Lessons from Nahjul Balagha [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

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84

SERMON 84

About the perfection of Allah
and counselling

I stand witness that
there is no god but Allah, He is One and there is no partner with
Him. He is the First, such that nothing was before Him. He is the
Last, such that there is not limit for Him. Imagination cannot
catch any of His qualities. Hearts cannot entertain belief about
His nature. Analysis and division cannot be applied to Him. Eyes
and hearts cannot compare Him.

A part of the same
sermon

O' creatures of Allah!
take lesson from useful items of instruction and shining
indications. Be cautioned by effective items of warning. Get
benefit from preaching and admonition. It is as though the claws
of death are pressed in you, the connection of hope and desires
has been cut asunder, hard affairs have befallen you and your
march is towards the place where everyone has to go, namely death.
Hence, "with every person there is a driver and a
witness" (Qur'an, 50:21). The driver drives him towards
resurrection while the witness furnishes evidence about his deeds.

A part of the same
sermon (about Paradise)

In Paradise there are
high classes and different places of stay. Its boundary never
ends. He who stays in it will never depart from it. He who is
endowed with everlasting abode in it will not get old, and its
resident will not face want.