مصباح الشريعة قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى...

مصباح الشريعة قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى دَاوُدَ ع ذَكِّرْ عِبَادِي مِنْ آلَائِي وَ نَعْمَائِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرَوْا مِنِّي إِلَّا الْحَسَنَ الْجَمِيلَ لِئَلَّا يَظُنُّوا فِي الْبَاقِي إِلَّا مِثْلَ الَّذِي سَلَفَ مِنِّي إِلَيْهِمْ وَ حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ يَدْعُو إِلَى حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَ الْمَغْرُورُ (The book) ‘Misbah Al Sharia’ – ‘Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj the Exalted Revealed to Dawood -as : “Remind My -azwj servants of My -azwj Favours and My -azwj bounties, for they will not see from Me -azwj except the good, the beautiful, lest they think regarding the remaining (alive), except like which has been in the past from Me -azwj to them; and good thoughts call to the good worship, and the Forgiveness.

He persists in the disobedience and wishes the Forgiveness!” يَتَمَادَى فِي الْمَعْصِيَةِ وَ يَتَمَنَّى الْمَغْفِرَةَ وَ لَا يَكُونُ مُحْسِنُ الظَّنِّ فِي خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْمُطِيعَ لَهُ يَرْجُو ثَوَابَهُ وَ يَخَافُ عِقَابَهُ. And he cannot be a good thinker among the creatures of Allah -azwj except the one obedient to Him -azwj hoping for His -azwj Rewards and fearing His -azwj Punishment’’.

[13] مصباح الشريعة قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ الْخَوْفُ رَقِيبُ الْقَلْبِ وَ الرَّجَاءُ شَفِيعُ النَّفْسِ وَ مَنْ كَانَ بِاللَّهِ عَارِفاً كَانَ مِنَ اللَّهِ خَائِفاً وَ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِياً وَ هُمَا جَنَاحَا الْإِيمَانِ يَطِيرُ الْعَبْدُ الْمُحَقِّقُ بِهِمَا إِلَى رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ وَ عَيْنَا عَقْلِهِ يُبْصِرُ بِهِمَا إِلَى وَعْدِ اللَّهِ وَ وَعِيدِهِ (The book) ‘Misbah Al Sharia’ – ‘Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘The fear is an observer of the heart, and the hope is an intercessor of the soul, and the one who were to be a knower of Allah -azwj would be fearful from Allah -azwj and hopeful to Him -azwj , and these two (fear and hope) are two wings of the Eman the servant flies with to the Pleasure of Allah -azwj , and two eyes of his intellect he sees with to the Promise of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Threats.

وَ الْخَوْفُ طَالِعُ عَدْلِ اللَّهِ نَاهِي وَعِيدِهِ وَ الرَّجَاءُ دَاعِي فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ يُحْيِي الْقَلْبَ وَ الْخَوْفُ يُمِيتُ النَّفْسَ. And the fear is notifier of the Justice of Allah -azwj , preventing His -azwj Threat, and the hope is a caller to the Grace of Allah -azwj , and it revives the heart, and the fear deadens the self’’.