hadith
679
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said the following regarding the holy verse: “Those truly fear God among His servants who have knowledge” [The Holy Quran: Fatir 35:28], “What is meant by those who have knowledge is those whose words and deeds are the same. If your deeds are not the same as your words, then you do not have knowledge.”
وقال (عليه السلام): في قول الله عز وجل: ﴿إنما يخشى الله من عباده العلماء﴾ قال: يعني بالعلماء من صدق قوله فعله، ومن لم يصدق قوله فعله فليس بعالم.
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