[14] وَ قَالَ ع أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تَسْتَوْحِشُوا فِي...
[14] وَ قَالَ ع أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تَسْتَوْحِشُوا فِي طَرِيقِ الْهُدَى لِقِلَّةِ أَهْلِهِ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ شِبَعُهَا قَصِيرٌ وَ جُوعُهَا طَوِيلٌ وَ سَاقَ الْكَلَامَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ع أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ سَلَكَ الطَّرِيقَ الْوَاضِحَ وَرَدَ الْمَاءَ وَ مَنْ خَالَفَ وَقَعَ فِي التِّيهِ And he -asws (Amir Al-Momineen -asws ) said: ‘ O you people!
Do not feel lonely in the path of guidance due to the scarcity of its people , for the people are gathering upon a table meal whose satiation is short-lived and its hunger is lengthy’ – and he -asws continued the speech up to his -asws words: ‘O you people! One who travels the clear path would arrive at the water, and one who opposes would fall into the labyrinth (bewilderment).
[15] سر، السرائر مِنْ كِتَابِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ رَوْضَةً مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ فَارْتَعُوا فِيهَا (The book) ‘Al Saraair’ – From the book of Abu Al Qasim Bin Qawlawiya, From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘When you were to see a garden from the gardens of Paradise, then pasture in it’. قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا رَوْضَةُ الْجَنَّةِ ‘It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !
And what is a garden of Paradise?’ قَالَ مَجَالِسُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ‘He -saww said: ‘ Gathering (Majlis) of the Momineen ’.
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