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The Meshkat-e Noor teachings series🌼Fatima Maʿsuma, Conqueror of the Pure Heights🌼
🌼Banner of Sanctity🌼
🌼Daughter of Laylat al-Qadr🌼
🌸🔆🌿 “The Pure Maʿsuma” “The Mystery of Maʿsumiyya”
🔅🌹 A summary with an addendum: “The Pure Maʿsuma” “The Mystery of Maʿsumiyya” “The Fragrance of Purity” “The Flower of the Kadhimiyya Garden” “The Light of the Musawiyya” 1402.02.30 Ali Saʿi (Abdullah Meshkat 110.141(903) 🌹🔅
🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹
🔅 السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
☘️ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ خَدِيجَةَ
🔅 السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
☘️ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ
🔅 السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ
☘️ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أُخْتَ وَلِيِ اللَّهِ
🔅 السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا عَمَّةَ وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ
☘️ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
🔅 السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ عَرَّفَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَكُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ حَشَرَنَا فِي زُمْرَتِكُمْ وَ أَوْرَدَنَا حَوْضَ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَ سَقَانَا بِكَأْسِ جَدِّكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ
☘️ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُرِيَنَا فِيكُمُ السُّرُورَ وَ الْفَرَجَ وَ أَنْ يَجْمَعَنَا وَ إِيَّاكُمْ فِي زُمْرَةِ جَدِّكُمْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ أَنْ لَا يَسْلُبَنَا مَعْرِفَتَكُمْ إِنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ قَدِيرٌ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ بِحُبِّكُمْ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ وَ التَّسْلِيمِ إِلَى اللَّهِ رَاضِياً بِهِ غَيْرَ مُنْكِرٍ وَ لَا مُسْتَكْبِرٍ وَ عَلَى يَقِينِ مَا أَتَى بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ بِهِ رَاضٍ نَطْلُبُ بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَكَ يَا سَيِّدِي اللَّهُمَّ وَ رِضَاكَ وَ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ
🔅يَا فَاطِمَةُ اشْفَعِي لِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنَّ لَكِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ شَأْناً مِنَ الشَّأْنِ
🌹🌱🌸 اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَخْتِمَ لِي بِالسَّعَادَةِ فَلَا تَسْلُبَ مِنِّي مَا أَنَا فِيهِ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ اسْتَجِبْ لَنَا وَ تَقَبَّلْهُ بِكَرَمِكَ وَ عِزَّتِكَ وَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ عَافِيَتِكَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
🌹🔅 يَا فَاطِمَةُ اشْفَعِي لِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنَّ لَكِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ شَأْناً مِنَ الشَّأْن 🔅🌹
🌸🔆Intercessor of the Maʿsumiyya
🌸If Paradise were to smile, the beauty of Fatima Maʿsuma would shine forth.
🌹Pleading for intercession at the sacred threshold of Maʿsumiyya reveals how deeply creation needs the gentle kindness of the pure Maʿsuma.
🌸An institution bearing the name of Fatima Maʿsuma is a sign of the flourishing of the arts of purity and sanctity, and a promise that truth, chastity, modesty and purity will prevail over immodesty, shamelessness and impurity.
🌹Fatima Maʿsuma is a spirit of joy and spirituality in the souls of the virtuous!
🌸Fatima Maʿsuma destroys the poison of shamelessness. Like a breeze of beauty and purity, Fatima Maʿsuma is beginning to waft through the soul of the world.
🌹All beauty blossoms from a pure heart!
🌸Fatima Maʿsuma is a field of wonders of innocence!
🌹The flowering of majestic grandeur, one of its manifestations, becomes a blossom of Fatima Maʿsuma.
🌸Beauty lies within the treasury of purity, and Fatima Maʿsuma is one of purity’s treasuries.
🌹The fragrance and taste of purity are ever renewed, growing and springing forth. They never grow stale; in every age, time and place, they have a distinctive, incomparable taste, freshness and beauty.
🌸As time passes, the branches of Fatima Maʿsuma’s grandeur and sanctity grow taller and more magnificent.
🌹The names of the women who will be companions of Baqiyyat Allah al-Aʿzam are inscribed and preserved in Fatima Maʿsuma’s register.
