By: Javed Faqir
In the name of Allah the Most
Beneficent, Most Merciful and all
praises are due to Allah (swt), Lord
of the worlds. O Allah send Your
Peace and Blessings upon
Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad, the Imams and Mahdis.
In this monthly series we will be
looking into the soldiers of mind or
“Light” and the soldiers of
ignorance or “Darkness”. We have
while you are screaming "I" "I" "I"!!
Who gave you security from being
The Prophet (sawas) said, “There
destroyed with them while you are
screaming "I" "I" "I"?!”
anything better: faith in Allah and
being of benefit to Allah's servants.
And there are two iniquities
unsurpassed by anything worse:
associating something with Allah
– Imam Ahmed Al Hassan (as)
Imam Ali (AS) said, “Rush to
undertake good actions before you
are preoccupied with other
things.” [al-Khisal, p. 620, no. 10]
So it is appropriate that we begin
are two virtues unexcelled by
and causing harm to Allah's
servants.’ [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p.
137, no. 2]
all learned through the books of
with the Minister of Ignorance who
Imam Ali (as) said, “There is nothing
Imam Ahmad Al Hassan (as) that
is Evil and the minister of Intellect
this is the most important aspect in
who is Good. From these two we
worse than an evil deed except for
its own punishment and there is
overcoming the “I” or the ego. He
(as) emphasizes that one must rid
have a understanding that the reset
of the soldiers branch off from
nothing better than a good deed
except for its own reward.” [Nahj al-
himself of the darkness, so that we
them. Alister Crowly was the
Balagha, Sermon 114]
can begin allowing the Light of Allah
manifestation of Evil in creation
Imam Ali (as) said, “The doer of evil
(swt) to fill us and God-Willing if
from the last century, a person who
is worse than the evil itself.” [Nahj
has influenced the direction of
Allah gives us success in this, we can
al-Balagha, Saying 32]
modern day society with the phrase
begin moving up the ranks of
The Prophet (sawas) said, “Force
ascension. But this is easier said
“Do as thou Will” the complete
than done and we know that
shaytan (may Allah curse him) will
attack us from every angle in this
world and in the self, so we must
recognize the weapons of shaytan
and our darkness, so that we may
yourselves to do good, and exert
opposite message that Imam
yourselves therein, for verily evil is
Ahmad Al Hassan (AS) which is “Do
something man naturally tends
as HE (Allah SWT) Wills”.
towards.’ [Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p.
A general overview regarding Evil
Imam Ali (as) said, “That good
be able to overcome it and with this whose end consequence is the Fire
we will slowly be able to implement is not good and that hardship
whose end consequence is Paradise
the soldiers of Mind or Light.
is not bad. Every bliss other than
“By Allah! What is about to come
Paradise is inferior, and every
will make the young be old! Do you
calamity other than the Fire itself is
comprehend? I am saying to you
a comfort.” [Nahj al-Balagha, Saying
the destruction of most of the
387]
people!! Do you not fear death
120]
So if these hadith describe part of
evil and there are plenty of
descriptions of human beings in
today’s world that manifest these
qualities, for example all the tyrants
who have been appointed through
the supremacy of people or that
have appointed themselves through
tyrannical force.