Muhammad al-Taqi: Quotes about God

Muhammad al-Taqi was ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism. Explore interesting quotes on god.
Muhammad al-Taqi: 50 quotes9 likes

“Three things take the slave to God's pleasure:”

Muhammad al-Taqi

1) Increase in seeking forgiveness
2) Gentleness
3) Increased charity giving
Misnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 247
Religious Wisdom

“Trusting in God is a price to every dear thing and a ladder to every high thing.”

Muhammad al-Taqi

[Baqir Sharīf al-Qurashi, The life of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, Wonderful Maxims and Arts, 2005]

“The increase of blessing is not interrupted by God, unless thanksgiving is interrupted by the slaves.”

Muhammad al-Taqi

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 480
Religious Wisdom

“Modesty is the decoration of poverty, thanks-giving is the decoration of affluence and wealth. Patience and endurance are the ornaments and decorations of calamities and distress. Humility is the decoration of lineage, and eloquence is the decoration of speech. Committing to memory is the decoration of tradition (hadīth), and bowing the shoulders is the decoration of knowledge. Decency and good morale is the decoration of the mind, and a smiling face is the decoration of munifence and generiosity. Not boasting of doing favours is the decoration of good deeds, and humility is the decoration of service. Spending less is the decoration of contentment, and abondoning the meaningless and unnecessary things is the decoration of abstention and fear of God.”

Muhammad al-Taqi

al-Shahid al-Tustari, Ihqaqul-Haq, vol.12, p. 434
General

“Take patience as your pillow, hug poverty, discard lusts, oppose your desires and know that you are seen by God, so look at how you are.”

Muhammad al-Taqi

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 479
Religious Wisdom

“Do not make an enemy of anyone until you know what there is between him and God! If he is good, God will not leave him to you and if he is bad, then your knowing of his badness will make you safe from him and so you do not need to make him your enemy.”

Muhammad al-Taqi

[Baqir Sharīf al-Qurashi, The life of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, Wonderful Maxims and Arts, 2005]

“Do not anticipate matters before their time that you may regret. Do not live just with wishes that your hearts may be hard. Be merciful to the weak and ask for mercy from God by being merciful yourselves!”

Muhammad al-Taqi

[Baqir Sharīf al-Qurashi, The life of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, Wonderful Maxims and Arts, 2005]

“Turning to God with the deep of the heart is much better than tiring the organs.”

Muhammad al-Taqi

[Baqir Sharīf al-Qurashi, The life of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, From the Reality of Faith, 2005]
Ad-Durr an-Nadhīm, p.223.