Words from the Imam (pbuh) Regarding
the Atom World
By: Joseph McGowen
In the book "With the Righteous
this is why these acts of worship are worship remain the same? Of
Servant" Imam Ahmad Al Hassan
there to prevent the self from being
course it is not right to assume that
(as) is trying to clarify that the atom busied by the body and to redirect
the images of worship in this world
world is not a physical world, so the itself with being busy for Allah
be the same as in the atom world
work there would be different than
for two reasons of not needing it;
(swt). Look at the acts of worship
in this 2nd physical test. It is a world Islam calls for, prayer, fasting from
fasting for example of eating and
that parallels are world, there are
food, drink and desires, acts which
drinking we were not eating and
interactions there that are different
help the self to leave the business of drinking in the atom world, perhaps
than our interactions here and what the body and it is two matters;
we were getting sustenance, but not
we do in our lives are the results of
what happened in the atom world,
cutting the connection with this
world and going to the other world
in the same way. And it is not
appropriate in the other world as
but the actions being played out
and being busy with Allah (swt) and
the acts are here, it is as if I am
here are different clearly, as this 2nd leaving the acts that keep you busy
going to the desert in order to go
test is physical and the atom world
with the world.
for a swim.
is not physical.
Imam Ahmad Al Hassan (as) said,
So in this physical world you are
Now when we exit out of this
busy taking care of your body and
world is it possible that the acts of
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