Imam Sajjad (AS): A Treasure of Love and Worship

🌼🔆🌼“The Adornment of Worship and Devotion”  “The Fruit of Hearing”🌼🔆🌼

🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹

🔅🌹 “Love and Worship Made One”  “Nourishment for the Soul and the World”  “Nourishment Through Knowledge” “The Garden of Paradise of Sajjad”   “The Night of Imam Sajjad’s Birth” and …       1402.11.25    Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)  🌹🔅

🔅🌼Dewdrops from the Teachings of the Sahifa of Sajjad 🌼🔅

🌹 Imam Sajjad (PBUH) infused worship with artistry

🌹The existence of the Imam is a special feast from God: the food of divine love, the wine of holy love.

🌹 Everything has its fruit, and the fruit of human hearing is good speech.

🌹 The very soul of the Sahifa of Sajjad is filled with heavenly fruits

🌹 The most delicious fruit in the world is the verses of the Qur’an

🌹 Imam Sajjad (PBUH) is God’s life-giving water. What fruits God has brought forth through this water of life!

🌹 The Sahifa of Sajjad is Imam Sajjad’s ocean

🌹 Celestial fruits call for a celestial heart

🌹 What is the heart’s nourishment and food?!

🌹 Every part of our body has its own food

🌹 The universe has a system of intake and elimination.

🌹 Human beings are interwoven with the universe

🌹 The knowledge of every delight resides in the soul of the Imam

🌹 How do the parts of the body attain the rank of bearing witness?!

🌹 The Prophet of Light: I am never sated or quenched by prayer

🌹 The Qur’an is God’s special feast

🌹 Let us cultivate our appetite

🌹 The sign and identifying mark of the people of insight

🌹 The Sahifa of Sajjad is an ocean of God’s wisdom

🌹 Hadith: Sajjad’s way is to clarify and explain

🌹 Imam Sajjad (PBUH) is God’s special place of intimate communion

🌹 All are adorned through worship, but worship itself is adorned through Imam Sajjad (PBUH)

🌹 The Imam is the one who makes worship sweet

🌹 Imam Sajjad has a heavenly stronghold in our hearts. We must bring it to life so that we may attain the knowledge God placed in Sajjad’s heart.

🔅🌼The Adorner of Worship🌼🔅

🌸 All are adorned through worship, and worship is adorned through Zayn al-Abidin

🌸 Imam Zayn al-Abidin will be the adornment and ornament, and a source of pride and honor, for the Messenger of God,

🌷🔆 قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ نَادَى مُنَادٍ أَيْنَ‏ زَيْنُ‏ الْعَابِدِينَ‏ فكان [فَكَأَنِّي‏] أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَلَدِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع يَخْطِرُ بَيْنَ الصُّفُوفِ.[1]

🔆 The Messenger of God (PBUH) said: On the Day of Resurrection, a herald of God will call out, “Where is Zayn al-Abidin?” It is as though I can see my son Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib walking between the rows.

🌸 Imam Sajjad (PBUH) transformed worship into art and art into worship; he united love with worship,

🌸 There is a special bond between the Spirit of Faith and “the Intellect, the Spirit of the Imam, the Spirit of God, and the Holy Spirit.” Through the Spirit of Faith, let us connect our souls to the reality of divinely guided authority.

🌸Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) knows his jewel better than anyone. That is why he loved his Sajjad and breathed in his fragrance like a flower.

🌸We, too, have a Sajjad within our souls.

🔅🌼 The Spirit of Faith: Our Bond with Divine Authority 🌼🔅

🌸The Spirit of Faith is joined and bound up with the Spirit of God. The stronger the Spirit of Faith, the closer its bond with the Spirit of God.

🌸The Holy Spirit is the Imam’s companion, and our companionship with the Imam deepens this privilege to its utmost degree.

🌸If Sajjad’s luminous identity takes hold of our souls, we will become Sajjad’s lamp.

🌸May we never be deprived of Sajjad’s intellectual identity.

🔅🌼 With Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), let us transform ourselves into Sajjad’s paradise 🌼🔅

🌸Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) has a celestial stronghold within our souls.

🌸Until the Sajjadi nature of our souls is awakened, the land of our being will not partake of Sajjadi gardens.

