267 - البَلاءُ وَالتَّذكيرُ

267. Ordeals And Admonition

(وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ) .¹

"Certainly We afflicted Pharaoh's clan with droughts and loss of produce, so that they may take admonition." ²

897.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقد خَرجَ للاسْتِسْقاءِ - : إنّ اللَّهَ‏يَبتَلي عِبادَهُ عندَ الأعمالِ السَّيِّئةِ بنَقْصِ الثَّمَراتِ وحَبْسِ البَرَكاتِ وإغْلاقِ خَزائنِ الخَيراتِ ، لِيَتوبَ تائبٌ ويُقْلِعَ مُقْلِعٌ ويَتَذكَّرَ مُتَذكِّرٌ ويَزْدَجرَ مُزْدَجِرٌ .³

897.Imam Ali (AS) said, when he set out to pray for rain, 'Allah tries His servants when they commit evil deeds, with shortage of crops, disallowance of blessings and closing the treasury of bounties, so that a repenting man may repent, a man likely to quit may quit, a man likely to remember may remember, and a man likely to be deterred may be deterred.' ⁴

898.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : المؤمنُ لا يَمْضي علَيهِ أربَعونَ لَيلةً إلّا عَرَضَ لهُ أمرٌ يُحزِنُهُ يُذَكَّرُ بهِ .⁵

898.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'No more than forty nights can pass on a believer without something that saddens him and causes him to remember [Allah's admonition].' ⁶

899.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إذا أرادَ اللَّهُ عزّ وجلّ بعبدٍ خيراً فأذْنبَ ذَنباً تَبِعَهُ بنِقمَةٍ ويُذكِّرُهُ الاسْتِغفارَ ، وإذا أرادَ اللَّهُ عزّ وجلّ بعبدٍ شَرّاً فأذْنبَ ذَنباً تَبِعَهُ بنِعمَةٍ لِيُنْسِيَهُ الاسْتِغفارَ ويَتَمادى‏ بهِ ، وهُو قولُ اللَّهِ عزّ وجلّ : (سنَسْتدرِجُهُم من حيثُ لا يعلمونَ)⁷ بالنِّعَمِ عند المَعاصي .⁸

899.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When Allah wants good for a servant who commits a sin, He follows it with a punishment and reminds him to ask for forgiveness. But if Allah, wants bad for a servant who commits a sin, He follows it with a favor that makes him forget to ask for forgiveness and continue sinning. This is the meaning of Allah's verse, "We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know" ⁹ : with favors whenever they sin.' ¹⁰

(اُنظر) الأدب : باب 54 ؛ المرض : باب 1652 .

(See also: GOOD MANNERS: section 54; SICKNESS: section 1652)