The Imam: Active Monotheism

🌼🔆🌼The Imam: Fitrah in Action🌼🔆🌼

🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹

🔅🌹“The Mystery of Spirit, Fragrance and Air”  “The Language of Unity”  “The Mysteries of Divine Oneness” “The Secrets of the Blessings of Imam Jawad (peace be upon him)”  “The Eve of the Birth of Imam Jawad (peace be upon him)” and more … Abstract with Supplement       1403.10.22    Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)  🌹🔅

🔅🌼Jawad, the Imam of the Imams, Cleaves the Seas 🌼🔅

🌷🔆عُيُونُ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ، عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ كَلِيمِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ع ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَكَ وَلَداً فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أُرْزَقُ وَلَداً وَاحِداً وَ هُوَ يَرِثُنِي فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ الرِّضَا ع لِأَصْحَابِهِ قَدْ وُلِدَ لِي‏ شَبِيهُ‏ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ فَالِقِ الْبِحَارِ وَ شَبِيهُ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ قُدِّسَتْ أُمٌّ وَلَدَتْهُ قَدْ خُلِقَتْ طَاهِرَةً مُطَهَّرَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ الرِّضَا ع يُقْتَلُ غَصْباً فَيَبْكِي لَهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ وَ يَغْضَبُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى عَدُوِّهِ وَ ظَالِمِهِ فَلَا يَلْبَثُ إِلَّا يَسِيراً حَتَّى يُعَجِّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ إِلَى عَذَابِهِ الْأَلِيمِ وَ عِقَابِهِ الشَّدِيدِ وَ كَانَ طُولُ لَيْلَتِهِ يُنَاغِيهِ فِي مَهْدِهِ.[1]

🌷🔆In ʿUyūn al-Muʿjizāt, ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad relates from Kulaym ibn ʿImran, who said: I said to Imam Reza (peace be upon him), “Pray that God grant you a child.” The Imam replied, “I shall be granted only one child, and he will inherit from me.”

When Imam Jawad (peace be upon him) was born, Imam Reza (peace be upon him) told his companions, “A child has been born to me who is like Moses, son of عمران, who cleaves the seas, and like Jesus, son of Mary, whose mother was pure. Indeed, he was created pure and immaculate.”.

Then Imam Reza (peace be upon him) said, “This son of mine will be killed unjustly and in anger. The people of heaven will weep for him, and God Almighty will be angered by his oppressive enemy. Before long, God will seize him with a painful punishment and severe retribution.” Imam Reza (peace be upon him) would sit beside his son’s cradle all night, singing him lullabies.

🔅🌼Jawad, the Greatest of Divine Blessings🌼🔅

🌷🔆وَ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى الصَّنْعَانِيِّ قَالَ‏ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع فَجِي‏ءَ بِابْنِهِ‏ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَوْلُودُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُولَدْ مَوْلُودٌ أَعْظَمُ عَلَى شِيعَتِنَا بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ.[2]

🔆It is related that Imam Reza (peace be upon him), speaking of his young son, Imam Jawad (peace be upon him), said: “No child more blessed than this one has ever been born among our Shia.”

🌹Every Imam was the greatest blessing of his age. A blessing bespeaks an inexhaustible, enduring good that flows forever. The Imam’s emphasis on the blessings embodied in Imam Jawad (peace be upon him) points to the Imam’s distinctive qualities in this regard.

🌹We must feel the blessing of the Imam’s presence deep within our bodies and souls, and in this world and the next. Knowing the Proof of God, Jawad, and receiving his blessings are essential to devotion to him.

🌹To be heedless of blessing is to be impoverished in the present. To forget sight is to be blind. Whoever forgets their Imam brings their soul to a standstill and extinguishes its celestial life. Imam Jawad (peace be upon him) is the Jawadian world within us; to forget him is to bring that world to a halt.

🌹Ingratitude for blessings, corrupt intentions, and forgetting the remembrance of God destroy blessing. Forgetting the soul of blessing, too, erases blessing.

