395 - الهِمَّة

395. AMBITION

1805 - فَضلُ عُلُوِّ الهِمَّةِ

1805. THE VIRTUE OF HIGH AMBITION

6387.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ اللَّهَ تعالى‏ يُحِبُّ مَعالِيَ الاُمورِ وأشرافَها ، ويَكرَهُ سَفسافَها .¹

6387.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah Almighty loves the highest and the most dignified of things and hates inferior things.' ²

6388.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : قَدرُ الرّجُلِ على‏ قَدرِ هِمَّتِهِ .³

6388.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The worth of a man is according to the extent of his ambition.' ⁴

6389.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن شَرُفَت هِمَّتُهُ عَظُمَت قِيمَتُهُ .⁵

6389.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He whose ambition is lofty his value is heightened.' ⁶

6390.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - في الدُّعاءِ - : أسألُكَ مِن الشَّهادَةِ أقسَطَها ، ومِن العِبادَةِ أنشَطَها ... ومِن الهِمَمِ أعلاها .⁷

6390. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS), in a supplication, said, 'I ask You for the most fair witnessing, and the most active of worship ... and the highest ambition.' ⁸

6391.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : لاشَرَفَ كبُعدِ الهِمَّةِ .⁹

6391.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'There is no dignity like great ambition.' ¹⁰

394 - الهَلاك‏

394. DESTRUCTION

1804 - ما يوجِبُ الهَلاكَ‏

1804. WHAT BRINGS ABOUT DESTRUCTION

(وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِي الْقُرَى‏ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَالِمُونَ) .¹

"We would never destroy the towns except when their people were wrongdoers." ²

(اُنظر) يونس 13 والحجّ : 45 والأنفال : 54 والكهف : 59 والشعراء : 139 والدخان : 37 وإبراهيم : 13 .

(See also: Quran: 10:13, 22:45, 8:54, 18:59, 26:134, 44:37, 14:13)

6379.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أمّا المُهلِكاتُ : فشُحٌّ مُطاعٌ ، وهَوَىً مُتَّبَعٌ ، وإعجابُ المَرءِ بنَفسِهِ .³

6379.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'As for the destroyers, [they are]: greed obeyed, inclinations [desires] followed, and a man's admiration of himself.' ⁴

6380.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ الدِّينارَ والدِّرهَمَ أهلَكا مَن كانَ قَبلَكُم ، وهُما مُهلِكاكُم .⁵

6380.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily the dinar and the dirham have destroyed those before you, and they will destroy you too.' ⁶

6381.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّما هَلَكَ مَن هَلَكَ مِمَّن كانَ قَبلَكُم بِرُكوبِهِمُ المَعاصي ، ولَم يَنهَهُم الرَّبّانِيّونَ والأحبارُ... .⁷

6381.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily those who perished before you did so because they embarked upon sins, and the priests and clergies did not prohibit them...' ⁸

6382.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : هَلَكَ مَن باعَ اليَقينَ بِالشَّكِّ ، والحَقَّ بِالباطِلِ ، والآجِلَ بِالعاجِلِ .⁹

6382.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who sells certainty for doubt, and truth for falsehood, and the Hereafter for the present [life] will perish.' ¹⁰

6383.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : هَلَكَ امرؤٌ لَم يَعرِفْ قَدرَهُ .¹¹

6383.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who does not know his own value will perish.' ¹²

6384.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : هَلَكَ فِيَّ رجُلانِ : مُحِبٌّ غالٍ ، ومُبغِضٌ قالٍ .¹³

6384.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Two kinds of people perish because of me: one who has extreme love [for me] and one who is a debased hater [of me].' ¹⁴

6385.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : خَصلَتَينِ‏¹⁵ مُهلِكَتَينِ: تُفتي النّاسَ برَأيِكَ ، أو تَدينُ بِما لا تَعلَمُ .¹⁶

6385.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There are two destructive features: giving verdicts to people with your own opinion, and to yield to something that you do not know.' ¹⁷

6386.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : يُهلِكُ اللَّهُ سِتّاً بِسِتٍّ : الاُمَراءَ بِالجَورِ ، والعَربَ بِالعَصَبيَّةِ ، والدَّهاقِينَ بِالكِبرِ ، والتُّجّارَ بِالخِيانَةِ ، وأهلَ الرُّستاقِ بِالجَهلِ ، والفُقَهاءَ بِالحَسَدِ .¹⁸

6386.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah will destroy six things as a result of six other things: rulers for their oppression, Arabs for their partisanship, chiefs for their haughtiness, merchants for their treachery, villagers for their ignorance, and the jurists for their envy.' ¹⁹