🌸At the advent of Baqiyyat Allah al-Aʿzam, every flower, blossom and fruit of Fatima Maʿsuma’s magnificent garden will come into view.
🌹One day, the world will be illuminated by the sun of the Infallible Lady. Another light will govern the purity of women’s souls. Once again, the banner of chastity, modesty and purity will be raised, and women will take pride in their faith and dignity.
🌼 Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141 (903) 🌼
🌸🔆🌿 “The Evening of the Night of Mourning for Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her)” “The Mysteries of Masuma”
🔅🌹 A summary, with an addendum: “The Mysteries of Masuma,” “A Journey between the Sign of God and the Curse of God,” “A Garden of Purity,” “The Great Effects of Fatima Masuma,” “The Worship of Water, Light and Honey,” and more… 1402.08.04 Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141 (903) 🌹🔅
🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹
🔅🌼A Portrait of Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) 🌼🔅
🌻Her Eminence Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) is a sacred sign, the remnant of al-Kawthar, the fruit of valor, the abode of knowledge of al-Zahra, the gateway to al-Zahra, a great treasure for women, and their model and source of inspiration.
🌻Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) is beyond compare to even the most precious red ruby!
🌷🔅 عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ الْأَعْشَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنَةُ أَعَزُّ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ أَعَزُّ مِنَ الْكِبْرِيتِ الْأَحْمَرِ فَمَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمُ الْكِبْرِيتَ الْأَحْمَر
Al-Kāfī (Islamic edition), vol. 2, p. 242 Al-Kulayni, Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyya, Tehran, fourth edition, 1407 AH.
🌻A believing woman is rarer, more precious and more beloved; and Fatima Masuma is the lady of believing women! She stands at the summit, crowned with noble virtues.
🌻A God-fearing woman of faith is nobler than a God-fearing man of faith.
🌻Fatima Masuma, one degree below Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her), is the radiant sun of the women of the world.
🌻In the truest sense, Fatima Masuma embodies the Sign of God; she guides people towards God. She brings life to the marketplace of worship and devotion.
🌻Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) is the gateway to knowing al-Zahra the Most Pure (peace be upon her).
🌻Under the loving care of Masuma (peace be upon her), springs of Zahra-inspired wisdom surge and flow.
🌻Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) is a matchless, immeasurable treasure for women and for all who seek the mysteries of the world.
🌻Were it not for women like Masuma, the earth would have reached its appointed end. Fatima Masuma means the dignity of women; she safeguards their integrity and womanhood. She is the Sign of God among women.
🌻Masuma means the banner of women’s sanctity and integrity.
🌻Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) carried out hidden and manifest missions in this world of existence.
🌻The whole world is held captive by the generosity of Masuma (peace be upon her).
🌻The source of Fatima Masuma’s immense attraction and magnetism lies in her sanctity, purity and excellence in worship.
🌻By God, Fatima Masuma is a great divine mystery.
🌻Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) interpreted the verses through her sacred being.
🌻Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) is God’s supreme sign, a great divine light and radiance. A sign is a mark and a guide, and she is among the finest guides along the path of devotion; she illuminates the road to God.
🌻The holy shrine of Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) is where the breath of divine mercy blows.
🌻Fatima Masuma (peace be upon her) مفسّر و مؤوّل آیه « الَّذي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ” is. She is among the manifestations of “الَّذي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ”.
🌷🔅 Al-Sajdah: 7 الَّذي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ وَ بَدَأَ خَلْقَ الْإِنْسانِ مِنْ طينٍ
🌷🔅 Al-Tin: 4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ في أَحْسَنِ تَقْويمٍ
🌻 Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, in her purity and sanctity is the sovereign of hearts and feelings.
🌻 Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her—it is not that she is the sweetness of Paradise’s smile; rather, Paradise itself derives its sweetness from her pure smile.
🌻 Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, is among the pure and peerless works of Latifa, Aziza, Habiba and Azima. To enter into the grand workshop of God, the Blessed and Exalted, Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, is the path and the mystery.