🌸Let us awaken Sajjadi knowledge in our hearts, so that we may transform ourselves into جنات السجاد.

🌸We must experience divine love with a Sajjadi flavor, and acquaint our hearts with every taste of divine love.

🌸The fruits of the Sajjadi way sweeten the taste of divine love for spiritual wayfarers and make them intoxicated with it.

🌸The Sajjadi supplications are banners of divine love; they are songs of transcendent love. Sajjad is the garden of divine love.

🌸Let us keep the banner of Sajjadi love flying high, so that we may become nightingales in the garden of God’s love.

🌸Knowledge of Sajjad is divine love with a Sajjadi flavor. It is one of the many paths and lanes that lead to knowledge of God.

🌸If we live with Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), we will experience life in the Sajjadi way.

🌸One day we will be asked about the blessing of the Imam’s divinely ordained authority. So let us make the most of this opportunity to find an answer: what keys have we received from the sacred presence of Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him)?

🌸Let us take stock of the Sajjadi transformations within our souls, so that we may be confident in our bond with His Holiness.

🔅🌼 Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) is the operating system of the revolution in servanthood 🌼🔅

🌸Let us keep the Sajjadi system active at all times, so that our excellence in servanthood does not come to a standstill.

🌸The Sajjadi software is always up to date, ever new, and worthy of God.

🌸Our Sajjadi hardware keeps us grounded in pure wisdom.

🌸Rebooting with Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) renews the soul and sets it on the path of ascent and elevation.

🌸When the Sajjadi system within our souls is active, we are transformed into his state and disposition. Connection to the tree of Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) makes us members of His Holiness’s greater universe.

🌸Connection to the Sajjadi tree is made possible by faith in the reality of Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him).

🌸The affirmation of Imam Sajjad’s Imamate within our souls establishes our station of servanthood in the Muhammadan cosmos (صلی الله علیه و آله و سلم).

🌸 Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, is the gateway to the House of God.

🌸 To benefit fully from Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, is to fulfil the aims of servitude to God.

🌸 Faith in God’s Proof is clinging to the firm rope of God.

🔅🌼 If we lose our way from Imam Sajjad, we lose our way from servitude to God.🌼🔅

🌸 With Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, we experience the pure essence of servitude.

🌸 Let us learn the arts of Sajjad so that we may love our Beloved through them. The art of intimate prayer is but one of the arts of Sajjad.

🌸 The life of all existence is adorned with the Sajjadi structure; the Sajjadi spirit breathes life into the very being of the cosmos, and through it, all things grow in wisdom and maturity.

🌸 The Sajjadi network is essential to connecting with the network of reason and the supreme network of the Prophet’s Household.

🌸 The intimate prayers and words of Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, are Sajjadi fruits that transform our souls into gardens of Paradise.

🌸 The material realm is defined by material elements, and the angelic realm by celestial elements. Sajjadi fruits abound in celestial and transcendent elements.

🌸The blessed being of Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, is the fruit of Imam Husayn, peace be upon him.

🌸Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, is the appointed time, the place of seclusion, and the bridal chamber of the Divine.

🌸The Sahifa Sajjadiya is a special place of nurture and a divine guesthouse, with its own banquet.

🔅🌼 The Imam of light and divine unity is the radiance of a life grounded in divine unity.🌼🔅

🌸The Imam is God’s path, God’s appointed time and meeting place.

🌸Visiting the Imams should be undertaken with the intention of visiting God and drawing near to Him, for God’s Proof is the appointed meeting place with God.

🌸The Imam is the greatest, most exalted, and most high sign of God. Those who exaggerate are blind of heart; they are enemies of God’s Proof.

🌸The most ignorant of the ignorant is the one who, despite knowing, falls into ignorance; who, despite the light, falls into darkness; who, despite the sign, forgets the One to whom it points; and who, despite the words of divine unity, falls into the pit of associating partners with God.

🌸The Imam is there to make worship of God sweet, to make it an act of love.

🌸Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, is a vast divine table laden with every kind and variety of drink and food, extending as far as the seven heavens and the earth—and beyond!

🔅🌼 The Fruit of Hearing🌼🔅

🌷🔆 The Imam said السّجاد عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَاكِهَةٌ، وَ فَاكِهَةُ السَّمْعِ الْكَلَامُ الْحَسَنُ. [2]

🔆 Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him: “Everything has a fruit, and the fruit of hearing is good speech.”

