مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا وَ فِي رَأْسِهِ حِكْمَةٌ وَ مَلَكٌ يُمْسِكُهَا فَإِذَا تَكَبَّرَ قَالَ لَهُ اتَّضِعْ وَضَعَكَ اللَّهُ فَلَا يَزَالُ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَ أَصْغَرَ النَّاسِ فِي أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ وَ إِذَا تَوَاضَعَ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ انْتَعِشْ نَعَشَكَ اللَّهُ فَلَا يَزَالُ أَصْغَرَ النَّاسِ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَ أَرْفَعَ النَّاسِ فِي أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘There is none from a servant except that there is wisdom in his head and an Angel withholds it (there). So when he is arrogant, (the Angel) says to him: ‘Be humble, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Drop you!’. So he does not cease to be the greatest of the people within himself and the smallest of the people in the eyes of the people; but when he is humble, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Might and Majestic Raises him, then (the Angel) says to him: ‘Be humble, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Dignify you!’ So he does not cease to be the smallest of the people within himself and the highest of the people in the eyes of the people’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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