If there happens to be intellect for you then there will be morals for you...
If there happens to be intellect for you then there will be morals for you, and if there happens to be piety for you, then there will be benevolence for you, or else the donkey is better than you are, and you are no better than anyone (else)!’’ [12] A Story – End result is good for the Pious one (one with Piety) ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: كَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ وَ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ (The book) ‘Qasas Al Anbiya’, may the greetings be upon them -as – by the chain to Al Sadouq, from his father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa, from Al Washa, from Al Hasan Bin Al Jahm, from a man, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , upon him -asws be the Salawaat and the greetings, said: ‘The was a man among the children of Israel who used to frequently say: ‘The Praise is for Lord -azwj of the worlds and the end-result is for the pious!’ فَغَاظَ إِبْلِيسَ ذَلِكَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ شَيْطَاناً فَقَالَ قُلِ الْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْأَغْنِيَاءِ فَجَاءَهُ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ فَتَحَاكَمَا إِلَى أَوَّلِ مَنْ يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْهِمَا عَلَى قَطْعِ يَدِ الَّذِي يَحْكُمُ عَلَيْهِ That enraged Iblees -la , so he -la sent a Satan -la to him.
He -la said, ‘Say, ‘The end result is for the rich’!’ He -la came to him and said that. They both took the judgment to the first one to emerge to them, based upon that the one who he judges against, his hand would be cut. فَلَقِيَا شَخْصاً فَأَخْبَرَاهُ بِحَالِهِمَا فَقَالَ الْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْأَغْنِيَاءِ فَرَجَعَ وَ هُوَ يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ يَقُولُ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ They met a person and informed him with their situation. He said, ‘The end-result is for the rich’.
(His hand was cut), and he returned praising Allah -azwj and saying, ‘The end-result is for the pious’. فَقَالَ لَهُ تَعُودُ أَيْضاً فَقَالَ نَعَمْ عَلَى يَدِيَ الْأُخْرَى He -as said to him, ‘Shall we repeat as well?’ He said, ‘Yes’, based upon another hand (being cut). فَخَرَجَا فَطَلَعَ الْآخَرُ فَحَكَمَ عَلَيْهِ أَيْضاً فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ الْأُخْرَى وَ عَادَ أَيْضاً يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ يَقُولُ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ They went out, and another one emerged.
He judged against him as well, so his other hand was cut, and he returned as well praising Allah -azwj and saying, ‘The end-result is for the pious’.
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