18ـ خَوْفُ اللّهُ يَجْلُبُ لِمُسْتَشْعِرِهِ الأمانَ.
18ـ خَوْفُ اللّهُ يَجْلُبُ لِمُسْتَشْعِرِهِ الأمانَ. Fear Allah and He will protect you, and do not feel safe from Him [to the extent that you begin committing sins] so that He punishes you. 19ـ خَفِ اللّهَ يُؤمِنْكَ، ولا تأمَنْهُ فَيُعَذِّبَكَ. Many a fear turns into security. 20ـ رُبَّ خَوْف يَعُودُ بِالأمانِ. There is many a frightening thing that you are not cautious of. 21ـ رُبَّ مَخُوف لاتَحْذَرُهُ. Blessed be the one who is careful of [not disobeying] his Lord and afraid of his sin.
22ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ راقَبَ رَبَّهُ وخافَ ذَنْبَهُ. Blessed be the one who enjoins upon himself the fear of his Lord and obeys Him in secret and in the open. 23ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ ألْزَمَ نَفْسَهُ مَخافَةَ رَبِّهِ، وأطاعَهُ فِي السِّـرِّ والجَهرِ. Blessed be the one who fills himself with fear [of Allah], belies [false] hopes and eschews missteps. 24ـ طُوبى لِمَنِ اسْتَشْعَرَ الوَجَلَ، وكَذَّبَ الأمَلَ وتَجَنَّبَ الزَّلَلَ.
Blessed be the one who fears Allah and thus becomes safe [from chastisement in the Hereafter]. 25ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ خافَ اللّهَ فَأمِنَ. I am amazed at the one who knows Allah, how can his fear [of Him] not become intensified?! 26ـ عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ عَرَفَ اللّهَ كَيفَ لا يَشْتَدُّ خَوْفُهُ. I am amazed at the one who is incapable of warding off that which comes upon him, how does he feel safe from the one whom (or the thing which) he is afraid of?!
27ـ عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ يَعْجُزُ عَنْ دَفْعِ ما عَراهُ كَيفَ يَقَعُ لَهُ الأمْنُ مِمَّن (ممَّا)يَخشاهُ. Fear [of Allah] is sufficient as knowledge. 28ـ كَفى بِالخَشْيَةِ عِلْماً. Just as you hope, fear. 29ـ كَما تَرْجُو خَفْ. One who fears [Allah] is safe. 30ـ مَنْ خافَ أمِنَ. One who fears [Allah] gets up [to worship Him] in the night. 31ـ مَنْ خافَ أدْلَجَ(أدَّلَجَ). Whoever fears Allah, his knowledge is complete. 32ـ مَنْ خَشِيَ اللّهَ كَمُلَ عِلْمُهُ.
Whoever fears Allah, his [other] fears are reduced. 33ـ مَنْ خافَ اللّهَ قَلَّتْ مَخافَتُهُ. One whose fear [of Allah] increases, his affliction is reduced. 34ـ مَنْ كَثُرَتْ مَخافَتُهُ قَلَّتْ آفَتُهُ. One who fears Allah does not quench his anger [by taking revenge]. 35ـ مَنْ خافَ اللّهَ لَمْ يَشْفِ غَيْظَهُ. One who fears his Lord refrains from being unjust [to anyone]. 36ـ مَنْ خافَ رَبَّهُ كَفَّ عَنْ ظُلْمِهِ. One whose fear [of Allah] reduces, his affliction increases.
37ـ مَنْ قَلَّتْ مَخافَتُهُ كَثُرَتْ آفَتُهُ. One who does not truly fear Allah will not gain His security. 38ـ مَنْ لَمْ يَصْدُق مِنَ اللّهِ خَوْفُهُ لَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْهُ الأمانُ.
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