Islam Guidance

verse35

Section 6
Penal Regulations against Offenders
To seek means to approach Allah - To strive in the way of Allah - Hypocrisy of the Jews.

(35) يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللّهَ وَابْتَغُواْ إِلَيهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَاهِدُواْ فِي سَبِيلِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

35. " O' you who have Faith! Be in awe of Allah, and seek the means (of nearness) to Him; and strive hard in His way, that you may be prospersous."

Commentary:
Imam Amir-ul-mu'mineen Ali (a.s.) has said that the best means by which seekers of nearness to Allah, seek nearness, is the faith in Allah and His Messenger, striving in His way, (to believe) in the expression of Divine purification, the establishment of performance of Hajj (pilgrimage) of the House (i.e. Ka'bah) and ' Umrah ' (lesser pilgrimage), regard for kinship, almsgiving secretly and openly, and extending benefits (to people).(1)
Therefore, in order to reach felicity, we must both stop committing sins and perform worships.
In the meantime, doing goodnesses are wholly the means toward felicity if we ourselves do not waste them through our own sins.
However, Ahlul-Bayt (a.s.) are the very firm cord and means of nearness to Allah (s.w.t.).
In Islamic literatures, narrated from the Immaculate ones (a.s.), the term /wasilah/ (means), mentioned in this verse, has been rendered into Imam (a.s.) (At-Tafsir-us-Safi)..In this regard, it is also cited in some traditions: " They are firm the cord and the means to Allah (s.w.t)."(At-Tafsir-us-Safi).
Supplication is a subject about which there has been cited in the books of many Sunnite scholars, such as: Sawa'iq, by Ibn-Hajar; Sunan-i-Bihaqi; Sahih-i-Darmami; and also in Wafa'-ul-Wafa, vol. 3, p. 1371. Sura An-Nisa', No. 4, verse 64, Sura Yusuf, No. 12, verse 97, and Sura Taubah, No. 9, verse 114 can be taken as some authentique references for supplication, too.

(1) Nahjul-Balaqah, Sermon 110

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