271 - المعرفة (2) «مَعرِفةُ اللَّهِ سبحانه»

271. INNER KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH

1247 - فَضلُ مَعرِفَةِ اللَّهِ‏

1247. THE VIRTUE OF ATTAINING INNER KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH

4071.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن عَرَفَ اللَّهَ كَمُلَت مَعرِفتُهُ .¹

4071.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who attains inner knowledge of Allah has achieved perfection in his knowledge indeed.’²

4072.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَعرِفةُ اللَّهِ سُبحانَهُ أعلى‏ المَعارِفِ .³

4072.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The inner knowledge of Allah, Glory be to Him, is the highest of knowable truths.’⁴

4073.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما يَسُرُّني لَو مِتُّ طِفلاً واُدخِلتُ الجَنَّةَ ولم أكبُرْ فأعرِفَ رَبّي عَزَّوجلَّ .⁵

4073.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I would not be pleased to die as a child and be made to enter Paradise without being able to grow up and get to know my Lord, Mighty and Exalted.’⁶

4074.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ثَمَرَةُ العِلمِ مَعرِفَةُ اللَّهِ .⁷

4074.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The fruit of knowledge is attaining inner knowledge of Allah.’⁸

4075.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن سَكَنَ قَلبَهُ العِلمُ بِاللَّهِ سَكَنَهُ الغِنى‏ عَن خَلقِ اللَّهِ .⁹

4075.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose heart finds peace in knowing Allah, finds peace in being needless of Allah’s creatures.’¹⁰

4076.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَو يَعلَمُ النّاسُ ما في فَضلِ مَعرِفةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ ما مَدُّوا أعيُنَهُم إلى‏ ما مَتَّعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الأعداءَ مِن زَهرَةِ الحَياةِ الدّنيا ونَعيمِها ، وكانَت دُنياهُم أقَلَّ عِندَهُم مِمّا يَطَؤونَهُ بِأرجُلِهِم ، ولَنَعِموا بِمَعرِفةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وعزَّ ، وتَلَذَّذوا بِها تَلَذُّذَ مَن لَم يَزَلْ في رَوضاتِ الجِنانِ مَعَ أولِياءِ اللَّهِ . إنَّ مَعرِفةَ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ اُنسٌ مِن كُلِّ وَحشَةٍ ، وصاحِبٌ مِن كُلِّ وَحدَةٍ ، ونُورٌ مِن كُلِّ ظُلمَةٍ ، وقُوَّةٌ مِن كُلِّ ضَعفٍ ، وشِفاءٌ مِن كُلِّ سُقمٍ .¹¹

4076.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If people knew the virtue of knowing Allah, Mighty and Exalted, they would never extend their gaze to the splendour and bounties of the life of this world that Allah has granted to the enemies. They would then regard such people’s worldly goods to be more insignificant that the dust under their feet, and they would take great pleasure at attaining knowledge of Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and would savour it as if they were tasting the experience of being in the gardens of Paradise with the friends of Allah. Verily the inner knowledge of Allah is an intimate companion in every type of desolation, a friend in every type of loneliness, a light in every darkness, a source of strength from all weakness, and a cure for all ailments.’¹²

1246 - مَعرِفَةُ النَّفسِ‏

1246. THE INNER KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF

4059.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَعرِفَةُ النَّفسِ أنفَعُ المَعارِفِ .¹

4059.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The inner knowledge of the self is the most beneficial of all such knowledge.’²

4060.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : نالَ الفَوزَ الأكبَرَ مَن ظَفِرَ بِمَعرِفَةِ النَّفسِ .³

4060.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who attains knowledge of his own self has obtained the greatest victory indeed.’⁴

4061.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كَيفَ يَعرِفُ غَيرَهُ مَن يَجهَلُ نَفسَهُ ؟ !⁵

4061.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘How can one who is ignorant of his own self expect to know others?!’⁶

4062.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن عَرَفَ نَفسَهُ جاهَدَها ، مَن جَهِلَ نَفسَهُ أهمَلَها .⁷

4062.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who gains inner knowledge of his self combats it, and he who remains ignorant of his self, neglects it.’⁸

4063.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن عَرَفَ اللَّهَ تَوَحَّدَ ، مَن عَرَفَ نَفسَهُ تَجَرَّدَ ، مَن عَرَفَ الدّنيا تَزَهَّدَ ، مَن عَرَفَ النّاسَ تَفَرَّدَ .⁹

4063.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who attains inner knowledge of Allah believes in His Unity; he who attains inner knowledge of his self strips himself [of all that hinders its progress]; he who attains inner knowledge about this world abstains from it; and he who attains inner knowledge about people prefers solitude.’¹⁰

4064.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أكثَرُ النّاسِ مَعرِفَةً لِنَفسِهِ أخوَفُهُم لِرَبِّهِ .¹¹

4064.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The person who knows his self the best is he who fears his Lord the most.’¹²

4065.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن عَرَفَ نَفسَهُ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ .¹³

4065.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who attains inner knowledge of his self attains inner knowledge of his Lord.’¹⁴

4066.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يَنبَغي لِمَن عَلِمَ شَرَفَ نَفسِهِ أن يُنَزِّهَها عَن دَناءَةِ الدّنيا .¹⁵

4066.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It befits one who knows the dignity of his own self to deem it too great for the vileness of this world.’¹⁶

4067.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يَنبَغي لِمَن عَرَفَ نَفسَهُ أن يَلزَمَ القَناعَةَ والعِفَّةَ .¹⁷

4067.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It befits one who knows the dignity of his own self to adhere to temperance and self-restraint.’¹⁸

4068.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يَنبَغي لِمَن عَرَفَ نَفسَهُ أن لا يُفارِقَهُ الحُزنُ والحَذَرُ .¹⁹

4068.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It befits one who knows the dignity of his own self to never allow a sorrowful and self-cautious state to leave him.’²⁰

4069.الإمامُ زينَ العابدينُ عليه السلام - في الدُّعاءِ - : واجعَلنا مِنَ الّذين عَرَفوا أنفُسَهُم ، وأيقَنوا بِمُستَقَرِّهِم ، فكانَت أعمارُهُم في طاعَتِكَ تَفنى‏ .²¹

4069. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in one of his supplications, ‘Make us from among those who have attained inner knowledge of their selves and are convinced of their true abode, such that they spend their whole lives in Your obedience.’²²

4070.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - في وَصِيَّتِهِ لِجابِرٍ الجُعفيِّ - : لا مَعرِفةَ كَمَعرِفَتِكَ بِنَفسِكَ .²³

4070. Imam al-Baqir (AS) said in his advice to Jabir al-Jufi, ‘There is no inner knowledge like your inner knowledge of your own self.’²⁴