hadith
945
۞
When Allāh, the Glorified, deputed His prophets, if He had wished to open for them treasures and mines of gold and (surround them with) planted gardens and to collect around them birds of the skies and beasts of the earth, He could have done so. If He had done so then there would have been no trial, nor recompense and no tidings (about the affairs of the next world). Those who accepted (His message) could not be given the recompense falling due after trial and the believers could not deserve the reward for good acts, and all these words [2] would not have retained their meanings. But Allāh, the Glorified, makes His Prophets firm in their determination and gives them weakness of appearance as seen from the eyes, along with contentment that fills the hearts and eyes resulting from care-freeness, and with want that pains the eyes and ears.
وَلَوْ أَرَادَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ بأَنْبِيَائِهِ حَيْثُ بَعَثَهُمْ أَنْ يَفْتَحَ لَهُمْ كُنُوزَ الْذِّهْبَانِ، وَمَعَادِنَ الْعِقْيَانِ، وَمَغَارِسَ الْجِنَانِ، وَأَنْ يَحْشُرَ مَعَهُمْ طَيْرَ السَّماءِ وَوُحُوشَ الاْرَضِينَ لَفَعَلَ، وَلَوْ فَعَلَ لَسَقَطَ الْبَلاَءُ، وَبَطَلَ الْجَزَاءُ، وَاضْمَحَلَّتِ الاْنْبَاءُ، وَلَمَا وَجَبَ لِلْقَابِلِينَ أُجُورُ الْمُبْتَلِينَ، وَلاَ اسْتَحَقَّ الْمُؤمِنُونَ ثَوَابَ الْـمُحْسِنِينَ، وَلاَ لَزِمَتِ الاْسْمَاءُ مَعَانِيَهَا، وَلكِنَّ اللهَ سُبْحَانَهُ جَعَلَ رُسُلَهُ أُولِي قُوَّة فِي عَزَائِمِهِمْ، وَضَعَفَةً فِيَما تَرَى الاْعْيُنُ مِنْ حَالاَتِهِمْ، مَعَ قَنَاعَة تَمْلاُ الْقُلُوبَ وَالْعُيُونَ غِنىً، وَخَصَاصَة تَمْلاَ الاْبْصَارَ وَالاْسْمَاعَ أَذىً.
Similar narrations
- Nahj al-Balāgha #625 Allāh deputed prophets and distinguished them with His revelation. He made them as pleas for Him among His creation, so that there should...
- Al-Kāfi #728 “’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said that if Allah, Glorious is whose praise, wanted, He could have opened to His prophets the treasures of...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #949 If Allāh, the Glorified, had placed His sacred House and His great signs among plantations, streams, soft and level plains, plenty of trees,...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #946 If the prophets possessed authority that could not be assaulted, or honour that could not be damaged or domain towards which the necks of...
- Al-Kāfi #728 “’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said that if Allah, Glorious is whose praise, wanted, He could have opened to His prophets the treasures of...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #953 In the same way the rich among the prosperous communities have been feeling vanity because of their riches, as (Allāh) said: And said they:...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #957 Look, how they were when their groups were united, their views were unanimous, their hearts were moderate, their hands used to help one...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #958 [Learning lessons from the past nations :] You should take a lesson from the fate of the progeny of Ismael, the children of Isaac and the...