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Newsletter for April 2012
Nahj al-Balagha
Sermons of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a)
(Sermon 195)
Allah's praise, advice about fear of Allah and details about the Day of Judgment
Praise be to Allah who has displayed such effects of His
authority and the glory of His sublimity through the wonders of
His might that they dazzle the pupils of the eyes and prevent
the minds from appreciating the reality of His attributes. I
stand witness that there is no god but Allah by virtue of
belief, certainty, sincerity and conviction. I also stand
witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Prophet whom He
deputed when the signs of guidance were obliterated and the ways
of religion were desolate. So, he threw open the truth, gave
advice to the people, guided them towards righteousness and
ordered them to be moderate. May Allah bless him and his
descendants.
Know, O' creatures of Allah, that He has not created you for
naught and has not left you free. He knows the extent of His
favors over you and the quantity of His bounty towards you.
Therefore, ask Him for success and for the attainment of aims.
Beg before Him and seek His generosity. No curtain hides you
from Him, nor is any door closed before you against Him. He is
at every place, in every moment and every instance. He is with
every man and jinn. Giving does not create any breach in Him.
Gifting does not cause Him diminution. A beggar cannot exhaust
Him and paying (to others) cannot take Him to the end.
One person cannot turn His attention from another, one voice
does not detract Him from another voice, and one grant of favor
does not prevent Him from refusing another favor. Anger does not
prevent Him from mercy, mercy does not prevent Him from
punishing; His concealment does not hide His manifestness and
His manifestness does not prevent Him from concealment. He is
near and at the same time distant. He is high and at the same
time low. He is manifest and also concealed. He is concealed yet
well-known. He lends but is not lent anything. He has not
created (the things of) creation after devising, nor did He take
their assistance on account of fatigue.
I advise you, O' creatures of Allah, to have fear of Allah, for
it is the rein and the mainstay (of religion). Hold fast to its
salient points, keep hold of its realities. It will take you to
abodes of easiness, places of comfort, fortresses of safety and
houses of honor on the Day (of Judgment) when eyes will be wide
open, (Qur'an, 14:42), when there will be darkness all round,
when small groups of camels pregnant for ten months will be
allowed free grazing, and when the Horn will be blown, then
every living being will die, every voice will become dumb the
high mountains and hard rocks will crumble (to pieces) so that
their hard stones will turn into moving sand and their bases
will become level. (On that day) there will be no intercessor to
intercede and no relation to ward off (trouble), and no excuse
will be of avail.
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