"Sacrifice for Allah"

(Imam Sajjad (as)'s Sahifa)

دُعَاؤُهُ فِي اللَّجَإِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

In seeking asylum with God

O God, if Thou willest, Thou wilt pardon us through Thy bounty

اللّهُمَّ إن تَشَأْ تعفُ عَنّا فَبِفضْلِكَ ،

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and if Thou willest, Thou wilt chastise us through Thy justice. So make our ways smooth to Thy pardon through Thy kindness

وَانْ تَشَأْ تُعَذِّبْنا فَبَعدْلِكَ. فَسَهِّلْ لَنَا عَفْوَكَ بِمنِّكَ ،

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and grant us sanctuary from Thy chastisement through Thy forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Thy justice

وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ بِتَجاوُزكَ; فَإنَّهُ لاَ طاقَةَ لَنَا بَعدلِكَ،

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and none of us can reach deliverance without Thy pardon!

وَلاَ نجاةَ لأحَد مِنّا دُوْنَ عَفْوِكَ.

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O Richest of the rich! Here we are, Thy servants, before Thee.

يا غَنِيَّ الأغْنياء هَا نَحَنُ عِبادُكَ بين يدَيكَ

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I am the neediest of the needy toward Thee, so redress our neediness through Thy plenty

وَأَنَا أَفقَرُ الفْقَراء إليْكَ فَأجْبُرْ فاقَتَنا بِوُسْعِكَ ،

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and cut us not off from our hopes through Thy withholding, lest Thou makest wretched him who seeks felicity through Thee

ولا تَقْطَعَ رَجَاءنا بِمَنْعِكَ فَتَكُوْنَ قد أَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اسْتَسْعَدَ بِكَ ،

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and deprivest him who seeks help from Thy bounty!

وَجَرَمْتَ مَنِ اسْتَرْفَدَ فَضْلَكَ.

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Then to whom would we return after Thee?

فَإلى مَنْ حيْنئذ مُنْقَلَبُنَا عَنْكَ ،

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Where would we go from Thy gate?

وإلى أيْنَ مَذهَبُنَا عن بَابِكَ ،

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Glory be to Thee! We are the distressed, the response to whom Thou hast made incumbent,

سُبْحَنَكَ نَحْنُ المضْطُّرون الذّينَ أَوْجَبْتَ إجابَتَهُمْ ،

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the people from whom Thou hast promised to remove the evil.

وَأهْلُ السُّوْء الذّيْنَ وَعَدْتَ الْكَشْفَ عَنْهُمْ.

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That thing most resembling Thy will

وَأَشْبَـهُ الأَشْياءِ بِمَشِيَّتِـكَ ،

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and that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightiness is showing mercy to him who asks Thee for mercy

وَأَوْلَى الأمُورِ بِكَ فِيْ عَظَمَتِكَ رَحْمَةُ مَنِ اسْتَرْحَمَكَ،

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and helping him who seeks help from Thee. So show mercy upon our pleading with Thee

وَغَوْثُ مَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ، فَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعَنَا إلَيْكَ،

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and free us from need when we throw ourselves before Thee!

وَأَغْنِنَا إذْ طَرَحْنَـا أَنْفُسَنَا بَيْنَ يَـدَيْكَ.

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O God, Satan will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying Thee,

أللَّهُمَّ إنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ شمِتَ بِنَا إذْ شَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ،

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so bless Muhammad and his Household

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

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and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for Thee

وَلا تُشْمِتْهُ بِنَا بَعْدَ تَرْكِنَا إيَّاهُ لَكَ،

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and beseeched Thee against him!                                                               

Prophet                                          Muhammed (saws) said:                    

 اِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَجْمَعُ خَلْقَهُ في بَطْنِ أُمَّهِ أَرْبَعينَ يَوْمَاً نُطْفَةً ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذلِكَ؛ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذلِكَ؛ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ اِلَيْهِ مَلَكَاً وَيُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ: أُكْتُبْ عَمَلَهُ وَرِزْقَهُ وَأَجَلَهُ وَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ

Each of you is in your mother's womb as sperm for forty days, then as an embryo for forty more days, and as fetus in like manner. Afterwards, God will send an angel to it, appointing her to four issues- to determine its deeds, daily bread, death, and prosperity or adversity. Then, He blows his spirit into it.