🌹Let us draw upon the source of divine blessings.

🌹Observing the laws of blessing is the key to receiving the blessings of Jawad.

🔅🌼Let Us Observe the Laws of Blessing🌼🔅

🌹The secret to receiving the greatest blessings embodied in Imam Jawad (peace be upon him) lies in putting our intentions right.

🌹A pure, righteous, truthful and sound heart is the key to receiving God’s blessings.

🌷🔆عِنْدَ فَسَادِ النِّيَّةِ تَرْتَفِعُ الْبَرَكَة[3]

🔆Imam ʿAli (peace be upon him): When one’s intention is corrupt, blessings depart.

🔅🌼Faith and God-consciousness: the keys to God’s blessings🌼🔅

🌻🔆Al-Aʿraf: 96   وَ لَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرى‏ آمَنُوا وَ اتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكاتٍ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَأَخَذْناهُمْ بِما كانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

🔆Had the people of the towns and villages believed and been mindful of God, We would have opened for them blessings from heaven and earth. But they denied the truth, so We punished them for what they had done.

🌹Let us make our lives blessed through Imam al-Jawad (peace be upon him).

🌹To forget Imam al-Jawad (peace be upon him) is to forget the greatest of blessings.

🔅🌼The great ones are gateways to God’s blessings🌼🔅

🌹Let us sit at the feet of the great and be illumined by the light of God’s blessings—from those great by lineage to those great in knowledge and deed.

🌹The great ones associated with Imam al-Jawad (peace be upon him) are Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (peace be upon them), and the noble prophets.

🌹The greatest of all the great in existence is Muhammad al-Mustafa and his pure Family.

🌷🔆وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ الْبَرَكَةُ مَعَ أَكَابِرِكُم‏[4]

🔆The Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Blessing accompanies the elders among you.

🔅🌼Spread the table of blessings🌼🔅

🌹Spread the table of God’s blessings beneath the canopy of blessings.

🌹Let us not forget the tables of knowledge; keep open the tables of learning and wisdom, the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt.

🌹Let us open the canopy of God’s blessings through God’s good works.

🌷🔆عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُمْتَارُ مِنْهُ الْمَعْرُوفُ مِنَ الشَّفْرَةِ فِي سَنَامِ الْبَعِيرِ  أَوْ مِنَ السَّيْلِ إِلَى مُنْتَهَاهُ.

🔆The Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: Goodness and blessing reach a home where food is served faster than a blade sinks into a camel’s hump.

🌹What would happen if we fed people at the table of wilayah, offering them their spiritual nourishment?!

🌹Give generously from Imam al-Jawad’s celestial table, and showers of blessings will pour down.

🌷🔆قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ص‏ مَنْ‏ عَمِلَ‏ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ‏ وَرَّثَهُ اللَّهُ عِلْمَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَم‏[5]

🔆Whoever acts on what they know, God will make them heir to what they do not know.

🌷🔆وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَنْ‏ عَمِلَ‏ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ‏، عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ.[6]

🔆Whoever acts on what they know, God will teach them what they do not know.

🌷The narration “Spirit, fragrance and air,” transmitted by Imam al-Jawad (peace be upon him) from Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (peace be upon him)🌷

🔅🌼Let your spirit breathe the air🌼🔅

🌷🔆عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى (عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ)، قَالَ: «كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَ عِنْدَهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ)، وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى يَدِ سَلْمَانَ، فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ اللِّبَاسِ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ)، فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ سَلَامِهِ وَ جَلَسَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثِ مَسَائِلَ، إِنْ أَخْبَرْتَنِي بِهَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ رَكِبُوا مِنْ أَمْرِكَ مَا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ، وَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ دِينِهِمْ، وَ صَارُوا بِذَلِكَ غَيْرَ مُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَ إِنْ تَكُنِ الْأُخْرَى عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ وَ هُمْ شَرْعٌ سَوَاءٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ): سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ.

فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا نَامَ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ رُوحُهُ. وَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ كَيْفَ يَذْكُرُ وَ يَنْسَى، وَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُشْبِهُ وُلْدُهُ الْأَعْمَامَ‏ وَ الْأَخْوَالَ؟ فَالْتَفَتَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) إِلَى الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَجِبْهُ.

فَقَالَ: أَمَّا مَا سَأَلْتَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا نَامَ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ رُوحُهُ؟ فَإِنَّ الرُّوحَ مُتَعَلِّقَةٌ بِالرِّيحِ، وَ الرِّيحُ مُتَعَلِّقَةٌ بِالْهَوَاءِ إِلَى وَقْتِ مَا يَتَحَرَّكُ صَاحِبُهَا، فَإِنْ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ بِالرَّدِّ عَلَيْهِ جَذَبَتْ تِلْكَ الرُّوحُ تِلْكَ الرِّيحَ، وَ جَذَبَتْ تِلْكَ الرِّيحُ ذَلِكَ الْهَوَاءَ، فَأَسْكَنَتِ الرُّوحَ فِي بَدَنِ صَاحِبِهَا، وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَأْذَنِ اللَّهُ بِرَدِّ تِلْكَ الرُّوحِ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا جَذَبَ الْهَوَاءُ الرِّيحَ، وَ جَذَبَتِ الرِّيحُ الرُّوحَ، فَلَمْ تُرَدَّ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا إِلَى وَقْتِ مَا يُبْعَثُ». وَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيهِ زِيَادَةٌ، وَ هُوَ مِنْ مَشَاهِيرِ الْأَحَادِيثِ. [7]

🌷🔆Abu Hashim Dawud ibn Qasim al-Ja‘fari relates from Abu Ja‘far al-Thani, Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Jawad, peace be upon him, that he said:

The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, came with Hasan ibn ‘Ali, peace be upon them both, walking beside him as he leaned on Salman’s hand. They entered the Sacred Mosque and sat down. Just then, a well-presented, well-dressed man approached and greeted the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him. He returned the greeting, and the man sat down. Then he said, “O Commander of the Faithful, I will ask you three questions. If you answer them, I will know that those who preceded you and took the caliphate committed a wrong and are accountable for it, and that they are trustworthy neither in this world nor in the Hereafter. But if you cannot answer them, it will be clear that you are no different from them.”

The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said, “Ask whatever you wish.”

The man said, “Tell me:

a) When a person sleeps, where does his spirit go?

b) Why is it that sometimes a person remembers, and at other times forgets?

c) Why does a child sometimes resemble his paternal uncles and aunts, and at other times his maternal uncles and aunts?”

The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, turned to his son, Imam Hasan, peace be upon him, and said, “Abu Muhammad, answer him.” Imam Hasan, peace be upon him, said:

“As for your question about where a person’s spirit goes when he sleeps, the answer is this: the person’s spirit is suspended in the wind, and the wind in the air, until the person’s body stirs as he wakes. At that moment, حقّ عزّ و جلّ permission is given for the spirit to return to its owner. The spirit draws in the wind, and the wind draws in the air; thus the spirit comes to rest and settles in its owner’s body. But if God Most High does not permit the spirit to return to the body, the air draws in the wind, and the wind takes in the spirit. In this way, the spirit does not return to the body until the Resurrection and the raising of the dead begin. Then, by the Lord’s permission, it returns to the body.”

As for your question about remembrance and forgetfulness, the answer is this: the human heart is like a vessel, and a veil lies over it. If a person offers complete blessings and abundant salutations and greetings to the Noble Prophet, blessings be upon him and his family, thereby drawing nearer to the Highest Source and preparing the soul to receive knowledge and be illumined by the radiant lights of truth, the veil is lifted from the vessel of the heart, and the person remembers all that had been forgotten.

