كُنَّا فِي مَجْلِسٍ نَطْلُبُ فِيهِ الْعِلْمَ وَ قَدْ نَفِدَتْ نَفَقَتِي فِي بَعْضِ الْأَسْفَارِ فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا مَنْ تُؤَمِّلُ لِمَا قَدْ نَزَلَ بِكَ فَقُلْتُ فُلَاناً فَقَالَ إِذاً وَ اللَّهِ لَا تُسْعَفُ حَاجَتُكَ وَ لَا يَبْلُغُكَ أَمَلُكَ وَ لَا تُنْجَحُ طَلِبَتُكَ قُلْتُ وَ مَا عَلَّمَكَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ فِي بَعْضِ الْكُتُبِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي وَ مَجْدِي وَ ارْتِفَاعِي عَلَى عَرْشِي لَأَقْطَعَنَّ أَمَلَ كُلِّ مُؤَمِّلٍ [مِنَ النَّاسِ] غَيْرِي بِالْيَأْسِ وَ لَأَكْسُوَنَّهُ ثَوْبَ الْمَذَلَّةِ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ وَ لَأُنَحِّيَنَّهُ مِنْ قُرْبِي وَ لَأُبَعِّدَنَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِي أَ يُؤَمِّلُ غَيْرِي فِي الشَّدَائِدِ وَ الشَّدَائِدُ بِيَدِي وَ يَرْجُو غَيْرِي وَ يَقْرَعُ بِالْفِكْرِ بَابَ غَيْرِي وَ بِيَدِي مَفَاتِيحُ الْأَبْوَابِ وَ هِيَ مُغْلَقَةٌ وَ بَابِي مَفْتُوحٌ لِمَنْ دَعَانِي فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي أَمَّلَنِي لِنَوَائِبِهِ فَقَطَعْتُهُ دُونَهَا وَ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي رَجَانِي لِعَظِيمَةٍ فَقَطَعْتُ رَجَاءَهُ مِنِّي جَعَلْتُ آمَالَ عِبَادِي عِنْدِي مَحْفُوظَةً فَلَمْ يَرْضَوْا بِحِفْظِي وَ مَلَأْتُ سَمَاوَاتِي مِمَّنْ لَا يَمَلُّ مِنْ تَسْبِيحِي وَ أَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ لَا يُغْلِقُوا الْأَبْوَابَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِي فَلَمْ يَثِقُوا بِقَوْلِي أَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ [أَنَّ] مَنْ طَرَقَتْهُ نَائِبَةٌ مِنْ نَوَائِبِي أَنَّهُ لَا يَمْلِكُ كَشْفَهَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ إِذْنِي فَمَا لِي أَرَاهُ لَاهِياً عَنِّي أَعْطَيْتُهُ بِجُودِي مَا لَمْ يَسْأَلْنِي ثُمَّ انْتَزَعْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْنِي رَدَّهُ وَ سَأَلَ غَيْرِي أَ فَيَرَانِي أَبْدَأُ بِالْعَطَاءِ قَبْلَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ ثُمَّ أُسْأَلُ فَلَا أُجِيبُ سَائِلِي أَ بَخِيلٌ أَنَا فَيُبَخِّلُنِي عَبْدِي أَ وَ لَيْسَ الْجُودُ وَ الْكَرَمُ لِي أَ وَ لَيْسَ الْعَفْوُ وَ الرَّحْمَةُ بِيَدِي أَ وَ لَيْسَ أَنَا مَحَلَّ الْآمَالِ فَمَنْ يَقْطَعُهَا دُونِي أَ فَلَا يَخْشَى الْمُؤَمِّلُونَ أَنْ يُؤَمِّلُوا غَيْرِي فَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِي وَ أَهْلَ أَرْضِي أَمَّلُوا جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ أَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ مِثْلَ مَا أَمَّلَ الْجَمِيعُ مَا انْتَقَصَ مِنْ مُلْكِي مِثْلَ عُضْوِ ذَرَّةٍ وَ كَيْفَ يَنْقُصُ مُلْكٌ أَنَا قَيِّمُهُ فَيَا بُؤْساً لِلْقَانِطِينَ مِنْ رَحْمَتِي وَ يَا بُؤْساً لِمَنْ عَصَانِي وَ لَمْ يُرَاقِبْنِي .
