Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Blessing

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hadith 9825
Imam Ali (AS) said, Blessing is linked to gratitude and gratitude is linked to increase [in blessings], and these two are linked together in one chain, for increase [in blessings] from Allah, the Glorified, will never cease until the gratitude of the thankful one ceases.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلنِّعْمَةُ مَوْصُولَةٌ بِالشُّكْرِ وَ الشُّكْرُ مَوْصُولٌ بِالْمَزِيدِ وَ هُما مَقْرُونانِ في قَرَن فَلَنْ يَنْقَطِعَ المَزِيدَ مِنَ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ حَتّى يَنْقَطِعَ الشُّكْرُ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9826
Imam Ali (AS) said, Seek good out of every blessing that Allah has bestowed upon you and do not waste any favour of Allah over you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِسْتَصْلِحْ كُلَّ نِعْمَة أنْعَمَهَا اللّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَلاتُضِعْ نِعْمَةً مِنْ نِعَمِ اللّهِ عِنْدَكَ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9827
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let the effect of that which Allah, the Glorified, has blessed you with be seen on you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وَ لْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ أثَرُ ما أنْعَمَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9828
Imam Ali (AS) said, Seek the perfection of Allahs blessing upon you through patience in obedience to Him and preserving that which He has commanded you to preserve [and act upon] of His book.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِسْتَتِمُّوا نِعَمَ اللّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ عَلى طاعَتِهِ وَ الْمُحافَظَةِ عَلى مَا اسْتَحْفَظَكُمْ مِنْ كتابِهِ
Tags GratitudePatience
hadith 9829
Imam Ali (AS) said, Beware of the slipping away of blessings, for not everything that runs away comes back.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِحْذَرُوا نِفارَ النِّعَمِ فَما كُلُّ شارِد بِمَرْدُود
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9830
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, one of the blessings is affluence, but good health is better than affluence, and the God-wariness of the heart is [even] better than good health.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الا وَ إنَّ مِنَ النِّعَمِ سَعَةُ الْمالِ وَ أفْضَلُ مِنْ سَعَةِ المالِ صِحَّةُ الْبَدَنِ وَ أفْضَلُ مِنْ صِحَّةِ الْبَدَنِ تَقْوَى الْقَلْبِ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyHealth and Hygiene
hadith 9831
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best things that Allah, the Glorified, has blessed his servants with are: knowledge, intelligence, power and justice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ ما مَنَّ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ بِهِ عَلى عِبادِهِ: عِلْمٌ وَ عَقْلٌ وَ مُلْكٌ وَعَدْلٌ
Tags Intellect/ReasonJustice
hadith 9832
Imam Ali (AS) said, The person who is in the best condition of all people is he who makes present blessings last by being grateful for them and gets those that are lost restored through patience.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْسَنُ النّاسِ حالاً فِي النِّعَمِ مَنِ اسْتَدامَ حاضِرَها بِالشُّكْرِ وَ ارْتَجَعَ فائِتَها بِالصَّبْرِ
Tags GratitudePatience
hadith 9833
Imam Ali (AS) said, The least that you must do for Allah, the Most High, is ensure that you do not use His blessings as a means of disobeying [and sinning against] Him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أقَلُّ ما يَلْزَمُكُمْ لِلّهِ تَعالى أنْ لاتَسْتَعِينُوا بِنِعَمِهِ عَلى مَعاصِيهِ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9834
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Glorified, has certain selected servants upon whom He bestows blessings for the benefit of the people, causing these [blessings] to remain in their possession as long as they grant them [to the people], but if they withhold them [from the people], He takes away these blessings from them and transfers them to others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ لِلّهِ سُبْحانَهُ عِباداً يَخْتَصُّهُمْ بِالنِّعَمِ لِمَنافِعِ الْعِبادِ يُقِرُّها فِي أيْدِيهِمْ ما بَذَلُوها فَإذا مَنَعُوها نَزَعَها مِنْهُمْ وَ حَوَّلَها إلى غَيْرِهِمْ
Tags Generosity
hadith 9835
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Most High, bestows the blessing of benevolence in [times of] ease and the blessing of purification [in times] of hardship.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ لِلّهِ تَعالى فِي السَّرّاءِ نِعْمَةَ الإفْضالِ وَ فِي الضَّرّاءِ نِعْمَةَ التَّطْهِيرِ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 9836
Imam Ali (AS) said, Blessings last through gratitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلنِّعَمُ تَدُومُ بِالشُّكْرِ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9837
