Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "25th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Make me affectionate toward Your Righteous Servants and an enemy of Your enemies and an adherent of the tradition of the Seal of Your Prophets, O’ Guardian of the hearts of the prophets!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "24th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“And whoever submits to Allah’s Guardianship and that of His Messenger and the believers [they are the prosperous] for Allah’s party [i.e. the monotheists] are indeed the victorious.”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "23rd day of the holy month of Ramadan"
If the servant was to fathom the worth of Ramadan, he would wish that Ramadan lasted the whole year.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "22nd day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Open up the gates to Your Divine Grace in this month, send down Your blessings on me, grant me the opportunity to do what pleases you, and house me amid Your Paradise, O’ Granter of the prayers of the distressed ones!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "21st day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Show me the way toward Your good pleasure in this month, do not grant Satan a way to dominate me, and make Paradise my home and returning place, O’ Granter of the wishes of all wishers!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "20th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Open up the gates of Paradise to me in this month, and close down the gates of Hell to me, and grant me the opportunity to recite the Quran, O’ You who send down tranquility to the hearts of the believers!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "19th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“When a person is fasting, his sleeping will be counted as an act of worship, his silence will be counted as the glorification of Allah, his acts of worship will all be accepted, and his prayers will all be answered.”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "18th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Awaken me from my state of negligence by the blessings of the dawns of this month, and enlighten my heart in it with the rays of its light, and make all of my limbs follow its blessed effects by Your Light, O’ Illuminator of the hearts of the ‘Ārifīn.”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "17th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Guide me in this day toward all the good and righteous deeds and grant me what I hope and wish, O’ You who are in no need of asking questions or being provided with explanations, and O’ You the All-knower of what lies within the breasts [and send peace and blessings upon Muhammad and his pure Progeny].
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "16th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Grant me the opportunity to be in the company of the righteous in this day and keep me away from the company of the unrighteous and station me near Yourself by Your Lordship, O’ Lord of all in existence!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "15th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Grant me a sustenance of submission [to you] like that of the humble ones, and expand my breast with a submissive repentance, [I ask You] by Your Reassurance, O’ Reassurer of the fearful!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "14th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! I ask You by Your Might not to take me to task in this day for my lapses, and pardon my lapses and mistakes, and do not target me with Your tribulations and calamities, O’ Might of the Muslims!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "13th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
The best of deeds in this month is to restrain oneself from all that Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has prohibited.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "12th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
As soon as the month of Ramadan sets in, the gates of Hell are locked up, the gates of Paradise are opened, and the devils are bound up.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "11th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
If a person remains unforgiven in the month of Ramadan, he will not be forgiven in any other month after it unless he is able to attend the plains of ʿArafa [during the Hajj time].
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "10th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Make me one of those who put their trust in You in this day, and one of those whom You count as prosperous, and make me one of those who have attained nearness to You, by Your Grace, O’ Ultimate wish of the wishers!”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "9th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
Verily fasting severs the roots [of desires] and removes wildness.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "8th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
A fasting person has two sources of joy: his joy when he opens his fast and his joy at meeting his Lord.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "7th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
A fasting person’s sleep is worship, his silence is glorification of Allah, his good deeds are accepted, and his supplication is answered.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "6th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
“O’ Lord! Do not let me be disgraced because of my having disobeyed You, and do not punish me with the lashes of Your retribution, and keep me away from anything that arouses Your wrath, I implore You, by Your esoteric and exoteric blessings [to answer my prayer], O’ the Ultimate wish of the wishers.”
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "5th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
Allah made fasting obligatory in order to reinforce sincere devotion [to Him].
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "4th day of the holy month of Ramadan"
O’ Lord! Give me strength to uphold Your Law, and let me taste the sweetness of Your remembrance.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "3rd day of the holy month of Ramadan"
Verily the most unfortunate is he who is deprived of Allah's forgiveness in the holy month of Ramadan.
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Month of Ramadan 2021:
The package of "2nd day of the holy month of Ramadan"
One particular night in the holy month of Ramadan is better than a thousand months. During this month, the gates of Hell are locked up, and the gates of Paradise are opened. So whoever, in spite of experiencing this month is not forgiven, has indeed been distanced by Allah.
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F&Q:
How has the Quran described the worldwide government of Imam al-Mahdi (‘a)? Answered by Ayatollah Makarem
The Holy Quran has discussed the matter of the reappearance and revolution of Imam al-Mahdi (‘a), without going in to its specific details and particulars. It has also spoken of the complete victory of the pious and the formation of a just and global government.
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book introduction:
"Sexual problems of youths" written by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
We find it strange that during the span of each year, there are thousands of conferences and seminars all around the world that are established to investigate various issues such as the biology of various marine animals, underwater mining, the direction of winds and typhoons, pests which infest the cotton plant, the extinction of the mountain goat, the decrease in the number of penguins, the anatomy of the firefly, and other such topics. Yet at the same time, almost no attention is paid to issues concerning the youth who are the most essential and precious treasures of our societies. Why is this the case?
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On the occasion of 25th of Dhu al-Hijjah
The cause of revelation of Sūra al-Insān or Hal Atā
According to Shi'a and some Sunni exegetes of the Qur'an, the eighth verse of Sūra al-Insān or Hal Atā which is known as al-It'am Verse is a characterization of a virtue of Imam 'Ali (a), Fatima al-Zahra (a), Imam al-Hasan (a), Imam al-Husayn (a), and their housemaid, Fidda. They fasted for three consecutive days because of their nadhr, but they gave their breakfast (iftar) to a poor person, an orphan, and a prisoner despite their hunger.
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On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Al-Kazim(AS)
Imam Kazim (pbuh) 's method of dealing with Harun
“I rule over the hearts of the people, while you rule over their bodies”; Imam Kazim (pbuh) said to Harun