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"The human soul and character, much like water, are influenced by their surroundings. Therefore, one of the Islamic duties and obligations is to reform the environment and create a healthy society, which is referred to as 'Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil'."— Martyr Thinker Murtaza Mutahhari, Sermons and Wisdom, Volume II

'.I loved you until I believed you were eternal, as if mortality could never find your door.'

Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:"Sorrow is the hallmark of the gnostics (the knowers of God), due to the abundance of divine inspirations descending upon their innermost souls, and their prolonged intimate communion beneath the veil of Divine Majesty.The sorrowful person appears outwardly constrained, yet is inwardly expanded; he lives among creation like the sick, but lives with God in close proximity.The sorrowful person is different from the contemplative thinker. This is because the thinker exerts effort, while the sorrowful person is naturally dispositioned. Sorrow emanates from the inner depths, whereas contemplation arises from observing created things—and between the two, there is a profound difference.Concerning the story of Jacob (peace be upon him), God Almighty said:‘I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.’ [Quran 12:86]. Thus, because of what lay beneath his sorrow, he was granted a specific knowledge from God that was withheld from the rest of the world.It was once said to Rabi' bin Khuthaym: ‘Why are you always sorrowful?’He replied: ‘Because I am being sought (by the Divine).’The right hand of sorrow is brokenness (spiritual humility), and its left hand is silence. Sorrow is exclusive to the knowers of God, whereas contemplation is shared by both the elite and the common people.If sorrow were to be veiled from the hearts of the gnostics for even a single hour, they would cry out for help. And if it were placed into the hearts of others, they would reject it with aversion.Thus, sorrow is a state whose immediate consequence is ultimate security and glad tidings. Contemplation is a state whose initial consequence is the correction of faith, and its third consequence is utter dependency on God Almighty in seeking salvation.The sorrowful person is contemplative, and the contemplative person takes heed. Each of them possesses a unique spiritual state, knowledge, path, forbearance, and honor

' I wish I were a shadow over your coffin... I wish...'

'The funerals of my tears lamented you in grief, and prostrated at your cortege, weeping low.'

"O You, who are more compassionate toward me than a tender parent, and closer to me than a constant companion! You are the source of my comfort in solitude when the place feels desolate, and when my homelands have cast me out."

They blame me for the grief I lay bare for you, Yet I conceal twice the sorrow they see. Death has folded him away from my sight, Making his resting place so distant, though near; so close, yet so far.

فَإِنَّ العَيشَ بَعدَكَ غَيرُ عَيشٍ وَإِنَّ الناسَ بَعدَكَ غَيرُ ناسِ

˚˖🦢 من خطبةٍ لأمير المؤمنين يصف فيها المتقين˚˖🦢˚

"I fell deeply in love with literature—a love so immense that it filled the very depths of my soul. No hour was dearer to me, nor more cherished, than an hour spent in solitude. I would lock my door and surrender myself to my book. It would then seem as though I had been transported from this world into another from the realms of ancient history, witnessing those beautiful eras with my own eyes."

May my father be sacrificed for their noble bodies, which have become A target for the enemies' arrows and their pointed spears. Stripped of their fine, embroidered garments, they now lie, With only the interlacing lances to shroud their grace.