Allāh’s attribute of Omniscience
Read the full narration →Fear of God, praise for Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran
Nahj al-Balāgha · Volume 1 · Section 198 · 12 narrations
Allāh knows the cries of the beasts in the forest, the sins of the people in seclusion, the movements of the fishes in the deep seas and the rising of the water by tempestuous winds. I stand witness that Muḥammad is the…
Read the full narration →[Advantages of fear of Allāh :] Now then, I advise you to fear Allāh, Who created you for the first time; towards Him is your return, with Him lies the success of your aims, at Him terminate (all) your desires, towards…
Read the full narration →Therefore, make obedience to Allāh the way of your life and not only your outside covering, make it your inner habit instead of only outer routine, subtle enough to enter through your ribs (up to the heart), the guide…
Read the full narration →Therefore, whoever entertains fear of Allāh, troubles remain away from him after having been near, affairs become sweet after their bitterness, waves (of troubles) recede from him after having crowded over him,…
Read the full narration →So, fear Allāh Who benefits you with His good advice, preaches to you through His Messenger, and obliges you with His favours. Devote yourselves to His worship, and acquit yourselves of the obligation of obeying Him.
Read the full narration →[About Islam :] This Islam is the religion which Allāh has chosen for Himself, developed it before His eyes, preferred it as the best among His creations, established its pillars on His love. He has disgraced other…
Read the full narration →He made Islam such that its constituent parts cannot break, its links cannot separate, its construction cannot fall, its columns cannot decay, its plant cannot be uprooted, its time does not end, its laws do not expire,…
Read the full narration →It consists of columns whose bases Allāh has fixed in truthfulness and whose foundation He has strengthened, and of sources whose streams are ever full of water and of lamps, whose flames are full of light, and of…
Read the full narration →[About the Holy Prophet :] Then, Allāh, the Glorified, deputed Muḥammad - the peace and blessing of Allāh be upon him and his descendants - with truth at a time when the destruction of the world was near and the next…
Read the full narration →[About the Holy Qur’ān :] Then, Allāh sent to him the Book as a light whose flames cannot be extinguished, a lamp whose gleam does not die, a sea whose depth cannot be sounded, a way whose direction does not mislead, a…
Read the full narration →Allāh has made it a quencher of the thirst of the learned, a bloom for the hearts of religious jurists, a highway for the ways of the righteous, a cure after which there is no ailment, an effulgence with which there is…
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