As for your question about why a child may resemble paternal or maternal uncles, the answer is this:

When a man approaches his wife with a tranquil heart, relaxed veins and a body free from agitation, and his seed is deposited in the womb, the child who is born will resemble his parents. But if he approaches his wife with an unsettled heart, tense veins and an agitated body, his seed will enter the womb in a state of agitation and consequently settle upon one of the veins. If it settles upon a vein belonging to the paternal uncles, the child will resemble them; if it settles upon a vein belonging to the maternal uncles, the child will resemble them.

After hearing these answers, the man who had asked the questions declared:

“I bear witness that there is no deity but God, the One, and I will bear witness to this continually and forever. I also bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, the One, and I will always bear witness to this. I bear witness that you are the successor and heir to the Messenger حقّ عزّ و جلّ و حجّت after him”—as he said this, he gestured toward the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him—“and I will continue to bear witness to this. I also bear witness that you are the successor and appointed Proof who will rise after him”—as he said these final words, he gestured toward Imam Hasan, peace be upon him. Then he said: “I bear witness that Husayn, peace be upon him, was his father’s successor and that, after you, he is the one who will rise as his Proof.

“I bear witness that ʿAli ibn al-Husayn, peace be upon them both, will rise at Husayn’s command and be the Imam after him. I bear witness that Muhammad ibn ʿAli, peace be upon them both, will rise at ʿAli ibn al-Husayn’s command and be the Imam after him. I bear witness that Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad, peace be upon them both, will rise at the command of

Muhammad ibn ʿAli and be the Imam after him. I bear witness that Musa ibn Jaʿfar, peace be upon them both, will rise at the command of Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad and be the Imam after him. I bear witness that ʿAli ibn Musa, peace be upon them both, will rise at the command of Musa ibn Jaʿfar and be the Imam after him. I bear witness that Muhammad ibn ʿAli, peace be upon them both, will rise at the command of Muhammad ʿAli ibn Musa and be the Imam after him. I bear witness that ʿAli ibn Muhammad will rise at the command of Muhammad ibn ʿAli and be the Imam after him. I bear witness that Hasan ibn ʿAli, peace be upon them both, will rise at the command of ʿAli ibn Muhammad and be the Imam after him. And I bear witness to a man among the descendants of Husayn, peace be upon them both, whose title and name will not be mentioned until his mission is revealed; thereafter, he will fill the world with justice and equity, just as it had been filled with oppression and injustice. Peace be upon you, Commander of the Faithful. May God’s mercy and blessings be upon you now and forever.”

Then he rose and left. The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said to his son Imam Hasan: “Abu Muhammad, follow him and see where he goes.” Imam Hasan left the gathering and said:

“As soon as this man stepped out of the mosque, I lost sight of him and could not tell where on God’s earth, mighty and glorious is He, he had gone.” He returned to the mosque, went to the Commander of the Faithful and reported what had happened. The Imam said: “Abu Muhammad, did you recognize him?”

I replied: “God, His Messenger and the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, know best.”

The Imam said: “That was Khidr, peace be upon him.”

🌹The soul of the spirit is the subtle breath, and the soul of the subtle breath is the air.

🌹The subtle breath is beyond the spirit, and the air beyond the subtle breath. During sleep, the spirit goes to visit the subtle breath and the air, and rests in their embrace. If they hold on to it, the human being departs from earthly life.

🌹Our monotheistic atmosphere changes as our spirit expands through the presence of the heart. Pure sleep is a pure journey to a pure world—a kind of natural passage in which human nature is set right, strengthened and brought to life.

🌻🔆Al-Furqan: 47   وَ هُوَ الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ لِباساً وَ النَّوْمَ سُباتاً وَ جَعَلَ النَّهارَ نُشُوراً

🔆He is the One who made the night a covering for you, sleep a means of repose, and the day a time for movement and life.

