1859 - التَّوفيقُ وَالخِذلانُ‏

1859. SUCCESS AND FAILURE

(إِنْ يَنْصُرْكُمُ اللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ وَإِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ) .¹

"If Allah helps you, no one can overcome you, but if He forsakes you, who will help you after Him? So in Allah let all the faithful put their trust." ²

6625.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ المَعاصِي يَستَولي بِها الخِذلانُ على‏ صاحِبِها حتّى‏ تُوقِعَهُ بما هُوَ أعظَمُ مِنها .³

6625.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Sins bring failure to those who commit them until it lands them in something even worse.' ⁴

6626.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوفيقُ مُمِدُّ العَقلِ ، الخِذلانُ مُمِدُّ الجَهلِ .⁵

6626.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Success is an aid for the intellect and failure is an aid for ignorance.' ⁶

6627.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أيُّها النّاسُ ؛ إنّهُ مَنِ استَنصَحَ اللَّهَ وُفِّقَ ، ومَنِ اتَّخَذَ قولَهُ دَليلاً هُدِيَ لِلّتي هِي أقوَمُ ؛ فإنَّ جارَ اللَّهِ آمِنٌ ، وعَدُوَّهُ خائفٌ .⁷

6627.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'O people, those of you who seek advice from Allah will be granted divine succour, and he who takes His advice as a guide is a lead to that which is more stable, for one who takes refuge in Allah is the secure and his enemy is the frightened.' ⁸

6628.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام في قَولِهِ تعالى‏ : (ومَا تَوْفِيقي إلّا بِاللَّهِ) وقَولِهِ:(إنْ يَنْصُرْكُمُ اللَّهُ فَلا غالِبَ لَكُمْ وإنْ يَخْذُلْكُم فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ) - : إذا فَعَلَ العَبدُ ما أمرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ بهِ مِن الطّاعَةِ كانَ فِعلُهُ وَفْقاً لأمرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ وسُمِّيَ العَبدُ بهِ مُوَفَّقاً ، وإذا أرادَ العَبدُ أن يَدخُلَ في شي‏ءٍ مِن مَعاصِي اللَّهِ فَحالَ اللَّهُ تبارَكَ وتعالى‏ بَينَهُ وبَينَ تِلكَ المَعصِيَةِ فتَرَكَها كانَ تَركُهُ لَها بِتَوفيقِ اللَّهِ تعالى‏ ذِكرُهُ ، ومَتى‏ خَلّى‏ بَينَهُ وبَينَ تِلكَ المَعصِيَةِ فلَم يَحُلْ بَينَهُ وبَينَها حتّى‏ يَرتَكِبَها فَقَد خَذَلَهُ ولَم يَنصُرْهُ ولَم يُوَفِّقْهُ .⁹

6628. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regard to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "my success lies only with Allah" and His verse: "If Allah helps you, no one can overcome you...", said, 'When the servant does as Allah has commanded in obedience to Him, his actions are according to Allah's orders, and this servant is called the successful, and when the servant wishes to embark upon a sinful act, then Allah Almighty obstructs between him and that sin so he leaves it, and his abstinence from it is as a result of Allah's divine succour, and when he has his own way in pursuing the sin then Allah will not obstruct him from the sin until he commits it, then He thwarts him and does not support him or give him success.' ¹⁰