They did have the ability to take to what they had been Commanded for...
They did have the ability to take to what they had been Commanded for, and leave what was prohibited from them, and they were Tried with that’. ثم قال: «ليس شيء مما أمروا به و نهوا عنه إلا و من الله عز و جل فيه ابتلاء و قضاء Then he -asws said: ‘There is nothing which they were Commanded to do, and Prohibited from, except that there was a Trial in it from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and a Judgement’.
[41] VERSES 44 – 50 فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ {44} So, leave Me and the one who belies this Hadeeth.
We will gradually Overcome them from where they are not knowing [68:44] وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ {45} And I am Respiting for them, surely, My Plan is Strong [68:45] أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ {46} Or are you (O Rasool) asking them for a Recompense, so they are being overburdened from a liability? [68:46] أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ {47} Or is there the (knowledge of the) unseen with them, so they are writing it?
[68:47] فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ {48} Therefore, be patient for a Decision of your Lord, and do not become like the companion of the whale when he called out while he was distressed [68:48] لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ {49} Had he not come across the Favour of his Lord, He would have been thrown in the wilderness while he was condemned [68:49] فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ {50} So his Lord Chose him and Made him to be from the righteous ones [68:50] محمد بن يعقوب: عن عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن علي بن الحكم، عن عبد الله بن جندب، عن سفيان بن السمط، قال: قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): «إن الله إذا أراد بعبد خيرا فأذنب ذنبا أتبعه بنقمة و ذكره الاستغفار، و إذا أراد بعبد شرا فأذنب ذنبا أتبعه بنعمة لينسيه الاستغفار و يتمادى بها Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Abdullah Bin Jundab, from Sufyan Bin Al-Samt who said: ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘When Allah -azwj Intends good for a servant, whenever he commits a sin, he would regret it and remember to seek the Forgiveness.
And when He -azwj Intends evil for a servant, so he when he commits a sin, he would follow it without regret and he would forget to seek Forgiveness, and would be deliberate with it.
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