🌻🔆Al-Nabaʾ: 9   وَ جَعَلْنا نَوْمَكُمْ سُباتاً

🔆And We made your sleep a means of repose for you,

🌷Spiritual Wayfaring in the Words of Imam Jawad (peace be upon him): The Secret of “Concordant Tongues”🌷

🔅🌼Find your tongue 🌼🔅

🌷🔆 عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِيَ ع مَا مَعْنَى‏ الْوَاحِدِ فَقَالَ إِجْمَاعُ الْأَلْسُنِ عَلَيْهِ بِالْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ كَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ وَ لَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ‏.[8]

🌷🔆Abu Hashim Jaʿfari narrated: “I asked Abu Jaʿfar the Second, Imam Jawad (peace be upon him), ‘What does oneness mean?’ He replied: ‘All tongues agreeing on His unity, just as God Most High says: “If you ask them who created them, they will surely say, ‘God.’”

🔅🌼Concordant Tongues 🌼🔅

🌹Speaking with one voice, seeing eye to eye, hearing in harmony, and sharing a common nature are among the inseparable laws of existence.

🌹One voice, one vision, one hearing, one taste, one feeling, one thought, one heart: this is the foundation of creation.

🌹We must experience the state of oneness together with all of existence.

🌹This is the secret of following the Imam: attaining absolute oneness in worship of the One, the Unique God.

🌹Our limbs and faculties are wholly in harmony with us; otherwise, they would not be our own.

🌹Are not all the limbs, parts, foundations and spirits of my being one with me?

🔅🌼The Greatest Share: Concordant Tongues and United Hearts 🌼🔅

🌹Concordant tongues encompass every dimension: from the tongue of speech to the language of the heart and soul, of one’s state and circumstances.

🌹A sense of wholeness in servitude to God is absolute participation in the blessings of all creation, empowered by the divine will.

🔅🌼The Imam is Innate Disposition Made Manifest and Active Divine Unity 🌼🔅

🌹The Imam is the very warp and woof of divine unity in the world of existence and the world of the spirit.

🌹Breathe with the spirit of Imam Jawad, and experience the pure life of divine unity.

🌹Divine unity is the shared language of all creation.

🌹The melody of divine unity resounds without end, from eternity to eternity.

🌹A sense of true unity is possible only through the language of God.

🌹Through the language of innate disposition and unity, human beings understand the language of water and bread, of light, and every other tongue.

🌹The cry of love and divine unity throughout existence is the ever-speaking language of being.

🌹The poem of existence is a hymn to the oneness of God.

🌹All are held in the embrace of divine unity.

🌹The language of divine unity is the language of connection and wholeness.

🌹Keep the flame of divine unity burning bright at all times.

🌹Knowledge is the ever-shining light of divine unity.

🌹All bear the seal of divine unity.

🔅🌼A Student’s Perspective on “The Imam: Active Divine Unity” 🌼🔅

🔹 The Imam: Active Divine Unity

🔹 The eve of the birth of Imam Jawad (peace be upon him)

📅 Date: 1403/10/22 – 11 Rajab 1446

✨ Session: Meshkat-e Noor

🎤 Speaker: Master Ali Saei

📝 Some of the topics discussed in the session:

### 🌟 The eve of the birth of the Imam of generosity and grace 

Imam al-Jawad is the one who parts the seas, both earthly and heavenly. He opens the springtime of hearts, and the miracle of God rests in the hands of the most generous of the Imams. He is the Moses of the Family of Muhammad and, in his concision, the Jesus of the Family of Muhammad. 

Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him, is the Imam of generosity and munificence, a source of divine blessings—endless and boundless. Imam al-Rida, peace be upon him, said: “This blessed child is the greatest blessing for our Shia; no child like him has ever been born among our Shia.” This points to a particular mystery: the Shia must draw forth the blessings of Imam al-Jawad.

### 🌌 The Shia and the discovery of Jawadi blessings 

A Shia must be an engineer of Jawadi blessings. Through his Imam al-Jawad, he must attain the highest station. God has opened the gates of this Imam to us. Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him, is a source of divine generosity and munificence. Through this Imam, God has made His blessings and acts of grace manifest. 

