God’s grace

 cannot leave man without guidance

as to what is right and what is wrong

 what should be followed and what not

God’s grace has provided man with everything

which is necessary for him in the universe

air, light, heat, water, hands, eyes

and the other limbs and organs of the body

 How could God’s grace

 not provide him with the knowledge of the meaning of life

 the purpose of creation

 and the ways of salvation

 which are as necessary for his spiritual existance

as are air and water for his physical existace

When man needs compassion and mercy

 God must grant it to him

 because there is no deficiency or withholding in the all-perfect Being

 The institution of prophethood is therefore

a necessary corollary of the perfection and grace of God

If the prophets were subject to errors, flaws or sin, they might on some occasions misguide men instead of guiding them, which is against the divine mission of mercy and grace. If  in everything that a prophet said or did there were a possibility of his being right or wrong, it would be impossible for us to follow him. The result would be that a prophet would be seen as an ordinary being, and the benefit of  his mission would be completley lost

A manu…/A.Naqavi/p:8

Sometimes, when man’s consciousness is blurred by material pursuits and delusions of belief, he fails to see the reality, but in crisis, when his whole existance is shaken up, he realizes that there is a Supreme Power always with him

This is the highest and surest way of knowing God

A manu…../A.Naqavi/p:3

al-Ghazzali said

Man is envious like an ox, greedy like a pig, bites like a dog, eats like a camel, takes revenge like a leopard, is cunning like a fox and clever like a devil

The discipline of tazkiya subordinates man’s animal instincts to his higher human inclinations

Man vacillates between the two poles of good and evil, and tazkiya is his path toward good, and therefore also towards God

Only through the refinement of the souls and characters of individuals  can a healthy society be created. Individuals are like the bricks from which the edifice of society is built unless the bricks are strong, mere alteration in the design and structure will not produce any lasting results. The attainment of justice and the other aims of social life can be achived only by moral and spiritual means, which are the building-blocks of the political and economic structure of society

A manual of Islamic Beliefs and Practice/A.Naqavi/p:24

The story of a person’s life does not come to an end with death

The journey of the soul continues on a different level after death

After death, the soul continues to live in a codition determined by its deeds in this world

After death it is in an intermediate realm(the barzakh), where it is subject to either a pleasant or a wretched state in accordance with its deeds until the end of time

A manual of Islamic Beliefs and Practice/A.Naqavi