The late Hadhrat Ayatullah al-'Uzma Burujerdi once gave the...

The late Hadhrat Ayatullah al-'Uzma Burujerdi once gave the following advice to us in one of his lessons, “If a student (of the Hawza) studies Islam with the intention that he wants to reach the level or status that I (Ayatullah al-'Uzma Burujerdi) have reached to, then do not have any doubt about his foolishness and simplicity.

You are thinking from afar (not in this position that I am in) and you see that I am at this position of Marja'iyyat however I see myself at a station where I am not the master of my own life and how it passes by. I do not even have the ability to control when I take a rest or relax.” Almost all gifts of this world are just like this.! [^1]: Ibid., vol. 73, pg. 182 [^2]: Nahj al-Balagha, Speech 114 Previous…