The Sorrows of Empire - Chalmers Johnson -English
Segment of interview with Chalmers Johnson author of The Sorrows of Empire Militarism Secrecy and the End of the Republic English
Segment of interview with Chalmers Johnson author of The Sorrows of Empire Militarism Secrecy and the End of the Republic English
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[01] [Drama] Neighbors - English dubbed
An elderly man who\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he sees...
An elderly man who\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he sees the building is anything but empty, as several families are living there. Instead of kicking the families out, he grows fond of them and decides to move in, immersing himself in the adventures, joys and sometimes sorrows of their charming lives.,,
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[02] [Drama] Neighbors - English dubbed
An elderly man who\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he sees...
An elderly man who\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he sees the building is anything but empty, as several families are living there. Instead of kicking the families out, he grows fond of them and decides to move in, immersing himself in the adventures, joys and sometimes sorrows of their charming lives.,,
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[03] [Drama] Neighbors - English dubbed
An elderly man who\\\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\\\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he...
An elderly man who\\\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\\\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he sees the building is anything but empty, as several families are living there. Instead of kicking the families out, he grows fond of them and decides to move in, immersing himself in the adventures, joys and sometimes sorrows of their charming lives.,,
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[04] [Drama] Neighbors - English dubbed
An elderly man who\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he sees...
An elderly man who\'s been living abroad for years returns to Tehran to what he\'s been assured is his empty house. But when he gets there he sees the building is anything but empty, as several families are living there. Instead of kicking the families out, he grows fond of them and decides to move in, immersing himself in the adventures, joys and sometimes sorrows of their charming lives.,,
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[Clip] Pay attention to Me | Agha Ali Reza Panahian | Farsi Sub English
Clip Pay attention to Me
Ali Reza Panahian
Salam my dear. How are you?
âMay I come up?â
Come dear.
Do you want to sit here while Iâm...
Clip Pay attention to Me
Ali Reza Panahian
Salam my dear. How are you?
âMay I come up?â
Come dear.
Do you want to sit here while Iâm talking? Shall I talk while youâre sitting here?
âRead.â
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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 Godâs 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 donât 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, âI have truly paid attention to this car behind the window,â this is not something valuable in this world. People say, âYou shouldnât have paid attention to it.â 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 oneâs mind.
âI have turned my face to Him Who has created the heavens and the earthâŠâ [Qurâan 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 oneâs heart. A person faces Him with his heart. âI have turned my face to HimâŠâ
âSalam.â
Salam my dear. How are you?
âMay I come up?â
Come dear. Come. Itâs fine. Come up. Do you want to sit here while Iâm talking? Shall I talk while youâre sitting here? Sit here; Iâll talk. You sit, I sit, and weâll talk. Itâs not a problem if I talk?
âNo. Read.â
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 wonât come. Let her be.
âCandyâŠâ
No, no, leave her.
âIâll take her. Sheâll be distracting.â
No, will you be distracted?
âNo.â
[Audience,] âHaj Aqa, we shouldnât pay attention [as you were explaining].â
Donât pay attention. She got the candy from you but didnât come. Of course I am happy to be in the presence of this luminous child. Sheâs so pure. See. This dear child reminded me of Mr. Bahaâudini. His son-in-law related, âOnce, I came home, and I saw the children were very noisy. But he was sitting and thinking deeply. I said, âChildren, be quiet!â I quieted them. Then, Mr. Bahaâudini noticed me. He said, âWhat do you want with the children?!â I said, âI thought they shouldnât be noisy and bother you.â He replied, âWhat do they have to do with me?â I realized that children do not distract Mr. Bahaâudini at all.â
This ability to pay attention is very valuable. Paying attention means that my face, my soul and my heart are turned toward You God. Iâm paying attention to You now. âI have turned my face to Him Who has created the heavens and the earthâŠâ Paying attention to whom? To the One Who has created the heavens and the earth! God doesnât want anything from His servant. He says, âJust pay attention to Me.â God gives everything to His servant. Heâs not stingy at all.
God has created us so that He may give to us. God doesnât want anything. God doesnât like negligence. He says, âWhy arenât you paying attention to Me?â When a person pays attention, thatâs it. Donât leave your soul unattended to pay attention and become busy with everything it wants. Say, âWait, I should have a program for myself now.â In order to strengthen your attentiveness, you should pay attention to your sorrows, my dears. Nothing will drag a personâs attention to itself like sorrows.
Find beautiful spiritual sorrows and pay attention to them. This is what supplications do. This doesnât 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? Thatâs 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 doesnât 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! âI ask for Your forgiveness for every pleasure other than remembering You.â [Imam Sajjad (as), Al-Dhakirin Supplication] God doesnât want anything from His servant. He says, âJust pay attention to Me.â God gives everything to His servant. Heâs not stingy at all. God doesnât want anything. God doesnât 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 Qurâan 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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Sahifa Kamilah - Dua for Sunday - Urdu
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful.
O Allah! Send Blessing...
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful.
