{"id":158257,"date":"2025-12-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/?p=158257"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:34:17","slug":"martyrdom-anniversary-of-imam-ali-al-hadi-p-1447-a-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/martyrdom-anniversary-of-imam-ali-al-hadi-p-1447-a-h","title":{"rendered":"Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ali al-Hadi (p), 1447 A.H."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 3rd of Rajab 1447 A.H. marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali al-Hadi (p)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond Sight, Beyond Thought, Yet So Near<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How do we speak about God when our words, senses, and imagination are all limited? Imam Ali al-Hadi (p) offers us a reminder that the Divine cannot be captured by human description, confined by human thought, or reached by human perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says, \u201cIndeed, God cannot be described except by what He has described Himself, and how can He be described while the senses cannot comprehend Him, illusions cannot reach Him, what comes to mind cannot limit Him, and eyes cannot encompass Him? He is far in His nearness, and close in His farness” (Tuhaf al-\u2018Uqul, p. 510<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. God Is Beyond the Limits of Human Perception<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Imam al-Hadi (p) teaches that our senses, sight, hearing, and touch, are created tools. They allow us to navigate the physical world, but they cannot grasp the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n