Les pensées d’un homme heureux - the thoughts of a happy man 😊

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Chapter 4 - The Contemplation Of The Purpose   - Draft In Shia faith, Imam is a very singular being within Allah's creation. At every era and any time there is one Imam. He is the one who incarnates the closest being to Allah and emanates His Attributes in the most perfect way so he sets as an archetype for other humans, a Purpose to become. The Purpose of Imam himself is Allah. In Quran and Hadiths these Attributes are described as Allah's names.  They are infinite and represent what Allah emanates of His Essence through Imam. In Quran, Allah uses the analogy of light to depict His Essence and that of His Attributes. The analogy goes also for those of Imam. " Allah is the Light of the Heavens and Earth.The analogy of His Light is a niche containing a lamp; a lamp which is enclosed in a glass, a glass which is like a shining star, lit from (the oil of) a blessed olive tree, which is neither from the East nor from the West,  its ...

  بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Chapter 3 - The Contemplation Of The Dual Agenda   - Draft In Quran, Allah strongly advises the reader to think about what he/she experiences in the world and about what His creation seems to display to the reader's mind. The creation is indeed the great Book, which should be read and understood using the frame of reference and the compass offered by Quran and Hadiths. Through the process of thinking (تفکر tafakkor) and the mindful reasoning of the trinitarian perceptions ( تعقل ta'aghole, see  Introduction ), one matures and becomes wise and knowledgeable. Then the creation suggests a dual agenda of the Creator which goes on and on in infinite entangled  layers and patterns within Allah's creation: " In the creation of the Heavens and Earth, and the alternation of night and day there are certainly arguments for those who are knowledgeable. " (Surat al-Orman, Ayah 190) إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ...

  بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Chapter 2 - The Day of Pilgrimage  - Draft We have considered above, the possibility that some clues about Soul may be contemplated while She is being taken away from the mind. When the mind minds that something is smothering and extinguishing within him, a light which was enlightening his being and filling him with life & joy, is now departing away. So the mind is stopped diving into the matter and floats on the surface of his memories with sorrow, calling Soul to join him in shedding tears of mourning, should Soul be compassionate and revive him. (see the scum in the Hadith at the end of the chapter 1 ) This seems to be the process of the perpetual & vivid juvence of the faith of  Shia pilgrims. "Who is the One, who answers the distressed when he calls Him out, and removes his misfortune and pain, and appoints you the Ambassadors (Caliphs) on Earth, is there any other divinity with Allah, but few will notice and...