408 - التَّوفيق‏

408. SUCCESS (tawfiq) ¹

1858 - التَّوفيقُ‏

1858. SUCCESS

(قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُ عَلَى‏ بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّي وَرَزَقَنِي مِنْهُ رِزْقاً حَسَناً وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخالِفَكُمْ إِلَى‏ مَا أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْإِصْلَاحَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ) .²

"He said, ''O my people! Have you considered, should I stand on a manifest proof from my Lord, who has provided me a good provision from Himself? I do not wish to oppose you by what I forbid you. I only desire to put things in order, as far as I can, and my success lies only with Allah: in Him I have put my trust, and to Him I turn penitently." ³

6614.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوفيقُ عِنايَةٌ .⁴

6614.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Success is [divine] care.' ⁵

6615.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوفيقُ رَحمَةٌ .⁶

6615.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Success is [divine] mercy.' ⁷

6616.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوفيقُ مِن جَذَباتِ الرَّبِّ .⁸

6616.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Success is from the attractions of the Lord.' ⁹

6617.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوفيقُ أوَّلُ النِّعمَةِ .¹⁰

6617.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Success is the first blessing.' ¹¹

6618.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا يَنفَعُ اجتِهادٌ بغَيرِ تَوفيقٍ .¹²

6618.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Endeavour without divine succour is useless.' ¹³

6619.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوفيقُ رأسُ السَّعادَةِ .¹⁴

6619.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Success is the fountainhead of happiness.' ¹⁵

6620.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا قائدَ كالتَّوفيقِ .¹⁶

6620.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There is no leader like success.' ¹⁷

6621.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مِن التَّوفيقِ حِفظُ التَّجرِبَةِ .¹⁸

6621.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Holding on to experiences is part of success.' ¹⁹

6622.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مِن التَّوفيقِ الوُقوفُ عِندَ الحَيرَةِ .²⁰

6622.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Stopping in the face of confusion is part of success.' ²¹

6623.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : لا نِعمَةَ كالعافِيَةِ ، ولا عافِيَةِ كَمُساعَدَةِ التَّوفيقِ .²²

6623.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'There is no blessing like that of good health, and there is no good health like having the assistance of success.' ²³

6624.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عن «لا حَولَ ولا قُوَّةَ إلّا باللَّهِ» - : مَعناهُ لا حَولَ لَنا عَن مَعصِيَةِ اللَّهِ إلّا بِعَونِ اللَّهِ ، ولا قُوَّةَ لَنا على‏ طاعَةِ اللَّهِ إلّا بِتَوفيقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ .²⁴

6624. Imam al-Baqir (AS), when asked about the phrase: 'There is no power or strength save in Allah', said, 'It means that we have no power to keep away from sins except through Allah's help, nor do we have strength to obey Allah, ecept through Allah's succour.' ²⁵