🌸With such a sweet and wholesome fruit, Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, spoke of the fruit of hearing.

🌸Every part of the body has its own particular fruit, from the eyes and ears to the intellect, the senses of smell and taste, and the heart; without these, none can grow strong.

🔅🌼 Nourishment for the Soul and the Cosmos🌼🔅

🌷🔆 خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْقَلْبَ‏ طَاهِراً صَافِياً وَ جَعَلَ غِذَاءَهُ الذِّكْرَ وَ الْفِكْرَ وَ الْهَيْبَةَ وَ التَّعْظِيمَ وَ إِذَا شِيبَ الْقَلْبُ‏ الصَّافِي بِتَغْذِيَتِهِ بِالْغَفْلَةِ وَ الْكَدَرِ صَقِّلْ بِمِصْقَلَةِ التَّوْبَةِ وَ نَظِّفْ بِمَاءِ الْإِنَابَةِ لِيَعُودَ عَلَى حَالَتِهِ الْأُولَى وَ جَوْهَرَتِهِ الْأَصْلِيَّةِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى- إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ وَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ‏ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص‏ أَمَرَ بِالسِّوَاكِ فِي ظَاهِرِ الْأَسْنَانِ وَ أَرَادَ هَذَا الْمَعْنَى وَ الْمَثَلَ وَ مَنْ أَنَاخَ تَفَكُّرَهُ عَلَى بَابِ عَتَبَةِ الْعِبْرَةِ فِي اسْتِخْرَاجِ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْأَمْثَالِ فِي الْأَصْلِ وَ الْفَرْعِ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عُيُونَ الحِكْمَةِ وَ الْمَزِيدَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَ اللَّهُ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِين‏[3]

🔆 Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (PBUH): The parable of the tooth-stick is this: God Most High created the human heart pure and clear, and made remembrance of God, reflection on the attributes of the Lord Most High, and awareness of His majesty and greatness its nourishment. When this pure heart grows dark and sullied through the nourishment of heedlessness, obscurity and ignorance, it must be cleansed and polished through repentance and turning toward God, so that it may return to its original state and essential nature.

God Most High says: “Indeed, God loves those who repent and those who purify themselves.” The Noble Messenger (PBUH) said: “I urge you to use the tooth-stick.”

Thus, outwardly, the Messenger of God (PBUH) commanded people to use the tooth-stick and clean their teeth; through this parable, he also pointed to the cleansing and purification of hearts from the darkness of heedlessness and ignorance.

Whoever carefully reflects on such parables and outward practices, and understands their subtleties, details and allusions, will find that God Most High opens the springs of wisdom and the gates of spiritual knowledge to their heart. They will receive more of the Lord Most High’s kindness and grace than they could have hoped for; and God does not let the reward of those who do good go to waste.

🌸Every limb and every particle of our being both takes in and gives nourishment. Hearing, sight, smell, taste, understanding—even each and every particle of our being—has its own particular food and drink.

🌸Every food is transformed into blood in the body, circulates through its veins, and nourishes every particle of it. In the same way, each person circulates like blood through the veins of creation, nourished by immaterial foods, and in turn nourishes the whole universe. Good nourishment has a good effect; vile nourishment has a harmful effect on all that exists.

🌸Just as the human body has systems for absorbing and eliminating, so too does the universe. These systems prevent ugliness from being absorbed into the life of the universe—though, for a reason grounded in divine wisdom, its harmful effects may sometimes remain upon the body of the universe.

🌸The systems of absorption and elimination, and the defensive systems of the universe, are therefore constantly at work, drawing in good and casting out evil.

🔅🌼 The Orchard of Sajjadi Fruits 🌼🔅

🌸In the Garden of Imam Sajjad (PBUH), every kind of fruit is to be found. The fruits of the Sajjadi paradise bear the taste of Sajjad—they are as delightful as Sajjad himself.

🌸To wander through the Sajjadi paradise is to experience profound transformation in body and soul!

🌸Let us thank Sajjad and his words sincerely and truthfully, and kiss his book and notebook!

