Supreme Leader Meets with Secretary General of Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, met Thursday morning with Ramadhan Abdullah, Secretary General of Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, and his accompanying delegation. Speaking at the meeting, His Eminence expressed his satisfaction with the victory of resistant Gaza in the 51-day war and the frustration of the Zionist regime in the face of a besieged people.

HUMBLENESS

 التَّواضُع‏

 HUMBLENESS

 الحَثُّ عَلَى التَّواضُعِ‏

ENCOURAGING HUMBLENESS

رسول اللَّه صلى اللَّه علیه وآله : مالی لا أرى‏ علَیکُم حَلاوَةَ العِبادَةِ ؟! قالوا : وما حَلاوَةُ العِبادَةِ ؟ قالَ : التَّواضُعُ .^۱

The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Why do I not see in you the sweetness of worship?!' They asked, 'What is the sweetness of worship?' He said, 'Humbleness.' ^۲

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه علیه وآله : إنّ أفضَلَ النّاسِ عَبداً مَن تَواضَعَ عَن رِفعَةٍ .^۳

The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best of people is a worshipper who humbles himself when in a high position.' ^۴

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه علیه وآله : طُوبى‏ لِمَن تَواضَعَ للَّهِ فی غَیرِ مَنقَصَةٍ ، وأذَلَّ نَفسَهُ فی غَیرِ مَسکَنَةٍ .^۵

The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Blessed be he who humbles himself before Allah without having any deficiency, and who humiliates himself without poverty.' ^۶

Devilish Misgivings

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 الوَسوَسة

DEVILISH MISGIVINGS

 الوَسوَسَةُ فِی العَقائِدِ

 MISGIVINGS IN MATTERS OF BELIEF

ابن مسعودٍ : سألنا رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه علیه وآله عنِ الرّجُلِ یَجِدُ الشّی‏ءَ لَو خَرَّ مِن السّماءِ فتَخطَفُهُ الطَّیرُ کانَ أحَبَّ إلَیهِ مِن أن یَتَکلَّمَ بهِ ، قالَ : ذاکَ مَحضُ الإیمانِ ، أو صَریحُ الإیمانِ .^۱

The Prophet (SAWA) - when asked about a man who experiences something falling from the sky and being snatched by a bird is more pleasant for him than to talk about it, said, 'That is genuine faith or true faith.' ^۲

Revelation and Miracle

Revelation
Every community or nation has witnessed the call of the prophets (‘a) and this call has been necessary and essential. As demonstrated earlier, the intellect can also perceive this necessity. Now, some questions come up that, in spite of their being human beings, how did the prophets (‘a) communicate with God and how did they receive His message?

The Guarantor of Gazelle English Translation of A`ahoo Nama

He is eighth Imam of Muslims, the eighth successor to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and a perfect man. His holy shrine is there in Toos (Khurasan). This place, which is called Mashhad Ur Reza because of the presence of his holy shrine, is one of the world’s famous historical, religious and cultural cities known as holy Mashhad. His miracles and marvels are well known all around the world. His holy shrine is one of the most visited places of the world where millions of people come for pilgrimage to benefit physically and spiritually and return with fulfilled ambitions.
Aastan e Quds e Rizvi foundation which owes the trusteeship of his holy shrine, is the center of knowledge, education, culture, propagation, research, industry, finance, philanthropy, development, welfare, tourism and science. His holy shrine is a symbol of Islamic architecture and without exaggeration it is unique place in world.

The Battle of Zallaqa

It is worth recalling that during the eleventh century and due to the blatant weakness of the ruling Muslim Ta’ifa kingdoms or Party kingdoms who were only concerned with their ill-fated vested interests, and eager to maintain their thrones at any cost, paradoxically and at the same time Christian forces gained more lands from the disenchanted Muslim rulers, and in a desperate move to save what it could be saved, these rulers turned to Yusuf Ibn Tashfin the Ruler of the Al Mourabitoun or Almoravids of North Africa.

The Muslim Conquest of Spain

* Date: 30th of April 711

* Place: Cordoba,Andalusia

* The conquest of Spain was the beginning of a new era in world history,it was the first interaction of Islamic civilization with the Latin West. For centuries, Muslim Spain was a beacon of knowledge to a European continent that was shrouded in the stupor of the Dark Ages. It was Spain, along with southern Italy, that was destined to act as a conduit for learning to the West.

(Imamate of Imam Ali (A.S

First: The Vicegerency

‘Ali (as) is the vicegerent of the Prophet (S) and the vicegerent is the one who bears all responsibilities on behalf of the one he represents. He executes these responsiblities with the command of the one he represents. This tradition is unambiguous in proving this status for ‘Ali (as).
However, the proof of his vicegerency is not restricted to this tradition alone. The Prophet (S) has expressed other traditions regarding this matter on numerous occasions, as recorded in the books of traditions and commentaries from both Sunnis and Shi’ahs.53

Second: The Brotherhood

‘Ali (as) is the brother of the Prophet (S) and Harun (as) was the blood-brother of Musa (as). The Prophet (S) gave the same position to ‘Ali (as) by making the brotherhood contract [‘aqd al-ukhuwwah]. There are numerous traditions regarding this topic that have been transmitted in Shi’ah and Sunni sources, one of which we will describe.

The Sabra and Shatilla Massacre

Compiled by: Syed Muhammad Bokreta
Algiers, Algeria
* Date: 16th of September 1982
* Place: Sabra & Shatila Camps, Lebanon
* Main Historic Figures: The oppressed Palestinians, the Phalangists & the accursed dead filth Sharon.
The slaughter that has occurred 30 years ago in the two contiguous camps at Sabra and Shatilla took place from 18:00 at night on September 16, 1982 until 8:00 in the morning on September 18, 1982, in an area under the control of the “Israeli” Defense Forces (IDF).
The perpetrators were members of the Phalangist (Kata'eb, in Arabic) militia, the Lebanese force that was armed by and closely allied with “ Israel ” since the onset of Lebanon ’s civil war in 1975. The victims during the 62-hour rampage included infants, children, women including pregnant women, and the elderly, some of whom were mutilated or disembowelled before or after they were killed.

Hadith

فَضلُ عُلُوِّ الهِمَّةِ

High Ambition

 رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ اللّه‏َ تعالى یُحِبُّ مَعالِیَ الاُمورِ وأشرافَها، ویَکرَهُ سَفسافَها 
1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah Almighty loves the highest and the most dignified of things and hates inferior things.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43021]


 الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): قَدرُ الرّجُلِ على قَدرِ هِمَّتِهِ 
2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The worth of a man is according to the extent of his ambition.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 47] 


 الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن شَرُفَت هِمَّتُهُ عَظُمَت قِیمَتُهُ
3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose ambition is lofty his value is heightened.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8320]

الإمامُ زینُ العابدینَ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ فی الدُّعاءِ ـ: أسألُکَ مِن الشَّهادَةِ أقسَطَها، ومِن العِبادَةِ أنشَطَها ... ومِن الهِمَمِ أعلاها.

4– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS), in a supplication, said, ‘I ask You for the most fair witnessing, and the most active of worship … and the highest ambition.’[al-SaHIfa al-SajjAdiyya, p. 439, no. 199] 


الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): لاشَرَفَ کبُعدِ الهِمَّةِ 
5– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘There is no dignity like great ambition.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 165, no. 1]