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Majlis 6 - Forthrightness of the mu’mins in their dealings with the Imam
God says, “Had those who wronged themselves come to you and repented to God, and had the apostle of God also asked for forgiveness for them, they would have found God forgiving and merciful.” (4:64) With regard to the conduct of the hypocrites, God says, “When it is said to them ‘come in, the Prophet of God intercede for you, they shrug their shoulders and turn away puffed up with pride”. (63:5)
The above verses show that those who wrong themselves cannot be forgiven unless they approach God through the Imams, who are the gates of His mercy for His people and the medium of approach for the people. He who seeks God’s mercy through them is favoured by God, and he who tries to reach God through them is lifted to Him. The approach of God through His Prophet as it is mentioned in the above verses means our obedience to the Prophet through our obedience to the Imams who belong to his "Ahl al-bayt”. Had this not been the case, the mercy of God would have been cut off from His people and His forgiveness would have disappeared. The doors of our repentance to Him would have been closed and there would have been no way left open to us for forgiveness.
God has not left this world without a medium of approach to Him. Had there been no such medium left for us, people would have argued in defence of their wrong doing by saying, “There was no one to show us the right path and warn us against the wrong one. There was none to let us know what we did not know, and there was none to whom we could have run for shelter and through whom we could have approached God for forgiveness.” But God has shut the mouth of these people by leaving the medium on earth.
God wants us to be devoted to Him through our devotion to the Imams. They are the gates of His mercy and the Imams by which we can approach Him for forgiveness.
God says in His holy book, “He likes those who repent and those who try to purify themselves.” (2:222) Imam Jafar al-Sadiq says, “We are the gates of God. We are His medium for His people. He who approaches Him through us is brought near Him. He who seeks our intercession is interceded for. He who seeks His favours through us is favoured by Him. He who turns away from us goes astray.”
Let us speak the truth and hide nothing from the Imams and let us do what we do not for the sake of expecting a post from them or for the sake of gaining power. Let us do this for nothing but for the sake of God. Let us do it for the eternal reward from God in return for our giving back the amaanat to the Imams and the fulfilment of our pledge to them.
Men are nothing more than instruments in the hands of the Imams. When these instruments are used by them, they do wonderful things.
Selections from Qadi al-Numan’s Kitaab al-himma fi adab atba‘ al-a’imma
English translation by: Professor Jawad Muscati (Ustad Fil-Uloom il-Arabiya) & Khan Bahadur Professor A.M. Moulvi (MA)
Narrated by Khadim Philip Tyrer
#Fatimid #ismaili #qadinuman #qazinauman #alysunderji #didar #codeofcounduct #kitabalhimma #JawadMuscati #AMMoulvi #PhilipTyrer #mulaqat #agakhan #imam #imamat #satpanth #arabic #ettiquette #audiobook #cairo #tunisia
Majlis 6 - Forthrightness of the mu’mins in their dealings with the Imam
God says, “Had those who wronged themselves come to you and repented to God, and had the apostle of God also asked for forgiveness for them, they would have found God forgiving and merciful.” (4:64) With regard to the conduct of the hypocrites, God says, “When it is said to them ‘come in, the Prophet of God intercede for you, they shrug their shoulders and turn away puffed up with pride”. (63:5)
The above verses show that those who wrong themselves cannot be forgiven unless they approach God through the Imams, who are the gates of His mercy for His people and the medium of approach for the people. He who seeks God’s mercy through them is favoured by God, and he who tries to reach God through them is lifted to Him. The approach of God through His Prophet as it is mentioned in the above verses means our obedience to the Prophet through our obedience to the Imams who belong to his "Ahl al-bayt”. Had this not been the case, the mercy of God would have been cut off from His people and His forgiveness would have disappeared. The doors of our repentance to Him would have been closed and there would have been no way left open to us for forgiveness.
God has not left this world without a medium of approach to Him. Had there been no such medium left for us, people would have argued in defence of their wrong doing by saying, “There was no one to show us the right path and warn us against the wrong one. There was none to let us know what we did not know, and there was none to whom we could have run for shelter and through whom we could have approached God for forgiveness.” But God has shut the mouth of these people by leaving the medium on earth.
God wants us to be devoted to Him through our devotion to the Imams. They are the gates of His mercy and the Imams by which we can approach Him for forgiveness.
God says in His holy book, “He likes those who repent and those who try to purify themselves.” (2:222) Imam Jafar al-Sadiq says, “We are the gates of God. We are His medium for His people. He who approaches Him through us is brought near Him. He who seeks our intercession is interceded for. He who seeks His favours through us is favoured by Him. He who turns away from us goes astray.”
Let us speak the truth and hide nothing from the Imams and let us do what we do not for the sake of expecting a post from them or for the sake of gaining power. Let us do this for nothing but for the sake of God. Let us do it for the eternal reward from God in return for our giving back the amaanat to the Imams and the fulfilment of our pledge to them.
Men are nothing more than instruments in the hands of the Imams. When these instruments are used by them, they do wonderful things.
Selections from Qadi al-Numan’s Kitaab al-himma fi adab atba‘ al-a’imma
English translation by: Professor Jawad Muscati (Ustad Fil-Uloom il-Arabiya) & Khan Bahadur Professor A.M. Moulvi (MA)
Narrated by Khadim Philip Tyrer
#Fatimid #ismaili #qadinuman #qazinauman #alysunderji #didar #codeofcounduct #kitabalhimma #JawadMuscati #AMMoulvi #PhilipTyrer #mulaqat #agakhan #imam #imamat #satpanth #arabic #ettiquette #audiobook #cairo #tunisia
