[9] Respite from the Trials...

[9] Respite from the Trials: (Allah -azwj Says, in a lengthy Hadith): يَا مُوسَى أَبْنَاءُ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَهْلُهَا فِتَنٌ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فَكُلٌّ مُزَيَّنٌ لَهُ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ زُيِّنَتْ لَهُ الْآخِرَةُ فَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا مَا يَفْتُرُ قَدْ حَالَتْ شَهْوَتُهَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ لَذَّةِ الْعَيْشِ فَأَدْلَجَتْهُ بِالْأَسْحَارِ كَفِعْلِ الرَّاكِبِ السَّائِقِ إِلَى غَايَتِهِ يَظَلُّ كَئِيباً وَ يُمْسِي حَزِيناً فَطُوبَى لَهُ لَوْ قَدْ كُشِفَ الْغِطَاءُ مَا ذَا يُعَايِنُ مِنَ السُّرُورِ O Musa -as !

The sons of the world and its people are a trial – some of them for (some of) the others. So, each one of them (who work for the world) decorates what is regarding him, whereas the Believer is the one for whom the Hereafter is decorated. So he looks at it unabated, and its pleasures become a barrier for him in between him and the pleasures of life. So, he idealises by the dawn like the act of the passenger driven by it to its destination, remaining bleak and sad in the evening.

Therefore, the good news would be for him, and when the curtain is Lifted, what he will see would delight his eyes.

[10] (An extract) قال عليه السلام: كم من مستدرج بالاحسان إليه، ومغرور بالستر عليه، ومفتون بحسن القول فيه، وما ابتلى الله سبحانه أحدا بمثل الاملاء Nahj (Al-Balagah) – ‘He -asws said: ‘How many people have been gradually enticed (themselves) by the Favours upon him, and deceived by the veiling upon him, and the tempted by the good words regarding him, and Allah -azwj the Glorious has not Tried anyone with the likes of the respite’’.

[11] عَنْهُ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا أُعْطِيَ عَبْدٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا اعْتِبَاراً وَ مَا زُوِيَ عَنْهُ إِلَّا اخْتِبَاراً From him, from one of his companions, raising it, said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Whatever Given to a servant from the world is only as a lesson, and whatever is Delayed from him is only as a Trial’.

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