The Supplication of Abi Hamza al-Thumali is narrated from Imam Sajjad (as) and is one of the most precious and well-known of prayers, enjoying a high status amongst great scholars. Abi Hamza al-Thumali, the narrator of this beautiful du'a, was one of the prominent students of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (a) and this du'a has been named after him.-‘Misbah al-Mutahajjid’ سَيِّدِي أَنَا ٱلصَّغِيرُ ٱلَّذِي رَبَّيْتَهُ ------------------------------- O my Master! I am the …

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T he Supplication of Abi Hamza al-Thumali is narrated from Imam Sajjad (as) and is one of the most precious and well-known of prayers, enjoying a high status amongst great scholars. Abi Hamza al-Thumali, the narrator of this beautiful du'a, was one of the prominent students of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (a) and this du'a has been named after him.-‘Misbah al-Mutahajjid’ إO Allah, do not discipline me by means of Your punishment and …

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    یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا لا تُلْهِکُمْ أَمْوَالُکُمْ وَلا أَوْلادُکُمْ عَنْ ذِکْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ یَفْعَلْ ذَلِکَ فَأُولَئِکَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ ﴿٩﴾  وَأَنْفِقُوا مِنْ مَا رَزَقْنَاکُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ یَأْتِیَ أَحَدَکُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَیَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلا أَخَّرْتَنِی إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِیبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَکُنْ مِنَ الصَّالِحِینَ ﴿١٠﴾  وَلَنْ یُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا وَاللَّهُ خَبِیرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١١﴾ O ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. …

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  يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ they say: if we return to the city, the strong will expel the humiliated. but the might belongs to allah, and his messenger and the believers, but the hypocrites do not know. یاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ believers, do not …

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The sixth speech / verses 7 and 8 هُمُ الَّذِینَ یَقُولُونَ لا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى یَنْفَضُّوا وَلِلَّهِ خَزَائِنُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ وَلَکِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِینَ لا یَفْقَهُونَ ﴿٧﴾  یَقُولُونَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِینَةِ لَیُخْرِجَنَّ الأعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأذَلَّ وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَلَکِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِینَ لا یَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨﴾  They are the ones who say, “Spend nothing on those who are with Allah’s Messenger, to the end that they may disperse [and quit Medina].” …

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  وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ يَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ لَوَّوۡاْ رُءُوسَهُمۡ وَرَأَيۡتَهُمۡ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ  .  سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَسۡتَغۡفَرۡتَ لَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ لَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allāh will ask forgiveness for you," they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant. It is all the same …

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Examples of individual, organizational and government hypocrisy Before the revolution [even], when that evil current of the oppressive ruling government pretended to be religious and had no knowledge of religion, some people were oblivious and did not understand. It was strange that even though there were all these manifestations of corruption in that system, [but] just by claiming to be religious in them and a gesture similar to, for example, …

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    وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ تُعۡجِبُكَ أَجۡسَامُهُمۡۖ وَإِن يَقُولُواْ تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِهِمۡۖ كَأَنَّهُمۡ خُشُبٞ مُّسَنَّدَةٞۖ يَحۡسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيۡحَةٍ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ هُمُ ٱلۡعَدُوُّ فَٱحۡذَرۡهُمۡۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ When you see them, their outward appearance pleases you, and when they speak, you listen to what they say. But they are like planks of wood leaned [against the wall ] They deem every cry to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of …

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  Not assigning the seal of the heart to infidels and hypocrites  In addition to these, there is also "sealing of the heart" about disobedient believers They are believers, but believers who did not follow the instructions of Islam and the instructions of the Prophet, although they did not reach the level of hypocrites "رضوا بان یکونوا مع الخوالف وطبع الله علی قلوبهم; Who is this about? It is about …

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ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ That is because they believed and then disbelieved, so their hearts were sealed. Hence, they do not understand The loss of faith if it is not maintained About this noble Surah, we said that some characteristics for the hypocrites are mentioned in this Surah, and in other Surahs of the Quran, the same characteristics are mentioned in other terminology …

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