attain complete recourse to the Two Weighty Things? It must be brought to life in the world of our souls, so that my soul may come alive in servitude.

🌼 The Two Weighty Things are both hardware and software.

🌼 We must drink deeply from the Quran and the Prophet’s household to attain the exalted station of pure servitude.

🔅🌼The Devil’s Fare🌼🔅

🌹Base people both provide the Devil with sustenance and serve as food for the devils themselves.

🌹A person base of heart makes their heart, thoughts, wealth, time, beliefs and everything else into food for the Devil.

🌹The ignorance—and the spread of ignorance—among the Devil’s pseudo-academic disciples is increasing.

🌹As the Devil is weakened, his pseudo-knowledge, too, will crumble.

🌹The world will soon undergo a transformation in knowledge.

🔅🌼The Earth Is at Death’s Door🌼🔅

🌹The Earth cannot endure this scale of corruption.

🌹Reject hypocrisy.

🔅🌼We Are on the Threshold of the Advent🌼🔅

🌹We are on the final branch of the tree of existence, at the world’s very essence and culmination.

🌹We are being written into the final line of the book of existence.

🔅🌼The World’s Rope Has Been Cut🌼🔅

🌹In this age, everything is changing rapidly and intensely, in a state of decline.

🌹All human feelings, thoughts and desires must be transformed toward growth—in every respect, in every dimension: our outlook, our perspective, our passions, and so on.

🌹All divine letters, words, signs, verses and acts must be interpreted and understood at a deeper level, as must our feelings and desires.

Everything is heading toward its destination: «انا لله و انا الیه راجعون» We must emerge completely from heedlessness.

🔅🌼Noble Virtues on the Threshold of the Advent🌼🔅

🌹In this age, we must view noble virtues and their opposites through an apocalyptic lens. If a person does not attain the highest virtues of character, they have lost; corruption and vice are nearing saturation.

🌹Noble character is the garden and orchard of servitude to God.

🌹Make yourself into the embodiment of noble character. Let our character be the Quran; let our character be the Prophet’s household. This is the perfection of servitude.

🌹The time has come to gather the fruit of noble virtue—or vice. We must wake from our sleep.

🌹The density of heedlessness and ignorance, and the depth of knowledge by contrast, are striking: the people of knowledge are few and pushed to the margins!

🌻🔆Sabaʾ: 13   يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ ما يَشاءُ مِنْ مَحاريبَ وَ تَماثيلَ وَ جِفانٍ كَالْجَوابِ وَ قُدُورٍ راسِياتٍ اعْمَلُوا آلَ داوُدَ شُكْراً وَ قَليلٌ مِنْ عِبادِيَ الشَّكُورُ

🔆They made for Solomon whatever he wished: sanctuaries, statues, great vessels like pools, and fixed cauldrons—so large they could not be moved. “House of David, give thanks for all these blessings!” Yet few of My servants are truly grateful.

🌻🔆al-Wāqiʿa: 14   وَ قَليلٌ مِنَ الْآخِرينَ

🔆And a few from among the later generations!

🌹We have reached the threshold of the ظهور; we stand at the very dawn of the ظهور. For many, it is the end of time; for others, the beginning of time.

🔅🌼The Enslavement of the Mind 🌼🔅

🌹Human reason has departed, and human consciousness has become enslaved to the devils among humankind and the jinn.

🌹People’s minds are decaying like teeth eaten away by cavities.

🌹After their nerves have been removed, minds are filled with whatever others choose. There is not a moment’s pause. Thought has been blighted.

🌹Artificial intelligence is being implanted in the human mind.

🌹Most people have become captives of virtual worlds—celestial, satanic, Dajjāl-like, and sorcerous.

🔅🌼Let Us Examine and Interrogate Ourselves 🌼🔅

🌹We must constantly take stock of what we possess and strive to preserve and cultivate it.