 لِيَسْتَحْيي أحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَلَكَيْهِ الَّذَيْنِ مَعَهُ كَمَا يَسْتَحْيي مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ صَالِحَينِ مِنْ جِيْرانِهِ، وَهُمَا مَعَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ.

Each one of you should keep modest in the sight of the two angels companion to him, just as he does with respect to two of his righteous neighbors, for (these) angels are with him day and night.

 ثَمانِيَةٌ أبْغَضُ خَلِيْقَةِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ: السَّقَّارُونَ؛ وَهُمُ الكَذَّابُوْنَ وَالخَيَّالُوْنَ؛ وَهُمُ المُسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ؛ وَالَّذينَ يَكنِزُوْنَ البَغْضَاءَ لاِخْوانِهِمْ في صُدُورِهِمْ؛ فَاِذا لَقُوهُمْ تَخَلَّقُوْا لَهُمْ؛ وَالَّذِيْنَ اِذا دُعُوْا إلى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كانُوْا بِطاءً؛ وَاِذا دُعُوْا إلَى الشَّيْطانِ كانُوْا سِرَاعَاً؛ وَالَّذينَ لا يُشْرِفُ لَهُمْ طَمَعٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيا إلاّ اسْتَحَلُّوْهُ بِأَيْمانِهِمْ؛ وَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ ذلِكَ بِحَقٍّ؛ وَالمَشَّآؤُوْنَ بِالنَّمِيْمَةِ؛ وَالمُفَرِّقُوْنَ بَيْنَ الأحِبَّةِ؛ وَالبَاغُوْنَ البُرآءَ الدَّحْضَةَ؛ أُولِئكَ يَقْذَرُهُمُ الرَّحْمنُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

Eight groups of God's servants will be the most detested of all in the Day of Judgement: liars, selfish people, those who meet their brothers (in faith) joyfully while reserving enmity for them in their hearts, those who are slow in accepting the call to God and His prophet, but quick in following the call to Satan, those who resort to swearing in order to achieve their worldly requests, though having no claim to it, tale- bearers, those who create discord among friends, and those who oppress the fallen innocent people and are called dirty by the Great, Merciful God.

Ayatullah Ul Udhma Shaikh Khurasani's lecture on Sayeda Fatima Zahra (sa)

Coming Signs of the Mahdi 

By Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi

Imam Muhammed Mahdi Ibn Hassan Askari Ibn Ali Naqi (as) is the 12th Light of the 12 Imams appointed by Allah (swt) for the ultimate Guidance for Mankind. 

Imam Mahdi (as) has such a character, such a voice and insight in his character, that we will have to take around hours of time to just verify his standing position in the words of the Quran and Ahadith. Imam Mahdi (as)'s arrival and the coming to this world are advised and echoed sets of very famous Ahadith (via the chain of the AhlulBayt, from Imam Ali (as) to Imam Al-Redha (as))

Those sets of Ahadith are most famously chained by Imam Muhammed Taqi (as), and then later on to be discovered (rather "also mentioned" from him) by his son Imam Ali Al-Hadi An-Naqi (as) too. 

They can be located in Biharal-Anwaar, and Tohfal-Uqool.

Before I give some insight and mention these holy verses, one of the biggest signs of his (as)'s arrival back to this world is the fact that Mother, will be called a rude, ugly, useless part of the family and house. In other words, she will be given no care whatsoever, her status in the house, her presence, as well as her commands orders and wishes will be scraped away like dirt is from the clothes.

This will be highly common, a small need from her, will be replied via ultimate rudeness  she will receive pain from her very own family, sons and daughters...