An extract from "Nahjul Balagha"

Here is a general description of the enemies of Islam, as well as its true followers, and what happenned to them.]

**"The pious people, who bravely passed through those days, patiently
bore the suffering and gave their lives for the cause of justice and
Islam. They humbled themselves, before God, they never for a moment
magnified their patience and bravery and never imagined that they were
obliging God and His religion. Then God ordained that the times of
trials and tribulations should come to an end. They were given
permission to defend their faith with the help of their swords and
they obeyed the orders of God according to the teaching of the Holy
Prophet(AS).

 "Things continued like that until God called the Prophet back. Then
 many became apostate, or turned to heathenism, they were damned by the
 preversity of their minds and waywardness. They put faith in their
 relatives, who were misguided, or in instigators who were heathens.
 They discarded the medium (the progeny of the Prophet), whom
 they were ordered to love, to respect and to follow, and who would
 have kept them within the limits of the true religion. Thus, they
 undermined the foundation of the true religion and tried to introduce
 heresy in Islam. They adopted the ways of the Pharoahs and his people,
 were attached to worldly power and pleasures, and drifted away from
 true religion."**

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Great words of a great man!
Khuda hafiz

very hi nice and informative post surdar jee!
thanx 4 sharing...
God bless u...

Eid Mubarak 2!!

Great post from the great book.

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buhut khoob bhai sahab. JazakAllah

Salaam Surdar Bhae,

Thats a very nice post. Nahaj is an extremly good book. Doesnt matter how hard i try, i could never read more then few pages at a time. Its makes one think…bohat hee zyada achee kitba hay…maula ali kay alfaz bohat khobsorat aaur knowledgeful hein. Thanks for posting an extreact here. Hummein yeh sub baatein yaad rakhnee chaheyein.

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salaam
ramesha

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that is so thought provoking

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