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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Pretension and Conceit Introduction In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the most Mercifitl Praise to Allah Who knows the inner thoughts, Who tests the conscience, Who encompasses everything; ilk is the power and dominance over everything; blessings and salutations to the one who brought the glad tidings, the warner, the shining light, Muhammad, the master of messengers, and upon his progeny, the good ones, the pure.
The human heart, whereby man is granted distinction over all creation, is like a mirror: It is affected by what it receives of contemptible effects of ugly norms of conduct and wrongdoings. If the effects arc praiseworthy, the heart's mirror becomes clearer, shinier, more illuminating, so much so that in it the reality of the truth becomes glittering, the truth about what is hidden from the beings becomes revealed, and the truth of the matter sought in the creed becomes obvious.
It is to such an intellect that the Master of the Faithful, peace be with him, refers when he says the following: "0 servants of Allah!
The one who is the most loved by Allah from among His servants is one who is assisted by Allah against his own self (nab), so he is somber, outfitted with fear, the light of guidance shining in his heart," till he says, "So he, with regard to conviction (iman), is like sun rays." This is the heart that, upon the mention of Allah, the most Exalted, the most Great, becomes fearful, and when His verses are recited, they increase its conviction and in it remembrance settles, Allah Almighty has said, ...
Indeed, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest" (Qur'an, 13:28). If the effects are contemptible, they are like a dark smoke that rises to the heart's mirror, and it keeps piling up time and over again till the entire page of the heart is blackened. So it is totally dark. It becomes stamped with predomination, veiled From Allah Almighty. The most Praised One has said, "But the stain of the (ill) that they do is on their hearts!
Truly they will he veiled from (the light of) their Lord that Day" (Qur'an, 83:14-15). The Almighty has also said, "Is it not a guiding (lesson) to those who inherit the earth alter its (previous) residents, that, if We so willed. We could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear'?" (Qur'an, 7:100), Thus, lle makes a connection between hearing and stamping on the hearts, stamping with the sins.