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Conceptual Analysis of Spiritual Life … A.Q Sabbah and H. Bergbauer / (97
Human Life’s Relationship submission to God. A person
with God should live a life full of joy,
Whenever a person knows and the spirit should be always
himself, he knows his Lord, cheerful and lively. (Sylvan, 2002)
and knowledge of the lord If a person’s life becomes
represents the goal of creation; sweet, he becomes dear even to
rather, life is a path to cross God Almighty. Perhaps the
towards God. The Quran has most wonderful type of
presented this in various forms: worship that leads a person to
“Who created death and true happiness is worship with
life that He may try you, gratitude, but it is only for
which of you is best in happy people.
deeds; and He is the Imam Ali used to perform
Mighty, the Forgiving”. all acts of worship in love, and
(Quran, 67: 2) his worship was not to remove
the obligation, but rather he
Or by saying: was a true lover.
“And I have not created This is further highlighted
the jinn and the men when in one of his battles an
except that they should arrow got stuck in his leg,
serve Me”. (Quran, 51: 56) which couldn’t be uprooted
This worship is represented without significant pain, and
by an unparalleled spiritual the only way they were able to
relationship, meaning that the remove it, was during his
relationship of the servant with prayer due to his large affection
his Lord is the essence of during it, he didn’t feel an
spiritual connection and ounce of pain.