🌸The taste of the foods and fruits of the Sajjadi paradise will unfold in each moment, throughout life, and upon reaching the destination.

🔅🌼 The Effects of Nourishment for Heart and Soul 🌼🔅

🌸Beliefs, affections and insights change a person’s appetite and transform the very structure of their being.

🌸A person takes on the color of their nourishment: to feed on the nourishment of the Two Weighty Things is to take on the color of the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Household.

🌸Pure nourishment is free of all waste. It is absorbed—absorbed into the soul, completely. It fosters growth and beauty, bringing growth in both dimension and quality; it turns coal into diamond and transforms dust into gold. It changes the very structure of a person.

🌸Pure nourishment affects every cell and every particle of our being!

🌸The more a developing embryo is nourished with beautiful, delicious fruits, the greater the effect on its intelligence, hearing, health and beauty.

🌸The secret of reciting the adhān and iqāmah in a newborn’s ear is to plant a fruit tree and flowers: it is the craft of Paradise. It provides the fuel that sets human nature and the treasure-house of the soul in motion.

🔅🌼Knowledge and wisdom are the hidden delights within the Imam’s soul🌼🔅

🌸Like the other Imams, Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, is the manifest Imam and the manifest Book. Everything is encompassed in his blessed soul! Every taste is encompassed in his blessed being; the knowledge and wisdom of every delight are placed within him.

🌻🔆Yā Sīn: 12   إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِ الْمَوْتى‏ وَ نَكْتُبُ ما قَدَّمُوا وَ آثارَهُمْ وَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَحْصَيْناهُ في‏ إِمامٍ مُبينٍ

🔆Surely We give life to the dead, and record what they have sent ahead and all the traces they have left behind; We have encompassed everything in the manifest Imam!

🌻🔆وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَاكِهَةٌ، وَ فَاكِهَةُ السَّمْعِ الْكَلَامُ الْحَسَنُ. [4]

🔆Everything has its fruit, and the fruit of hearing is kind speech.

🌸All our limbs and faculties have many fruits,

🌻🔆Al-Mu’minūn: 19   فَأَنْشَأْنا لَكُمْ بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ مِنْ نَخيلٍ وَ أَعْنابٍ لَكُمْ فِيها فَواكِهُ كَثيرَةٌ وَ مِنْها تَأْكُلُونَ

🔆Then by means of it We brought forth for you gardens of date palms and grapevines, gardens in which there are many fruits, from which you eat!

🌸What sweet, wholesome fruits the All-Wise God brings forth from the water of this lower heaven! What fruits He brings forth in our hearts with the water of life! We partake of the fruits of the spirit with our souls.

🌻🔆Al-Mursalāt: 42   وَ فَواكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

🔆And fruits of whatever they desire!

🌸The broader the appetite and the greater the knowledge, the stronger the desire becomes—even for what is unknown. Acquiring knowledge and cultivating understanding spread the table of nourishment ever wider.

🌻🔆Al-Baqarah: 138   صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً وَ نَحْنُ لَهُ عابِدُونَ

🔆The colour of God—and whose colour is better than God’s? We worship Him alone.

🌸Can anything be found more wholesome, delicious, colourful, or nourishing than the Qur’an’s fare? It makes all things clear; it contains every flavour of the world and is renewed with a new flavour in each moment.

🌻🔆Yūsuf: 3   نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِما أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ هذَا الْقُرْآنَ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَمِنَ الْغافِلينَ

🔆We recount to you the finest of stories through this Qur’an, which We have revealed to you—though before this, you knew nothing of it.

🌻🔆Al-Nisā’: 87   اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلى‏ يَوْمِ الْقِيامَةِ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَ مَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَديثاً

🔆God—there is no god but Him! He will surely gather you all on the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. And who is truer in speech than God?

🌸Can any speech be more beautiful than the word of God? It is wondrous that the revered Ahl al-Bayt are themselves the Word of God. Let us uncover the secret of listening to the Word of God.

🌻🔆Al-Nisā’: 122   …  وَ مَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ قيلاً

🔆… And who is truer in speech than God?

