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1856 - الواعِظُ غَيرُ المُتَّعِظِ

1856. THE EXHORTER WHO HIMSELF IS NOT EXHORTED

( يا أَيُّها الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ * كَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ)1

“O you who have faith! Why do you say what you do not do? It is greatly outrageous to Allah that you should say what you do not do.” 2

6608. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أوحَى اللَّهُ إلى‏ عيسَى بنِ مَريمَ : عِظْ نفسَكَ بحِكمَتي ، فإنِ انتَفَعتَ فَعِظِ النّاسَ ، وإلّا فاستَحيِ مِنّي3

6608. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah revealed to Jesus son of Mary, 'Exhort your self with My wisdom, and once you benefit from it then exhort people, and if not, then be ashamed in front of Me.'4

6609. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا تَكُن مِمَّن يُبالِغُ في المَوعِظَةِ ولا يَتَّعِظُ ، فهُو بِالقَولِ مُدِلٌّ ومِن العَمَلِ مُقِلٌّ ، يُنافِسُ فيما يَفنى‏ ، ويُسامِحُ فيما يَبقى‏ ، يَرَى الغُنمَ مَغرَماً ، والغُرمَ مَغنَماً5

6609. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Do not be like he who...exhorts extensively but does not take lesson himself, as he is is arrogant in his speech and little in deeds, he challenges for what is to perish, and allows to pass what is eternal, he sees benefits as a loss, and losses as beneficial.'6

6610. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : رُبَّ زاجِرٍ غَيرُ مُزدَجِرٍ ، رُبَّ واعِظٍ غَيرُ مُرتَدِعٍ7

6610. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Many a rebuker is himself not rebuked, and many an exhorter is himself not restrained [from sins].'8

6611. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أيُّها النّاسُ ، اِستَصبِحوا مِن شُعلَةِ مِصباحِ واعِظٍ مُتَّعِظٍ ، وامتاحُوا مِن صَفوِ عَينٍ قَد رُوِّقَت مِن الكَدَرِ9

6611. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'O people, seek enlightenment from the torch of the lamp of an exhorter who takes his own advice and from the clear spring that has been filtered of all impurity.'10

6612. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ العالِمَ إذا لم يَعمَلْ بعِلمِهِ زَلَّت مَوعِظَتُهُ عنِ القُلوبِ كَما يَزِلُّ المَطَرُ عنِ الصَّفا11

6612. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When the knowledgeable man does not act upon his knowledge, his exhortation slips away from the hearts like the rain slips off a flat rock.'12

Notes

1. الصفّ : 2 ، 3

2. Quran 61 :2,3

3. كنز العمّال : 43156

4. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 43156

5. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 150

6. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 150

7. غرر الحكم : 5360 - 5361

8. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5360-53 61

9. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 105

10. Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 105

11. منية المريد : 146 و 181

12. Munyat al-Murid, p. 146 ,181