سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ مِنْ عَبِيدِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَيُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ الْعَظِيمَ مِمَّا يَسْتَوْجِبُ بِهِ عُقُوبَتِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فَأَنْظُرُ لَهُ فِيمَا فِيهِ صَلَاحُهُ فِي آخِرَتِهِ فَأُعَجِّلُ لَهُ الْعُقُوبَةَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِأُجَازِيَهُ بِذَلِكَ الذَّنْبِ وَ أُقَدِّرُ عُقُوبَةَ ذَلِكَ الذَّنْبِ وَ أَقْضِيهِ وَ أَتْرُكُهُ عَلَيْهِ مَوْقُوفاً غَيْرَ مُمْضًى وَ لِي فِي إِمْضَائِهِ الْمَشِيئَةُ وَ مَا يَعْلَمُ عَبْدِي بِهِ فَأَتَرَدَّدُ فِي ذَلِكَ مِرَاراً عَلَى إِمْضَائِهِ ثُمَّ أُمْسِكُ عَنْهُ فَلَا أُمْضِيهِ كَرَاهَةً لِمَسَاءَتِهِ وَ حَيْداً عَنْ إِدْخَالِ الْمَكْرُوهِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَتَطَوَّلُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَفْوِ عَنْهُ وَ الصَّفْحِ مَحَبَّةً لِمُكَافَاتِهِ لِكَثِيرِ نَوَافِلِهِ الَّتِي يَتَقَرَّبُ بِهَا إِلَيَّ فِي لَيْلِهِ وَ نَهَارِهِ فَأَصْرِفُ ذَلِكَ الْبَلَاءَ عَنْهُ وَ قَدْ قَدَّرْتُهُ وَ قَضَيْتُهُ وَ تَرَكْتُهُ مَوْقُوفاً وَ لِي فِي إِمْضَائِهِ الْمَشِيئَةُ ثُمَّ أَكْتُبُ لَهُ عَظِيمَ أَجْرِ نُزُولِ ذَلِكَ الْبَلَاءِ وَ أَدَّخِرُهُ وَ أُوَفِّرُ لَهُ أَجْرَهُ وَ لَمْ يَشْعُرْ بِهِ وَ لَمْ يَصِلْ إِلَيْهِ أَذَاهُ وَ أَنَا اللَّهُ الْكَرِيمُ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abdul Aziz Al Abady, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying: “The servant from My<sup>azwj</sup> <span class="iTxt">Momin</span> servants commits the grievous sin from what Obligates My<sup>azwj</sup> Punishment by it in the world and in the Hereafter. So I<sup>azwj</sup> Respite for him regarding what is correct for him in his Hereafter. So I<sup>azwj</sup> Hasten the Punishment upon him in the world in order to suffice the sin with that, although I<sup>azwj</sup> am Able upon that Punishment. And I<sup>azwj</sup> Ordain it and Leave it pending upon him without it coming to pass, and for Me<sup>azwj</sup> in its pending, is the Desire; and My<sup>azwj</sup> servant does not know of it. So I<sup>azwj</sup> Hesitate during that time and again upon its coming to pass. Then I<sup>azwj</sup> Withhold it from him and I<sup>azwj</sup> do not Make it come to pass, Disliking for it being for his lone evil deed (and) from causing the abhorrence to enter upon him. So I<sup>azwj</sup> Prolong upon him with the Pardoning from him and the Forgiveness of Loving to Off-set it due to the abundance of his optional (<span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) by which he comes closer to Me<sup>azwj</sup> with during his night and his day. So I<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Exchange that affliction from him, although I<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> had Ordained it, and Decided it, and left it pending, and for Me<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> in its pending is the Desire. Then I<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Write the great recompense for him for the descent of that affliction, and I<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Hoard it to be Given to him as his Recompense and he is not aware of it, and it (affliction) does not arrive to him to harm him, and I<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> am Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, the Benevolent, the Kind, the Merciful’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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