271 - الدَّرَجاتُ الَّتي يَبلُغُهَا العَبدُ بِالبَلاءِ

271. The Levels That A Servant Attains As A Result of Ordeals

909.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ في الجَنّةِ مَنزِلةًلا يَبلُغُها عبدٌ إلّا بالابْتِلاءِ في جَسدِهِ .¹

909.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There is a rank in Paradise which no servant can reach except through suffering harm in his body.' ²

910.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّه لَيكونُ لِلعبدِ مَنزِلةٌ عند اللَّهِ‏فما يَنالُها إلّا بإحْدى‏ خَصْلتَينِ : إمّا بذَهابِ مالِهِ أو ببَلِيّةٍ في جَسدِهِ .³

910.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There is a rank that Allah reserves for the servant which he can only attain through one of two things: either the loss of his wealth or through affliction in his body.' ⁴

(اُنظر) الجنّة : باب 368 .

(See also: PARADISE: section 368)

270 - البَلاءُ عَلَى قَدرِ الإيمانِ‏

270. Ordeals Correspond To The Level of One's Faith

905.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : كُلَّما ازْدادَ العبدُ إيماناً ازْدادَ ضِيقاًفي مَعيشَتِهِ .¹

905.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'The more faith a servant attains, the harder his life becomes.' ²

906.الكافي عن جابر بن يزيد عن الإمامِ الباقر عليه السلام : إنّما يَبتَلِى المُؤمِنُ فِي الدُّنيا عَلى قَدرِ دِينِهِ .³

906.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily the believer is tested according to the level of his faith.' ⁴

907.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - في كتابِ عليٍّ عليه السلام - : إنّما يُبتلى‏ المؤمنُ على‏ قَدْرِ أعمالِهِ الحَسَنةِ ، فمَن صَحَّ دينُهُ وحَسُنَ عملُهُ اشْتدَّ بلاؤهُ ، وذلكَ أنَّ اللَّهَ عزّ وجلّ لَم يَجعلِ الدُّنيا ثواباً لمؤمنٍ ، ولا عُقوبةً لكافرٍ، ومَن سَخُفَ دِينُهُ وضَعُفَ عملُهُ قلَّ بلاؤهُ .⁵

907.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'It is written in the Book of Ali (AS), 'The believer is tested according to the level of his good deeds, so whoever is sound of faith and good deeds, his ordeals are more intense. And that is because Allah, the Exalted, did not make this life a [source of] reward for a believer, nor a [source of] punishment for a disbeliever. However, he whose faith and deeds are weak, his ordeal is also little.' ⁶

908.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : مثَلُ المؤمنِ مثَلُ كِفَّتَيِ المِيزانِ : كلّما زِيدَ في إيمانِهِ زِيدَ في بلائِهِ ، لِيَلْقى‏ اللَّهَ عزّ وجلّ ولا خَطيئةَ لَه .⁷

908.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, 'A believer is like the two sides of a balance: the more faith he has the more ordeal he sustains, so that he meets Allah, the Exalted, without any sins.' ⁸