|
47ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): يقولُ اللّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ: وعِزَّتي وجَلالي ... لايُؤثِرُ عَبدٌ هَوايَ على هَواهُ إلّا استَحفَظتُهُ مَلائكَتي، وكَفَّلتُ السَّماواتِ والأرَضِينَ (الأرضَ) رِزقَهُ، وكُنتُ لَهُ مِن وراءِ تِجارَةِ كُلِّ تاجِرٍ، وأتَتهُ الدُّنيا وهِيَ راغِمَةٌ. |
| 47– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah Almighty said, ‘By My Might and Exaltedness…no sooner does a servant prefer My desire over his own desire than I protect him with My angels, and charge the heavens and the earth with his sustenance. I will be behind every transaction he makes with every trader, and the world will only come to him forcefully.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 335, no. 2] |
|
48ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن غَلَبَ شَهوَتَهُ ظَهَرَ عَقلُهُ. |
| 48– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever overcomes his carnal desire his intellect will become manifest.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7953] |
|
49ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم يَملِكْ شَهوَتَهُ لَم يَملِكْ عَقلَهُ . |
| 49- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who cannot control his desire cannot control his intellect.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8995] |
|
50ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): بمِلكِ الشَّهوَةِ التَّنَزُّهِ عَن كُلِّ عابٍ. |
| 50– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘In controlling desire there is immunity from every deficiency.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4354] |
|
51ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): رَدُّ الشَّهوَةِ أقضى لَها، وقَضاؤها أشَدُّ لَها. |
| 51– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Repelling one’s desire is the best way to eradicate it, and fulfilling it only strengthens it.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5390] |
|
52ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): قالَ اللّه عَزَّوجلَّ: وعِزّتي وجَلالي وعَظَمَتي وبَهائي وعُلُوِّ ارتِفاعي، لا يُؤثِرُ عَبدٌ مُؤمنٌ هَوايَ على هَواهُ في شيءٍ مِن أمرِ الدُّنيا إلّا جَعَلتُ غِناهُ في نَفسِهِ، وهِمَّتَهُ في آخِرَتِهِ، وضَمَّنتُ السَّماواتِ والأرضَ رِزقَهُ، وكُنتُ لَهُ مِن وَراءِ تِجارَةِ كُلِّ تاجِرٍ. |
| 52– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Allah Almighty has said, ‘By My Might and Exaltedness, My Greatness and Loftiness, and by My High Status, no sooner does a servant prefer My desire over his own desire than I will suffice him in his losses, I will guarantee his sustenance upon the Heavens and the earth, and I will be behind his every transaction with every trader.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 137, no. 1] |
