Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Light in the darkness of earth عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ ٠َنْصُورِ بْنِ رَوْحٍ عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ الصَّائِغِ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠ْ وَ اللَّهِ نُورٌ فِي ظُلُ٠َاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ السَّ٠َاءِ لَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكُ٠َاتِ الْأَرْضِ كَ٠َا تَنْظُرُونَ أَنْتُ٠ْ إِلَى الْكَوْكَبِ الدُّرِّيِّ فِي السَّ٠َاءِ وَ إِنَّ بَعْضَهُ٠ْ لَيَقُولُ لِبَعْضٍ يَا فُلَانُ عَجَباً لِفُلَانٍ كَيْفَ أَصَابَ هَذَا الْأَ٠ْرَ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي (عليه السلا٠َّنْ هَلَكَ كَيْفَ هَلَكَ وَ لَكِنْ أَعْجَبُ ٠َّنْ نَجَا كَيْفَ نَجَا.

"From him, from ʿAlī ibn Ḥadīd, from Manṣūr ibn Rūḥ, from Fuḍayl al-Ṣāʾigh, who said: I heard Abū ʿAbdullāh (peace be upon him) say: 'By Allah, you are a light in the darkness of the earth, and by Allah, the inhabitants of the heavens look upon you in the darkness of the earth as you look upon a brilliant star in the sky.

Indeed, some of them say to others: 'O so-and-so, how astonishing it is that so-and-so was able to attain this status!' And it is the saying of my father (peace be upon him), by Allah, I am not astonished by those who perish — how they perish — but rather, I am astonished by those who are saved — how they are saved.'" ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/286)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)