This is so important that Imam Khomeini (ra)...
This is so important that Imam Khomeini (ra), as quoted by Tehran Friday prayer leader, at the last moments of his life requested people to pray that God Almighty accept him! Now see how the Shaykh explains this subtle Gnostic issue by a simple example. One of the Shaykh's disciples said: 'Once he (the reverend Shaykh) said to me: "Such and such! For whom does a bride make up herself?" I said: 'For the groom.' He said: "Did you understand?" I kept silent.
Then he said: "On the consummation night, the bride's relatives try to make up her in the best possible way so that the groom would have a liking for her. The bride, however, has a secret worry that is unnoticed to others; She is worried that what should she do if she could not attract the groom's interest or if he happens to feel disgust in her. How can the servant, who does not know whether his deeds are accepted by God Almighty, be not fearful and worried?!
Do you make up (adorn) yourself for Him or for yourself and for gaining a good reputation among the people?! When people die they implore (رب ارجعون لعلي أعمل صالحاُ)(O my Lord!
Send me back (to life)-In order that I may work righteousness in the things I neglected.) (al-Mu'minun: 99, 100)." Hence, the reverend Shaykh was always fearful of meeting with God Almighty and would say: "You say that there is no fear of God, (وأما من خاف مقام ربه) (And for such as had entertained the fear of standing be for their Lord.) (al-Nazi'at: 40), but what on earth should we do if He would not like us and would not accept our deeds?" The Shaykh's son quoted him as saying: "O Lord!
Purchase and accept us as the old junk-Iike object as the street vendor calls out: 'I buy (your) broken and junk objects'- O Lord accept and buy us too!" [^1]: See "Benevolence to Jobless Person Encumbered by a Large Family", Chapter Seven, Part 3. [^2]: The late Suhayli was quoted as saying: 'What he meant by "Agha Jan" (my dear master) was Imam al-'Asr (aj) who had come to visit the Shaykh at that moment. [^3]: In the supplication 21 of Sahifah al-Sajjadiya (Psalms of Islam, p.