535 - تَضاعُفُ الحَسَناتِ‏

535. MULTIPLE REQUITAL OF GOOD DEEDS

(مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَنْ جاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى‏ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ) .¹

"Whoever brings virtue shall receive ten times its likes; but whoever brings vice shall not be requited except with its like, and they will not be wronged." ²

(See also: Qur'an 10:26-27, 28:84, 42:23)

1614.تحف العقول : قال الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام: يا سَوْأَتاهْ لِمَن غَلَبتْ إحْداتُهُ عَشَراتِهِ - يُريدُ أنَّ السَّيّئةَ بواحِدَةٍ والحَسَنةَ بعَشرَةٍ .³

1614. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'Woe unto him whose ones exceed his tens' - by this he meant that the bad deed is counted one, but the good deeds are counted as ten. ⁴

1615.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إذا أحْسَنَ المُؤمنُ عمَلَهُ ، ضاعَفَ اللَّهُ عَمَلَهُ لكُلِّ حَسَنةٍ سَبعَمائةٍ ، وذلكَ قولُ اللَّهِ تباركَ وتعالى‏ : (واللَّهُ يُضاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ)⁵.⁶

1615.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When the believer excels in his good deed, Allah will enhance each one of his good deeds to equal seven hundred, for Allah, Blessed and most High, says: "Allah enhances severalfold whomever He wishes.", ⁷ , ⁸