وَ مَثَلُ التَّقْوَى كَمَاءٍ يَجْرِي فِي نَهَرٍ وَ مَثَلُ...
وَ مَثَلُ التَّقْوَى كَمَاءٍ يَجْرِي فِي نَهَرٍ وَ مَثَلُ هَذِهِ الطَّبَقَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ فِي مَعْنَى التَّقْوَى كَأَشْجَارٍ مَغْرُوسَةٍ عَلَى حَافَّةِ ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ مِنْ كُلِّ لَوْنٍ وَ جِنْسٍ وَ كُلُّ شَجَرَةٍ مِنْهَا يَسْتَمِصُّ الْمَاءَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ عَلَى قَدْرِ جَوْهَرِهِ وَ طَعْمِهِ وَ لَطَافَتِهِ وَ كَثَافَتِهِ And an example of the piety is like water flowing in a river, and an example of these three categories in the meaning is, the piety is like the tree having been planted upon the banks of that river or every type and species, and every tree from these suck the water from that river in accordant to its essence and its taste, and its subtlety, and its thinness and its thickness.
ثُمَّ مَنَافِعُ الْخَلْقِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْأَشْجَارِ وَ الثِّمَارِ عَلَى قَدْرِهَا وَ قِيمَتِهَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى صِنْوانٌ وَ غَيْرُ صِنْوانٍ يُسْقى بِماءٍ واحِدٍ وَ نُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَها عَلى بَعْضٍ فِي الْأُكُلِ الْآيَةَ Then the benefits of the creatures from those trees and fruits are based upon their worth and their values.
Allah -azwj the Exalted Says: and single-rooted palm trees other than single-rooted, being irrigated by one water source, and We Prefer some of it upon the others regarding the eating. [13:4] – the Verse.
فَالتَّقْوَى لِلطَّاعَاتِ كَالْمَاءِ لِلْأَشْجَارِ وَ مَثَلُ طَبَائِعِ الْأَشْجَارِ وَ الثِّمَارِ فِي لَوْنِهَا وَ طَعْمِهَا مَثَلُ مَقَادِيرِ الْإِيمَانِ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَعْلَى دَرَجَةً فِي الْإِيمَانِ وَ أَصْفَى جَوْهَراً بِالرُّوحِ كَانَ أَتْقَى وَ مَنْ كَانَ أَتْقَى كَانَتْ عِبَادَتُهُ أَخْلَصَ وَ أَطْهَرَ وَ مَنْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ مِنَ اللَّهِ أَقْرَبَ The piety for the obedience is like the water for the trees, and an example of the natures of the trees and the fruits in their types and their tastes is an example of the precepts of Eman.
The one who was at the top rank regarding the Eman and cleanest of the essence with the soul, would be the most pious; and the one who was the most pious, his worship would be the most sincere and cleanest; and the one who was like that, he would be the closest from Allah -azwj .
وَ كُلُّ عِبَادَةٍ غَيْرِ مُؤَسَّسَةٍ عَلَى التَّقْوَى فَهُوَ هَبَاءٌ مَنْثُورٌ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ أَ فَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيانَهُ عَلى تَقْوى مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رِضْوانٍ خَيْرٌ أَمْ مَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيانَهُ عَلى شَفا جُرُفٍ هارٍ فَانْهارَ بِهِ فِي نارِ جَهَنَّمَ الْآيَةَ And every worship not based upon the piety, so it is floating dust (worthless).
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