🌻 The worship of light, the bowing and prostration of light, her standing, remembrance and glorification—how magnificent they are; and likewise the worship of water and bread and sun—Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, holds a station higher than that. Water is life-giving; the worship of water is transformative, it transforms life itself. The worship of salt and honey—how elegant, sweet and palatable; bravo to Fatima Masuma and her worship.
🌻 The effects of Fatima Masuma’s, peace be upon her, acts of worship have added to the grace and subtlety of the universe.
🌻 Through the drops of ablution and the sweat of souls striving on the divine path, and through the remembrance and glorification of the faithful, what things God does not create! What wondrous creations the Mighty God does not bring forth. From the heart of Fatima Masuma’s, peace be upon her, worship, what marvels He has not cast into being.
🌻 Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, is among the interpretations of ” إِنَّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوْثَرَ “. Masuma is the pure child of Kawthar.
🌻 Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, is the child of the “Night of Destiny.”
🌻 The world is captive to the attraction of Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her—both the inhabitants of the earth and the inhabitants of the heavens.
🌻 Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, is among the interpretations of ” فَتَبارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخالِقينَ”.
🌻 In every creation there is a “Blessed is God”; at the moment of the creation of Fatima Masuma, peace be upon her, what creations have enveloped the world.
🌻 The hidden missions of Masuma, peace be upon her, have manifest and glorious effects.
🌻 Reza and Masuma, peace be upon them both—what magnificent conquests this brother and sister have not brought to the world!
🌻 Unbelieving women are merely performers of the outward role of womanhood and are strangers to the spirit of femininity.
🌻 Women without chastity and modesty are afflicted with self-abasement and self-degradation; they have turned themselves into dolls for the lustful, and like an apple bitten by the sick at heart, they end up in the garbage heap.
🌻 The cause of the depression of shameless women is the plundering of their greatest capital, which is their personhood.
🌻 A woman’s true dowry is not a dowry of dirhams and dinars; their dowry is heavenly, their dowry is with God, and only God Himself is able to pay their dowry.
🌻 Marriage is not limited to physical procreation; there is also spiritual procreation. In addition to physical children, a human being has spiritual children—through blood and through spirit.
🌻 Complete and fundamental marriage is a marriage that is realized with all the pillars of one’s being, not one that is limited to the physical form.
🌻 Without Zahra (peace be upon her), Zaynab (peace be upon her), Masuma (peace be upon her) and the like of these noble figures, the world would be filled with ugliness, blackness and ill-omened darkness. Without these noble figures, the extinction of the human race would be conceivable, because of the corruptions that have occurred at the hands of sinful women.
🌻 Today’s world, because of its separation from spirituality and sanctity, faces the proliferation of filthy creatures like cockroaches and mice and those who consume filth and carrion.
🌻 By the blessing of the blessed spirit of Zahra (peace be upon her) and the pure children of Zahra (peace be upon her), sacred life continues in our world.
🌻 Truly, Masuma (peace be upon her) is the glorious banner of the women of the world. She is the model of purity for all the women of the world.
🌻 Femininity and masculinity are a particular kind of test in the world of creation. Likewise, being a spouse and being a mother is another test.
🌻 How many women there are who are tender, and how many men there are who are spineless.
🌻 Whoever departs from being a sign and token of God advances toward the curse of God. He becomes a sign of God’s curse.
🌻When a woman regards her outward beauty as her first and last asset, she sells herself to this world for nothing.
🌻If a woman preserves her being as a sign of God, then with the passing of days and moments she becomes sweeter, more delicate and more perfect; the older she grows, the more refined and the more respected she becomes.
🌻The coquettish woman’s dignity dies in the very first bloom of youth.
🌻A woman possesses such power that the great powers are tame and obedient before it; it suffices to picture a mother standing before her grown son.
🌻How many mothers there are who are in truth stepmothers and who call the station of motherhood into question; a mother in the true sense is concerned for her child’s world and the Hereafter, not one who fails to plan for her child’s future beyond this world.
🌻How many spouses there are who are in truth non-spouses; instead of being a source of tranquillity, they are a calamity to their husbands and have plundered his sign of tranquillity.
🌻Being of the disposition of Fatima and Ma’suma perfumes society with the fragrance of the heavenly realm.
