سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ خَلْقاً لِلْإِيمَانِ لَا زَوَالَ لَهُ وَ خَلَقَ خَلْقاً لِلْكُفْرِ لَا زَوَالَ لَهُ وَ خَلَقَ خَلْقاً بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَ اسْتَوْدَعَ بَعْضَهُمُ الْإِيمَانَ فَإِنْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يُتِمَّهُ لَهُمْ أَتَمَّهُ وَ إِنْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَسْلُبَهُمْ إِيَّاهُ سَلَبَهُمْ وَ كَانَ فُلَانٌ مِنْهُمْ مُعَاراً .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5<sup>th</sup> or 6<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I heard him<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Created a people for the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, there not being a decline for it, and Created a people for the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief), there being no decline for it, and Created a people between that and Deposited the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> in some of them. So if He<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires He<sup>azwj</sup> would Complete it for them, and if He<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires He<sup>azwj</sup> would Confiscate it from them; and so and so from them was with temporary <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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