[65] مصباح الشريعة قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ فِي كُلِّ نَفَسٍ مِنْ...

[65] مصباح الشريعة قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ فِي كُلِّ نَفَسٍ مِنْ أَنْفَاسِكَ شُكْرٌ لَازِمٌ لَكَ بَلْ أَلْفٌ وَ أَكْثَرُ وَ أَدْنَى الشُّكْرِ رُؤْيَةُ النِّعْمَةِ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ يَتَعَلَّقُ الْقَلْبُ بِهَا دُونَ اللَّهِ وَ الرِّضَا بِمَا أَعْطَاهُ وَ أَنْ لَا تَعْصِيَهُ بِنِعْمَتِهِ وَ تُخَالِفَهُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ وَ نَهْيِهِ بِسَبَبِ نِعْمَتِهِ (The book) ‘Misbah Al Sharia’ – ‘Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘Regarding every breath of your breathing it necessitates you to thank (for it), but a thousand (times) and more, and the least thanks of seeing the bounty from Allah -azwj from without there being a reason is to attach the heart with it, besides Allah -azwj , and the satisfaction with what He -azwj has Given, and that you should not disobey Him -azwj with His -azwj (Given) bounty, and opposing Him -azwj with something from His -azwj Command and His -azwj Prohibition by a cause of His -azwj bounty.

وَ كُنْ لِلَّهِ عَبْداً شَاكِراً عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ تَجِدِ اللَّهَ رَبّاً كَرِيماً عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ وَ لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عِبَادَةٌ تَعَبَّدَ بِهَا عِبَادَهُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الشُّكْرِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ لَأَطْلَقَ لَفْظَهُ فِيهِمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْخَلْقِ بِهَا And be a thankful servant to Allah -azwj upon every situation, you will find Allah -azwj as a Benevolent Lord -azwj upon every situation, and had there been in the Presence of Allah -azwj any worship His -azwj sincere servants could worship with, superior to the thanking upon every situation, He -azwj would have Linked His -azwj Wording regarding them with it, from entirety of the people.

فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهَا خَصَّهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ الْعِبَادَاتِ وَ خَصَّ أَرْبَابَهَا فَقَالَ‏ وَ قَلِيلٌ مِنْ عِبادِيَ الشَّكُورُ When there did not happen to be anything superior to it, He -azwj Specified it from between the (other acts of) worship and Specified its performers. He -azwj Said: ‘ and a few from My servants are grateful [34:13] .