قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَرَادَ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْراً فَأَذْنَبَ ذَنْباً أَتْبَعَهُ بِنَقِمَةٍ وَ يُذَكِّرُهُ الِاسْتِغْفَارَ وَ إِذَا أَرَادَ بِعَبْدٍ شَرّاً فَأَذْنَبَ ذَنْباً أَتْبَعَهُ بِنِعْمَةٍ لِيُنْسِيَهُ الِاسْتِغْفَارَ وَ يَتَمَادَى بِهَا وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَعْلَمُونَ بِالنِّعَمِ عِنْدَ الْمَعَاصِي .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abdullah Bin Jundab, from Sufyan Bin Al Simt who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Whenever Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Intends good with a servant, so (when) he commits a sin, he is followed up with by an affliction and He<sup>azwj</sup> Reminds him of the seeking of Forgiveness; and whenever He<sup>azwj</sup> is antagonised by a servant, so (when) he commits a sin he is followed up with a Bounty and He<sup>azwj</sup> Lets him forget the seeking of the Forgiveness and he keeps on indulging in it; and these are the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:7#h182"><a href="/books/quran:7#h182">[7:182]</a></a> And the ones who reject Our Signs, We Let them be gradually enticed from whence they know not</span> – with the Bounty during the disobedience’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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