Wisdom (30): Faith is based on four pillars: Patience, Faith, Justice, and Jihad. This wisdom illustrates that faith is not merely a belief but a practical aspect of life grounded in various principles. Imam Ali (a.s.) elaborates that patience has branches: longing, fear, disobedience to the world, and waiting. Each of these aspects leads a person towards spiritual growth.
When one longs for heaven, they forget worldly desires. This highlights the importance of patience in one's life. The aspect of fear protects a person from sin, while detachment from the world helps them endure hardships. Anticipating death encourages one to hasten towards good deeds.
The four branches of certainty are: insight, understanding of reality, learning from history, and following the ways of the predecessors. These branches guide a person towards knowledge and action. Those who acquire knowledge find truths and realities clearer. This knowledge leads to learning from past experiences, allowing individuals to draw lessons from the lives of those who came before.
Justice has four branches: deep thinking, knowledge depth, quality of decisions, and stability of intellect. A person who reflects deeply gains insight into knowledge. This results in the ability to make sound decisions.
The branches of Jihad include enjoining good, forbidding evil, speaking the truth at all times, and despising the immoral. These actions instill a sense of responsibility in an individual. By enjoining good, one supports fellow believers.
This wisdom teaches us that the foundation of faith is built on strength, knowledge, action, and struggle.
