The one, who recognises the Favours of Allah -azwj by his heart, obligates more for himself from Allah -azwj , before he even expresses his appreciation for it upon his tongue, and the one who goes around considering himself to be better than others, so he is from the arrogant ones’.
فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّمَا يَرَى أَنَّ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَضْلًا بِالْعَافِيَةِ إِذَا رَآهُ مُرْتَكِباً لِلْمَعَاصِي فَقَالَ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا أَتَى وَ أَنْتَ مَوْقُوفٌ مُحَاسَبٌ أَ مَا تَلَوْتَ قِصَّةَ سَحَرَةِ مُوسَى ( عليه السلام ) ثُمَّ قَالَ كَمْ مِنْ مَغْرُورٍ بِمَا قَدْ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ كَمْ مِنْ مُسْتَدْرَجٍ بِسَتْرِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ كَمْ مِنْ مَفْتُونٍ بِثَنَاءِ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو النَّجَاةَ لِمَنْ عَرَفَ حَقَّنَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ إِلَّا لِأَحَدِ ثَلَاثَةٍ صَاحِبِ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ وَ صَاحِبِ هَوًى وَ الْفَاسِقِ الْمُعْلِنِ So I said to him -asws , ‘But what if he sees himself as better due to the (spiritual) health when he sees the one who is indulging in the sins?’ He -asws said: ‘Far be it!
Far be it! It may be that he has been Forgiven for his sins whilst you have been Paused for the Accounting. Have you not recited the story of the magicians (at the time) of Musa -as ?’ Then said: ‘How many are proud with what Allah -azwj has Favoured them with, and how many have been enticed by the Veil of Allah -azwj upon them, and how many have been infatuated by the praises of the people upon him’.
Then said: ‘I -asws hope for the salvation for the ones who recognise our -asws rights, from this community except for one of the three – an unjust ruler, a follower of desires, an openly immoral one’.
ثُمَّ تَلَا قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا حَفْصُ الْحُبُّ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ الدُّنْيَا وَ وَالَى غَيْرَنَا وَ مَنْ عَرَفَ حَقَّنَا وَ أَحَبَّنَا فَقَدْ أَحَبَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى Then he -asws recited: “[3:31] Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you” , then said: ‘O Hafs, the love is higher than the fear’.
Then said: ‘By Allah -azwj , Allah -azwj does not Love the one who loves the world, and takes as a friend other than us -asws , whilst the one who recognises our -asws rights and loves us -asws , so he has loved Allah -azwj ’.