[33] وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَنْ حَفِظَ...
[33] وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَنْ حَفِظَ لِسَانَهُ سَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ. And Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘One who preserves his tongue, Allah -azwj would Veil his nakedness (his wickedness)’’. [34] شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ لَا تَحْمِلُوا النَّاسَ عَلَى أَكْتَافِكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ قُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْناً.
Tafseer Al Ayyashi – from Abdullah Bin Sinan, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him -asws saying: ‘Fear Allah ‑azwj and do not load the people upon your shoulders! Allah -azwj is Saying in His -azwj Book: and say to the people splendid words [2:83] ’’.
[35] When to speak and when to keep quiet: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع الْمَرْءُ مَخْبُوءٌ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ فَزِنْ كَلَامَكَ وَ اعْرِضْهُ عَلَى الْعَقْلِ وَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ وَ فِي اللَّهِ فَتَكَلَّمْ بِهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَالسُّكُوتُ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ Amir Al-Momineen Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws said: ‘The person is hidden beneath his tongue, therefore adorn your speech and present it unto the intellect and the understanding.
If it were to be for Allah -azwj and regarding Allah -azwj , then speak with it, and if it were to be other than that, then the silence is better than it.
وَ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْجَوَارِحِ عِبَادَةٌ أَخَفَّ مَئُونَةً وَ أَفْضَلَ مَنْزِلَةً وَ أَعْظَمَ قَدْراً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْكَلَامِ فِي رِضَى اللَّهِ وَ لِوَجْهِهِ There isn’t upon the limbs any (act of) worship of lighter provision, and superior status, and mightier worth in the Presence of Allah -azwj than the speech in Satisfaction of Allah -azwj and for His -azwj Face.
وَ نَشْرِ آلَائِهِ وَ نَعْمَائِهِ فِي عِبَادَةٍ أَ لَا تَرَى أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ رُسُلِهِ مَعْنًى يَكْشِفُ مَا أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ مَكْنُونَاتِ عِلْمِهِ وَ مَخْزُونَاتِ وَحْيِهِ غَيْرَ الْكَلَامِ وَ كَذَلِكَ بَيْنَ الرُّسُلِ وَ الْأُمَمِ ثَبَتَ بِهَذَا أَنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ الْوَسَائِلِ وَ الْكُلَفِ وَ الْعِبَادَةِ And publicise His -azwj Favours and His -azwj bounties in worship.
Don’t you see that Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Make between Him -azwj and His -azwj Rasool ‑saww a meaning that reveals the contents of His -azwj (hidden) Knowledge, and Treasures of His -azwj Revelation that He -azwj has Sent other than the (words) speech.
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