Written transcript of the lecture
The Meshkat-e Noor teachings series🌼To know Imam Husayn is to know the mysteries of beauty🌼
🌼Imam Husayn has surpassed all bounds of uniqueness🌼
🌸🔆🌿 The sweet mystery of knowing Husayn, peace be upon him
وَتْرَ اللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ
🌱🔆 An abridgment with a supplement, “Meshkat-e Noor Gathering”
A gift from the Husayniyya
The sweet mystery of knowing Husayn, peace be upon him
1401.12.04
Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat 110.141(903))
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🌸🔅🌷The dawn of eternity smiled, and Husayn’s beauty appeared 🌷🔅🌸
☘️🔅🌹Blessed be creation’s sweetest smile🌹🔅☘️
☘️🔆 The mystery of knowing Imam Husayn, peace be upon him
🌷If we do not know Imam Husayn, peace be upon him, we will lose our way on the path of servitude and will never find the beautiful, sweet path of martyrdom.
🌷Modern knowledge is blind, deaf and mute because it is not connected to the Eye of God, the Permission of God and the Speech of God!
🌷Modern knowledge moves without reason and without an Imam. It is lame, feeble and crippled, and brings those who follow it to a standstill! Modern knowledge creates problems. It does not lighten our load; it only adds to it.
🌷Modern knowledge is a source of trouble: it is pain, not healing; darkness, not light, for it is not kindled by the lamp of reason and wilayah. The secret of attaining radiant knowledge lies in connection with the friends of God.
🌷Dhu’l-Qarnayn and his wondrous technology were a manifestation of making use of the means God provides.
🌷The mystery of the expanding light in Dhu’l-Qarnayn’s breast enabled him to undertake journeys of spiritual wayfaring that defied belief.
🌷Through God-conscious use of the means available to us, we gain mastery over time and space.
🌷The path to pure and exalted technology is to draw upon the Gate of Knowledge and Wisdom.
🌷The mystery of connection with the All-Seeing Eye of God, the All-Hearing Permission of God, and the All-Comprehending Heart of God is the mystery of making exalted use of the means and the sciences. Connection with the twelve Gates of Knowledge is the secret of attaining pure, authentic and unadulterated knowledge.
🌷Husayn became Husayn not because of his martyrdom, but because of the way he was martyred. Martyrdom blossomed through Husayn.
🌷The way Husayn bore hardship, calamity and tribulation made him Husayn. The profound mystery of Husayn lies at the heart of Husayn’s intentions and deeds!
🌷Learning the alphabet of light is the secret of drawing upon light in an exalted way, to uncover the mysteries of creation!
🌷Our understanding of light amounts to knowing a single letter: we know nothing of its mysteries beyond a little material illumination and a small measure of heat.
🌷If we learn the words, sentences and book of light, we will discover the wonders that light can bring forth.
🌷If we come to know the light of God as we ought, we will uncover the wondrous mysteries of creation and attain knowledge of the hidden sciences.
🌷If we learn the alphabet of Imam Husayn, peace be upon him, we will reach the mysteries at the heart of creation.
🌷Husayn is the light of God, and luminosity is but one of his attributes. Husayn is God’s lamp of guidance into the deepest realms of the unseen.
☘️🔆 The mystery of Witr Allah al-Mawtur
🌷Husayn has become a pearl beyond compare among pearls!
🌷Husayn cannot cease to be the One unless he departs from his Origin. Only then does the One become singular.
🌷Husayn has surpassed every measure and standard of beauty and uniqueness!
🌷When the bowstring’s limit is broken, the witr becomes mawtur.
🌷Husayn is the bowstring of creation; through Husayn, the Creator sets creation to music and melody.
🌷The Exalted God draws the bow of creation through Husayn and makes creation resound. He sets the soul of the universe vibrating and in motion.
🌷When the bowstring has fulfilled its entire mission, it is drawn once more for a new purpose—and so becomes Witr Allah al-Mawtur.
