🔸 Ayatollah Agha Najafi Ghoochani (RA):
"The best time to cleanse oneself of moral vices is during the early hours before dawn, as there is no place for hypocrisy at that hour."

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🔹 Ayatollah Bahāʾ al-Dīnī (RA):

"The most important thing for a seeker of closeness (to Allah) is serious effort and complete perseverance in avoiding sin. Until you fulfill this duty, neither your remembrance (dhikr) nor your contemplation (fikr) will bring any illumination to your heart. For offering gifts and service while being in rebellion and denial before the Sovereign is futile."

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✅ Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat (r.a):

✍️ “Until our connection with the Wali al-Amr, Imam Mahdi (aj), becomes strong, our affairs will not be set right. And the strength of that connection lies in the purification of the self.”

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💫 Imam Khamenei on the Reason for Delay in the Reappearance

A great scholar once narrated:
Someone came and asked, “Why doesn’t the Imam (al-Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance) appear?”

That scholar replied wisely:
💬 “Tell me, what will you do when he appears? Will you suddenly become a good person? If that’s your goal, then be a good person now!”

✨ The message is clear — awaiting the Imam is not just about hoping for a miraculous change; it’s about transforming ourselves today, preparing our hearts and actions for his arrival.

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⚠️ “If a person does not reform himself in youth, making up for it in old age is extremely difficult.”

If someone naively imagines that he can repent and correct his sins in old age — woe to him! For he has postponed the correction of what is present to an uncertain future. Moreover, in old age, the fifth deceiver — the devil — will block his path to repentance.

Does Satan ever leave the elderly alone? Has this open enemy not prepared special traps for them? Has not a particular temptation called “takāthur” (competition in wealth and offspring) been appointed as a snare for the old?
So if one fails to purify himself in youth, reform in old age becomes extremely hard — because he must face both the deceptions of youth and the perils of old age.

When Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh sighed deeply (“tanaffus al-suʿadāʾ”) in the presence of Imam ʿAlī (peace be upon him), the Imam asked:

“Jābir! Was that sigh for the world?”
He replied, “Yes.”

The Imam said:

“Let me describe this world to you so that you realize it’s not worth your sigh.
The best of worldly pleasures lie in food, clothing, and carnal desires. The finest food is pure honey — yet it’s produced by an insect! The best clothing is silk — and that too is spun by a worm!
So woe to the one who sighs for not having silk carpets — regretting not possessing what is made by a worm — or sighs for not having honey — lamenting the fruit of a bee’s labor.”

Therefore, the material pleasures of this world are not worth sorrow or longing. Even rank and power are but illusions — and God does not love the arrogant and self-conceited.

📚 Reference:

Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 75, p. 11

Akhlaq-e Kargozaran dar Hokumat-e Eslami (Ethics of Islamic Governance), pp. 174–175

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⁉️ How Can We Draw Closer to God?

✅ A profound answer from Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Bahjat to seekers of truth and the path of spiritual growth.

One of the enduring concerns of those pursuing the path of God is finding a reliable way to attain nearness to Him and benefit from the true fruits of worship.

The distinguished scholar and mystic, Ayatollah Bahjat (may Allah have mercy on him), taught that the essential condition for attaining this goal is taqwa (God-consciousness) and avoiding sin.

In a valuable passage from the book Mava'ez al-Bahjah, he states:

"Fundamentally, nearness to God is not possible without guarding oneself against sins... If a person is sincere in seeking closeness to God, abandoning sin is sufficient and all-encompassing for an entire lifetime—even if that lifetime were a thousand years."

Referring to Qur'an 5:27:

“Indeed, Allah accepts only from the God-conscious (al-muttaqin).”

He frequently reminded believers that God accepts only those deeds that are rooted in taqwa. Thus, avoiding sin is the master key to the acceptance of worship and ultimate success.

📚 Those interested in Islamic ethics, spiritual refinement, and practical guidance for the path of self-purification may benefit from studying Mava'ez al-Bahjah and other teachings of Ayatollah Bahjat.

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