148 - الذلّة

148. DISGRACE

763 - الذِّلَّةُ

763. DISGRACE

2372.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّقَلُّلُ ولا التَّذَلُّلُ .¹

2372.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Make do with little rather than disgracing yourself [by begging].' ²

2373.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المَنِيَّةُ ولا الدَّنِيَّةُ ، والتَّقَلُّلُ ولا التَوَسُّلُ .³

2373.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Death is preferable over a life of disgrace. Frugal living is preferable over begging from others.' ⁴

2374.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ساعَةُ ذُلٍّ لا تَفِي بِعِزِّ الدَّهرِ .⁵

2374.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'A lifetime of honour can never compensate for an hour of disgrace.' ⁶

2375.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في مُناجاتِهِ - : اللّهُمَّ اجعَل نَفسِي أوَّلَ كريمَةٍ تَنتَزِعُها مِن كرائمِي ، وأوَّلَ وَديعَةٍ تَرتَجِعُها مِن وَدائعِ نِعَمِكَ عِندي .⁷

2375.Imam Ali (AS) said in one of his intimate supplications, 'O Allah! Let my soul be the first of those precious objects that you will wrest from me, and the first thing to be reclaimed out of all Your bounties held in trust with me.' ⁸

2376.المناقب لابن شهرآشوب : قالَ الإمامُ الحسينُ عليه السلام : مَوتٌ في عِزٍّ خَيرٌ مِن حياةٍ في ذُلٍّ . وأنشَأ عليه السلام في يَومِ قَتلِهِ :



الموتُ خيرٌ من رُكُوبِ العارِوالعارُ أولى‏ من دُخُولِ النارِ
واللَّهِ ما هذا وهذا جاري .⁹

2376.Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, 'Death with dignity is better than living with disgrace', and articulated the following couplet on the day he was martyred:
'Death is better than embarking on (a life of) indignity; ¹⁰
And indignity is preferable over plunging into the Fire;
By Allah, I will not allow myself any of the two.' ¹¹

762 - الذِّكرُ الخَفِيُ‏

762. Silent Remembrance

(واذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَخيفَةً وَدُونَ الجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالغُدُوِّ والآصالِ وَلا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغافِلِينَ) .¹

"And remember your Lord within your heart beseechingly and reverentially, without being loud, morning and evening, and do not be among the heedless." ²

2370.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : خيرُ الذِّكرِ الخَفِيُّ .³

2370.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best remembrance is the silent type.' ⁴

2371.الإمامُ‏الباقرُ أو الإمامُ‏الصّادقُ عليهما السلام: لا يَكتُبُ المَلَكُ إلّا ما يَسمَعُ ، قالَ اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ : (وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ في نَفسِكَ) : لا يَعلمُ ثوابَ ذلكَ الذِّكرِ في نَفسِ العَبدِ غيرُ اللَّهِ تعالى‏ .⁵

2371. Imam al-Baqir or Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The angel only writes down what he hears, but when Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has said, "And remember your Lord within your heart...", no one knows the reward of that remembrance in the heart of the servant except Allah, most High.' ⁶