262 - العِبرة

262. THE MORAL LESSON

1217 - الحَثُّ عَلَى الاتِّعاظِ بِالعِبَرِ

1217. ENJOINMENT OF TAKING LESSON FROM MORAL ADVICE

(فَاعْتَبِرُوا يا اُولِي الأَبْصارِ) .¹

“So take lesson! O you who have insight.”²

3961.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : اِعتَبِروا؛ فَقَد خَلَتِ المَثُلاتُ فيمَن كانَ قَبلَكُم .³

3961.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Take lesson, for indeed the moral examples merely passed by your predecessors.’⁴

3962.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يَنظُرُ المُؤمِنُ إلَى الدّنيا بِعَينِ الاعتِبارِ، ويَقتاتُ مِنها بِبَطنِ الاضطِرارِ .⁵

3962.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The believer looks at the world with contemplative consideration, and he only consumes thereof within the bounds of necessity.’⁶

3963.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن جَهِلَ قَلَّ اعتِبارُهُ .⁷

3963.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The ignorant one rarely takes lesson [from experiences].’⁸

3964.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الاعتِبارُ مُنذِرٌ ناصِحٌ، مَن تَفَكَّرَ اعتَبَرَ، ومَنِ اعتَبَرَ اعتَزَلَ، ومَنِ اعتَزَلَ سَلِمَ .⁹

3964.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The moral lesson is a sincere warner. Whoever contemplates takes lesson, and whoever takes the lesson on board keeps away from making the same mistake twice, and whoever keeps away remains safe.’¹⁰

3965.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الاعتِبارُ يَقودُ إلَى الرَّشادِ .¹¹

3965.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Drawing a lesson [from an experience] leads one to integrity of conduct.’¹²

3966.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَنِ اعتَبَرَ أبصَرَ، ومن أبصَرَ فَهِم، ومَن فَهِمَ عَلِمَ .¹³

3966.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever draws a lesson [from something] gains insight into it, and whoever gains insight into it comprehends it, and whoever comprehends it comes to know it for certain.’¹⁴

1216 - النَّشاطُ فِي العِبادَةِ

1216. Eagerness and Vitality in Worship

3958.عيسى عليه السلام : بِحقٍّ أقولُ لَكُم : إنَّهُ كَما يَنظُرُ المَريضُ إلى‏ طَيِّبِ الطَّعامِ فلا يَلتَذُّهُ مَعَ ما يَجِدُهُ مِن شِدَّةِ الوَجَعِ، كذلِكَ صاحِبُ الدّنيا لا يَلتَذُّ بِالعِبادَةِ ولا يَجِدُ حَلاوَتَها مَعَ ما يَجِدُ مِن حُبِّ المالِ .¹

3958. Prophet Jesus (AS) said, ‘With truth I tell you that verily just as the sick man can only look at good food but cannot enjoy it due to the intense pain he suffers, similarly the man engrossed in worldly affairs cannot enjoy worship nor taste its sweetness because of the love that he harbours for worldly possessions.’²

3959.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : آفَةُ العِبادَةِ الفَترَةُ .³

3959.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The bane of worship is lassitude.’⁴

3960.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا تُكَرِّهوا إلى‏ أنفُسِكُمُ العِبادَةَ .⁵

3960.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Do not make worship loathsome to yourselves [by forcing it upon yourselves].’⁶