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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Uswat Al-Aarifeen: A Look at the Life of Ayatullah Bahjat Excerpts From Pieces of Wisdom and Instructions of Grand Ayatullah Bahjat First Admonishment In the Name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful Praise to Allah alone, blessings unto the master of prophets, Muhammad, and his Progeny, the pure wasis , and a curse be upon their enemies from the early generations and the last.

Those with reason know that the basis of the movement of beings is knowing the engine needed for motion, i.e. knowing what causes movement, the mechanism of movement, what is connected to movement. In other words, it is knowing the beginning and end as well as the purpose behind the movement because beings move every moment towards a certain goal.

The difference between a man of knowledge and an ignorant person is knowledge of what is behind the events or not knowing how to deal with them, the variation of their stations in the succession, and whatever has anything to do with the different levels of their knowledge of initiation. If we know what cause the movement, his good administration and wisdom through the system which dominates the movements, we will then focus on its creating and legislating will.

So, congratulations to anyone who knows all of this, and woe unto anyone who does not! Regarding the outcomes of these movements, an ignorant person will say, “How I wish I was never created!” whereas the knowledgeable person will say, “How I wish I am created seventy times so I may tread the path towards the pursuit then return and treat it anew and am martyred on the path of righteousness anew!” So, do not entertain regrets about our life.

I frankly say this: If one spends half his life remembering the One Who truly is the Grantor and spent the other half in indifference, that half [the first] is regarded the most precious of the days of his lifetime, while the other half is considered among the days of his death, rather, worse than death, because death by itself neither harms nor benefits anyone.

A knowledgeable person obeys Allah, does whatever pleases Him, acts upon what he knows and is cautious about what he does not know till he gets to know. He is in a continuous state of getting to know. His deed, hence, is conjoined with the evidence, and his success, too, is conjoined with the absence of evidence. Can we obey Allah without arming ourselves with knowledge, and will our life’s caravan reach the sought goal safely?