Allah -azwj has Commanded us to contemplate (Taffakur and Taddabar) on universe...

Allah -azwj has Commanded us to contemplate (Taffakur and Taddabar) on universe, Ayat (Signs which remind Allah -azwj ), to renegade misconceptions spread by non-believers and to be Thankful to Him -azwj for the countless Favours and Bounties Extended to all by Him -azwj . Initially, when one contemplates, several questions and unresolved issues are realised in his mind which prompts a quest for the answers within oneself and one starts looking for the answers.

When one looks further, Allah -azwj Helps, through the Holy Verses and Guides him to consult the ‘اهل الذكر’ ( so ask the Ahl Al-Zikr ( People of the Reminder ) if you do not know (16:43). The next question arises on how to find the ‘اهل الذكر’ to whom Allah -azwj Refers to in resolving our misconceptions and finding salvation? Basically, Allah -azwj Guides to the ‘اهل الذكر’ when someone’s intention is pure and strives hard to secure his/her Hereafter.

For example, we present extracts of a long Hadith to highlight how to find the ‘اهل الذكر’ (Divine Imams -asws ) and how to avoid falling into the misguidance and destruction by following other than them -asws : وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَنْ تَجْتَنِبُوهُ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَهُ وَ اتَّبِعُوا آثَارَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ سُنَّتَهُ فَخُذُوا بِهَا وَ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا أَهْوَاءَكُمْ وَ آرَاءَكُمْ فَتَضِلُّوا فَإِنَّ أَضَلَّ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَ رَأْيَهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِنَ اللَّهِ (An extract from a length Hadith from Al-Kafi, Vol.

8, H. 14449): And know that whatever Allah -azwj has Ordered you to avoid, so He -azwj has Prohibited it, and follow the footsteps of the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj , and his -saww Sunnah, so adhere to it and do not follow your own desires, and your opinions, for you will go astray. The most misguided of the people with Allah -azwj is the one who follows his own desires and his opinion without (following the) Guidance from Allah -azwj .

وَ قَالَ أَيَّتُهَا الْعِصَابَةُ الْحَافِظُ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِآثَارِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ سُنَّتِهِ وَ آثَارِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْهُدَاةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ سُنَّتِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَخَذَ بِذَلِكَ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَى وَ مَنْ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ وَ رَغِبَ عَنْهُ ضَلَّ لِأَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِطَاعَتِهِمْ وَ وَلَايَتِهِمْ And he -asws said: ‘O you group for whom Allah -azwj has Protected for them their affairs!

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