Verily Allah...
Verily Allah, the Glorified, has certain selected servants upon whom He bestows blessings for the benefit of the people, causing these [blessings] to remain in their possession as long as they grant them [to the people], but if they withhold them [from the people], He takes away these blessings from them and transfers them to others.
10ـ إنَّ لِلّهِ سُبْحانَهُ عِباداً يَخْتَصُّهُمْ بِالنِّعَمِ لِمَنافِعِ الْعِبادِ، يُقِرُّ ها فِي أيْدِيهِمْ ما بَذَلُوها فَإذا مَنَعُوها نَزَعَها مِنْهُمْ وحَوَّلَها إلى غَيْرِهِمْ. Verily Allah, the Most High, bestows the blessing of benevolence in [times of] ease and the blessing of purification [in times] of hardship. 11ـ إنَّ لِلّهِ تَعالى فِي السَّـرّاءِ نِعْمَةَ الإفْضالِ، وفِي الضَّـرّاءِ نِعْمَةَ التَّطْهِيرِ. Blessings last through gratitude. 12ـ اَلنـِّعَمُ تَدُومُ بِالشُّكْرِ.
If you are able to ensure that there is no [other] benefactor between you and Allah then do so. 13ـ إنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أنْ لا يَكُونَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ اللّهِ ذُو نِعْمَة فَافْعَلْ. The only way that the value of blessings can be known is by suffering their contraries. 14ـ إنَّما يُعْرَفُ قَدْرُ النِّعَمِ بِمُقاساةِ ضِدِّها. When you see Allah continuously sending blessings upon you despite your sins, then [know that] it is a means of driving you [towards greater punishment].
15ـ إذا رَأيْتَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ يُتابِـعُ عَلَيْكَ النِّـعَمَ مَعَ المَعاصي فَهُوَ اسْتِدْراجٌ لَكَ. When a blessing comes down to you then receive it with gratitude. 16ـ إذا نَزَلَتْ بِكَ النِّعْمَةُ فَاجْعَلْ قِراها الشُّكْرَ. When you see your Lord sending continuous blessings upon you, then be careful. 17ـ إذا رَأيْتَ رَبَّكَ يُتابِـعُ عَلَيْكَ النِّعَمَ فَاحْذَرْهُ. By the befalling of calamities blessings become roiled. 18ـ بِعَوارِضِ الآفاتِ تَتَكَدَّرُ النِّعَمُ.
Many a blessed person is gradually being driven [towards punishment] by those blessings. 19ـ رُبَّ مُنْعَم عَلَيْهِ مُسْتَدْرَج بِالنُّعْمى. The alms-tax of blessings is doing good to others. 20ـ زَكاةُ النِّعَمِ اِصْطِناعُ الْمَعْرُوفِ. The adornment of blessings is keeping ties with [one’s] near relatives. 21ـ زَيْنُ النِّعَمِ صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ. The cessation of blessings is [caused] by withholding the rights of Allah from them and falling short in showing gratitude for them.
22ـ زَوالُ النِّعَمِ بِمَنْعِ حُقُوقِ اللّهِ مِنْها والتَّقْصِيرِ في شُكْرِها. The cause of cessation of a blessing is ingratitude. 23ـ سَبَبُ زَوالِ النِّعْمَةِ اَلْكُفْرانُ. In every blessing there is a reward.
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