🌷We are prisoners of time; if we step outside the prison of time, we will perceive the greatness of Husayn (peace be upon him).
🌷God Most High, through the vein of creation, gives life and grants existence to creation through Husayn.
🌷The Husayni nerve has encompassed the seven heavens and the earth! The Husayni spirit has been breathed into the soul of creation.
🌷The secret of oneness lies in the station of connection with the Face of God.
🌷The mystery of “We have enumerated all things in a clear Imam” means that all time and space are integrated within the soul of the Imam; earth and time have attained singularity within the soul of the Imam.
🌷Through the Imam we are connected to the soul of divine servitude.
🌷Imam Husayn (peace be upon him) is the “وترالموتور” — he is singular, he is alone, he is the incomparable pearl of God, he has no duality, in his solitude he has become one, in his oneness he has become unique, he has shattered the threshold of individuality, in his individuality he has been slain in his singleness, he has passed from incomparability to its summit, he has gone beyond beauty, he has taken speed from sweetness and grace and forged ahead.
🌷In the witr, he has become witr itself, and the possibility of fathoming him has become impossible, he has become unattainable, he has fallen beyond comparison, beholding him has become impossible, and even understanding no longer has the stature to comprehend him!
🌷Husayn is severed from all that is other than God; Husayn is Husayn, and in his Husayn-ness he has become Husayni, Husayn has been placed in the most perfect state of detachment!
🌷Husayn is a string, the string of creation; he plays the world and draws the soul of the world,
🌷Husayn is a vein, the vein of creation, the channel through which life flows; beyond that, Husayn is the vein of God, 🌷Husayn is the life of divine servitude, he is the vein of divine life in the earth and the heavens!
🌷The heavens and the earth are the weeping eyes of Husayn; the sense of our eyes is directed to our body and soul, and the sense of the earth and the heavens is directed to the soul, to the Blood of God and the Witr of God.
🌷Husayn is the foundational element of creation! The complete and singular element, the cause of the world’s design and the adornments of creation and the formations of existence.
🌷Husayn is not confined or imprisoned within earth and heaven; Husayn is free, and the earth and the heavens draw their sustenance from Husayn.
🌷Husayn and the field of Husayni action are as vast as the entire cosmos — nay, beyond it.
🌷Behind a computer, yet operations as vast as the universe. The scope of operations is as wide as one’s intention and heart. Now let us imagine the intentions and deeds of Husayn.
🌷We all simultaneously have a hand and an influence and intervention in one another’s deeds, whether in agreement or opposition.
🌷The possibility of partnership in the intentions and deeds of His Holiness the Master of Martyrs and the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them), and of their partnership in our intentions and deeds, lies hidden within us.
🌷With every deed we enter into partnership with all the worlds, from beginning to end.
🌷The matter of the prophetic mission, of guardianship and of imamate is the secret of intermingling and of striving to become one.
🌷The waves of the Imam — earthly and heavenly, of beauty and of majesty, of the divine names, of the fragrant breezes of love, of the houris and of delight — radiate across the entire world. Let us take account and self-examine: with which wave of the Imam are we connected?
🌷كَمَا رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص إِنَّ لِرَبِّكُمْ فِي أَيَّامِ دَهْرِكُمْ نَفَحَاتٍ أَلَا فَتَعَرَّضُوا لَهَا.
☘️🔆In the Garden of the Words of Imam Husayn (peace be upon him)🔆☘️
🌷خَطَبَ(الامام الحسین) عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ نَافِسُوا فِي الْمَكَارِمِ، وَ سَارِعُوا فِي الْمَغَانِمِ (وَ لَا تَحْتَسِبُوا بِمَعْرُوفٍ) لَمْ تُعَجِّلُوهُ، وَ اكْتَسِبُوا الْحَمْدَ بِالنُّجْحِ، وَ لَا تَكْتَسِبُوا بِالْمَطْلِ ذَمّاً، فَمَهْمَا يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ صَنِيعَةٌ لَهُ رَأَى أَنَّهُ لَا يَقُومُ بِشُكْرِهَا فَاللَّهُ لَهُ بِمُكَافَاتِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ أَجْزَلُ عَطَاءً وَ أَعْظَمُ أَجْراً.
