1358 - تَشديدُ العُقوبَةِ عَلَى العالِمِ التّارِكِ لِعِلمِهِ‏

1358. THE SEVERITY OF THE CHASTISEMENT of the Knowledgeable Man Who ABANDONS HIS KNOWLEDGE

4551.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ أهلَ النّارِ لَيَتَأذَّونَ مِن ريحِ العالِمِ التّارِكِ لِعِلمِهِ .¹

4551.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the inmates of the Fire will be tormented by the stench of the knowledgeable man who had abandoned his knowledge.’²

4552.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا يَستَوي عِندَ اللَّهِ في العُقوبَةِ الّذينَ يَعلَمونَ والّذينَ لا يَعلَمونَ ، نَفَعَنا اللَّهُ وإيّاكُم بِما عَلِمنا ، وجَعَلَهُ لِوَجهِهِ خالِصاً ، إنَّهُ سَميعٌ مُجيبٌ .³

4552.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Those who know and those who do not know are not equal in the sight of Allah with regards to their chastisement. May Allah make us and you benefit from the knowledge we have and make it be reserved solely for His pleasure; verily He is all-hearing, responsive.’⁴

4553.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : زَلَّةُ العالِمِ كانكِسارِ السَّفينَةِ تَغرَقُ ، وتُغرِقُ .⁵

4553.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A knowledgeable man’s blunder is as the destruction of a boat which itself sinks and drowns [those aboard it].’⁶

4554.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّهُ يُغفَرُ لِلجاهِلِ سَبعونَ ذَنباً قَبلَ أن يُغفَرَ لِلعالِمِ ذَنبٌ واحِدٌ .⁷

4554.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily the ignorant man is forgiven seventy sins before the knowledgeable man is forgiven a single one.’⁸

4555.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : أشَدُّ النّاسِ عَذاباً عالِمٌ لا يُنتَفَعُ مِن عِلمِهِ بِشَي‏ءٍ .⁹

4555.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one amongst people to be the most severely punished will be the knowledgeable man who has not benefited from his knowledge one bit.’¹⁰

4556.بحارالأنوار : أوحى اللَّهُ تبارك وتعالى‏ إلى‏ داوُودَ عليه السلام: إنَّ أهوَنَ ما أنا صانِعٌ بِعالِمٍ غَيرِ عامِلٍ بِعِلمِه أشَدُّ مِن سَبعينَ عُقوبَةً ؛ أن اُخرِجَ مِن قَلبهِ حَلاوَةَ ذِكري .¹¹

4556. It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar , Allah revealed to Prophet David (AS) saying, ‘Verily the least of what I will do to a knowledgeable man who does not act upon his knowledge, which is worse than seventy punishments, is that I remove the sweetness of My remembrance from his heart.’¹²

(اُنظر) الإيمان : باب 185 ؛ جهنّم : باب 403 .

(See also: FAITH: section 185; HELL: section 403)