O Allah! Send Blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful. In the name of Allah, I do not ask for but His generosity, I do not fear but His justice, I do not count on but His words, I do not cling and hold to but His rope [love and friendship of Muhammad and Aali (children of) Muhammad]. Unto Thee I draw near, O Owner of amnesty and approval! (away) from oppression and hostility, from the ups and downs, and the chronic pains and sorrows, from the \\\"course of events (life) coming to an end\\\" before \\\"provisions\\\" (for the Hereafter) are put in order and readiness. Thee (alone) I ask for guidance unto that which is good, set right and put in order, Thee (alone) I ask for help while I make efforts to become better, and get what I want. Unto Thee (alone) I turn to for health and welfare, and its completion, together with peace and security, and its continuity. I take refuge with Thee, O Lord, from \\\"playing into the hands of\\\" trick devils. and with the help of Thy authority and power keep clear of fascism and reign of terror. Accept my prayers and fasts I had, so far, given effect to, and let my tomorrow, and that which comes after it be better than the hours and the time I am in today, let my family, friends and community look up to me, and love me dearly, and keep me safe whether I am awake or asleep, (for) Thou art Allah, the Best Guardian, and Thou art the Most Merficul!
O my Allah, today I stand before Thee free from the guilt of \\\"giving an associate to Allah\\\" or defection and desertion, and shall be in the same position day after day henceafter, and act with faithfulness and sincerity towards Thee, and pray, hopeful of getting a favourable answer, stay obedient in Thy service, looking forward to obtain just rewards. Send blessing on Muhammad Thy best creation, (who) invited (mankind) unto Thy Religion (Islam), and keep me for Thy self in honour and glory in the name of Thy Majesty and Might, which neither decline nor lose power, and protect me through Thy \\\"vision\\\" (Divination) which rest not, nor is ever inattentive, bring to fullnes and maturity every work I undertake by giving my self entirely upto Thy will and pleasure, and keep me alive (till death) under Thy amnesty, Verily Thou art Forgiving, Merciful
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad
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Sahifa Kamilah - Dua for Thursday - Urdu
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
(All)...
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
(All) praise is for Allah (alone) who wrapped the night (with darkness), made sleep a medium of rest and repose, and the day a time to work and make efforts. (All) praise is for Thee (alone), [for Thou makes me come out of the deep sleep (motionless spell of inactivity) everyday, although if Thou wills it could be a rest for ever], everlasting praise, (that) never ever is cut off, nor anyone of the created beings can know, write or count up.
O my Allah, (All) prais is for Thee (alone) for Thou created, (everything) in order and equilibrium, well-measured, properly managed, effectively carried out, and determined the duration, gave life, cause (things) to decay, and recover, made available comforts, (mixed with) troubles and sorrows. Calm and unruffled Thou occupied the A\'rsh (seat of Divine authority), the whole universe under Thy domain and jurisdiction, I call Thee with a request like the one whose means and opportunities are frail and unsure, resources cut off, and the end in very near, expectations from the worldly life proved to be of little worth, (now) in need of Thy mercy cracks up, sigh of grief and regrets for immoderate conduct are heartbreaking, errors are very many, and also offences, but with sincerity has turned repentant to Thee, therefore send blessing on Muhammad, the Last Prophet, on his pure and pious children, and make available for me recommendations of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be on him and on his children, and donot deprive me of his company, verily Thou art the Most Merciful.
O my Allah, in the hours of this Wednesday, fulfil my four desires, give me strength to obey Thee, happiness in Thy worship, willingness to earn Thy rewards, self-control to keep off that which brings Thy terrible punishment; verily Thou very kindly and lovingly operates Thy will.
O Allah! Send blessings on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
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Sahifa Kamilah - Dua for Thursday - Urdu
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
(All) praise...
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
(All) praise is for Allah (only) who, through His omnipotence, strips the night of darkness, and, through His mercy, brings in the visible light of the day, wrapped me in its brightness, and filled me with its benefits. O my Allah, just as Thou kept me alive (till) this day, let me live through many such days; bless (Thy) Prophet, Muhammad and his children, and do not bring loss upon me in any part of its duration, and also in other nights and days, (by way of not preventing myself from) going in for anything unlawful, and making progress through wrongful means; give me its good, good that is there in it now, and good that it shall have, keep me aloof from its evil, evil that is there in it now, and evil that it shall have.
O my Allah, I, totally committed to Islam, seek nearness to Thee; fully learning and grasping (the meanings of) the (Holy) Quran, resolve firmly to rely upon obedience unto Thee; and through the medium of Muhammad Al Mustafaa (the chosen), peace and blessings of Allah be on him and his children, I ask Thee for my rescue, therefore know well, acknowledge, and accept,
O my Allah, the commitment and alliance on which I rely to receive satisfaction of my desires, O the Most Merciful. O my Allah, in the hours of this Thursday, fulfil my five desires, do not set in motion anything except Thy generous kindness, do not make possible and promote interest of any thing except Thy favour; (give me) sound health and wholesome security which I shall use to obey Thy commands, (confidence) to do good deeds which put me in a position to deserve more and more rewards from Thee, sufficient means of livelihood through fair and lawful employment, be my escort in the hour of fright to afford security, and in the hours of difficulties and sorrows keep me under Thy fortified stronghold; send blessings on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad, and let my alliance with them be a means of recommendation on the Day of Judgement, because verily Thou art the the Most Merciful.
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
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