Trust and Piety

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وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ عُمْرَانٍ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

And in the two Sahih collections, Amran ibn Husayn said.

قِيلَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَعْلَمُ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ

It was said to the Messenger of God, "Are the people of Paradise more knowledgeable than the people of the Fire?"

قَالَ نِعْمَ

He said, "Yes."

قَالُوا فَفِيمَ الْعَمَلِ

They asked, "So what is the deed?"

قَالَ كُلُّ مَيْسِرٍ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ

He said, "Every person is made easy toward that for which he was created."

وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ أَنَّهَا كَنْزٌ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ

And in the two Sahih collections, on the authority of the Prophet, that it is a treasure among the treasures of Paradise.

قَالَ تَعَالَى آتِ الطَّلاَقِ

The Exalted said, "At-Talaq."

وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ

And whoever places his trust in God, He is sufficient for him.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى آلَ عِمْرَانَ

And the Exalted said, "Āl Imran."

الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمْ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ

Those to whom the people said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you."

فَأَخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَانًا

So they feared them, and it increased their faith.

وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

They said, "God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs."

إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَلَا تَخَافُونَهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِي إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

To His saying, "So do not fear them, but fear Me if you are believers."

وَعِنْدَ صَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ عَنْ اِبْنِ عَبَّاسِ

And in Sahih al-Bukhari, on the authority of Ibn Abbas.

فِي قَوْلِهِ وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Concerning His saying, "They said, 'God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.'"

قَالَهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْخَلِيلُ حِينَ أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ

Ibrahim, the intimate friend, said it when he was cast into the fire.

وَقَالَهَا مُحَمَّدُ

And Muhammad said it.

حِينَ قَالَ لِهِمْ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ

When the people said to them, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you."

وَقِسْمٌ ثَانٍ يَشْهَدُونَ رُبُوبِيَّةَ الْحَقِّ

And a second category testifies to the Lordship of the Truth.

وَإِفْتِقَارَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَيَسْتَعِينُونَ بِهَا عَلَى أَهْوِيَتِهِمْ وَأَذْوَاقِهِمْ

And their neediness toward Him, and they seek help through it for their desires and tastes.

غَيْرَ نَاظِرَيْنِ إِلَى حَقِيقَةِ امْرَهْ وَنَهْيه

Not paying attention to the reality of His command and His prohibition.

وَرِضَاهُ وَغَضَبُهُ وَمَحَبَّتُهُ

And His pleasure, His anger, and His love.

وَهَذَا حَالٌ كَثِيرٌ مِّنَ الْمُتَفَقِّرَةِ وَالْمُتَصَوِّفَةِ

And this is the condition of many of the ascetics and the Sufis.

وَلِهَذَا كَثِيرًا مَا يَعْمَلُونَ عَلَى الْأَحْوَالِ

For this reason, they very often work on the spiritual states.

الَّتِي يَتَصَرَّفُونَ بِهَا فِي الْوُجُودِ

which they use in existence

لَا يَقْصِدُونَ مَا يُرْضِي الرَّبَّ وَيُحِبُّهُ

They do not intend what pleases the Lord and what He loves.

وَ كَثِيرًا مَا يَغْلِطُونَ

And very often they make mistakes.

فَيَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ مَعْصِيَتَهُ هِيَ مَرْضَاتُهُ

So they suppose that his disobedience is His pleasure.

فَيَعُودُونَ إِلَى تَعْطِيلِ الْأَمْرِ وَ النَهْيِ

So they return to nullifying the command and the prohibition.

وَيُسَمِّونَ هَذَا حَقِيقَةً

And they call this a reality.

وَيَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْحَقِيقَةَ الْأَمْرِيَّةَ الدِّينِيَّةَ

And they suppose that this religious, command-related reality

هِیَ الَّتِي تَحْوِي مَرْضَاةَ الرَّبِّ وَمَحَبَّتَهُ

It is that which contains the Lord's pleasure and His love.

وَأَمْرِهِ وَنَهْيِهِ ظَاهِرًا وَبَاطِنًا

And His command and His prohibition, outwardly and inwardly.

وَهَؤُلاَءِ كَثِيرًا مَا يَسْلِبُونَ أَحْوَالَهُمْ

And these people very often lose their spiritual states.

وَقَدْ يَعُودُونَ إِلَى نَوْعٍ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِيِ وَالْفُسُوقِ

And they may return to a kind of sins and transgression.

بَلْ كَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ يَرْتَدُّ عَنْ الإِسْلَامِ

Indeed, many of them apostatize from Islam.

لِأَنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْتَّقْوَى

Because the ultimate outcome is for piety.

وَمَنْ لَمْ يَقِفْ عِنْدَ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَنَهْيِهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ

And whoever does not stand by God's command and prohibition is not among the pious.