225 - الشُّهرة

225. FAME

1070 - الشُّهرَةُ المَحمودَةُ

1070. PRAISEWORTHY FAME

(وَرَفَعْنا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ).¹

“Did we not exalt your name?”²

(واجعَلْ لِي لِسانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الآخِرِينَ).³

“Confer on me a worthy repute among the posterity.”⁴

(اُنظر) مريم : 50 و طه : 39 والعنكبوت : 27 و الصافات : 78 .

(See also: Qur’an 19:50, 20:39, 29:27, 37:78)

3383.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لمّا سُئلَ عنِ الرجُلِ الذي يَعمَلُ العَمَلَ مِنَ الخَيرِ، ويَحمَدُهُ الناسُ علَيهِ - : تلكَ عاجِلُ بُشرَى المؤمِنِ .⁵

3383. The Prophet (SAWA) was once asked regarding someone who performs a good deed, and is consequently praised by people on account of it, to which he replied, ‘That [praise] is the advance glad tidings for the believer.’⁶

3384.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا أحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبداً مِن اُمَّتِي قَذَفَ في قُلوبِ أصفِيائهِ وأرواحِ ملائكَتِهِ وسُكّانِ عَرشِهِ مَحَبَّتَهُ لِيُحِبُّوهُ ، فذلكَ المُحَبُّ حقّاً .⁷

3384.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When Allah loves a servant of His from among my community, He radiates love for him into the hearts of His elite servants, the spirits of the angels and the retinue of His throne, in order that they too may love him, and that is one who is truly loved.’⁸