Mīzān al-Ḥikma

The Reason for Testing

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hadith 2882
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Know that Allah, most Highig, uncovered the people, not because He was ignorant of their well-kept secrets and inner thoughts, but in order to test them [to see] which of them is best in conduct, so that reward becomes the prize and punishment becomes the penalty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ألاَ إنّ اللّهَ تعالى قد كَشفَ الخَلقَ كَشْفةً، لا أنّه جَهِلَ ما أخْفَوهُ مِن مَصُونِ أسْرارِهِم ومَكْنونِ ضَمائرِهِم، ولكنْ لِيَبلُوَهُم أيُّهُم أحْسَنُ عَملاً، فيكونَ الثّوابُ جَزاءً والعِقابُ بَواءً.
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hadith 2883
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The greater the ordeal and test, the greater the reward and recompense. Do you not see that Allah, the Praiseworthy, tested our precursors from the time of Adam, peace be upon him, to the last generations in this world, with [the creation of] stones that neither harm nor benefit, nor do they see or hear, and He made from them His sacred House, which He made a standing place for people?! But Allah tries His servants with various ordeals, and obligates them with various forms of struggle, and tests them with various dreads, in order to eradicate vanity from their hearts and instill humility in their souls and that this may open the doors to His favor and the feasible means to His forgiveness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كُلّما كانتِ البَلوى والاختبارُ أعظمَ كانتِ المَثُوبةُ والجَزاءُ أجْزَلَ، ألاَ تَرَونَ أنَّ اللّه سبحانه اخْتَبرَ الأوَّلِينَ مِن لَدُنْ آدمَ صلواتُ اللّهِ عليهِ إلى الآخِرينَ مِن هذا العالَمِ بأحجارٍ لا تَضُرُّ ولا تَنفَعُ، ولا تُبصِرُ ولا تَسمَعُ، فجَعَلَها بَيتَهُ الحَرامَ الّذي جَعَلَهُ اللّهُ للنّاسِ قِياماً ...؟! ولكنّ اللّه يَخْتبِرُ عِبادَهُ بأنواعِ الشَّدائدِ، ويَتَعبّدُهُم بأنواعِ المَجاهِدِ، ويَبْتَليهِم بضُروبِ المَكارِهِ ؛ إخْراجاً للتَّكَبُّرِ مِن قلوبهِمْ، وإسْكاناً للتَّذَلُّلِ في نُفوسِهِم، ولِيَجْعلَ ذلكَ أبواباً فُتُحاً إلى فضلِهِ، وأسباباً ذُلُلاً لِعَفوِهِ.
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hadith 2884
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily you will be put in tense perplexity and be finely filtered, until you are turned upside down; then certain people will surpass [others] after having lagged behind, while those who were ahead fall back.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لَتُبَلْبَلُنّ بَلْبَلةً، ولَتُغربَلُنّ غَرْبَلةً ،حتّى يعودَ أسفلُكُم أعلاكم، وأعلاكم أسفلَكُم، وليَسبقنّ سَبّاقونَ كانوا قَصَّروا، وليُقَصِّرَنَّ سبّاقونَ كانوا سَبَقوا.
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hadith 2885
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Do not rejoice at wealth and luxury, nor dread poverty and ordeal; for verily gold is tested by the fire and the believer is tested by an ordeal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَفرَحْ بالغَناءِ والرَّخاءِ، ولا تَغتمَّ بالفقرِ والبلاءِ؛ فإنّ الذَّهبَ يُجَرَّبُ بالنّارِ، والمؤمنُ يُجَرَّبُ بالبلاءِ .
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