130 - الاختلاف‏

130. DIFFERENCES

627 - لا مَبدَأَ لِلإخْتِلافِ فِي الفِطرَةِ

627. THERE IS NO BASE FOR DIFFERENCES IN NATURE

(وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلّا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَاخْتَلَفُوا وَلَوْلا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِيما فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ) .¹

"Mankind were but a single [religious] community; then they differed. And were it not for a prior decree of your Lord, decision would have been made between them concerning about that which they differ." ²

1892.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : كانوا قَبلَ نُوحٍ اُمّةً واحِدَةً على‏ فِطْرَةِ اللَّهِ لا مُهْتَدينَ ولا ضُلّالاً ، فَبعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيّينَ .³

1892.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Before Prophet Noah (AS), they [mankind] were a single community upon the fitra ⁴ of Allah, neither guided nor in error, thereafter Allah sent the prophets.' ⁵

626 - آثارُ الإخلاصِ‏

626. THE EFFECTS OF SINCERITY

1888.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : قالَ اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ : لا أطَّلِعُ على‏ قَلبِ عَبدٍ فأعْلَمُ مِنهُ حُبَّ الإخْلاصِ لِطاعَتي لِوَجْهي وابْتِغاءَ مَرْضاتي إلّا تَولّيتُ تَقويمَهُ وسياسَتَهُ .¹

1888.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah said, 'No sooner do I look into a servant's heart and find that he has sincere love for My sole obedience and he seeks My pleasure than I take charge of his plans and affairs.' ²

1889.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما أخْلَصَ عَبدٌ للَّهِ عزّوجلّ أربَعينَ صباحاً إلّا جَرَتْ يَنابِيعُ الحِكمَةِ مِن قَلبِهِ على‏ لِسانِهِ .³

1889.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'No sooner does a servant spend his mornings in a state of sincere devotion for forty days than the springs of wisdom will flow from his heart onto his tongue.' ⁴

1890.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن أخْلَصَ النِّيَّةَ تَنَزّهَ عنِ الدَّنِيَّةِ .⁵

1890.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The one who purifies his intention distances himself from base qualities.' ⁶

1891.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ المؤمنَ لَيَخشَعُ لَهُ كُلُّ شي‏ءٍ ويَهابُهُ كُلُّ شي‏ءٍ . إذا كانَ مُخلِصاً للَّهِ أخافَ اللَّهُ مِنهُ كُلَّ شي‏ءٍ ، حتّى‏ هَوامَّ الأرضِ وسِباعَها وطَيرَ السَّماءِ .⁷

1891.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Verily everything is humbled and awed before the believer', and then he said, 'If he is sincere for Allah, Allah will make everything fear him including the wild and poisonous animals of the land and the birds of the sky.' ⁸