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Clip Pay attention to Me Ali Reza Panahian Salam my dear. How are you? “May I come up?” Come dear. Do you want to sit here while I’m talking? Shall I talk while you’re sitting here? “Read.” *** During the days and nights of the holy month of Ramadan, we should reap the most benefit. How can we receive light from this month? How can we benefit from God’s Grace in this holy month of Ramadan? By paying attention! This is the main factor. The most important capacity we have in our soul and which we don’t usually benefit from is paying attention. Paying attention is not usually considered to be something that valuable. No matter how much you stand behind a store window and say, “I have truly paid attention to this car behind the window,” this is not something valuable in this world. People say, “You shouldn’t have paid attention to it.” But it is exactly the opposite when standing before God. Whoever has gained something, he has gained it by paying attention to God wholeheartedly and by beseeching Him. In the beginning, paying attention happens in one’s mind. “I have turned my face to Him Who has created the heavens and the earth…” [Qur’an 6:79] A person should pay attention to God in his thoughts. Gradually, when this paying attention becomes deeper, it turns into paying attention with one’s heart. A person faces Him with his heart. “I have turned my face to Him…” “Salam.” Salam my dear. How are you? “May I come up?” Come dear. Come. It’s fine. Come up. Do you want to sit here while I’m talking? Shall I talk while you’re sitting here? Sit here; I’ll talk. You sit, I sit, and we’ll talk. It’s not a problem if I talk? “No. Read.” Read? She says read. Do you want to go down or are you comfortable sitting here? Do you want to go down? She says she won’t come. Let her be. “Candy…” No, no, leave her. “I’ll take her. She’ll be distracting.” No, will you be distracted? “No.” [Audience,] “Haj Aqa, we shouldn’t pay attention [as you were explaining].” Don’t pay attention. She got the candy from you but didn’t come. Of course I am happy to be in the presence of this luminous child. She’s so pure. See. This dear child reminded me of Mr. Baha’udini. His son-in-law related, “Once, I came home, and I saw the children were very noisy. But he was sitting and thinking deeply. I said, ‘Children, be quiet!’ I quieted them. Then, Mr. Baha’udini noticed me. He said, ‘What do you want with the children?!’ I said, ‘I thought they shouldn’t be noisy and bother you.’ He replied, ‘What do they have to do with me?’ I realized that children do not distract Mr. Baha’udini at all.” This ability to pay attention is very valuable. Paying attention means that my face, my soul and my heart are turned toward You God. I’m paying attention to You now. “I have turned my face to Him Who has created the heavens and the earth…” Paying attention to whom? To the One Who has created the heavens and the earth! God doesn’t want anything from His servant. He says, “Just pay attention to Me.” God gives everything to His servant. He’s not stingy at all. God has created us so that He may give to us. God doesn’t want anything. God doesn’t like negligence. He says, “Why aren’t you paying attention to Me?” When a person pays attention, that’s it. Don’t leave your soul unattended to pay attention and become busy with everything it wants. Say, “Wait, I should have a program for myself now.” In order to strengthen your attentiveness, you should pay attention to your sorrows, my dears. Nothing will drag a person’s attention to itself like sorrows. Find beautiful spiritual sorrows and pay attention to them. This is what supplications do. This doesn’t mean we should be sad. It means we should pay attention. If crying and sorrows help, even better. Now what if sorrows distract us from God? That’s a nasty sorrow. Having a sorrow that does not cause a person to pay attention to God and which distances him from God is very bad. This doesn’t mean having sorrows. It means paying attention, and we should gain this ability. O God, help us to leave this holy Month as people who are attentive. There were times when we paid attention to other things besides You. Especially if we have enjoyed them too - very bad! “I ask for Your forgiveness for every pleasure other than remembering You.” [Imam Sajjad (as), Al-Dhakirin Supplication] God doesn’t want anything from His servant. He says, “Just pay attention to Me.” God gives everything to His servant. He’s not stingy at all. God doesn’t want anything. God doesn’t like negligence. During the days and nights of the holy month of Ramadan, it is by being attentive that we benefit. How good it is to recite the Qur’an while being attentive. How good it is to pray while being attentive. Do your work while being attentive. Do your work, but your heart should be with God. ***

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[03 June 2012] Kashmiri muslims pay homage to late Imam Khomeini - English Religious scholars and politicians gathered in Kashmir to commemorate the 23rd passing anniversary of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini.

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[03 June 2012] Iraqi Kurds pay homage to late Imam Khomeini - English In Iraq's Kurdish region, politicians and clerics gathered to mark the 23rd passing anniversary of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini. The event was a solemn occasion. Arbil's Iranian consulate screened a documentary on the life of Imam Khomeini, highlighting his role in overthrowing the Shah and establishing an Islamic Republic in 1979.

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Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei narrates and explains a tradition from the 5th divinely appointed Imam, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (A), where his eminence (A) speaks about, \"A Debt Which Even Martyrdom Can\'t Pay Off\". What kinds of sins does martyrdom in the way of Allah and for the sake of Allah atone for? What is the meaning of the Arabic word \'Takfir\'? And yet, what is one thing that martyrdom doesn\'t atone for? What categories does that thing fall in; is it limited to financial aspect only? And what are some things that can atone for the aforementioned instance that even martyrdom can\'t atone for? Finally, what is \"A Debt Which Even Martyrdom Can\'t Pay Off\". Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei expounds upon the wise words of the 5th divinely appointed Imam (A), Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (A).

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[16 June 2012] Pilgrims flocking Kadhimiya to pay homage to late Shia Imam - English As preparations are underway for hosting the pilgrims flooding the city of Kadimiay to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the 7th Shia Imam Mousa Ibn Kadim, the Iraqi forces have increased their security measures inside and around the city. Shia pilgrimages were prohibited under the rule of Saddam Hussain.

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[18 June 2012] Iranian muslims pay tribute to Prophet Mohammad - English Iranian Muslims are out celebrating Eide Mabas. Eide Mabas occurred on August 10, 610 CE when Mohammad received the 1st revelation. Iranians explained to Press TV the importance of this momentous occasion. Press TV's Amir Hossein Eskandar reports from Tehran.