Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]
4860 sayings · page 25 of 122
Religion is not strengthened, save with manliness.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1659; Page No. 235 · permalink
Religious zeal originates from faith, and debauchery from hypocrisy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1660; Page No. 235 · permalink
What a strange status has a believer! I strongly swear by God that He does not decree for a believer a non-beneficial destiny.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2769. · permalink
What do I have to do with the world? To it, am I like unto a traveler who rests a while under the shade of a tree but leaves it (finally).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2770. · permalink
Verily, this (worldly) fire of yours is one of the seventy flames of the Fire of Hell which could not have been beneficial to you, had it not been extinguished twice with water. Verily, the worldly fire calls unto God to return it not to Hell.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2717. · permalink
Verily, this religion is firmly-based, wherein you should proceed without haste in order not to make the worship of God an object of hate, for an impatient wayfarer (can) neither hike a lot (in fact), nor can he keep his horse intact.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2718. · permalink
Verily, those who engage in idle (false) talks the most will have the heaviest sins in the Day of Judgment.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2719. · permalink
Verily, those who love for God's sake will rest under the shade of the (Divine) Throne.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2720. · permalink
Verily, three times God rejected my request, concerning (the forgiveness of) the killer of a believer.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2721. · permalink
Verily, through good-temperedness, servants (of God) can attain the status of fast persons who stand to prayer at nights.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2722. · permalink
The remembrance of Allah is a healing for the hearts.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1751; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 777 · permalink
Search for knowledge even (if it is to be acquired) in China, for seeking knowledge is a precept for all Muslims, and angels spread their wings for the seekers of knowledge (to sit on) and derive pleasure from what they search for.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1704; Page No. 240&241 · permalink
Search for lore from the birth shore to the grave door.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1705; Page No. 241 · permalink
Secure your properties by giving alms, cure your patients through charity, and resort to praying to guard yourself against calamity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1706; Page No. 241 · permalink
Security and health are two divine blessings most people lose.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1707; Page No. 241 · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God has not appointed me to be fault-finding and trouble making but to be an easy-going teacher.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2612. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God has prescribed efforts for you. Make efforts, therefore.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2613. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God has prescribed for sons of Adam a share in adultery, which they commit willy nilly. The eye's adultery is an unlawful look and the tongue's, an illogical utterance. The (evil) soul requests (something) and invokes (man to answer it), and his private parts either put it into effect or not.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2614. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God has prescribed for women bearing rival wives, and for men struggling in the way of Him. So, any woman who, due to her faith in God, keeps patient in awaiting His reward for this suffering, will be rewarded as a martyr.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2615. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God has prescribed goodness, evil and whatever is there between them (for people).Thus, He will record a perfect reward for whoever intends to do good but falls short in doing that, and He will record for him ten to seven hundred (or more) rewards, if he puts it into effect. Also God will record a perfect reward for whoever intends to do evil but stops doing that, and He will record only one sin for him, if he puts it into effect. As such, whoever brings himself ruin, deserves it.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2616. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God has special groups of people on whom He bestows His blessings to offer to His servants. He keeps His blessings with them as long as they practice generosity, but as soon as they turn out to be stingy, He withholds His blessings from them and shower them on others.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2617. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God hates men and women who marry a lot.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2618. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God hates scurrilous, foul-mouthed people as well as those who raise their voices in bazaars.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2619. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God hates the cruel rich, the arrogant poor and the ignorant aged.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2620. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God heeds not your wealth and appearance, but your hearts and deeds, He attends.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2621. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God informed the strugglers in (the Battle) of Badr, saying: "Do whatever you wish, for I surely forgive you".
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2622. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is chaste, loves glossing faults and loves secrecy. So, cover yourselves when you perform ceremonial washing.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2625. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is conscious of the tongues of all who talk. Thus, (God's) servants should be virtuous and careful about what they say.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2626. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is Forgiver and loves forgiveness.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2627. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is Fragrant and loves fragrance, is Clean and loves cleanliness, is Generous and loves generosity, and is Magnanimous and loves magnanimity. So, clean outside of your houses and be not like unto Jews.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2628. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is Magnanimous and loves magnanimity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2629. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is Moderate, loves moderateness, and through it He bestows (on people) things which he does not do through violence.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2630. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is pleased with ease, not hardship, for this Islamic nation.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2631. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is the most beautiful and loves beauty, is the most generous and loves generosity, and is the cleanest and loves cleanliness.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2632. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God is the most generous and loves the generous. He loves high moral values and hates low morality.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2633. · permalink
Know for sure that Satan is the third party to the illegitimate privacy of a man and a woman.
Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1148, Page No. 163&164 · permalink
Know for sure that sons of Adam have been created into different classes: some are born believers, living and dying as believers; some are born disbelievers, living and dying as disbelievers; and some are born disbelievers, living as disbelievers but dying as believers.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1149; Page No. 164 · permalink
Know people by knowing their friends, for men love the like of themselves.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1150; Page No. 164 · permalink
Know that in man's body there is a lump of flesh which corrupts or rectifies the whole body, being it corrupt or rectified respectively. That is man's heart.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1151; Page No. 164 · permalink
Know that the best businessman is the one who is good both in paying debts and demanding credits, and the worst is the one who is bad in both. If a man is good in the former but bad in the latter or vice versa, that is something in its own right.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1152; Page No. 164 · permalink
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