And if the people of the sky and the earth were to say...

And if the people of the sky and the earth were to say, ‘Allah -azwj has Favoured upon me that I did not happen to be with Rasool-Allah -saww ’, they would be, by that, (become) Polytheists. And when Grace from Allah -azwj comes to them, they say, ‘Oh! If only I was with them, I would have fought in the Way of Allah -azwj !’ [13] و قال علي بن إبراهيم: قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «و الله لو قال هذه الكلمة أهل المشرق و المغرب لكانوا بها خارجين من الإيمان، و لكن الله قد سماهم مؤمنين بإقرارهم».

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘By Allah -azwj ! If these words were to be spoken by the people of the east and the west, they would, due to it, be exiting from the Eman. But Allah -azwj has Named them as Momineen due to their acceptance’’. [14] Wish number 8: ‘Woe be unto me!

Had I not associated anyone with my Lord!’ [18:42-43] وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنْفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا {4218:} And his fruits were ruined. So in the morning he was wringing his hands upon what he had spent in these, and these had collapsed upon its top, and he was saying, ‘Woe be unto me!

Had I not associated anyone with my Lord!’ [18:42] وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ فِئَةٌ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنْتَصِرًا {4318:} And there did not happen to be a force for him to help him, from besides Allah, and he was not supported [18:43] محمد بن العباس (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن عامر، عن محمد بن الحسين، عن أحمد بن‏ محمد بن أبي نصر، عن أبان بن عثمان، عن القاسم بن عروة، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) في قول الله عز و جل: وَ اضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنا لِأَحَدِهِما جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنابٍ وَ حَفَفْناهُما بِنَخْلٍ وَ جَعَلْنا بَيْنَهُما زَرْعاً كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ آتَتْ أُكُلَها وَ لَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً، قال: «هما علي (عليه السلام) و رجل آخر».

Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Al Husayn Bin Aamir, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Aban Bin usman, from Al Qasim Bin Urwat, from Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic (said): And strike for them an example of two men.

We Made to be for one of them, two gardens of grapes and bordered both of these with palm trees, and We Made a plantation to be between them [18:32] Both the gardens gave their yields and nothing was wronged from it [18:33] .

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