1521 - أقرَبُ الخَلق إلى اللَّهِ‏

1521. THE NEAREST PEOPLE TO ALLAH

5208.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : فيما أوحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ إلى‏ داودَ عليه السلام : يا داودُ ، كما أنَّ أقرَبَ الناسِ مِن اللَّهِ المُتَواضِعُونَ كذلكَ أبعَدُ الناسِ مِن اللَّهِ المُتَكبِّرُونَ .¹

5208.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, 'Within what Allah revealed unto David (AS): 'O David, just as the closest people to Allah are the humble ones, so the farthest away from Allah are the proud ones.' ²

5209.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : إنَّ أقرَبَكُم مِن اللَّهِ أوسَعَكُم خُلقاً .³

5209. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'The closest of you to Allah are those who are the most magnanimous of character.' ⁴

5210.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ثلاثةٌ هُم أقرَبُ الخَلقِ إلَى اللَّهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ حتّى‏ يَفرُغَ (الناسُ) مِن الحِسابِ : رجُلٌ لم تَدَعْهُ قُدرَتُهُ في حالِ غَضَبِهِ إلى‏ أن يَحيفَ على‏ مَن تَحتَ يَدَيهِ ، ورجُلٌ مَشى‏ بينَ اثنَينِ فلم يَمِلْ مَعَ أحَدِهِما علَى الآخَرِ بشَعيرَةٍ ، ورجُلٌ قالَ الحَقَّ فيما لَهُ وعلَيهِ .⁵

5210.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There are three kinds of people who will be the closest to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, until all are judged. They are: a person whose power when he is angered does not allow him to wrong those he has power over; a person who walks between two people and is not biased to either one of them, not even by the width of a small hair; and the person who speaks the truth, whether it be for or against him.' ⁶

328 - المُقرَّبون‏

328. THOSE BROUGHT NEAR TO ALLAH

1520 - غايَةُ التَّقَرُّبِ‏

1520. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF PROXIMITY TO ALLAH

(وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ * أُولَئكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ) .¹

"And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones: they are the ones brought near [to Allah]." ²

(فَأَمَّا إِنْ كانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ * فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحانٌ وَجَنَّةُ نَعِيمٍ) .³

"Then if he be of those brought near, then ease, abundance, and a garden of bliss." ⁴

(عَيْناً يَشْرَبُ بِها الْمُقَرَّبُونَ) .⁵

"A spring where those brought near [to Allah] drink." ⁶

5204.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : قالَ اللَّه عزّ وجلّ ... : ما تَقَرَّبَ إلَيَّ عَبدٌ بشي‏ءٍ أحَبّ إلَيَّ ممّا افتَرَضتُ علَيهِ ، وإنّهُ لَيَتقرَّبُ إلَيَّ بالنافِلَةِ حتّى‏ اُحِبَّهُ ، فإذا أحبَبتُهُ كنتُ

5204.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has said, 'My servant can never come close to Me with something more beloved to Me than that which I have made obligatory for him, and he can come close to Me with supererogatory prayers such that I love him. And when I love him, I will become his hearing that he hears with, his sight that he sees with, his tongue that he speaks with, his hand that he strikes with. When he prays to Me, I will answer, and when he asks Me, I will give him.' ⁷

5205.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن صَبَرَ علَى اللَّهِ وَصَلَ إلَيهِ .⁸

5205.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever has patience for the sake of Allah will reach Him.' ⁹

5206.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في المناجاةِ الشَّعبانيّةِ - : إلهي هَبْ لي كمالَ الانقِطاعِ إلَيكَ ، وأنِرْ أبصارَ قُلوبِنا بضِياءِ نَظَرِها إلَيكَ ، حتّى‏ تَخرِقَ أبصارُ القُلوبِ حُجُبَ النورِ ، فَتَصِلَ إلى‏ مَعدِنِ العَظَمَةِ .¹⁰

5206.Imam Ali (AS) said in his supplication of Shaban, 'O Allah, grant me the perfection of devotion to You, and illuminate the sight of our hearts with the radiance of looking at You until the sight of our hearts pierces through the veils of light, reaching the source of Exaltedness.' ¹¹

5207.الإمامُ العسكريُّ عليه السلام : إنَّ الوُصولَ إلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ سَفَرٌ لا يُدرَكُ إلّا بامتِطاءِ اللَّيلِ .¹²

5207. Imam al-'Askari (AS) said, 'Reaching Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is a journey that cannot be accomplished without mounting the night [i.e. night vigil].' ¹³