ثم أقبل عليهم...

ثم أقبل عليهم، فقال: هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ ما فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوسُفَ من قبل وَ أَخِيهِ من بعد؟ قالُوا أَ إِنَّكَ لَأَنْتَ يُوسُفُ قالَ أَنَا يُوسُفُ وَ هذا أَخِي قَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنا، قالُوا تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ آثَرَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنا فلا تفضحنا، و لا تعاقبنا اليوم، و اغفر لنا، قالَ لا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ.

He -asws said: ‘So Yusuf -as took the letter of Yaqoub -as , and kissed it, and placed it upon his -as eyes, and cried and wailed to the extent that his -as tears soaked the shirt which was upon him -as . Then he -as faced towards them, so he -as said [12:89] He said: Do you know how you treated Yusuf and his brother afterwards [12:90] They said: Are you indeed Yusuf? He said: I am Yusuf and this is my brother; Allah has indeed been Gracious to us; [12:91] They said: By Allah!

now has Allah certainly Preferred you over us , so do not disgrace us, and do not punish us today, and forgive us’. [12:92] He said: (There shall be) no reprach against you this day; May Allah Forgive you ’. [6] The affluence and poverty: وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ وُكِلَ الرِّزْقُ بِالْحُمْقِ وَ وُكِلَ الْحِرْمَانُ بِالْعَقْلِ وَ وُكِلَ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْيَقِينِ وَ الصَّبْرِ.

And from him, said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘ The sustenance is allocated with the foolishness, and the deprivation is allocated with the intellect, and the afflictions have been allocated with the certainty and the patience’’ .

[7] Patience earns the Recompense وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع أَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ الدَّيْنَ وَ تَغَيُّرَ الْحَالِ فَكَتَبَ لِي اصْبِرْ تُؤْجَرْ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تَصْبِرْ لَمْ تُؤْجَرْ وَ لَمْ تُرَدَّ قَضَاءَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏. And from him, from Mihran who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan -asws complaining to him of the debts and the changed situation.

He -asws wrote to me: ‘ Be patient, you will be Recompensed , for you, if you are not patient, will not be Recompensed, and the Decree of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic cannot be repelled’’. [8] The most prestigious from the people to Allah -azwj وَ قِيلَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مَنْ أَكْرَمُ الْخَلْقِ عَلَى اللَّهِ And it was said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘Who is the most prestigious of the people to Allah -azwj ?’ قَالَ مَنْ إِذَا أُعْطِيَ شَكَرَ وَ إِذَا ابْتُلِيَ صَبَرَ.

He -asws said: ‘One, when he is Given, he thanks, and when he is Tried, he is patient’’.

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