The most fortunate of all people is one who knows our merits...

The most fortunate of all people is one who knows our merits, seeks nearness to Allah through us, is sincere in his love for us, acts on that which we have entrusted to him and keeps away from that which we have forbidden, for this person is from us and he will be with us in the Eternal Abode. 8ـ أسْعَدُ النّاسِ مَنْ عَرَفَ فَضْلَنا، وتَقَرَّبَ إلَى اللّهِ بِنا، وأخْلَصَ حُبَّنا، وَعَمِلَ بِما إلَيْهِ نَدَبْنا، وانْتَهى عَمّا عَنْهُ نَهَيْنا، فَذاكَ مِنّا، وهُوَ فِي دارِ الْمُقامَةِ مَعَنا.

The nearest of people to us is one who loyally supports us and has enmity for our enemies. 9ـ أوْلَى النّاسِ بِنا مَنْ والانا، وعادا مَنْ عادانا. Indeed, for [the proclamation:] ‘There is none worthy of worship but Allah’ there are some conditions, and verily I and my progeny are from its conditions. 10ـ إنَّ لـ﴿لاإلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ﴾ شُرُوطاً وَإنّي وذُرِّيَتي مِنْ شُرُوطِها.

Verily, the beggar is a messenger of Allah, so one who gives to him gives to Allah and one who withholds from him, withholds from Allah, the Glorified.[^1] 11ـ إنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ فَمَنْ أعْطاهُ فَقَدْ أعْطَى اللّهَ وَمَنْ مَنَعَهُ فَقَدْ مَنَعَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ. Verily our affair is difficult and arduous, none can bear it except the servant whose heart Allah has tested for [and filled with] faith, and nothing preserves our words except the faithful hearts and discerning minds.

12ـ إنَّ أمْرَنا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ، لايـَحْتَمِلُهُ إلاّ عَبْدٌ امْتَحَنَ اللّهُ قَلْبَهُ لِلاْيمانِ، وَلايَعِي حَدِيثَنا إلاّ صُدُورٌ أمِينَةٌ، وأحْلامٌ رَزِينَةٌ. To us return the ones who exceed the bounds and the ones who lag behind [come forward to] meet up with us. 13ـ إلَيْنا يَرْجِـعُ الغالِي، وبِنا يَلْحَقُ التّالِي.

14ـ إنَّ اللّهَ تَعالى أطْلَعَ عَلَى الأرْضِ فَاخْتارَنا، واخْتارَ لَنا شِيعَةً يَنْصُرُونَنا، وَيَفْرَحُونَ لِفَرَحِنا، ويَحزَنُونَ لِحُزْنِنا، ويَبْذُلُونَ أنْفُسَهُمْ وأمْوالَهُمْ فِينا، فَأُولئِكَ مِنّا، وإلَيْنا، وَهُمْ مَعَنا فِي الْجِنانِ.