[15] Advice on Pardoning in Holy Quran...
[15] Advice on Pardoning in Holy Quran: ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ بْنِ الْمُعَافَا عَنْ حَمَّوَيْهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَ قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع إِنَّهُ لَيَعْرِضُ لِي صَاحِبُ الْحَاجَةِ فَأُبَادِرُ إِلَى قَضَائِهَا مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْنِيَ عَنْهَا صَاحِبُهَا (The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al-Husayn Bin Ubeydullah, from Al Tal’albary, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Ma’mar, from Humran Bin Muafa, from Hamawiya Bin Ahmad, from Ahmad Bin Isa who said, ‘Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws said: ‘A person of need presents to me -asws , so I -asws rush to fulfil it fearing that its owner would become needless from it.
أَلَا وَ إِنَّ مَكَارِمَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَحْرُفٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَ أْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ أَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجاهِلِينَ وَ تَفْسِيرُهُ أَنْ تَصِلَ مَنْ قَطَعَكَ وَ تَعْفُوَ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَكَ وَ تُعْطِيَ مَنْ حَرَمَكَ. Indeed!
And the honourable manners of the world and the Hereafter are in three words from the Book of Allah -azwj : Take to the pardoning and instruct with the act of kindness and turn away from the ignorant ones [7:199] , and its interpretation is that you should connect the one who cuts you off, and pardon the one who is unjust to you, and give to the one who deprives you’’.
[16] الدُّرَّةُ الْبَاهِرَةُ، قَالَ الرِّضَا ع فِي تَفْسِيرِ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ عَفْوٌ بِغَيْرِ عِتَابٍ. (The book) ‘Al Durr Al Bahira’ – ‘Al-Reza -asws said in interpretation of Words of the Exalted: therefore, pardon with the beautiful pardoning [15:85] : ‘Pardon without reproach (without giving a hard time before pardoning)’’. [17] 76- نهج، نهج البلاغة أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِالْعَفْوِ أَقْدَرُهُمْ عَلَى الْعُقُوبَةِ.
(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ – ‘The foremost of the people with the pardoning is their most powerful upon the punishing’’.
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