Who will enter the sea of Jawadi blessings? The Shia must be immersed in God’s vast and endless blessings. God’s blessing is a sign of the unceasing, enduring nature of His mercy. 

### 🌠 The blessings of Imam al-Jawad: the secret to freedom from material and spiritual poverty 

Why am I poor and deprived? Because I have lost my blessing and wealth. The Imam dwells within my heart. If my heart is spacious and open, I have found my Imam. But if my heart is constricted, I have lost him. This is the poverty I have brought upon myself. 

Why am I the poorest of all? Because I have forgotten the immense wealth and treasure that is Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him. I have a proof of God such as Imam al-Jawad, yet I have left him inactive in my life. If I had not, the dominion of Imam al-Jawad would encompass all my possessions and property, and I would know no bounds. 

### 🌌 Wronging the Imam and oneself: a grave denial of blessing 

Could there be any greater act of ingratitude? I have denied an immense blessing: Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him. I have wronged the Imam and, before that, myself. I have wronged my own soul and committed a crime against it. 

Forgetting a blessing is no different from destroying it. What must I do to benefit from this great source? Receiving these blessings requires a spacious heart—a heart made sound through pure intention. 

When a person’s intention becomes corrupt, blessing withdraws from them. It departs and passes away. Purifying the heart and intention is the key to receiving the blessings of Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him.

### 🌟 The principles for benefiting from the blessings of Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him 

To observe the principles of blessing, one must set the heart right and purify one’s intention. As long as one’s intention is not sound and one’s heart has not become pure, it is impossible to benefit from the blessings of Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him. If a person’s heart is not worthy of the greatest blessings, the Imam departs from them. 

The secret to benefiting from Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him, lies in turning to God, seeking knowledge of Him, and fulfilling the rights and duties owed to God’s proof. Only with a pure heart, a sound intention and a sincere soul can one benefit from the Imam’s immense blessings. 

Lord, purify my heart and make my soul sound and sincere, so that I may become worthy of receiving this greatness. 

### 🌌 Faith and piety: keys that unlock blessings 

The secret to benefiting from the blessings of Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him, lies in faith and piety. Faith must be renewed and its soundness assessed. Piety, too, must be examined, so that the blessings of heaven and earth may be opened to a person. 

With the two keys of faith and piety, one can draw forth Jawadi blessings and reach their depths. 

Lord, grant me Jawadi faith and Jawadi piety, so that I may benefit from these immense blessings and be delivered from poverty, blindness and distance from You. 

### 🌠 Remaining close to blessings through the great ones 

The Noble Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (PBUH) said: 

Blessing abides with the great among you. 

Whoever stays close to their parents dwells within God’s blessings. Whoever sits with the great and keeps their company attains divine blessings. 

To partake of the generosity of Jawādiyya, we must know the great figures in Imam Jawad’s (AS) family. They are: 

– Imam Reza, Imam Kazim, Imam Ja‘far Sadiq, Imam Sajjad, Imams Hasan and Husayn, Imam Ali al-Murtada, and the noble Prophet Muhammad Mustafa. 

– His revered grandmother, Fatima Zahra (SA). 

Keeping close to the great figures in Imam Jawad’s (AS) family is the way to partake of Jawādiyya’s blessings. 

What an astonishing thought! If we keep Imam Jawad’s (AS) great forebears in mind and turn to them for intercession, God’s blessings upon us will multiply. 

### 🌌 The swift arrival of God’s blessings and the spreading of generosity

God’s blessings reach a home where His bounty is freely given faster than a needle sinking into a camel’s hump or a flood rushing downhill. If we open the table of God’s mercy to those in need, His mercy will pour down upon us with utmost swiftness. 

To benefit from the table of Jawādiyya, it is enough to spread the tables of Imam Jawad’s (AS) generosity and kindness. As we lay them out and share the virtues of Jawādiyya, we will witness a downpour of its blessings rushing towards us.

