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🌙 The Architecture of Knowledge and the Soul لَوْ كَانَ العِلْمُ مُعَلَّقَاً بِالثُّريَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ فَارِس “If knowledge were suspended from the constellation of Thurayyā, a group from among the Persians would reach it.” Nahjul Fasaha. Notice carefully — the verse says ʿilm (knowledge), not īmān (faith) as some places have translated it to be. Knowledge alone does not guarantee faith. One can acquire knowledge and yet remain attached to worldly desires (dunyā). Faith arises only when knowledge is aligned with intention (niyyah) and moral orientation - but specifically to Allah and the ahle bayt (as) together.  These are doors. Also note the wording: a group, not all. This is a recognition that within every civilization, there are exceptional individuals who rise to intellectual prominence. These are the people who preserve, transmit, and implement prophetic knowledge, even when the majority may neglect it. 🌟 The Symbolism of Thurayyā ...

زِيَارَةُ النَّبِيّ ﷺ Saturday’s Ziyārah — Ziyārat an-Nabī ﷺ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ ash-hadu an la ilaha illa allahu I bear witness that there is no god save Allah; وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ wahdahu la sharika lahu alone without having any partner; وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُهُ wa ash-hadu annaka rasuluhu and I bear witness that you are His messenger وَأَنَّكَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِٱللَّهِ wa annaka muhammadu bnu `abdillahi and you are Muhammad, the son of `Abdullah. وَأَشْهَدُ أَنّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالاتِ رَبِّكَ wa ash-hadu annaka qad ballaghta risalati rabbika And I bear witness that you have truly conveyed the missions of your Lord, وَنَصَحْتَ لأُمَّتِكَ wa nasahta li'ummatika well-wished for your nation, وَجَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ wa jahadta fi sabili allahi striven hard in the way of Allah بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِ ٱلحَسَنَةِ bilhikmati walmaw`izati alhasanati by ...

A hadith from Imam al-Riḍā (ʿa) tracing the divine interpretation of gratitude and creation through the Imams Foundational Source: Thaqalayn, Ḥadīth #30 Below is one of the luminous narrations that establish the chain of light — through each Imam — on the meaning of “Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.” It is presented in both Arabic and English for reflection and study. English Translation (Thaqalayn 28–30) 28-30 Muhammad ibn Al-Qasim al-Isterabadi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sayyar quoted on the authority of their fathers, on the authority Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Musa ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (s), on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his grandfather (s), “A man went to see Al-Ridha (s) and said, O son of the Prophet of God! Please tell me what the interpretation of the following Words of the Honorable the Exalted God is, ‘Praise be...