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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Tuhaf Al-uqul ( the Masterpieces of the Mind ) Maxims of Imam Al-kadhim The following maxims and words of wisdom are related to the honest Imam Abu Ibrahim (or Abul-Hasan) Musa bin Ja'far Al-Kadhim (peace be upon him) Imam Al-Kadhim's Commandment for Husham and the Depiction of the Mind God the Elevated portends good to the people of reason and understanding in His Book.
He says: Give the glad news to those of Our servants who listen to the words and only follow the best ones. Tell them that they are those whom God has guided. They are the people of understanding. O Husham bin Al-Hakam, God the Majestic has certainly submitted His arguments to people perfectly through minds, explained everything completely to them, and led people to His godhead through the guides. He says: Your Lord is the only Lord. There is no God but He, the Beneficent and Merciful.
The creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of nights and days, the ships that sail in the sea for the benefit of the people, the water that God sends from the sky to revive the dead earth where He has scattered all kinds of animals, the winds of all directions, and the clouds rendered for service between the sky and the earth are all evidence (of His existence) for those who use their reason.
O Husaham, God the Majestic provides the people's having a Manager as the evidence on the acknowledgement of Him. He says: God has made the day and the night, the sun and the moon, and all the stars subservient to you by His command. In this there is evidence of the truth for people of understanding. God says: Ha Mim. I swear by the illustrious Book. We have made it an Arabic reading text so that perhaps you may understand.
God also says: Also, of the evidence of His existence are His showing you lightening which gives you fear and hope and His sending water down from the sky, which revives the earth after its death. In this there is evidence (of the truth) for the people of understanding. O Husham, God then preaches to the people of reason and makes them desirous to the world to come.
He says: The worldly life is but useless amusement and sport (compared to) the life hereafter, which is far better and is only for the pious. Will you not then understand?