77 - التَّحذيرُ مِنَ الآمالِ الباطِلَةِ

77. Warning Against False Expectations

(ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ) .¹

"Leave them to eat and enjoy and to be diverted by expectations. Soon they will know." ²

239.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اتَّقُوا باطِلَ الأملِ ، فَرُبَّ مُسْتَقْبِلِ يومٍ ليسَ بِمُسْتَدْبِرِهِ ، ومَغْبُوطٍ في أوَّلِ لَيلِهِ‏³قامَتْ بَواكِيهِ في آخِرِهِ .⁴

239.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Guard yourselves against false expectation, for many a person who begins the day does not live to see its end, and many a one is envied at the beginning of the night while his mourners have assembled by the end of it.' ⁵

240.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الأملُ كالسَّرابِ : يَغِرُّ مَنْ رَآهُ ، ويُخْلِفُ مَن رَجاهُ .⁶

240.Imam Ali (AS) said, '[False] Expectation is like the mirage - it deceives those who view it and leaves behind those who place their hope on it.' ⁷

241.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الأمانِيُّ تُعْمي عُيُونَ البصائرِ .⁸

241.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Wishes blind the eyes of insight.' ⁹

242.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الأملُ سُلطانُ الشَّياطِينِ على‏ قُلُوبِ الغافِلِينَ .¹⁰

242.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Expectation is the sultan of the Satans over the hearts of the oblivious.' ¹¹

243.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ثَمَرَةُ الأملِ فَسادُ العَمَلِ .¹²

243.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The fruit of expectation is the spoilage of deeds.' ¹³

244.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ الأملَ يُسْهي القلبَ ، ويُكْذِبُ الوَعْدَ ، ويُكْثِرُ الغَفْلَةَ ، ويُورِثُ الحَسْرَةَ .¹⁴

244.Imam Ali (AS) said, '[False] Expectation causes the heart to forget, breaks promises, increases oblivion, and brings about grief.' ¹⁵

245.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ الأملَ يُذْهِبُ العقلَ ، ويُكْذِبُ الوَعدَ ، ويَحُثُّ علَى الغَفْلَةِ ، ويُورِثُ الحَسْرَةَ . فأكْذِبوا الأملَ ؛ فإنّه غَرُورٌ ، وإنَّ صاحِبَهُ مَأزُورٌ .¹⁶

245.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Expectation drives reason away, breaks promises, encourages oblivion, and brings about grief. So distrust expectation, for it is deceitful and its addict is a sinner.' ¹⁷

246.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : كَمْ مِنْ نِعمةٍ للَّهِ على‏ عبدِهِ في غَيْرِ أملِهِ ، وكَمْ مِنْ مُؤَمِّلٍ أملاً الخِيارُ في غَيرِهِ .¹⁸

246.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'How many a favour Allah grants His servant without him having expected them, and how many a hopeful one entertains high hopes when [Allah's] choice favours others.' ¹⁹