264 - المعجزة

264. THE MIRACLE

1223 - المُعجِزَةُ عَلامَةُ مَعرِفَةِ أنبِياءِ اللَّهِ وحُجَجِهِ‏

1223. MIRACLE IS A SIGN IN KNOWING THE MESSENGERS OF ALLAH AND THE IMAMS

3993.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : المُعجِزَةُ عَلامةٌ للَّهِ‏ِ لا يُعطيها إلّا أنبِياءَهُ ورُسُلَهُ وحُجَجَهُ؛ لِيُعرَفَ بهِ صِدقُ الصّادِقِ مِن كِذبِ الكاذِبِ .¹

3993.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The miracle is a sign pointing to Allah which none can produce but His prophets, His messengers and His proofs, in order that the truth of the truthful one be distinguished from the lie of the liar.’²

1222 - مُعالَجَةُ العُجبِ‏

1222. TREATMENT OF SELF-ADMIRATION

3990.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما لِابنِ آدمَ والعُجبَ ؟! وأوَّلُهُ نُطفَةٌ مَذِرَةٌ، وآخِرُهُ جيفَةٌ قَذِرَةٌ، وَهُوَ بَينَ ذلكَ يَحمِلُ العَذِرَةَ؟!¹

3990.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘What is the matter with man that he is so given to self-admiration when his origin was but a putrid droplet, and his end is as a filthy corpse, and between these states he is but a vessel for excrement?!’²

3991.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : سُدَّ سَبيلَ العُجبِ بِمَعرِفةِ النَّفسِ .³

3991.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Block the path of self-admiration through self-knowledge.’⁴

3992.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إن كانَ المَمَرُّ عَلَى الصِّراطِ حَقّاً فالعُجبُ لِماذا ؟!⁵

3992.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If crossing the Sirat [Bridge extended over Hell] is a reality, then wherefore the need for self-admiration?!’⁶

(اُنظر) المعرفة (1) : باب 1248 ؛ الكبر : باب 1571 .

(See also: INNER KNOWLEDGE: section 1248; HAUGHTINESS: section 1571)