REPENTANCE THE CRADLE OF MERCY

Introduction

When the Aggressive War[1] broke out, I went to the front to carry out my legal duty, due to my responsibility. There I was lucky to be surrounded with a moral sphere, and I made the acquaintance of those of luminous faces, divine souls, and holy personalities.

Some believers of understanding suggested that I might, on the days when the fronts became quiet and when the mujahidin came back from the Way of Love to Tehran to do some tasks, hold a meeting of Gnostic discussions according to the Holy Qur'an, the Prophet’s Sunna and the traditions of Ahlul Bayt (s). We would meet with those pure hearts and luminous faces in a circle of faithful friendship. We confirmed the Divine knowledge, and were supplied with the moral provision that was necessary for the fields of fighting.

I could not but accept this suggestion. The weekly meeting’s time was appointed; it was on Tuesday night every week.

In the beginning, the number of attendants was not more than twenty men. The meeting began with offering the prayer congregationally in a moral and divine state, and then mentioning some questions and researches on the Divine knowledge. We finished the meeting with the retelling of the tragedy of Abu Abdullah al-Husayn (s).[2] Gradually the attendants spread the news of the meeting. Other men joined the twenty men that gave the meeting a special moral sphere. This meeting was different from all the other meetings. It had no title, no name, and no certain etiquette. It had no chairman, no chief