1249 - صِفَةُ العارِفِ‏

1249. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE WHO KNOWS ALLAH [OR THE GNOSTIC]

4087.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العارِفُ وَجهُهُ مُستَبشِرٌ مُتَبَسِّمٌ ، وقَلبُهُ وَجِلٌ مَحزونٌ .¹

4087.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The gnostic’s face is cheerful and smily, whereas his heart is apprehensive and sorrowful.’²

4088.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الشَّوقُ خُلصانُ العارِفينَ .³

4088.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Longing [for Allah] is the sincerest friend of the gnostics.’⁴

4089.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الخَوفُ جِلبابُ العارِفينَ .⁵

4089.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Fear is the cloak of the gnostics.’⁶

4090.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : البُكاءُ مِن خِيفَةِ اللَّهِ لِلبُعدِ عَنِ اللَّهِ عِبادَةُ العارِفينَ .⁷

4090.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Crying much due to fear of Allah for any possible distance between oneself and Allah is the regular worshippful state of the gnostics.’⁸

4091.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ثِقْ بِاللَّهِ تَكُن عارِفاً .⁹

4091.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Trust in Allah and you will attain inner knowledge [of Him].’¹⁰

1248 - آثارُ مَعرِفَةِ اللَّهِ‏

1248. THE FRUITS OF INNER KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH

4077.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَرَفَ اللَّهَ وعَظَّمَهُ مَنَعَ فاهُ مِنَ الكَلامِ وبَطنَهُ مِنَ الطَّعامِ ، وعَنّى‏ نَفسَهُ بِالصِّيامِ والقِيامِ .¹

4077.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who attains inner knowledge of Allah and aggrandizes Him forbids his mouth from speaking [vain] and his stomach from eating, and debilitates himself through fasting and praying.’²

4078.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَو عَرَفتُمُ اللَّهَ حَقَّ مَعرِفتِهِ لَمَشَيتُم عَلَى البُحورِ ، ولَزالَت بِدُعائكُمُ الجِبالُ .³

4078.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘If you truly knew Allah as He is worthy of being known, you would be able to walk on the seas and the mountains would fall by your command.’⁴

4079.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن كانَ بِاللَّهِ أعرَفَ كانَ مِنَ اللَّهِ أخوَفَ .⁵

4079.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who is most knowledgeable of Allah is most fearful of Allah.’⁶

4080.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يَسيرُ المَعرِفَةِ يُوجِبُ الزُّهدَ في الدّنيا .⁷

4080.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The least knowledge of Allah leads one to abstain from the vanities of this world.’⁸

4081.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إِنَّهُ لا يَنبَغي لِمَن عَرَفَ عَظَمَةَ اللَّهِ أن يَتَعَظَّمَ ؛ فإنَّ رِفعَةَ الّذينَ يَعلَمونَ ما عَظَمَتُهُ أن يَتَواضَعوا لَهُ .⁹

4081.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily it does not befit one who has attained inner knowledge of the grandeur of Allah to behave proudly, for verily the elevation of those who acknowledge His grandeur comes from their abasing themselves in front of Him.’¹⁰

4082.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : غايَةُ المَعرِفَةِ الخَشيَةُ .¹¹

4082.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The peak of inner knowledge of Allah is fear [of Him].’¹²

4083.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أعلَمُ النّاسِ بِاللَّهِ أكثَرُهُم لَهُ مَسألَةً .¹³

4083.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The person who best knows Allah asks of Him the most.’¹⁴

4084.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : أحَقُّ خَلقِ اللَّهِ أن يُسَلِّمَ لِما قَضَى اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ : مَن عَرَفَ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ .¹⁵

4084.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The creature of Allah most eligible for submission to the decree of Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is he who knows Allah, Mighty and Exalted.’¹⁶

4085.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن عَرَفَ اللَّهَ خافَ اللَّهَ ، ومَن خافَ اللَّهَ سَخَت نَفسُهُ عَنِ الدّنيا .¹⁷

4085.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who attains inner knowledge of Allah fears Allah, and he who fears Allah restrains himself from this world.’¹⁸

4086.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ أعلَمَ النّاسِ بِاللَّهِ أرضاهُم بِقَضاءِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ .¹⁹

4086.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily the person who best knows Allah is the most content with the decree of Allah, Mighty and Exalted.’²⁰

(اُنظر) اليقين : باب 1916 ؛ العلم : باب 1356 .

(See also: CONVICTION: section 1916; KNOWLEDGE: section 1356)