But if you Allah willing prepare yourself to be benefited by...

But if you Allah willing prepare yourself to be benefited by the subject-matters of this book, which have been taken from the Book, the Sunnah, the hadīth of the infallible (The Prophet's progeny) and the statements of the people of knowledge, and to make use of your delicate God-given talent, then here you are! Here is the ball and here is the ground!

I hope you will, by this human ascent and divine mixture, empty your heart from others, rinse it with the water of life, say four takbīr s ( Allāhu Akbar = Allah is Greater!) and release yourself from selfness in order to reach the Friend: ***“And whoever leaves his home migrating to Allah and His Messenger, and then death overtakes him, his reward is indeed with Allah” (*** Sūrah 4:100). O Allah! Make us of the immigrants to You and to Your Messenger, and take us to “annihilation” [ fanā' ].

Grant Fātī [Fātimah] and Ahmad Your assistance to serve (Your servants), and let them attain happiness. Was-Salām. Rūhullāh al-Mūsawī al-Khomeinī 2nd of Safar al-Muzaffar 1405 A.H. Previous…