يَا أَحْمَدُ لَوْ ذُقْتَ حَلَاوَةَ الْجُوعِ وَ الصَّمْتِ وَ...
يَا أَحْمَدُ لَوْ ذُقْتَ حَلَاوَةَ الْجُوعِ وَ الصَّمْتِ وَ الْخَلْوَةِ وَ مَا وَرِثُوا مِنْهَا O Ahmad -saww ! If you -saww could taste (wish) for the sweetness of hunger, and the silence, and the isolation and that which inherit from these!” قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا مِيرَاثُ الْجُوعِ He -saww said: ‘O Lord -azwj !
What is the inheritance of hunger?’ قَالَ الحِكْمَةُ وَ حِفْظُ الْقَلْبِ وَ التَّقَرُّبُ إِلَيَّ وَ الْحُزْنُ الدَّائِمُ وَ خِفَّةُ الْمَئُونَةِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَ قَوْلُ الْحَقِّ وَ لَا يُبَالِي عَاشَ بِيُسْرٍ أَوْ بِعُسْرٍ- He -azwj Said: ‘The wisdom, and guarding the heart, and drawing closer to Me -azwj , and the constant grief, and lightness of provision between the people, and the word of truth, and he would not mind whether he lives in ease or hardship!
يَا أَحْمَدُ هَلْ تَدْرِي بِأَيِّ وَقْتٍ يَتَقَرَّبُ الْعَبْدُ إِلَى اللَّهِ O Ahmad -saww ! Do you -saww know in which timing the servant can draw closer to Allah -azwj ?” قَالَ لَا يَا رَبِّ He -saww said: ‘No, O Lord -azwj !’ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ جَائِعاً أَوْ سَاجِداً- He -azwj Said: “When he is either hungry or doing Sajdah!
يَا أَحْمَدُ عَجِبْتُ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ عَبِيدٍ عَبْدٌ دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ إِلَى مَنْ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ وَ قُدَّامَ مَنْ هُوَ وَ هُوَ يَنْعُسُ وَ عَجِبْتُ مِنْ عَبْدٍ لَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْحَشِيشِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ وَ هُوَ يَهْتَمُّ لِغَدٍ وَ عَجِبْتُ مِنْ عَبْدٍ لَا يَدْرِي أَنِّي رَاضٍ عَنْهُ أَمْ سَاخِطٌ عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ يَضْحَكُ O Ahmad -saww !
I -azwj am surprised from three servants – a servant who entered into the Salat while he knows the One -azwj who is raising his hands to, and the One -azwj who is in front of, but he still becomes drowsy/inattentive. And I -azwj am surprised at a servant having his daily subsistence from the herbs or something else, and he still accuses (complains) for the next day. And I -azwj am surprised who does not know whether I -azwj am Pleased with him or Annoyed upon him, and he still laughs!
يَا أَحْمَدُ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَصْراً مِنْ لُؤْلُؤَةٍ فَوْقَ لُؤْلُؤَةٍ وَ دُرَّةٍ فَوْقَ دُرَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَصْمٌ وَ لَا وَصْلٌ فِيهَا الْخَوَاصُّ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ أُكَلِّمُهُمْ كُلَّمَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَزِيدُ فِي مُلْكِهِمْ سَبْعِينَ ضِعْفاً وَ إِذَا تَلَذَّذَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ بِالطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ تَلَذَّذُوا بِكَلَامِي وَ ذِكْرِي وَ حَدِيثِي O Ahmad -saww ! In the Paradise there is a castle of pearls above pearls, and gems above gems.
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