And the Glorious and Exalted Said...
And the Glorious and Exalted Said: Work gratefully, family of Dawood, and a few from My servants are grateful [34:13] .
وَ أَحْسِنُوا الظَّنَّ بِاللَّهِ فَإِنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ حَسُنَ ظَنُّهُ بِاللَّهِ كَانَ اللَّهُ عِنْدَ ظَنِّهِ بِهِ وَ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِالْقَلِيلِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ قَبِلَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ الْيَسِيرَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ وَ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِالْيَسِيرِ مِنَ الْحَلَالِ خَفَّتْ مَئُونَتُهُ وَ تَنَعَّمَ أَهْلُهُ وَ بَصَّرَهُ اللَّهُ دَاءَ الدُّنْيَا وَ دَوَاءَهَا وَ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْهَا سَالِماً إِلَى دَارِ السَّلَامِ And think good with Allah -azwj , for Abu Abdullah -asws used to say; ‘The one who thinks about Allah -azwj , Allah -azwj would also Mention him (Reward him), and the one who is happy with a little from the sustenance, Allah -azwj would Accept even small amount of deeds.
And the one who is happy with a small amount of Permissible, his expenses would be light and his family would enjoy, and Allah -azwj would Show him the sicknesses of the world and its cure and Bring him out from it safely to the House of Peace’.
[38] محمد بن يعقوب: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد، و عبد الله ابني محمد بن عيسى، عن علي ابن الحكم، عن أبان بن عثمان، عن أبي العباس، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ ما يَشاءُ مِنْ مَحارِيبَ وَ تَماثِيلَ، فقال: «و الله ما هي تماثيل الرجال و النساء، و لكنها تماثيل الشجر و شبهه Muhammad Bin Yqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad, and Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Ibn Al-Hakam, from Abaan Bin Usman, from Abu Al-Abbas, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: They were making for him whatever he so desired, from the prayer Niches, and figurines [34:13] , so he -asws said: ‘By Allah -azwj !
These were not images of the men and the women, but the images of the tree, and it’s like’. [39] VERSE 14 فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا دَابَّةُ الْأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنْسَأَتَهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ أَنْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا فِي الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ {14} But when We Decreed death unto him, nothing evidenced them upon his death except an insect of the earth which ate his staff.
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