وَ إِنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَمَنْ يَجْتَهِدُ فِي...
وَ إِنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَمَنْ يَجْتَهِدُ فِي عِبَادَتِي فَيَقُومُ مِنْ رُقَادِهِ وَ لَذِيذِ وِسَادِهِ فَيَتَهَجَّدُ لِيَ اللَّيَالِيَ فَيُتْعِبُ نَفْسَهُ فِي عِبَادَتِي فَأَضْرِبُهُ بِالنُّعَاسِ اللَّيْلَةَ وَ اللَّيْلَتَيْنِ نَظَراً مِنِّي لَهُ وَ إِبْقَاءً عَلَيْهِ فَيَنَامُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَيَقُومُ وَ هُوَ مَاقِتٌ لِنَفْسِهِ زَارِئٌ عَلَيْهَا And that, from My -azwj believing servants is the one who strive in My -azwj worship.
So he is standing from his mattress and the pleasure of his pillow, and he spends the night in praying Salāt to Me -azwj , thus tiring himself in My -azwj worship. So I -azwj Strike him with the drowsiness for the night and the two nights, as a Consideration from Me -azwj to him, whether he would remain upon it. But he goes to sleep until the morning. Then he arises, and he is disgusted with himself, upset over it.
وَ لَوْ أُخَلِّي بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ مَا يُرِيدُ مِنْ عِبَادَتِي لَدَخَلَهُ الْعُجْبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَيُصَيِّرُهُ الْعُجْبُ إِلَى الْفِتْنَةِ بِأَعْمَالِهِ فَيَأْتِيهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا فِيهِ هَلَاكُهُ لِعُجْبِهِ بِأَعْمَالِهِ وَ رِضَاهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ حَتَّى يَظُنَّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ فَاقَ الْعَابِدِينَ وَ جَازَ فِي عِبَادَتِهِ حَدَّ التَّقْصِيرِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنِّي عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَ هُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ يَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيَّ And if I -azwj were to Leave him alone, between him and what he wants from My -azwj worship, the self-conceit would enter into him due to that, so he would become self-conceited to the strife by his deed, and there would come to him from that what has destruction in it due to his self-conceitedness by his deeds, and satisfaction from himself, until he would think that he has surpassed the (other) worshippers and has exceeded in My -azwj worship, the limit of deficiency.
Thus, he would be remote from Me -azwj during that, and he would be thinking that he has come nearer to Me -azwj .
فَلَا يَتَّكِلِ الْعَامِلُونَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِمُ الَّتِي يَعْمَلُونَهَا لِثَوَابِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَوِ اجْتَهَدُوا وَ أَتْعَبُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ أَفْنَوْا أَعْمَارَهُمْ فِي عِبَادَتِي كَانُوا مُقَصِّرِينَ غَيْرَ بَالِغِينَ فِي عِبَادَتِهِمْ كُنْهَ عِبَادَتِي فِيمَا يَطْلُبُونَ عِنْدِي مِنْ كَرَامَتِي وَ النَّعِيمِ فِي جَنَّاتِي وَ رَفِيعِ دَرَجَاتِيَ الْعُلَى فِي جِوَارِي وَ لَكِنْ فَبِرَحْمَتِي Thus, the workers should not be reliant upon their deeds which they are performing for My -azwj Rewards.
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