🌹In the end times, we must become experts in the Two Weighty Things and put ourselves to the test: How successful have we been? How well do I know the Two Weighty Things, and how close am I to them? Have I put them into practice within myself? Have I brought their fruits to fruition?

🔅🌼The Secrets of the Triangle of Devotion 🌼🔅

🌱🔆🌿وَ مَتِّعْنِي بِهُدًى صَالِحٍ لَا أَسْتَبْدِلُ بِهِ، وَ طَرِيقَةِ حَقٍّ لَا أَزِيغُ عَنْهَا، وَ نِيَّةِ رُشْدٍ لَا أَشُكُّ فِيهَا,

🔆My Lord, grant me sound guidance that I will never exchange, a path of truth from which I will never stray, and an intention toward growth in which I will never doubt.

🌿مَتِّعْنِي بِهُدًى صَالِحٍ لَا أَسْتَبْدِلُ بِهِ; My Lord, grant me sound guidance.

🌹Sound guidance is guidance without equal: the highest degree of guidance, pure guidance itself.

🌹“Sound guidance, the path of truth, and an intention toward growth” are three manifestations of a single reality.

🌹Light not only illuminates; it is also a road and a path, and it nurtures and helps one grow.

🌷🔆نَحْنُ‏ نُورٌ لِمَنْ تَبِعَنَا، وَ هُدًى لِمَنِ اهْتَدَى بِنَا[1]

🔆We are a light for whoever follows us, and guidance for whoever seeks guidance.

🌷🔆عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: … وَ نَحْنُ آيَةُ الْهُدَى وَ نَحْنُ الْعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى وَ …  وَ نَحْنُ النَّهْجُ الْقَوِيمُ‏  وَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ وَ …  وَ نَحْنُ سِرَاجٌ لِمَنِ اسْتَضَاءَ وَ السَّبِيلُ لِمَنِ اهْتَدَى وَ …  وَ نَحْنُ مِصْبَاحُ الْمِشْكَاةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا نُورُ النُّورِ وَ نَحْنُ صَفْوَةُ الْكَلِمَةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْحَشْرِ الْمَأْخُوذِ لَهَا الْمِيثَاقُ وَ الْوَلَايَةُ مِنَ الذَّر[2]

🔆We are the signs of guidance; we are the firm rope; … we are the clear, steadfast way and the straight path; … we are a lamp for whoever seeks illumination, and a guide for whoever seeks guidance; … we are the niche-lamp in which light shines upon light. We are the chosen, enduring word, preserved until the Day of “Gathering in Custody,” for which the covenant and our authority were established in the realm of ذر.

🌹If guidance has degrees, sound guidance is its final end; if a path has a destination, it is the path of truth; if an intention has a goal of maturity, it is the intention toward growth. Sound guidance is guidance without equal. Sound guidance is guidance of the highest order.

🌿طَرِيقَةِ حَقٍّ لَا أَزِيغُ عَنْهَا; and a true path from which I will not stray

🌹 A straight, unwavering path: the path with God, in God’s company, and toward God.

🔅🌼 Intention must come to maturity 🌼🔅

🌿نِيَّةِ رُشْدٍ لَا أَشُكُّ فِيهَا; and an intention that reaches maturity without a doubt in me.

🌹 When the system of intention matures, the world of a person’s being is transformed. A living intention grows; an intention that is alive and accompanied by reason grows toward the beauty of perfection.

🌹 A mature intention means that every element of intention is awake and has come to perfection, ready to manifest, engage with others, and bring about change.

🌹 From its conception to its becoming operative, an intention makes a complete circuit through the universe.

🌹 A growing intention changes and renews itself. If its inner core holds a beautiful design, it will blossom like a flower.

🌹 If an intention grows, action becomes mature.

🌹 A growing intention is accompanied by the courage of faith and certainty.

🌹 The courage of intentions is the beautiful emergence of new beauties. If ugly intentions mature, they become more base.

🌹 A growing intention affects the landscape of the universe; it makes its art upon the tablet of creation.

