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   IN THE NAME OF GOD

 

Condolence to all the Shiites of the world on Martyrdom of Imam Hadi (peace be upon him)

 

Paradise the manifestation of characteristics and Actions:  

God shall let the faithful men who take deserved actions, enter the paradise where there are trees which create shade for the land to protect it from sunlight, where the streams flow. ( Sura: Haj, verses: 14 & 23 )

Paradise is a manifestation of soul of the faithful man in aftermath and since soul of the faithful man is saved from moral anxieties due to relying on God and has reached peace through the heat and burning of disappointment and deprivation and dust and flood of the satanic thoughts and oscillation and moral anxieties, and it enjoys graces of God with gladness, even in the most exact minutes, such as agony, he thinks about God and keeps in peace , thus, in the aftermath, when divinity of the objects emerge, divinity of man’s soul looks like a paradise the trees of which have branches and leaves so much so that they reach each other and makes shade on the land, to protect it from burning sunlight or the storm of the vents and dust of satanic dreams.

So, whether we look at paradise from viewpoint of emergence of the actions, emergence of divinity of soul of the faithful man, or as punishment of the act, anyway, the result shall be equal. The people who refer to God by being faithful and by making good acts, they are placed in the paradise to lie under the shadow of the trees with long branches and leaves.

The streams flowing in Paradise: The streams flowing in paradise are indeed the sciences and knowledge which bestow living to the hearts; since the faithful men being aware of knowledge and science and by acknowledgement to monotheism of God and properties and names of His sacred instincts and acknowledgement of truthfulness of Imam and prophet (p.b.u.h.) they have irrigated their hearts by such knowledge. There, the emergence of such knowledge as living of heart, serve as water streams which revive the dried land.

All the faithful men who commit good act including acknowledgement of the Imam of the Time- shall enjoy the same streams. The extent of pious act of the non-pious act shall serve the same as Imam’s confirmation and his non-confirmation. So, any action commanded by Imam, is a pious act and any act prohibited by Imam is non-pious act. Since, Imam’s view and Imam’s foresight  is a realist and truthful view, therefore, exceeding the words of Imam is deviation from reality and truth.

The four streams at paradise: the story of a paradise promised to the people living in this world, is that there are streams of transparent and fresh water flowing in the paradise and the streams of milk, the color and taste of which shall not change and there are streams of wine which helps those who drink it, reach the peak of enjoyment and the streams of pure honey and  all the fruits and grace of Almighty God. Is the person living in such an eternal paradise like one who shall stay in hell and drink the hot water which will burn all the organs inside him?

Sura: Mohammad, verse: 15

In this sacred verse which mentions that there are four streams in paradise, there are streams of fresh water having not been infectious, because in the world of nature, the creatures shall obtain life from water. We give life to everything out of water, why don’t you keep faith to God?             

Sura: Anbia, verse: 30

Water Streams: It is the life of heart which depends on science and knowledge of God, thus, the streams of science and knowledge which flow at hearts look like the transparent streams which do not change which are apparent. The streams, guides and all types of sciences are true on which living of heart depends and by which the instincts of man are saturated and it means that such sciences are not infected with null habits and void traditions and corrupted beliefs and this stream belongs to those who has reached the rank of heart within the path of God and have enjoyed the divine sciences without the soul’s intervention.

Streams of milk:  there are the streams of milk the taste of which has not changed which present the emergence of sciences suitable for those initiating the path of God. Since milk is the child’s food and the sciences belonging to actions and morals, such as religion and philosophy are prior to soul purification, thus, their emergence serve the same as the streams. They are attributed to the weak points which enjoy aptitude to pass the soul stages and due to avoiding sins and immoralities and are able to reach the rank of heart. But, they have not yet reached the same level and for having learned the preliminaries of science, morals, and acting accordingly, they re-enforce their spirits. Lack of change of tastes of such milk streams is for lack of their pollution with corrupted intentions and actions of the barbarism which separates the sciences from piety and property and change the same to the poison.

The streams of wine: The third are the streams of wine which are much enjoyable to those who drink. In the world, wine is a material with bad smelling and bad taste which removes the sense and comprehension and descends man to the rank of animals. But, wine in the aftermath is a divine attraction which appears in the heart under manifestation of properties and names and wonders wisdom so much so that despite seeing the unlimited divine names and properties and due to its capabilities the wine elevates the man from rank of wisdom to a higher rank which is that of intuition and heart.

Streams of honey: the fourth stream is that of honey, a pure one where there is no sign of wax and which is very sweet. Thus, the sweetness which are brought from the world of sanctum and the enjoys at different stages fro those who move towards God, which make the men think about God and concern their elevation, emerge there as the streams of pure honey lacking interventions and boredom. Of course that belongs to those  who are interested in such attractions and who have not yet been thankful for observation of the manifestations.

Thus, what has been said are the streams of milk of sciences for those who initiate, steams of honey which belong to the average people who observe the properties of God, the streams of wine belong to those who has forgotten their being since they are in love of the eternal being and are under influence of that face, they are blurred by his rays.

 


Imam Knowledge:

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini Tabatabaei, page: 183