🌹🔆فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِي‏ الْقُلُوبَ‏ الْمَيْتَةَ بِنُورِ الْحِكْمَةِ كَمَا يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ الْمَيْتَةَ بِوَابِلِ الْمَطَرِ.[5]

🔆Imam Musa ibn Ja‘far, peace be upon him, says: “God brings dead hearts to life with the light of wisdom, just as He brings dead lands to life with blessed rains.”

🔅🌼Qur’an instruction is intellectual nourishment🌼🔅

🌹🔆 قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏: إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَأْدُبَةٌ اللَّهِ‏ تَعَالَى فَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ مَأْدُبَةِ اللَّهِ‏ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ النُّورُ الْمُبِينُ، وَ الشِّفَاءُ النَّافِعُ [فَ] تَعَلَّمُوهُ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُشَرِّفُكُمْ بِتَعَلُّمِهِ.[6]

🔆 The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: “The Qur’an is surely God’s banquet, so learn from God Almighty’s banquet to the extent you are able. For this Qur’an is God’s cord, a radiant light and a healing remedy. Through teaching you its knowledge, God bestows honour upon you.”

🌸The Qur’an is God’s prepared feast

🌸Maʾdubah: a spread table; prepared food; a meal for guests; food specially served for celebration and rejoicing; a wedding feast; a banquet specially prepared by God.

🌹🔆 p. أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَلَا إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ مَأْدُبَةُ اللَّهِ‏ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَدْ هَنَّأَهَا لِأَهْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّات‏[7]

🔆 The Prophet of Islam, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: “Know that prayer is God’s banquet on earth, which God has made a delight for the people of His mercy five times each day.”

🌹🔆 وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ لِكُلِّ ظَاهِرٍ بَاطِناً عَلَى‏ مِثَالِهِ‏ فَمَا طَابَ ظَاهِرُهُ طَابَ بَاطِنُهُ وَ مَا خَبُثَ ظَاهِرُهُ خَبُثَ بَاطِنُه‏[8]

🔅🌼The words of the Household bring life to the soul🌼🔅

🌹🔆 عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا فُضَيْلُ إِنَّ حَدِيثَنَا يُحْيِي‏ الْقُلُوبَ‏.[9]

🔆 Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him: “Hearts are brought to life by our words.”

🔅🌼The soul’s nourishment can never satiate it🌼🔅

🌹🔆 يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ قُرَّةَ عَيْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَمَا حَبَّبَ إِلَى الْجَائِعِ الطَّعَامَ‏ وَ إِلَى الظَّمْآنِ الْمَاءَ وَ إِنَّ الْجَائِعَ إِذَا أَكَلَ شَبِعَ وَ إِنَّ الظَّمْآنَ إِذَا شَرِبَ رَوِيَ وَ أَنَا لَا أَشْبَعُ مِنَ الصَّلَاة[10]

🔆 The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: “God, exalted be His praise, placed the light of my eyes in prayer and made prayer beloved to me, just as food is beloved to the hungry and water to the thirsty. Yet when the hungry eat, they are satisfied, and when the thirsty drink, they are quenched; but I am never sated with prayer.”

🔅🌼May we find our true food and drink🌼🔅

🌹🔆 فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَنْ يَسْتَنْكِفَ الْمَعْبُودُونَ دُونِي أَنْ يَكُونُوا عَبِيداً لِي وَ لَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ الرُّوحَانِيُّونَ وَ هُمْ مَعْصُومُونَ لَا يَعْصُونَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ‏ وَ يَفْعَلُونَ ما يُؤْمَرُونَ‏ لَا يَأْكُلُونَ وَ لَا يَشْرَبُونَ وَ لَا يَأْلَمُونَ وَ لَا يَسْقُمُونَ وَ لَا يَشِيبُونَ وَ لَا يَهْرَمُونَ طَعَامُهُمْ وَ شَرَابُهُمُ‏ التَّقْدِيسُ‏ وَ التَّسْبِيحُ وَ عَيْشُهُمْ مِنْ نَسِيمِ الْعَرْشِ وَ تَلَذُّذُهُمْ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْعُلُوم‏[11]

Angels are spiritual beings, free of sin. They do not disobey God in anything He commands them, and they do what they are charged to do. They neither eat nor drink, suffer pain nor fall ill, and they do not grow grey-haired or old. Their food and drink are glorification and sanctification; their life comes from the breeze of the Throne, and their delight lies in the various branches of knowledge.