🌹 A growing intention will transform the landscape of worship and servitude, and profoundly affect the delight and pleasure they bring.

🌹 The universe, in its state of expansion—that is, of growth—is in a state of worship, in a state of prayer. Growth is the movement, stirring, and dance of servitude.

🔅🌼 A growing intention follows the path of growth 🌼🔅

🌻🔆 الأعراف : 146   سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ آياتِيَ الَّذينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَ إِنْ يَرَوْا كُلَّ آيَةٍ لا يُؤْمِنُوا بِها وَ إِنْ يَرَوْا سَبيلَ الرُّشْدِ لا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبيلاً وَ إِنْ يَرَوْا سَبيلَ الغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبيلاً ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآياتِنا وَ كانُوا عَنْها غافِلينَ

🔆I will turn away from My signs those who behave arrogantly on earth without right. Even if they see every sign, they will not believe in it; if they see the path of growth, they will not choose it as their way; and if they see the path of error, they will choose it as their way. This is because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

🌻🔆 الجن : 2   يَهْدي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَ لَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنا أَحَداً

🔆which guides to the right path, so we have believed in it, and we will never associate anyone with our Lord.

🌹 Guidance leads a person to the path, and the path will lead them to their destination; intention, in turn, brings growth. If intention grows, action grows. As intention grows, its sprout becomes a sturdy tree; it leaves behind immaturity and reaches ripeness and maturity. It brings a fetus to birth and a newborn to mature youth, bringing forth the senses and inclinations of a pure, previously unseen servitude.

🌹 “A growing intention” is another face of certainty: the wholly transformed face of the unity of certainty and intention. A growing intention is continually associated with invention and innovation; it brings innovation to worship, fervour, and love.

🔅🌼 The triangle of servitude is the secret of servitude 🌼🔅

🌹 The passage from “faith, certainty, and intention” to “righteous guidance, a true path, and a growing intention” is a passage from one world to another.

🌹 The union of “faith, certainty, and intention” is the beautiful form of the human being brought to perfection.

🌹 The union of “righteous guidance, a true path, and a growing intention” is the supreme landscape of the universe, like the joining of letters, words, lines, and elements.

🌹 “The most excellent intentions, the most complete faith, the finest certainty, and an abundance of certainty made sound” are necessary in order to give way to “righteous guidance, a true path, and a growing intention.” This is absolute adherence to the Two Weighty Things, a complete holding fast to them.

🌹 Unity in guidance, the path, and intention is the coming together of the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt. This is the beauty of the speaking Word of God.

🌹 If we bring the Two Weighty Things into our hearts and firmly establish them there, every part of our being will continually move forward, flourishing, advancing, and attaining incomparable beauty.

🌹 Let us dissolve ourselves in the Two Weighty Things within our hearts.

🌹 “Righteous guidance, the path of truth, and an intention to grow” form a triangle whose three sides are gathered into the two sides of “the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt.” And in reality, those two sides are but one: the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt are counterparts, one whole seen in two frames, two manifestations of beauty and reflection; each is a mirror to the other.

🔅🌼The Divine System of Protection🌼🔅

🌹 If we connect ourselves properly to the Divine System of Protection and maintain that connection, we will not be afflicted by any ailment of worship, ethics, spirituality, body, or soul.

🌹 Imam Sajjad’s emphasis on the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt, expressed through words, allusions, and subtle insights, shows how important this matter is. Good character, noble virtues, and spiritual exaltation are impossible without the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt. So we must place ourselves in their presence as much as we can, draw nourishment from them, complete this process of nourishment, and stay continually up to date with the Two Weighty Things.

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

[1] تفسير القمي ؛ ج‏2 ؛ ص104 Qummi, Ali ibn Ibrahim, Dar al-Kitab – Qom, third edition, 1404 AH.

[2] بحار الأنوار (ط – بيروت) ؛ ج‏26 ؛ ص259 Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi, Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi – Beirut, second edition, 1403 AH.