Imam Sadiq said: ”آيَةٌ في كِتابِ اللهِ مُسْجَلَةٌ.

Imam Sadiq said: ”آيَةٌ في كِتابِ اللهِ مُسْجَلَةٌ.“ قلتُ: ”ما هِيَ؟“ قالَ: ”قَولُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "هل جزاء الاحسان الا الاحسان" جَرَتْ في الكافِرِ وَالمُؤمِنِ وَالبَرِّ والفَاجِرِ، وَمَن صُنِعَ إلَيهِ مَعرُوفٌ فَعَليهِ أنْ يُكافِئَ بهِ، ولَيسَ المُكافأةُ أنْ تَصْنَعَ كَما صُنِعَ حتىّ يَربى، فإنْ صَنَعْتَ كما صُنِعَ كان لهُ الفَضْلَ بالإبتِداءِ.“ “There is a verse in God’s Book that is unrestricted.” He was asked: “Which verse?” Imam Sadiq said: “It is the Almighty God’s words: “Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?” (55:60) This holds true for believers, pagans, good-doers and evildoers.

You must reward good for good. Whoever is done some good should respond with good. The proper compensation is not to respond with as much good as he did but with more, since if you respond equally he is ahead of you because he initiated the good deed.” [^2] In Al-Mufradat Raghib said: “Doing good is loftier than doing justice because in the case of doing justice you give and take as much as you are supposed to, but in doing good you always give more than you are due to give, and take less than what you deserve to get.” The Response to God’s Favor We read the following in the Holy Qur’an: وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَأَحْسِن كَمَا أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ "Nor forget thy portion in this world: but do thou good, as God has been good to thee."[The Holy Qur’an, al-Qasas 28:77] It is generally accepted that man is always hoping to receive God’s Favors.

He asks God for many things and expects a lot from Him. Then how can he ignore other people’s needs and neglect their requests. We read the following in the Holy Qur’an: وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ “Let them forgive and overlook, do you not wish that God should forgive you?” [The Holy Qur’an, al-Nur 24:22] In other words, we can say that at times we are given great blessings all of which we do not need.