🌻The truthful women will be among the companions of Imam al-Zaman, peace be upon him.
🌻It may well be that believing and truthful women among the companions of Imam al-Zaman, peace be upon him, surpass men in worth.
🌻Pure men blossom forth from the souls of pure women and add to the radiance of God’s light.
🌻A corrupt woman has resigned from the station of being a sign of God and has become a buyer of God’s curse.
🌻Women’s display of their adornment means their self-degradation; they have become like dolls and have sold their dignity for a few coins of attention from the lustful; behind their outward beauty they stand condemned.
🌻Flowers, fragrance and honey are the products of purity; beauty, freshness, gentleness and refinement well up from the heart of purity.
Purity is the wing of the heavenly, the majestic and the divine realms. Purity, chastity, modesty and honour are the wings of a woman’s flight to the highest realm.
🌻Through impurity a woman disfigures herself.
🌻Beauty is disfigured amid the fire of lust and flourishes and grows amid purity.
🌻Purity is the field of light and illumination.
🌻Man is God’s noble creature; the angels of the highest realm and the believers immersed in God’s intimate converse behold him in the splendour of shining stars.
🌻Purity is the prevailing force. Pleasure, mercy, compassion, knowledge, wisdom, virtue and awe well up from the heart of purity. Purity is a vast field.
🌷🔅 النحل : 97 مَنْ عَمِلَ صالِحاً مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثى وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَياةً طَيِّبَةً وَ لَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
🌻Righteous action, together with faith, brings a person to the success of a pure life. One who journeys at the summit of faith and in the perfection of righteous action has the purest of lives. The station of the world of Fatima Ma’suma, peace be upon her, is hard and difficult to fathom.
🌻Fatima Ma’suma outstripped others in purity; purity is the means of drawing near and the instrument of meeting God; through purity the soul’s flight becomes easy; purity is the field of noble traits and virtues; the impure heart is narrow and dark, while the pure heart is expansive and vast.
🌻Feeling has a spectrum beyond counting; the pure heart is the heart of all feeling and of the entire spectrum; the delight of the pure heart is beyond reach.
🌻Sin and disobedience deprive a person of pure sustenance. When the lawful is made unlawful for a person, he advances toward disfigurement and turns into a mouse, a cockroach, a vulture, a carrion-eater, a dog, a pig and vile creatures. Nay, but they are more astray.
🌷🔅 عبس : 24 فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسانُ إِلى طَعامِهِ
🌻Let us pay attention to the sustenance of our eyes, ears, intellect and heart.
🌷🔅 الإسراء : 70 وَ لَقَدْ كَرَّمْنا بَني آدَمَ وَ حَمَلْناهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ وَ رَزَقْناهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّباتِ وَ فَضَّلْناهُمْ عَلى كَثيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقْنا تَفْضيلاً
🌻The impure cannot fall in love with the pure.
🌷🔅 An-Nūr: 26 الْخَبيثاتُ لِلْخَبيثينَ وَ الْخَبيثُونَ لِلْخَبيثاتِ وَ الطَّيِّباتُ لِلطَّيِّبينَ وَ الطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّباتِ أُولئِكَ مُبَرَّؤُنَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَ رِزْقٌ كَريمٌ
🌷🔅 Al-Aḥzāb: 35 إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمينَ وَ الْمُسْلِماتِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتِ وَ الْقانِتينَ وَ الْقانِتاتِ وَ الصَّادِقينَ وَ الصَّادِقاتِ وَ الصَّابِرينَ وَ الصَّابِراتِ وَ الْخاشِعينَ وَ الْخاشِعاتِ وَ الْمُتَصَدِّقينَ وَ الْمُتَصَدِّقاتِ وَ الصَّائِمينَ وَ الصَّائِماتِ وَ الْحافِظينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَ الْحافِظاتِ وَ الذَّاكِرينَ اللَّهَ كَثيراً وَ الذَّاكِراتِ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَ أَجْراً عَظيماً
🌻Every human being has a pole suited uniquely to them—in fact, each has several poles.
