263 - شِدّة ابتِلاءِ المُؤمِنِ‏

263. The Severity of A Believer's Ordeal

(أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمّا يَأْتِكُمْ مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ مَسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأسَاءُ وَالضَّرَّاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتّى‏ يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتى‏ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ أَلا إِنَّ نَصْرَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ) .¹

"Do you suppose that you shall enter paradise though there has not yet come to you the like of [what befell] those who went before you? Stress and distress befell them and they were convulsed until the apostle and the faithful who were with him said, 'When will Allah's help [come]?' Look! Allah's help is indeed near!" ²

886.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ البلاءَ أسْرَعُ إلى‏ المؤمنِ التّقيِّ مِن المَطرِ إلى‏ قَرارِ الأرضِ .³

886.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily the ordeal is faster in descending upon a pious believer than rain to the bottom of the earth.' ⁴

887.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ أشدَّ النّاسِ بلاءً الأنبياءُ، ثُمّ الّذين يَلُونَهُم ، ثُمّ الأمْثَلُ فالأمثلُ .⁵

887.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The prophets have the hardest ordeals from among people, then their successors, then they scale down according to their piety.' ⁶

888.الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام : إنَّ المُؤمِنَ يُبتَلى‏ بِكُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ ويَموتُ بِكُلِّ ميتَةٍ إِلّا أنَّهُ لا يَقتُلُ نَفسَهُ .⁷

888.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily a believer is tested with all calamities and dies in any kind of death, but he does not kill himself.' ⁸