312 - الفِتنة

312. TRIAL AND TEMPTATION

1461 - الفِتنَةِ

1461. Trial and Temptation

(أحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لا يُفْتَنُونَ * وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكاذِبِينَ) .¹

"Do people imagine that they will be left off (on their own) saying: 'We believe!' and they will not be tried? And indeed We did try those before them, so God certainly knows those who are true, and certainly He knows the liars." ²

(أوَلا يَرَوْنَ أنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عامٍ مَرَّةً أوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ) .³

"See they not that they are tried once or twice in every year yet they do not turn (to God), and nor do they remember." ⁴

(اُنظر) الأعراف : 155 .

(See also: Qur'an 7:155)

4932.مُعمَّر بنِ خَلّادٍ : سَمِعتُ أبا الحَسَنِ عليه السلام يقولُ : (الم * أحَسِبَ الناسُ أنْ يُتْرَكُوا أنْ يَقُولُوا آمَنّا وهُم لا يُفْتَنُونَ)⁵ ثُمّ قالَ لي : ما الفِتنَةُ ؟ قلتُ : جُعِلتُ فداكَ الذي عِندَنا الفِتنَةُ في الدِّينِ ، فقالَ : يُفتَنُونَ كما يُفتَنُ الذَّهبُ ، ثُمّ قالَ : يُخلَصُونَ كما يُخلَصُ الذَّهبُ .⁶

4932. Muammar b. Khallad said, 'I heard Imam al-Rida (AS) say: "Alif, lam, mim. Do people imagine that they will be left off (on their own) saying: "We believe!" and they will not be tried", and he then asked me, 'What is trial?' I said, 'May my soul be sacrificed for you, what I know is that it is to be tested in religion.' He said, 'They [the believers] will be tried the way gold is tried', he then said, 'They will be purified the way gold is purified.' ⁷