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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Blessing Blessing-النِّعْمَة Blessing is linked to gratitude and gratitude is linked to increase [in blessings], and these two are linked together in one chain, for increase [in blessings] from Allah, the Glorified, will never cease until the gratitude of the thankful one ceases.

1ـ اَلنِّعْمَةُ مَوْصُولَةٌ بِالشُّكْرِ، والشُّكْرُ مَوْصُولٌ بِالْمَزِيدِ، وهُما مَقْرُونانِ في قَرَن، فَلَنْ يَنْقَطِعَ المَزِيدَ مِنَ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ حَتّى يَنْقَطِعَ الشُّكْرُ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِ. Seek good out of every blessing that Allah has bestowed upon you and do not waste any favour of Allah over you. 2ـ اِسْتَصْلِحْ كُلَّ نِعْمَة أنْعَمَهَا اللّهُ عَلَيْكَ، وَلاتُضِعْ نِعْمَةً مِنْ نِعَمِ اللّهِ عِنْدَكَ.

Let the effect of that which Allah, the Glorified, has blessed you with be seen on you. 3ـ ولْـيُرَ عَلَيْكَ أثَرُ ما أنْعَمَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ. Seek the perfection of Allah’s blessing upon you through patience in obedience to Him and preserving that which He has commanded you to preserve [and act upon] of His book. 4ـ اِسْتَتِمُّوا نِعَمَ اللّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ عَلى طاعَتِهِ، والْمُحافَظَةِ عَلى مَا اسْتَحْفَظَكُمْ مِنْ كتابِهِ.

Beware of the slipping away of blessings, for not everything that runs away comes back. 5ـ اِحْذَرُوا نِفارَ النِّعَمِ فَما كُلُّ شارِد بِمَرْدُود. Indeed, one of the blessings is affluence, but good health is better than affluence, and the God-wariness of the heart is [even] better than good health. 6ـ الا وإنَّ مِنَ النِّعَمِ سَعَةُ الْمالِ، وأفْضَلُ مِنْ سَعَةِ المالِ صِحَّةُ الْبَدَنِ، وأفْضَلُ مِنْ صِحَّةِ الْبَدَنِ تَقْوَى الْقَلْبِ.

The best things that Allah, the Glorified, has blessed his servants with are: knowledge, intelligence, power and justice. 7ـ أفْضَلُ ما مَنَّ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ بِهِ عَلى عِبادِهِ: عِلْمٌ، وعَقْلٌ، ومُلْكٌ وَعَدْلٌ. The person who is in the best condition of all people is he who makes present blessings last by being grateful for them and gets those that are lost restored through patience. 8ـ أحْسَنُ النّاسِ حالاً فِي النِّعَمِ مَنِ اسْتَدامَ حاضِرَها بِالشُّكْرِ وارْتَجَعَ فائِتَها بِالصَّبْرِ.

The least that you must do for Allah, the Most High, is ensure that you do not use His blessings as a means of disobeying [and sinning against] Him. 9ـ أقَلُّ ما يَلْزَمُكُمْ لِلّهِ تَعالى أنْ لاتَسْتَعِينُوا بِنِعَمِهِ عَلى مَعاصِيهِ.