### 🌠 A profound hadith from Imam Jawad (AS) 

A single saying of Imam Jawad (AS) is a key that unlocks our innate nature. This noble Imam, relating a hadith from the Commander of the Faithful (AS) about the human soul, sheds light on a wondrous truth. 

When the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (AS), was asked what becomes of the human soul during sleep, he referred the question to Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (AS). Imam Hasan (AS) said: 

The soul belongs to the spirit, and the spirit belongs to the air. This air is celestial, beyond the material world. When God permits the soul to return, the spirit draws it in and places it back in the body, and the person remains alive. But if He does not permit its return, the air draws in the spirit, and the spirit in turn draws in the soul, and the person departs this world.

### 🌌 The soul’s life depends on celestial air 

The human soul is born of the spirit, and the spirit of the air. It is this celestial air that gives life to the soul. When we sleep, our soul goes to the celestial air and draws nourishment from it. But sin and heedlessness keep the soul imprisoned in the body and prevent it from reaching the celestial air. 

Whoever is imprisoned by the lower self and the world kills their own soul and is denied spiritual expansion. Only through remembrance of God can the soul be set free and placed in the embrace of the spirit and the air, where it may drink their celestial milk, return to the body, and breathe new life into it.

### 🌠 The soul’s release from captivity and its flight towards innate nature 

If our soul cannot take flight, our innate nature will grow rigid. Innate nature is a traveller that must continually expand, for God’s knowledge and power have no bounds, and at every moment He is engaged in a new act. Yet heedlessness and sin bind the soul and keep it from encountering celestial reality. 

Our soul is a traveller bound for our innate nature. If we do not let it take flight, our innate nature, too, will cease to flourish, and our very being will sink into lifelessness. The soul needs the air of divine unity to escape the darkness and reach the boundless expanse of its God-given nature.

### 🌟 The Imam: a soul joined to divine unity 

I have killed my soul because I have lost my way from my Imam. The Imam is the means that connects us to the heavens and the Highest Realm; the Imam is more soul than the soul itself. He breathes life into my soul across the horizons and the heavens. Imam Jawad (AS) is the transcendent divine means: if I had the chance to breathe alongside him, I would know the joy of a pure life grounded in divine unity. 

It is only through the Imam that one can experience a pure, monotheistic life, because the Imam is actualised primordial nature and active monotheism. The Imam is the very fabric of monotheism throughout existence. 

### 🌌 Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him: The Key to Understanding Monotheism 

The Imam is the divine tongue through whom we attain unity of speech. The blessed words of Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him, concerning monotheism are a concise expression of monotheism from beginning to end. Explaining the meaning of “الواحد”, he said: 

In other words, monotheism is the shared language of all creatures. The entire universe, in one language, proclaims the oneness and uniqueness of God. All creatures, from the tiniest particles of the world to the galaxies, magnify and affirm the oneness of God in the language of monotheism. 

Monotheism is the very essence of rational understanding, while polytheism is nothing more than an illusion. If the primordial nature awakens and we remain close to our Imam, we will attain the reality of monotheism. The Imam is active monotheism, and accompanying him is the awakening of primordial nature. 

### 🌠 The Language of Primordial Nature: The Language of Monotheism 

No one and no created thing can call upon anyone other than God. The whole of human existence bears witness to God’s oneness. Every creature, in the language of primordial nature and in harmony with all other creatures, glorifies the oneness of God. 

If a human being were to speak through primordial nature, they would understand the language of water, light, the stars and the birds. All the particles of the universe, from the angels to the plants, sing a hymn to God’s oneness. Love is one and unique, and it belongs to God. 

The language of primordial nature is the language of connection and unity, a language shared by all beings. Escape from primordial nature, just as separation from creation, is impossible. All knowledge and life are manifestations of monotheism. 

### 🌌 Monotheism: The Shared Language of All Creatures 

Monotheism is the shared language of all creatures. Separation from primordial nature, just as separation from creation, is impossible. All beings bear the seal of monotheism and cannot free themselves from this hymn of oneness. 

“We are all held in the embrace of God’s monotheism.” 🌟 

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

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