[وَ] اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ حَوَائِجَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ نِعَمِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَلَا تَمَلُّوا النِّعَمَ فَتَحُوزُوا نِقَماً، وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْمَعْرُوفَ يَكْسِبُ حَمْداً، وَ يُعَقِّبُ أَجْراً، فَلَوْ رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَعْرُوفَ رَجُلًا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ حَسَناً جَمِيلًا يَسُرُّ النَّاظِرِينَ وَ يَفُوقُ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَ لَوْ رَأَيْتُمُ اللُّؤْمَ رَجُلًا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ سَمِجاً مُشَوَّهاً تَتَنَفَّرُ مِنْهُ الْقُلُوبُ وَ تُغَضُ دُونَهُ الْأَبْصَارُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ جَادَ سَادَ، وَ مَنْ بَخِلَ رَذِلَ، وَ إِنَّ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ مَنْ أَعْطَى مَنْ لَا يَرْجُوهُ، وَ إِنَّ أَعْفَى النَّاسِ مَنْ عَفَا عِنْدَ قُدْرَتِهِ، وَ إِنَّ أَوْصَلَ النَّاسِ مَنْ وَصَلَ مَنْ قَطَعَهُ، وَ الْأُصُولُ عَلَى مَغَارِسِهَا، بِفُرُوعِهَا تَسْمُو.
فَمَنْ تَعَجَّلَ لِأَخِيهِ خَيْراً وَجَدَهُ إِذَا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ غَداً، وَ مَنْ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِالصَّنِيعَةِ إِلَى أَخِيهِ كَافَأَهُ بِهَا فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ حَاجَةً وَ صَرَفَ عَنْهُ مِنْ بَلَاءِ الدُّنْيَا مَا هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهَا، وَ مَنْ نَفَّسَ كُرْبَةَ مُؤْمِنٍ فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرَبَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ، وَ اللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ.[1]
🌷O people! Vie with one another in generosity and nobility, and hasten to reap the rewards of doing good. If you are not quick to do good, do not call it goodness and virtue. By doing good, earn the gratitude of others, and do not let your neglect of good deeds give people cause to reproach and criticize you.
If you help someone who is weak and unable to repay you, and they do not thank you for your kindness, do not be saddened; God is Generous and will grant you the greatest of rewards. Surely, God’s reward is more precious and more abundant.
O people! Know that people’s need for you is one of God’s greatest blessings upon you. So never grow weary of their coming to you, for if you turn away, this blessing will become a trial.
Know that doing good earns people’s praise and a reward in the hereafter. If good deeds could take visible form, you would see them as a radiant, pleasant figure, bringing joy and delight to those who behold it. And if evil deeds could take visible form, you would see them as an ugly, sullen figure, from whom hearts recoil and whom eyes cannot bear to look upon.
O people! Whoever gives generously attains honor, while whoever is miserly becomes worthless. The most generous of people is one who gives money to a poor person who had no hope of receiving it. The most forgiving is one who pardons when in a position to take revenge. And the best in maintaining family ties is one who upholds them with those who have severed ties with them; for a tree’s trunk flourishes by nourishing its branches and leaves.
Whoever hastens to fulfill the need of a believing brother will find that deed awaiting them when they come before God on the Day of Resurrection.
Whoever, for God’s sake, helps someone in need will receive God’s kindness and reward on the day they themselves are in need; God will also lift from their shoulders a burden of worldly sorrow greater than the one they helped to ease.
Whoever relieves a believer’s grief and sorrow, God will relieve their grief and sorrow in this world and the hereafter. Whoever does good, God will do good to them, and God loves those who do good.
