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QUOTABLE QUOTES
Shahid Ayatullah ‘Allamah Murtada Mutahhari
VICES“Until the time that man has not annihilated the fires of jealousy, animosity, self-worship, arrogance, and
other negative characteristics, the lamp of his intellect cannot light the
way for him.” ©
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
ARROGANCE
“‘AL-TAKABBUR MA‘A ’L-MUTAKABBIR ‘IBADAH [ARROGANCE WITH THE
ARROGANT IS [A FORM OF] WORSHIP].’ IT MEANS THAT IF A PERSON BEHAVES
ARROGANTLY, YOU SHOULD NOT BEHAVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT
ENCOURAGES HIM TO BE ARROGANT. INSTEAD, YOU HAVE TO BEHAVE
ARROGANTLY WITH AN ARROGANT PERSON SO AS TO EMBARRASS HIM
AND DISCOURAGE HIM FROM ARROGANCE.”
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Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
CULTURE “The time has come for the call
toward a return to the pure culture of Islam to resound across the
whole of the Muslim nation; let us hear the sound of the breaking of the chains of bondage and slavery and let us be witness to the great power of the Muslim nation once
again.”
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
WOMEN
“Women owe their role as builders in history to their chastity, modesty and piety.
Whenever they have lost these characteristics, they have also
lost their historical role.”
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
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SPIRITUAL FREEDOM
“Social freedom without spiritual freedom is of no consequence. A problem of today’s society is that
they desire to establish social freedom without bothering to seek
spiritual freedom.”
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
JUSTICE“Justice is not simply an ethical
characteristic; rather, it is a great social responsibility. It is
something whereby all the people are given their rightful share
based upon their needs and their merits.”
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Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
INTIZAR
“To ‘await’ (intizar) is a duty but one’s duty is not to wait. This means that we are duty-bound to be hopeful toward
the future but our duty is not to wait [for the future to come
to us.”
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
Post Revolution
“After a revolution, freedom will come, and along with it will come differences of opinion and
theological and philosophical debates. At this time, the sword will no longer have any effect; it will be the time of the pen.”
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
GRACE
“The obligations of grace are that human beings must possess the strongest of certainty in the field of the intellect and thought, and the purest of intentions in their heart, and the best of actions in
their works.”
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
PROPHETS
“The Prophets are the teachers of piety, purity and
virtue. History has been molded by human beings, and human beings, more than anything else, have
been molded by the Prophets.”
Murtada Mutahhari
(1920-79)
The activities of this scholar were intolerable to the followers of the atheistic schools and they, therefore, decided to remove him from the scene by terroristic method. Eventually they assassinated him on May 1, 1979. His
martyrdom was a great tragedy to the intellectual world.
