773 - الإِصرارُ عَلَى الذَّنبِ
773. PERSISTENT SINNING
(وَالَّذِينَ إذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أوْ ظَلَمُوا أنفُسَهُم ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاستَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَى مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ) .1
"And those who, when they commit an indecent act or wrong themselves, remember Allah, and plead [Allah's] forgiveness for their sins - and who forgives sins except Allah? - and who do not knowingly persist in what they have committed." 2
2415.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا كبيرَ مَع الاستِغفارِ ، ولا صغيرَ مع الإصرارِ .3
2415.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'No petty sin remains when persisted upon, and no grave sin remains when repented for' [i.e. the petty sin can be cancelled with persistence and furtherance in it, hence becoming a grave sin, and the grave sin can be annulled with repentance].' 4
2416.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى: (...ولَم يُصِرُّوا ...) : الإصرارُ أن يُذنِبَ العَبدُ ولايَستَغفِرَ ، ولا يُحَدِّثَ نفسَهُ بالتوبةِ فذلكَ الإصرارُ .5
2416. Imam al-Baqir (AS) with reference to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "those who do not knowingly persist in what they have committed", said, 'Persistence in sinning is when a person commits a sin, and does not seek forgiveness for it, and moreover, it does not even occur to him to repent for it - that is persistent sinning.' 6
اُنظر : الإستغفار : باب 1433 .
(See also: SEEKING FORGIVENESS: section 1433)
1.آل عمران : ۱۳۵ .
2.Qur'an ۳:۱۳۵
3.بحار الأنوار : ۷۳ / ۳۵۵ / ۶۲ .
4.Bihar al-Anwar, v. ۷۳, p. ۳۵۵, no. ۶۲
5.بحار الأنوار : ۶ / ۳۲ / ۴۰ .
6.Ibid. v. ۶, p. ۳۲, no. ۴۰