🌹🔆 ثُمَّ لَيُشْحَذَنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمٌ شَحْذَ الْقَيْنِ النَّصْلَ تُجْلَى بِالتَّنْزِيلِ أَبْصَارُهُمْ وَ يُرْمَى بِالتَّفْسِيرِ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ وَ يُغْبَقُونَ كَأْسَ‏ الْحِكْمَةِ بَعْدَ الصَّبُوح‏[12]

🔆 Amid the turmoil of those trials, a group will hone their insight until it is as sharp as a swordsmith’s blade. Their eyes will be brightened by the light of the Qur’an, and the interpretation of the Qur’an will soothe their ears. Every evening and morning, they will drink from cups of wisdom.

🌹🔆 قَوْلُهُ‏ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ‏ عِنْدَ رَبِّي‏ وَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَ يَسْقِينِي‏[13]

🔆 I pass the night with my Lord, and He gives me food and drink.

🌻🔆al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:79   وَ الَّذي هُوَ يُطْعِمُني‏ وَ يَسْقينِ

🔆And (God is the One) who gives me food and drink,

🔅🌼The Sajjad’s description, in the words of the Pride of the World 🌼🔅

🌹🔆 عَنْ أَبِيهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عِنْدَهُ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَرْحَباً بِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ يَا زَيْنَ‏ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ‏ قَالَ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ وَ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص زَيْنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ‏  أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ قَالَ‏ يَا أُبَيُّ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً إِنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَمَكْتُوبٌ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِصْبَاحُ هُدًى وَ سَفِينَةُ نَجَاةٍ وَ إِمَامٌ غَيْرُ وَهْنٍ وَ عِزٌّ وَ فَخْرٌ وَ عِلْمٌ وَ ذُخْرٌ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ رَكَّبَ فِي صُلْبِهِ نُطْفَةً طَيِّبَةً مُبَارَكَةً زَكِيَّةً … قَالَ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةُ الَّتِي فِي صُلْبِ حَبِيبِي الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ مَثَلُ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةِ كَمَثَلِ الْقَمَرِ وَ هِيَ نُطْفَةُ تَبْيِينٍ وَ بَيَانٍ‏  يَكُونُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ رَشِيداً وَ مَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ هَوِيّاً قَالَ فَمَا اسْمُهُ وَ مَا دُعَاؤُهُ قَالَ اسْمُهُ عَلِيٌّ وَ دُعَاؤُهُ يَا دَائِمُ يَا دَيْمُومُ‏ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا كَاشِفَ الْغَمِّ وَ يَا فَارِجَ الْهَمِّ وَ يَا بَاعِثَ الرُّسُلِ وَ يَا صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ مَنْ دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ حَشَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ كَانَ قَائِدَهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ خَلَفٍ وَ وَصِيٍّ قَالَ نَعَمْ لَهُ مَوَارِيثُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ قَالَ مَا مَعْنَى مَوَارِيثِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْقَضَاءُ بِالْحَقِّ وَ الْحُكْمُ بِالدِّيَانَةِ وَ تَأْوِيلُ الْأَحْكَامِ وَ بَيَانُ مَا يَكُونُ قَالَ فَمَا اسْمُهُ قَالَ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ … [14]

🔆ʿAli ibn ʿAsim relates that Imam Jawad, through his noble forebears, narrated from Imam Husayn, peace be upon them, who said:

I came to see the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, while Ubayy ibn Kaʿb was with him. The Messenger of God said, “Welcome, Abu ʿAbd Allah! O adornment of the heavens and the earth!”

Ubayy said, “O Messenger of God, how can anyone other than you be the adornment of the heavens and the earth?”

He replied, “Ubayy, by the One who sent me as a prophet, Husayn ibn ʿAli is more exalted in heaven than he is on earth. For on the right side of the Throne it is written: ‘Lamp of guidance, Ark of salvation, leader of honor and glory, knowledge and treasure.’ And why should it not be so? God Most High fashioned in his loins a pure, blessed, and chaste seed, before there were creatures in wombs, seeds in loins, or night and day.