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Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Abu Ali, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Al Husayn Bin Rashid, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan who said, ‘We were in a gathering seeking knowledge therein, and my expense monies had been depleted during one of my journeys. So, one of our companions said to me, ‘Who would take care of what has befallen you?’ So I said, ‘So and so’. So he said, ‘Then, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, your need would not be relieved, nor would your work be accomplished, nor would your seeking be successful’. I said, ‘And what made you know, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on you?’ He said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> narrated to me that he<sup>asws</sup> read in one of the Books that Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High is Saying: ‘By My<sup>azwj</sup> Honour and My<sup>azwj</sup> Majesty, and My<sup>azwj</sup> Glory, and by Exaltedness upon My<sup>azwj</sup> Throne! I<sup>azwj</sup> shall Cut-off the work of every worker (from the people) working for other than Me<sup>azwj</sup>, by the despair, and I<sup>azwj</sup> shall Clothe him in the disgrace in the presence of the people and I<sup>azwj</sup> shall Prevent him to come near to Me<sup>azwj</sup>, and Distance him from My<sup>azwj</sup> Grace. Is he working for other than Myself<sup>azwj</sup> during the difficulties, while the difficulties are in My<sup>azwj</sup> Hands? And he is hoping to other than Myself<sup>azwj</sup> and he is knocking with the infidelity, a door other than Mine, and the keys of the doors are in My<sup>azwj</sup> Hands, and it is locked while My<sup>azwj</sup> Door is open for the one who calls Me<sup>azwj</sup>. So who is that who hoped in Me<sup>azwj</sup> for his ravages and I<sup>azwj</sup> Cut him off from it? And who is that who hoped in Me<sup>azwj</sup> for his great hardships and I<sup>azwj</sup> Cut-off his hopes from Me<sup>azwj</sup>? I<sup>azwj</sup> Made the deeds of My<sup>azwj</sup> servants to be preserved in My<sup>azwj</sup> Presence, so I<sup>azwj</sup> was not Pleased with My<sup>azwj</sup> Preservation, and I<sup>azwj</sup> Filled My<sup>azwj</sup> skies from the ones who do not other work than Glorifying Me<sup>azwj</sup>, and I<sup>azwj</sup> Commanded them that they should not be locking the doors between Me<sup>azwj</sup> and My<sup>azwj</sup> servants. So why does he not trust in My<sup>azwj</sup> Words? Does he not know that if I<sup>azwj</sup> were to leave someone in a hardship from My<sup>azwj</sup> Hardships, no one would have the power to remove it apart from Myself, except from after My<sup>azwj</sup> Permission? So what is the matter I<sup>azwj</sup> See him mindless from Me<sup>azwj</sup>. I<sup>azwj</sup> Gave to him by My<sup>azwj</sup> Benevolence what he had not even asked Me<sup>azwj</sup> for. Then I<sup>azwj</sup> Snatched it from him, but he did not ask Me<sup>azwj</sup> for its return, and asked others. Does a servant view Me<sup>azwj</sup> that I<sup>azwj</sup> would Given him before the asking even? (if so) then he would be asking, but I<sup>azwj</sup> would not Answer the one who asks Me<sup>azwj</sup>? Am I<sup>azwj</sup> Stingy, so that I<sup>azwj</sup> would be Stingy to My<sup>azwj</sup> servant? Or, is not the Generosity and Benevolence for Me<sup>azwj</sup>? Or is not the Pardoning and the Mercy in My<sup>azwj</sup> Hands? Or am I<sup>azwj</sup> not a Respiter of the deeds? So the one who cuts off besides Me<sup>azwj</sup>, does he not fear the working if he were to work for other than Me<sup>azwj</sup>! Thus, if the inhabitants of My<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> skies, and the inhabitants of My<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> earth were to work altogether, then if I<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> were to Give one of them the like of what all of them had worked for, there would be no reduction from My<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Possessions by a part of a particle. And how can there be a reduction of a Kingdom and I<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> am its Establisher. So how miserable it is for the despondents from My<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mercy! And how miserable it is for the ones who disobey Me<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> and are not looking at Me<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> (in expectation)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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