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)

104 - الإحسان‏

104. GOOD-DOING

536 - تَفسيرُ الإحسانِ‏

536. THE MEANING OF GOOD-DOING

1616.تفسير نور الثقلين : في قولهِ تعالى‏ : (ومن أحسن ديناً مِمّن أسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ للَّهِ وهو مُحْسِنٌ)¹ : رُويَ أنَّ النَّبيَّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله سُئل عنِ الإحْسانِ ، فقالَ : أنْ تَعبُدَ اللَّهَ كأنَّكَ تَراهُ ، فإنْ لَم تَكُن تَراهُ فإنَّهُ يَراكَ .²

1616. It is narrated in Nur al-Thaqalayn with regard to Allah's verse: "Certainly whoever submits his will to Allah and is a good-doer..." ³ : It is reported that the Prophet (SAWA) was asked about good-doing, to which he replied, 'It is to worship Allah as if you see Him; for verily even if you do not see Him, indeed He sees you.' ⁴