وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ
None of you should say,
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّى أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ
"O Allah, I seek Your protection from trouble"
لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ مُشْتَمِلٌ عَلَى فِتْنَةٍ
because there is no one who is not involved in trouble,
وَ لَكِنْ مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ فَلْيَسْتَعِذْ مِنْ مُضِلَّاتِ الْفِتَنِ
but whoever seeks Allah's protection he should seek it from misguiding troubles,
فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ يَقُولُ وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّما أَمْوالُكُمْ وَ أَوْلادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ
because Allah, the Glorified, says: And know you that your wealth and your children are a temptation! (Qur'an, 8:28)
وَ مَعْنَى ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ يَخْتَبِرُهُمْ بِالْأَمْوَالِ وَ الْأَوْلَادِ
and its meaning is that He tries people with wealth and progeny
لِيَتَبَيَّنَ السَّاخِطَ لِرِزْقِهِ
in order to distinguish one who is displeased with his livelihood
وَ الرَّاضِيَ بِقِسْمِهِ
from the one who is happy with what he has been given.
وَ إِنْ كَانَ سُبْحَانَهُ أَعْلَمَ بِهِمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ
Even though Allah, the Glorified, knows them more than they know themselves
وَ لَكِنْ لِتَظْهَرَ الْأَفْعَالُ الَّتِى بِهَا يُسْتَحَقُّ الثَّوَابُ وَ الْعِقَابُ
yet He does so to let them perform actions with which they earn reward or punishment
لِأَنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ يُحِبُّ الذُّكُورَ وَ يَكْرَهُ الْإِنَاثَ
because some of them like to have male (children) and dislike to have female (children),
وَ بَعْضَهُمْ يُحِبُّ تَثْمِيرَ الْمَالِ وَ يَكْرَهُ انْثِلَامَ الْحَالِ.
and some like to amass wealth, and dislike adversity.
قال الرضى و هذا من غريب ما سمع منه فى التفسير .
As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: This is one of the wonderful interpretations related from him.
