537 - مَن أحسَنَ أحسَنَ لِنَفسِهِ
537. HE WHO DOES GOOD BENEFITS HIS OWN SOUL
(إِنْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَها) .1
"If you do good, you will do good to your [own] souls, and if you do evil, it will be [evil] for them." 2
1617.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّكَ إنْ أحسَنْتَ فنفسَكَ تُكْرِمُ ، وإلَيها تُحْسِنُ ، إنّكَ إنْ أسأتَ فنَفسَكَ تَمْتَهِنُ ، وإيّاها تَغْبِنُ .3
1617.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Truly if you do good, then it is your own soul that you honour and do good to, but if you do wrong, it is your own soul that you degrade and wrong.' 4
(اُنظر) الكرم : باب 1599 .
(See also: KINDNESS: section 1599)
1.الإسراء : ۷ .
2.Qur'an ۱۷:۷
3.غرر الحكم : ۳۸۰۸ - ۳۸۰۹ .
4.Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۳۸۰۸