َ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَلْتَفِتُ- يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى فُقَرَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شَبِيهاً بِالْمُعْتَذِرِ إِلَيْهِمْ فَيَقُولُ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي مَا أَفْقَرْتُكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنْ هَوَانٍ بِكُمْ عَلَيَّ وَ لَتَرَوُنَّ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَمَنْ زَوَّدَ أَحَداً مِنْكُمْ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفاً فَخُذُوا بِيَدِهِ فَأَدْخِلُوهُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الدُّنْيَا تَنَافَسُوا فِي دُنْيَاهُمْ فَنَكَحُوا النِّسَاءَ وَ لَبِسُوا الثِّيَابَ اللَّيِّنَةَ وَ أَكَلُوا الطَّعَامَ وَ سَكَنُوا الدُّورَ وَ رَكِبُوا الْمَشْهُورَ مِنَ الدَّوَابِ “1” فَأَعْطِنِي مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ فَيَقُولُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَكَ وَ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مِنْكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَعْطَيْتُ أَهْلَ الدُّنْيَا مُنْذُ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى أَنِ انْقَضَتِ الدُّنْيَا سَبْعُونَ ضِعْفاً.[2]
قُلِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا قَتِيلَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ قَتِيلِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ ثَارِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَتْرَ اللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ دَمَكَ سَكَنَ فِي الْخُلْدِ وَ اقْشَعَرَّتْ لَهُ أَظِلَّةُ الْعَرْشِ وَ بَكَى لَهُ جَمِيعُ الْخَلَائِقِ وَ بَكَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ السَّبْعُ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَنْ يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ مِنْ خَلْقِ رَبِّنَا وَ مَا يُرَى وَ مَا لَا يُرَى أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ حُجَّتِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَتِيلُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ قَتِيلِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ ثَائِرُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ ثَائِرِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وَتْرُ اللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ وَ نَصَحْتَ وَ وَفَيْتَ وَ أَوْفَيْتَ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ مَضَيْتَ لِلَّذِي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهِ شَهِيداً وَ مُسْتَشْهَداً وَ شَاهِداً وَ مَشْهُودا[3]
وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع مَعَاشِرَ شِيعَتِنَا أَمَّا الْجَنَّةُ فَلَنْ تَفُوتَكُمْ سَرِيعاً كَانَ أَوْ بَطِيئاً، وَ لَكِنْ تَنَافَسُوا فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ، وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ أَرْفَعَكُمْ دَرَجَاتٍ، وَ أَحْسَنَكُمْ قُصُوراً وَ دُوراً وَ أَبْنِيَةً فِيهَا: أَحْسَنُكُمْ إِيجَاباً لِإِخْوَانِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَ أَكْثَرُكُمْ مُوَاسَاةً لِفُقَرَائِهِمْ. إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَيُقَرِّبُ الْوَاحِدَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ بِكَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ يُكَلِّمُ بِهَا أَخَاهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْفَقِيرَ- بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ تَقَدَّمَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ بِالنَّارِ، فَلَا تَحْتَقِرُوا الْإِحْسَانَ إِلَى إِخْوَانِكُمْ، فَسَوْفَ يَنْفَعُكُمُ [اللَّهُ تَعَالَى] حَيْثُ لَا يَقُومُ مَقَامَ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ غَيْرُه[4]
🌼 Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903) 🌼
[1] The Garden of the Seer and the Admonition of the Heart; p. 81 Halwani, 1 vol., Imam al-Mahdi School, may God hasten his noble advent—Qom, first edition, 1408 AH.
[2] Al-Kafi (Islamic edition); vol. 2; p. 261 Kulayni, Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyya—Tehran, fourth edition, 1407 AH.
[3] Al-Kafi (Islamic edition); vol. 4; p. 576 Kulayni, Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyya—Tehran, fourth edition, 1407 AH.
[4] The Commentary Attributed to Imam Hasan al-Askari, peace be upon him; p. 204 Hasan ibn Ali, peace be upon him, the Eleventh Imam, Imam al-Mahdi School, may God hasten his noble advent—Iran, Qom, first edition, 1409 AH.
