1741 - إحسانُ مُجاوَرَةِ النِّعَمِ‏

1741. EMBRACING BOUNTIES

6168.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: أحسِنوا صُحبَةَ النِّعَمِ قَبلَ فِراقِها ؛ فإنّها تَزولُ وتَشهَدُ على‏ صاحِبِها بما عَمِلَ فيها .¹

6168.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Appreciate the having of bounties before their departure, for they will leave and testify against their owner with respect to what he has done with them.' ²

6169.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِحذَروا نِفارَ النِّعَمِ ؛ فما كلُّ شارِدٍ بمَردُودٍ .³

6169.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Beware the fleeing of bounties, for not every runaway returns.' ⁴

6170.الإمامُ الهادي عليه السلام : ألقُوا النِّعَمَ بحُسنِ مُجاوَرَتِها ؛ والتَمِسوا الزِّيادَةَ فيها بالشُّكرِ علَيها ، واعلَموا أنّ النَّفسَ أقبَلُ شي‏ءٍ لِما اُعطِيَت ، وأمنَعُ شَي‏ءٍ لِما مُنِعَت .⁵

6170.Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, 'Meet bounties by embracing them, and plead for an increase in them by giving thanks for them, and know that the self is the most accepting of what it is given and the most resistant against that which it has been deprived of.' ⁶

1740 - الغَفلَةُ عَنِ النِّعَمِ‏

1740. NEGLIGENCE OF BOUNTIES

6164.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : نِعمَتانِ مَفتونٌ فيهِما كَثيرٌ مِن النّاسِ : الفَراغُ والصِّحَّةُ .¹

6164.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are two bounties that most people are tested with: free time and health.' ²

6165.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : نِعمَتانِ مَكفورَتانِ : الأمنُ والعافِيَةُ .³

6165.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are two bounties that people are ungrateful for: safety and good health.' ⁴

6166.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن كانَ في النِّعمَةِ جَهِلَ قَدرَ البَلِيَّةِ .⁵

6166.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who lives in bounties is ignorant of the worth of the calamity.' ⁶

6167.الإمامُ الحسنُ عليه السلام: تُجهَلُ النِّعَمُ ما أقامَت ، فإذا وَلَّت عُرِفَت .⁷

6167. Imam Hasan (AS) said, 'Bounties are ignored as long as they exist, but when they go they [their worth] are known.' ⁸