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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Rays of the Sun Imam and Islam Oh Allah, make us turn to you * * An interesting memory that I have of Imam’s lessons is his first sentence in his first lesson in Najaf. After a period of exile in Turkey, and after several journeys back and forth, Imam Khomeini began giving lessons. In the Shaikh Ansari Mosque that was filled with people, he sat on a pulpit of two small stairs and then began speaking. Everyone was waiting and eager to hear his words.

They wanted to see what the Imam would say after the exiles and imprisonments affairs in Iran. After beginning with the Name of Allah, Imam said: “Oh Allah, make us turn to you!

Oh Allah, make us turn away from anything that is other than you!” At that moment, it occurred to me that this supplication has been granted for the Imam himself.[^1] Ayatullah Qadeeri The issue is nearing the grave * * In his first speech to students after entering Najaf, Imam said: “Be thinking from now, be thinking from youth, every step you take now is towards the grave.

Every minute you spend from your noble life, you are getting a little closer to the grave and the place where you will be questioned. Think about this. The issue is nearing the grave and nobody has given you a deed that will allow you to live for 120 years. It is possible that one dies at 25 years, it is possible that one dies at this very moment, God forbid.

You don’t have a deed in your hands; you must pay attention and refine your ethics.[^2] Hujjatul Islam Sayyid Hamid Ruhani The best advice * * I remember one day in Najaf, I wrote a letter to the Imam along these lines: “Please give us some advice; however it should be a general and complete piece of advice.” In his reply, he said: “The best advice is that which Allah has stated in the Qur’an: قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَعِظُكُم بِوَاحِدَةٍ أَن تَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ “Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that (you) rise up for Allah's sake.” [^3][^4] Ayatullah Mu’min Try to send knowledge to your heart * * The advice of the Imam was this: “After you have brought knowledge in line with your intellect, try and give it to your heart; when it goes to the heart, it will be the promoter of affairs (i.e.

affect your actions). This will be the knowledge that moves you.

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