“Prayers have been taught to him which, if any creature recites them, God Most High will gather that person with him, make him their intercessor in the hereafter, relieve their distress, pay their debt through him, make their affairs easy, light their way, strengthen them against their enemy, and preserve their good name.”

Ubayy said, “O Messenger of God, what are these prayers?”

He replied, “When you have finished your prayer, while still seated, say:

 «اللّهم إنّي أسألك بكلماتك و معاقد عرشك و سكّان سمواتك و أنبيائك و رسلك ان‏ تستجيب لي فقد رهقنى من امري عسر فاسألك أن تصلّي على محمّد و آل محمّد و أن تجعل لي عسري يسرا»

Then God Most High will ease your affairs, grant you an open heart, and inspire you to bear witness to «لا إله إلّا اللَّه‏» at the time of your death.”

Ubayy said to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, “What is this seed in the loins of my beloved Husayn?”

He replied, “That seed is like the moon; it is the source of clarification and explanation. Whoever follows him is guided, and whoever does not know him is astray.”

Ubayy asked, “What is his name, and what is his prayer?”

He replied, “His name is ʿAli, and his prayer is:

«يا دائم يا ديموم يا حيّ يا قيّوم يا كاشف الغمّ و يا فارج الهمّ و يا باعث الرّسل و يا صادق الوعد»

Whoever recites this prayer, God Most High will gather them with ʿAli ibn al-Husayn and guide them to Paradise.”[15]

🌼 Ali Saʿi (ʿAbdullah Mishkat) 110.141 (903)  🌼

[1] Al-Amali (al-Saduq), text, p. 331. Ibn Babawayh, Muhammad ibn Ali, Ketabchi Publishing, Tehran, 6th edition, 1376 Sh.

[2]Nuzhat al-Nazir wa Tanbih al-Khatir, p. 91. Halwani, Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Nasr, Imam Mahdi Seminary (may God hasten his noble advent), Qom, 1st edition, 1408 AH.

[3] Misbah al-Shariʿa, p. 124  Attributed to Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad عليه السلام, Aʿlami Publishing, Beirut, 1st edition, 1400 AH.

[4]Nuzhat al-Nazir wa Tanbih al-Khatir, p. 91. Halwani, Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Nasr, Imam Mahdi Seminary (may God hasten his noble advent), Qom, 1st edition, 1408 AH.

[5] Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut edition), vol. 1, p. 146  Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi, Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi, Beirut, 2nd edition, 1403 AH.

[6] The Tafsir Attributed to Imam Hasan al-Askari عليه السلام, p. 60  Hasan ibn Ali عليه السلام, the eleventh Imam, Imam Mahdi Seminary (may God hasten his noble advent), Iran, Qom, 1st edition, 1409 AH.

[7] Mustadrak al-Wasa’il wa Mustanbat al-Masa’il, vol. 3, p. 16  Nuri, Husayn ibn Muhammad Taqi, Muʾassasat Al al-Bayt عليهم السلام, Qom, 1st edition, 1408 AH.

[8] Nahj al-Balagha (edited by Subhi Salih), p. 216 Sharif al-Radi, Muhammad ibn Husayn, Hijrat Publishing, Qom, 1st edition, 1414 AH.

[9] Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut edition), vol. 2, p. 144  Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi, Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi, Beirut, 2nd edition, 1403 AH.

[10] Makarim al-Akhlaq, p. 461  Tabarsi, Hasan ibn Fadl, Sharif Razi Publishing, Qom, 4th edition, 1412 AH / 1370 Sh.

[11] Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut edition), vol. 26, p. 348  Majlisi, Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi, Beirut, 2nd edition, 1403 AH.

[12] Nahj al-Balagha (edited by Subhi Salih), p. 208  Sharif al-Radi, Muhammad ibn Husayn, Hijrat Publishing, Qom, 1st edition, 1414 AH.

[13] Manaqib Al Abi Talib عليهم السلام (by Ibn Shahrashub), vol. 1, p. 214  Allameh Publishing, Qom, 1st edition, 1379 AH.

[14] Uyun Akhbar al-Rida عليه السلام, vol. 1, p. 59 Ibn Babawayh, Muhammad ibn Ali, Jahan Publishing, Tehran, 1st edition, 1378 AH.

[15]Kamal al-Din / translated by Pahlevan, vol. 1, p. 498