ثُمَّ لَيْسَ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا...
ثُمَّ لَيْسَ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: لِمَ أَفْقَرْتَنَا وَ أَغْنَيْتَهُمْ وَ لَا لِلْوُضَعَاءِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: لِمَ وَضَعْتَنَا وَ شَرَّفْتَهُمْ وَ لَا لِلزَّمْنَى وَ الضُّعَفَاءِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: لِمَ أَزْمَنْتَنَا وَ أَضْعَفْتَنَا وَ صَحَّحْتَهُمْ وَ لَا لِلْأَذِلَّاءِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: لِمَ أَذْلَلْتَنَا وَ أَعْزَزْتَهُمْ وَ لَا لِقَبَائِحِ الصُّوَرِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: لِمَ قَبَّحْتَنَا وَ جَمَّلْتَهُمْ ‘‘Then, it isn’t for the poor that they should be saying, ‘Why did You -azwj Impoverish us and Enrich them?’ Nor is it for the ignoble (of lesser status) ones that they should be saying, ‘Why did You -azwj Drop us and Ennobled them?’ Nor for the sick and the weak ones that they should be saying, ‘Why did You -azwj Make us sick and weak, and Granted them good health?’ Nor for the disgraced ones that they should be saying, ‘Why did You -azwj Humiliate us and Honoured them?’ Nor for the ugliness of face that they should be saying, ‘Why did You -azwj Make us to be ugly and them as beautiful?’ بَلْ إِنْ قَالُوا ذَلِكَ كَانُوا عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ رَادِّينَ، وَ لَهُ فِي أَحْكَامِهِ مُنَازِعِينَ، وَ بِهِ كَافِرِينَ، وَ لَكَانَ جَوَابُهُ لَهُمْ: [إِنِّي] أَنَا الْمَلِكُ، الْخَافِضُ الرَّافِعُ، الْمُغْنِي الْمُفْقِرُ، الْمُعِزُّ الْمُذِلُّ، الْمُصَحِّحُ الْمُسْقِمُ- وَ أَنْتُمُ الْعَبِيدُ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ إِلَّا التَّسْلِيمُ لِي، وَ الِانْقِيَادُ لِحُكْمِي، فَإِنْ سَلَّمْتُمْ كُنْتُمْ عِبَاداً مُؤْمِنِينَ، وَ إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ كُنْتُمْ بِي كَافِرِينَ، وَ بِعُقُوبَاتِي مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ.
But, if they were to say that, they would be repelling against their Lord -azwj , and be disputants to Him -azwj with regards to His -azwj Decisions, and they would be Kafirs due to it. But, His -azwj Answer to them (would be): “I -azwj am the King, the Abaser, the Raiser, the Enricher, the Impoverisher, the Honourer, the Humiliater, the Restorer of the health of the sick ones – and you are the slaves. It isn’t for you except for the submission to Me -azwj and the following of My -azwj Decisions.
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