🌷🔅 An-Naḥl: 72 وَ اللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْواجاً وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَزْواجِكُمْ بَنينَ وَ حَفَدَةً وَ رَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّباتِ أَ فَبِالْباطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَ بِنِعْمَتِ اللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ
🌷🔅 Al-Ḥujurāt: 13 O أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْناكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَ أُنْثى وَ جَعَلْناكُمْ شُعُوباً وَ قَبائِلَ لِتَعارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقاكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَليمٌ خَبيرٌ
🌷🔅 Al-Baqarah: 25 وَ بَشِّرِ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ كُلَّما رُزِقُوا مِنْها مِنْ ثَمَرَةٍ رِزْقاً قالُوا هذَا الَّذي رُزِقْنا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ أُتُوا بِهِ مُتَشابِهاً وَ لَهُمْ in them أَزْواجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ وَ هُمْ therein they will abide forever
🌻Sexuality in the hereafter is not like sexuality in the material world; indeed, masculinity and femininity may come to an end in this world itself. The purified spouses cannot be reserved for men alone.
🌻Femininity and masculinity, like wealth and poverty, are means of trial.
🌻The hereafter is a realm of transformation, change, and higher states of being.
🌷🔅 Āl ʿImrān: 15 قُلْ أَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ ذلِكُمْ لِلَّذينَ اتَّقَوْا عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدينَ in them وَ أَزْواجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ وَ رِضْوانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ بَصيرٌ بِالْعِبادِ
🌷🔅 At-Tawbah: 72 وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدينَ in them وَ مَساكِنَ طَيِّبَةً في جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ وَ رِضْوانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ذلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظيمُ
🌻Turning away from sensual and bodily pleasures gives rise to true pleasures.
🌻A human being can have diverse sexualities, natures, and kinds. This depends solely on the will of God.
🌻Sexuality is like clothing. A human being is not confined by it.
⁉️Question:
Master, could you explain further what you said about a person being able to have diverse sexualities, natures, and kinds? What do you mean by gender, kind, and class? And when you say “can,” does this mean it is possible under certain conditions, but not possible without them?
‼️Answer:
☘️Plants are one of the classes of beings; each being belongs to a particular class. Plants have various kinds, and the flower is one kind of plant. Flowers, in turn, have different varieties: roses, narcissi, jasmine, and so on—each is a variety of flower!
☘️Now apply this example to the human being!
⁉️Question:
In light of what you’ve said, is this material body a class specific to human beings?
Do people who are transformed into animals thereby undergo a descent in kind?
Is it also possible to rise to a higher kind in this material world?
إِنَّمَا یُرِیدُ اللهُ لِیُذْهِبَ عَنْکُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَیتِ وَ یُطَهِّرَکُمْ تَطْهِیراً
Does becoming free of all defilement and impurity count as a kind of elevation in kind?
‼️Answer:
🔅Yes. A human being could have been created in different kinds. We might say that humanity itself is a kind, yet human beings could have appeared in various kinds.
🔅Yes. Metamorphosis is the descent of a higher kind to a lower one.
🔅Yes. If a human being does not rise to a higher kind, that is a loss; descending to a lower kind is a sign of being accursed.
🔅Purifying the soul of defilement and impurity merely polishes its kind, bringing it to its highest and most perfect state. To rise to a higher kind, the kind must first be purified; only then can it ascend from its present state to a higher one.
🌻A woman martyr surpasses a man martyr; the influence of a martyr is stronger than oxygen. Fatimah Maʿṣūmah, peace be upon her, is a woman martyr, and her influence continues to flow through our world.
🌻All beings are treasurers and trustees of God. Wealth and beauty are among the trusts God has placed in their care. Some trustees prove faithful, while others betray that trust.
🌷🔅 عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ الْأَعْشَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنَةُ أَعَزُّ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ أَعَزُّ مِنَ الْكِبْرِيتِ الْأَحْمَرِ فَمَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمُ الْكِبْرِيتَ الْأَحْمَر[1]
🌼 Ali Saʿi (ʿAbdullah Mishkat) 110.141 (903) 🌼
[1] Al-Kāfī (Islamic edition), vol. 2, p. 242 Kulaynī, Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyya, Tehran, fourth edition, 1407 AH.