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13ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): كُن بِالعَمَلِ بِالتَّقوى أشَدَّ اهتِماما مِنكَ بِالعَمَلِ بغَيرِهِ ؛ فإنّهُ لا يَقِلُّ عَملٌ بِالتَّقوى، وكَيفَ يَقِلُّ عَملٌ يُتَقَبَّلُ ؟! لِقَولِ اللّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ: «إنَّما يَتَقَبَّلُ اللّهُ مِنَ المُتَّقِينَ». |
| 13– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Pay more attention to performing deeds with Godwariness than deeds without it, for action with Godwariness is never considered little, and how can an accepted action be little for Allah has said, ‘"Allah accepts only from the Godwary."[ Qur’an 5:27] [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 286, no. 8] |
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14ـ روي عن رسولِ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) أنّه قال: خَصلَةٌ من لَزِمَها أطاعَتهُ الدُّنيا والآخِرَةُ، ورَبِحَ الفَوزَ بِالجَنَّةِ . قيلَ: وما هِيَ يا رسولَ اللّهِ ؟ قالَ: التَّقوى، مَن أرادَ أن يَكونَ أعَزَّ النّاسِ فلْيَتَّقِ اللّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ، ثُمَّ تَلا: «ومَن يَتَّقِ اللّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجاً * ويَرْزُقْهُ مِن حَيْثُ لا يَحْتَسِبُ». |
| 14– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘There is a characteristic that whoever adopts, the world and the Hereafter will obey him, and he will win with the victory of Heaven.’ He was asked, ‘What is it O Messenger of Allah (SAWA)?’ He said, ‘Godwariness. Whoever wants to be the most honourable of people should be wary of Allah Almighty.’ He then recited: "And whoever is wary of Allah, He shall make a way out for him, and provide for him from whence he does not reckon."[ Qur’an 65:2,3] [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 275, no. 7] |
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15ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا كَرمَ أعَزُّ مِن التَّقوى . |
| 15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no dignity more honourable than Godwariness.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 288, no. 16] |
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16ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مِفتاحُ الكَرَمِ التَّقوى . |
| 16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The key to dignity is Godwariness.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 9, no. 65] |
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17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أخَذَ بِالتَّقوى ... هَطَلَت علَيهِ الكَرامَةُ بَعدَ قُحوطِها، وتحَدَّبَت علَيهِ الرَّحمَةُ بَعدَ نُفورِها، وتَفَجَّرَت علَيهِ النِّعَمُ بَعدَ نُضوبِها، ووَبَلَتْ علَيهِ البَركَةُ بَعدَ إرذاذِها. |
| 17– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who adopts Godwariness…dignity will pour down on him after having been scarce; mercy will incline towards him after having missed him [previously], blessings will gush onto him after having been barren, and benediction will heavily rain upon him after having merely drizzled.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 198] |
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18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ تَقوَى اللّهِ دَواءُ دَاءِ قُلوبِكُم، وبَصَرُ عَمى أفئدتِكُم، وشِفاءُ مَرَضِ أجسادِكُم، وصَلاحُ فَسادِ صُدورِكُم، وطَهورُ دَنَسِ أنفُسِكُم، وجَلاءُ عَشا أبصارِكُم، وأمنُ فَزَعِ جَأشِكُم، وضِياءُ سَوادِ ظُلمَتِكُم. |
| 18– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Godwariness is the remedy for the sickness of your hearts, the sight for the blindness of your hearts, the cure for the sickness of your bodies, the reformation of the corruption of your chests [souls], the purification of the filth of your souls, the enlightenment of the blindness of your eyes, the safety for the fear of your anxiety, and the light to the blackness of your darkness.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 198] |
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19ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): فاعتَصِموا بتَقوَى اللّهِ ؛ فإنّ لَها حَبلاً وَثِيقا عُروَتُهُ، ومَعقِلاً مَنِيعا ذُروَتُهُ. |
| 19– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Cling onto Godwariness, for it has a rope with strong links, and a stronghold with an invincible peak.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 190] |
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20ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا حَسَبَ لِقُرَشيٍّ ولا عَرَبيٍّ إلّا بِتَواضُعٍ، ولا كرَمَ إلّا بِتَقوى. |
| 20– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘There is no nobility for the Qurayshite, nor the Arab other than through humbleness, and no dignity other than through Godwariness.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 288, no. 19] |
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21ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ فيما كَتَبَ إلى سَعدِ الخَيرِ ـ: إنّ اللّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ يَقِي بِالتَّقوى عَنِ العَبدِ ما عَزُبَ عَنهُ عَقلُهُ، ويُجَلِّي بِالتَّقوى عَنهُ عَماهُ وجَهلَهُ، وبِالتَّقوى نَجا نُوحٌ ومَن مَعهُ فيالسَّفينَةِ، وصالِحٌ ومَن مَعهُ مِن الصّاعِقَةِ، وبِالتَّقوى فازَ الصّابِرونَ، ونَجَتْ تِلكَ العُصَبُ مِن المَهالِكِ. |
| 21– Imam al-Baqir (AS), in a letter that he wrote to Sa`ad al-Khayr, said, ‘Allah guards a servant as a result of his Godwariness when his intellect is distant from him, and He illuminates him from blindness and ignorance as a result of his Godwariness. Noah and those with him were saved in the ark and Salih and those with him were saved from the thunderbolt, because of Godwariness. The patient ones are victorious and those groups are saved from destruction through Godwariness.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 52, no. 16] |
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22ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَنِ اعتَصمَ باللّهِ بتَقواهُ عَصَمَهُ اللّهُ، ومَن أقبَلَ اللّهُ عليهِ وعَصَمَهُ لَم يُبالِ لَو سَقَطَتِ السَّماءُ علَى الأرضِ، وإنْ نَزلَتْ نازِلَةٌ على أهلِ الأرضِ فشَمِلَهُم بَلِيَّةٌ كانَ في حِرزِ اللّهِ بِالتَّقوى مِن كُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ، ألَيسَ اللّهُ تعالى يَقولُ: «إنّ المُتَّقِينَ في مَقامٍ أمِينٍ»؟! |
| 22– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever clings onto Allah being wary of his duty to Him, Allah will protect him, and whoever Allah comes to protect should not worry even if the sky was to fall onto the earth, or if a calamity was to descend onto the earth and tribulation was to encompass everyone, he will be in the protection of Allah from every tribulation as a result of his Godwariness. Does Allah Almighty not say: "Indeed the Godwary will be in a secure place."[ Qur’an 44:51].’[‘Uddat al-Da`ai, p. 288] |
