Mankind inherently cannot live without\nsupport. The way human is created is that everyone seeks a support to depend\non. People are divided into four categories based on what they depend on in\nlife. The first category and the lowest level of mankind are the people who\ndepend on their wealth and properties and seek support from their wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second category has a higher rank\nthan the first. These people do not depend on their wealth; rather they seek\nsupport from their ranks and positions. This is the source of support for the\nsecond category for whom there are many examples in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third category of people is more\nsuperior. They are those who are not after wealth and rank; they have also left\nthe worldly ranks, positions, appointments, kingships and governance for the\nworldly people. They have reached a level of self-confidence. Such people\ndepend on the power of their soul. This category is that of those who are known\nas great ones among mankind. These people seek to extract the hidden powers of\nthe self and seek support from it. Such powers, if extracted, can be extraordinary.\nThis is because if the human mind and will is trained correctly, its power\nreaches such a level that it can stop the greatest powers. Therefore these\ngreat ones among mankind look to gain support from the self, the power of mind\nand will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The power of self is extremely\nstrange. However, similar to other powers, it is still limited. The highest\nlevel of perfection, which is superior to all others, can be accomplished when\nthe power of the self is connected to an unlimited power Whose rule is without any\nbeginning and end and has encompassed all things. When mankind reaches such a\nlevel it has reached fruition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this respect, Imam Jawad (PBUH)\neloquently discloses part of this truth. These words of the Imam are truly at\nthe peak of elegance and eloquence. Imam has left us with a jewel, which\nreveals the secret of creation of mankind and its path to salvation and misery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Musa al-Reza\n(PBUT), Imam Jawad (PBUH), has stated, “Trust in Allah, is the cost of\nevery precious material, and the ladder to accomplish any high rank.” (1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truly the Imam has ignored all the\npeople and the whole world with his statement. Those who seek support from\ntheir wealth are not even included. Those who depend on their rank and\ngovernance are not even addressed by the Imam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The likes of Aristotle, Plato, and all\nother scholars of theoretical and practical science who place the power of the\nself and will as their basis of support come to ponder at this statement,\n“O mankind, your nature is to seek a precious jewel. The more precious the\njewel, the more you value it. This is a secret about your nature. Another\nsecret of your nature is that you are motivated and ambitious. This is a\ncharacteristic of human nature.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do we find these two lost needs?\nWhere should we seek for these two needs of human nature? Is it in depending on\nwealth? This was refuted. Is it found in support that comes from position? This\nwas refuted as well. Is the answer trust in oneself? That is also refuted due\nto its limitations. It can only be found in the fourth source of support which\nis trust and depending on Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The above is a\nselection taken from the speech of Grand Ayatullah Wahid Khurasani, (with some\nchanges))(2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roshd website offers its condolences\non the last day of Dhi al-Qa’dah, the anniversary of the martyrdom of the\nshining sun of Wilayat and the luminous star of guidance, Imam Muhammad Ibn Ali\nal-Jawad (PBUH) to his lovers and specially you dear friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. A’lam al-Din,\np. 309.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. This speech\nwas made on the occasion of martyrdom of Imam Jawad (PBUH) on 1427 A.H.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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