Baraka Gives Human Life Eternal Meaning
Baraka (blessing) gives eternal meaning to man’s life so that he can make infinite out of finite, a seminary and university scholar said.
Speaking in a forum held at IQNA, Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammad Taqi Fa’alli added that the word Baraka conveys a very beautiful and lofty religious concept talking about which would take months.
“To put it briefly, Baraka means ‘optimal use of lifetime’, in other words, making the best of the time God has given man,” he said.
Hojat-ol-Islam Fa’alli said God has invited man to this world and granted him a limited lifetime. “It should be noted that every human being has two lives: finite life in this world and infinite life in the Hereafter. God has granted man Ikhtiar (right to choose) so that he can choose how to live. God has urged him to choose the best, that is, use his finite life to build an illuminated life in the next world.”
He underlined that one who can build infinite out of finite will achieve eternal salvation.
The scholar noted that in doing everything, there can be three situations as far as time is concerned: either more time is spent to do it than needed, or as much time or less time.
“The first situation is an example of wasting time, the second is proper use of time and the third is called Baraka.”
He cited examples of people whose life had Baraka. “For instance, Sheikh Mohammad Makki, known as the First Martyr, in just one week while in prison wrote a book on Shia Fiqh (jurisprudence) that has been taught in Shia seminaries for centuries. This is what we refer to as Baraka.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Fa’alli further referred to the factors that give one’s life Baraka and said these factors can be divided into two categories: the overall factors like faith, good deed and Taqwa (God fearing), and more specific factors like righteous intention, forgiveness, openhandedness and Infaq (charity).
He went on to say that many of the time management techniques and life improvement issues that are mentioned today can be found in the teachings of the Quran and Hadiths. “They actually refer to this aspect of the concept of Baraka that was mentioned.”
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“To put it briefly, Baraka means ‘optimal use of lifetime’, in other words, making the best of the time God has given man,” he said.
Hojat-ol-Islam Fa’alli said God has invited man to this world and granted him a limited lifetime. “It should be noted that every human being has two lives: finite life in this world and infinite life in the Hereafter. God has granted man Ikhtiar (right to choose) so that he can choose how to live. God has urged him to choose the best, that is, use his finite life to build an illuminated life in the next world.”
He underlined that one who can build infinite out of finite will achieve eternal salvation.
The scholar noted that in doing everything, there can be three situations as far as time is concerned: either more time is spent to do it than needed, or as much time or less time.
“The first situation is an example of wasting time, the second is proper use of time and the third is called Baraka.”
He cited examples of people whose life had Baraka. “For instance, Sheikh Mohammad Makki, known as the First Martyr, in just one week while in prison wrote a book on Shia Fiqh (jurisprudence) that has been taught in Shia seminaries for centuries. This is what we refer to as Baraka.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Fa’alli further referred to the factors that give one’s life Baraka and said these factors can be divided into two categories: the overall factors like faith, good deed and Taqwa (God fearing), and more specific factors like righteous intention, forgiveness, openhandedness and Infaq (charity).
He went on to say that many of the time management techniques and life improvement issues that are mentioned today can be found in the teachings of the Quran and Hadiths. “They actually refer to this aspect of the concept of Baraka that was mentioned.”
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