And I -asws warn you of the Pausing in front of Him -azwj ...

And I -asws warn you of the Pausing in front of Him -azwj , and the Questioning about what we were in, then some of us will testify against the others, so do not testify today against what you will be testifying tomorrow, for there is nothing hidden from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, nor is it permitted in His -azwj Presence except for the good advice of the chests in all of the matters’ (An extract).

[3] ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلَّادٍ وَ غَيْرُهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحادٍ بِظُلْمٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ عَبَدَ فِيهِ غَيْرَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَوْ تَوَلَّى فِيهِ غَيْرَ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ مُلْحِدٌ بِظُلْمٍ وَ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُذِيقَهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Walladin, and someone else from our companions, who have reported the following: Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Statement of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: “ [22:25] and whoever shall incline therein to wrong unjustly, We will make him taste of a painful chastisement” , so he -asws said: ‘The one who worships other than Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, or befriends other than the Guardians -asws from Allah -azwj , so he has inclined to injustice and it is upon Allah -azwj Blessed and High to make him taste of a painful chastisement” .

[4] Iblis -la is the wali of the unjust: فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ مَنْ أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ أَعْمَى قَلْبَهُ اسْتَوْخَمَ الْحَقَّ وَ لَمْ يَسْتَعِذْ بِهِ وَ صَارَ الشَّيْطَانُ وَلِيَّهُ وَ رَبَّهُ وَ قَرِينَهُ يُورِدُهُ مَنَاهِلَ الْهَلَكَةِ ثُمَّ لَا يُصْدِرُهُ وَ هَذَا بَيْتٌ اسْتَعْبَدَ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَلْقَهُ لِيَخْتَبِرَ طَاعَتَهُمْ فِي إِتْيَانِهِ فَحَثَّهُمْ عَلَى تَعْظِيمِهِ وَ زِيَارَتِهِ وَ جَعَلَهُ مَحَلَّ أَنْبِيَائِهِ وَ قِبْلَةً لِلْمُصَلِّينَ إِلَيْهِ So Abu Abdullah -asws said; ‘The one whom Allah -azwj Lets to stray and Blinds his heart is obscured from the Truth and does not seek refuge with it, and the Satan -la becomes his guardian, and his lord, and his pair, preparing his return to the destruction, then he cannot come out of it (an extract).

[5] Additional Ahadith on submission to the Divine Wali are cited in the Appendix.

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