تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ تُجاهِدُونَ فِي...
تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ تُجاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوالِكُمْ وَ أَنْفُسِكُمْ ذلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ You should believe in Allah and His Rasool, and struggle in the Way of Allah with your wealth and your selves. That is better for you if only you knew [61:11] .
يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَ يُدْخِلْكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ وَ مَساكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ذلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ He will Forgive your sins for you and Enter you into Gardens beneath which the rivers flow, and goodly dwellings in the Gardens of perpetuity. That is the mighty success [61:12] .
The Treats of a Believer: رُوِيَ أَنَّ صَاحِباً لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يُقَالُ لَهُ هَمَّامٌ كَانَ رَجُلًا عَابِداً فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صِفْ لِيَ الْمُتَّقِينَ حَتَّى كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ ‘It is reported that a companion of Amir Al-Momineen -asws called Hamman was a worshipping man. He said to him -asws , ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws ! Describe the pious ones (from believers) to me -asws until it is as if I am looking at them .
فَتَثَاقَلَ ع عَنْ جَوَابِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا هَمَّامُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ أَحْسِنْ فَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا وَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ Amir Al-Momineen -asws was thoughtful (hesitated) in answering him, then he -asws said: ‘O Hammam! Fear Allah -azwj and do good deeds, Surely, Allah is with those who are pious and those who are good doers [16:128] ’.
فَلَمْ يَقْنَعْ هَمَّامٌ بِهَذَا الْقَوْلِ حَتَّى عَزَمَ عَلَيْهِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص ثُمَّ قَالَ ع أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ حِينَ خَلَقَهُمْ غَنِيّاً عَنْ طَاعَتِهِمْ آمِناً مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ لِأَنَّهُ لَا تَضُرُّهُ مَعْصِيَةُ مَنْ عَصَاهُ وَ لَا تَنْفَعُهُ طَاعَةُ مَنْ أَطَاعَهُ Hammam was not content with that word until he was determined upon it (to know more).
The narrator said (after a pause), ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws (continued his speech with) praising Allah -azwj and extolling Him -azwj , and sent Salawaat upon the Prophet -saww , then said: ‘As for after, surely Allah -azwj the Glorious Created the creatures when He -azwj Created them, being needless from their obedience, safe from their disobedience, because the disobedience of the one disobeying Him -azwj does not harm Him -azwj , nor does the obedience of the one obeying Him -azwj , benefit Him -azwj .
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