said, "If you understand Allah's Majesty, then you will not attach any importance to the creatures."

When Imam Ali (as) was asked about Faith in Religion, he replied that the structure of faith is supported by four pillars: endurance, conviction, justice and jihad.

Eagerness, fear, piety and anticipation (of death).

So whoever is eager for Paradise will ignore temptations;

Whoever fears the fire of Hell will abstain from sins;

Whoever practices piety will easily bear the difficulties of life,

And whoever anticipates death will hasten towards good deeds.

To guard oneself against infatuations of sin;

To search for explanation of truth through knowledge;

To gain lessons from instructive things and to follow the precedent of the past people.

Because whoever wants to guard himself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes of infatuation and the true ways of combating them out and to find those true ways one has to search them with the help of knowledge.

Whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take lessons from life,

And whoever tries to take lessons from life is actually engaged in the study of the causes of rise and fall of previous civilizations.

Depth of understanding, profoundness of knowledge,

Fairness of judgment and dearness of mind; because whoever tries his best to understand a problem will have to study it,

Whoever has the practice of studying the subject he is to deal with, will develop a clear mind and will always come to correct decisions,

Whoever tries to achieve all this will have to develop ample patience and forbearance,

And whoever does this has done justice to the cause of religion and has led a life of good repute and fame.

To persuade people to be obedient to Allah;

To prohibit them from sin and vice;

To struggle (in the cause of Allah) sincerely and firmly on all occasions;

And to detest the vicious.

Because, whoever persuades people to obey the orders of Allah provides strength to the believers;

Whoever dissuades them from vices and sins humiliates the unbelievers;

Whoever struggles on all occasions discharges all his obligations,

And whoever detests the vicious only for the sake of Allah, then Allah will take revenge on his enemies and will be pleased with Him on the Day of Judgment.

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Hankering after whims,

A passion to dispute every argument,

Deviation from truth;

And dissension.

Because whoever hankers after whims does not incline towards truth;

Whoever keeps on disputing every argument on account of his ignorance, will always remain blind to truth.

Whoever deviates from truth because of ignorance, will always take good for evil and evil for good and he will always remain intoxicated with misguidance.

And whoever makes a breach (with Allah and His Messenger) his path becomes difficult, his affairs will become complicated and his way to salvation will be uncertain.

Absurd reasoning;

Fear;

Vacillation,

and hesitation;

and unreasonable surrender to infidelity,

One who has accustomed himself to unreasonable and absurd discussions will never see the Light of Truth and will always live in the darkness of ignorance.

One who is afraid to face facts (of life, death and the life after death) will always turn away from ultimate reality,

One who allows doubts and uncertainties to vacillate him will always be under the control of Shaytan,

And one who surrenders himself to infidelity accepts damnation in both worlds.

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Anyone who knows that all his deeds are accounted for,

That his efforts do not go in waste,

And also that Allah rewards him for his actions and deeds with Paradise, though He by His benign Mercy sometimes bestows upon him rewards for his good intentions too.

He then leads his life with his love for Allah in a state of cheerful hopefulness.

Such a man abstains from treachery, meanness, and hypocrisy.

Anyone who considers himself to be ever-present before Allah and considers Allah as Omniscient can never practice deceit and hypocrisy.

He, who has submitted himself to the Will of Allah and truthfully obeys His commands, can never bow down before anyone in authority, status and power.

He considers everybody as he himself is.

Since the man of faith benefits by his timely deed and receives an everlasting reward from Allah and pins his hopes only on Allah, he never sustains any loss at all.

If we look into the following causes of fear and restlessness.

We find that faith in Allah provides a complete peace, satisfaction and a state of tranquility Causes of Fear and Worries

Sometimes past lapses and bad deeds are the causes of one's fears and worries but the remembrance of Allah changes this state of mind into that of peace and tranquility because Allah is Merciful and Benevolent and He forgives sins and accepts one's repentance.

Sometimes loneliness and the very thought of helplessness leads to fears and worries but the faith that Allah is Omnipresent and Omniscient changes this state of mind into that of peace and tranquility.

The man believes that Allah is not only our Companion and Compassionate but He hears us, sees our deeds and bestows His blessings on us.

Sometimes the aimless life and the sense of lethargy make one's mind restless.

But the faith in Allah removes all such fears and worries as Allah has created every thing in this world with a purpose by His Wisdom in a definite quantity and number within a specific sphere.

Sometimes a man gets worried that he has not been able to please everybody, and he broods over the thought that he annoyed or provided the cause of displeasure to a particular person or a group of people.

But the faith in Allah that one should only try to please Allah as honor and disgrace only comes from Him removes that state of restlessness.

And it is confirmed by the Holy Quran that says:

'Remembrance of Allah certainly brings comfort to all hearts.' (13:28)

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He who does not have faith in the real cause of the Creation, that is Almighty and All-Wise Allah, is a person, who finds himself/herself shaky, aimless and lonesome and concerns himself like animals and birds with the enjoyment of the comforts of worldly life only;

Who acts only under the pressure of the society;

Who considers death the last thing in life,

And does not have the belief in the life after death as he does not believe in the immortality of soul;

Who surrenders his life to be dominated by external powers and his personal desires;

Who is beset with vague ideas and notions, deprivation, faults and lapses as his article of faith has not been guided by the infallible Prophets and Divine revelations, who is completely unaware of the very purpose of life.

He does not know as to why he has come to this world and why he is departing from this world.

His only line of thinking is as to how his life should be spent?

He does not realize the very purpose of life.

He is devoid of the Divine Approach to Universe and Islamic faith.