When Allah wishes good for a servant...
When Allah wishes good for a servant, He makes him learned in religion and inspires him with certitude. 16ـ إذا أرادَ اللّهُ بِعَبْد خَيْـراً، فَقَّهَهُ فِي الدّينِ، وألْهَمَهُ اليَقينَ. When Allah wishes good for a servant, He inspires him with contentment, so he becomes satisfied with the minimum and covers himself with chastity [and abstinence from the unlawful]. 17ـ إذا أرادَ اللّهُ بِعَبْد خَيْراً، ألْهَمَهُ القَناعَةَ، فَاكْتَفى بِالكَفافِ، واكْتَسى بِالعَفافِ.
When Allah wishes good for a servant, He inspires him with moderation and good management and keeps him away from mismanagement and wastefulness. 18ـ إذا أرادَ اللّهُ بِعَبْد خَيْراً، ألْهَمَهُ الاِقْتِصادَ، وَحُسْنَ التَّدْبيرِ، وجَنَّبَهُ سُوءَ التَّدْبيرِ والإسْرافَ. When Allah loves a servant, He inspires him with right guidance and makes him successful in His obedience. 19ـ إذا أحَبَّ اللّهُ عَبْداً ألْهَمَهُ رُشْدَهُ، ووَفَّقَهُ لِطاعَتِهِ.
He (‘a) praised a man saying: This is one whose peacefulness benefits and injustice is not feared from him. When he says, he does and when he put in charge, he is just. 20ـ وأثنى ـ عَليه السّلامُ ـ عَلى رَجُل فَقالَ:ذاكَ يَنْفَعُ سِلْمُهُ، ولا يُخافُ ظُلْمُهُ، إذا قالَ فَعَلَ، وإذا وُلِّيَ عَدَلَ. He (‘a) said about the one whom he praised: He is the unfolder [and clarifier] of the obscure, the guide in vast deserts and the repeller of complex difficulties.
21ـ وقالَ ـ عَليه السّلامُ ـ في حَقِّ مَنْ أثنى عَلَيْهِ: فَتّاحُ مُبْهَمات دلِيلُ فَلَوات، دَفّاعُ مُعْضِلات. The best of servants is one who is delighted when he does good and when he does evil, he repents. 22ـ خَيْرُ العِبادِ مَنْ إذا أحْسَنَ اِسْتَبْشَرَ، وإذا أساءَ اِسْتَغْفَرَ. People are created by [Allah’s] power, raised up with constraint and made to die through pangs of death. 23ـ عِبادٌ مَخْلُوقُونَ اِقْتِداراً، ومَرْبُوبُونَ اِقْتِساراً، ومَقْبُوضُونَ اِحْتِضاراً.
If the servants were to stop when they are ignorant [about something], they would neither apostatize nor would they go astray. 24ـ لَوْ أنَّ العِبادَ حينَ جَهِلُوا وَقَفُوا، لَمْ يَكْفُرُوا، ولَمْ يُضِلُّوا. When Allah humiliates (or abases) a servant, He denies him knowledge. 25ـ إذا أرْذَلَ(أذَلَّ) اللّهُ عَبْداً حَظَرَ عَلَيْهِ العِلْمَ. When Allah wants something bad for a servant, He makes wealth beloved to him and extends his [false] hopes.
26ـ إذا أرادَ اللّهُ بِعَبْد شَـرّاً حَبَّبَ إلَيْهِ المالَ، وبَسَطَ مِنْهُ الآمالَ.
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