وَإِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا مَنْتَهَى بَصَرِ الاْعْمَى...
وَإِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا مَنْتَهَى بَصَرِ الاْعْمَى، لاَ يُبْصِرُ مِمَّا وَرَاءَهَا شَيئاً، وَالْبَصِيرُ يَنْفُذُهَا بَصَرُهُ، وَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الدَّارَ وَرَاءَهَا، فَالبَصِيرُ مِنْهَا شَاخِصٌ، وَالاْعْمَى إِلَيْهَا شَاخِصٌ، وَالْبَصِيرُ مِنْهَا مُتَزَوِّدٌ، وَالاْعْمَى لَهَا مُتَزَوِّدٌ. A part of the same sermon - A caution منها: في عظة الناس You should know that a man gets satiated and wearied with everything except life, because he does not find for himself any pleasure in death.
It is in the position of life for a dead heart, sight for the blind eye, hearing for the deaf ear, quenching for the thirsty and it contains complete sufficiency and safety.
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ شَيْء إِلاَّ وَيَكَادُ صَاحِبُهُ يَشْبَعُ مِنْهُ وَيَمَلُّهُ، إِلاَّ الْحَيَاةَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَجِدُ لَهُ فِي الْمَوْتِ رَاحَةً، وَإِنَمَا ذلِكَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ الَّتي هِيَ حَيَاةٌ لِلْقَلْبِ الْمَيِّتِ، وَبَصَرٌ لِلْعَيْنِ الْعَمْيَاءِ، وَسَمْعٌ لَلاْذُنِ الصَّمَّـاءِ، وَرِيٌّ لِلظَّمْآنِ، وَفِيهَا الْغِنَى كُلُّهُ وَالسَّلاَمَةُ. The Book of Allah is that through which you see, you speak and you hear.
Its one part speaks for the other part, and one part testifies to the other. It does not create differences about Allah nor does it mislead its own follower from (the path of) Allah. You are joined together in hatred of each other and in the growing of herbage on your filth (i.e., for covering inner dirt by good appearance outside). You are sincere with one another in your love of desires and bear enmity against each other in earning wealth.
The evil spirit (Satan) has perplexed you and deceit has misled you. I seek the help of Allah for myself and you. كِتَابُ اللهِ تُبْصِرُونَ بِهِ، وَتَنْطِقُونَ بِهِ، وَتَسْمَعُونَ بِهِ، وَيَنْطِقُ بَعْضُهُ بِبَعْض، وَيَشْهَدُ بَعْضُهُ عَلى بَعْض، وَلاَ يَخْتَلِفُ فِي اللهِ، وَلاَ يُخَالِفُ بِصَاحِبِهِ عَنِ اللهِ. قَدِ اصْطَلَحْتُمْ عَلَى الْغِلِّ فِيَما بَيْنَكُمْ، وَنَبَتَ الْمرْعَى عَلَى دِمَنِكُمْ، وَتَصَافَيْتُمْ عَلى حُبِّ الاْمَالَ، وَتَعَادَيْتُمْ فِي كَسْبِ الاْمْوَالِ.
لَقَدِاسْتَهَامَ بِكُمُ الْخَبِيثُ، وَتَاهَ بِكُمُ الْغُرُورُ، وَاللهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ. Alternative Sources for Sermon 133 (1) Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 77; (2) See Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, II, 386. Previous…
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