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you are able to ensure that there is no [other] benefactor between you and Allah then do so.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أنْ لا يَكُونَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ اللّهِ ذُو نِعْمَة فَافْعَلْ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9838
Imam Ali (AS) said, The only way that the value of blessings can be known is by suffering their contraries.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما يُعْرَفُ قَدْرُ النِّعَمِ بِمُقاساةِ ضِدِّها
Tags GratitudeTrials and Afflictions
hadith 9839
Imam Ali (AS) said, When you see Allah continuously sending blessings upon you despite your sins, then [know that] it is a means of driving you [towards greater punishment].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا رَأيْتَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ يُتابِعُ عَلَيْكَ النِّعَمَ مَعَ المَعاصي فَهُوَ اسْتِدْراجٌ لَكَ
Tags GratitudeHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 9840
Imam Ali (AS) said, When a blessing comes down to you then receive it with gratitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا نَزَلَتْ بِكَ النِّعْمَةُ فَاجْعَلْ قِراها الشُّكْرَ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9841
Imam Ali (AS) said, When you see your Lord sending continuous blessings upon you, then be careful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا رَأيْتَ رَبَّكَ يُتابِعُ عَلَيْكَ النِّعَمَ فَاحْذَرْهُ
Tags GratitudeHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 9842
Imam Ali (AS) said, By the befalling of calamities blessings become roiled.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِعَوارِضِ الآفاتِ تَتَكَدَّرُ النِّعَمُ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 9843
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many a blessed person is gradually being driven [towards punishment] by those blessings.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ مُنْعَم عَلَيْهِ مُسْتَدْرَج بِالنُّعْمى
Tags Heedlessness/Negligence
hadith 9844
Imam Ali (AS) said, The alms-tax of blessings is doing good to others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَكاةُ النِّعَمِ اِصْطِناعُ الْمَعْرُوفِ
Tags Good DeedsZakat
hadith 9845
Imam Ali (AS) said, The adornment of blessings is keeping ties with [ones] near relatives.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَيْنُ النِّعَمِ صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ
Tags Relatives/Kinship
hadith 9846
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cessation of blessings is [caused] by withholding the rights of Allah from them and falling short in showing gratitude for them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَوالُ النِّعَمِ بِمَنْعِ حُقُوقِ اللّهِ مِنْها وَ التَّقْصِيرِ في شُكْرِها
Tags GratitudeRights
hadith 9847
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cause of cessation of a blessing is ingratitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَبَبُ زَوالِ النِّعْمَةِ اَلْكُفْرانُ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9848
Imam Ali (AS) said, In every blessing there is a reward.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : في كُلِّ نِعْمَة أجْرٌ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9849
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every bounty of this world is [headed towards] destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ نَعِيمِ الدُّنْيا ثُبُورٌ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismAsceticism
hadith 9850
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every blessing from which good is done [to others] is indeed safe from being taken away and is protected from vicissitudes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ نِعْمَة أُنِيلَ مِنْها المَعْرُوفُ فَإنَّها مَأْمُونَةُ السَّلَبِ مُحَصَّنَةٌ مِنَ الغِيَرِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 9851
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whenever the blessing of an ignorant person becomes good, his ugliness in it increases.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلَّما حَسُنَتْ نِعْمَةُ الجاهِلِ إزْدادَ قُبْحاً فيها
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9852
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let the effect of what Allah has blessed you with be visible on you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِيُرَ عَلَيْكَ أثَرُ ما أنْعَمَ اللّهُ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9853
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing has the ability to make blessings last like showing gratitude for them and nothing beautifies them like granting them [to others].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ يَقْدِرَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَسْتَدِيمَ النِّعَمَ بِمِثْلِ شُكْرِها وَ لا يَزينَها بِمِثْلِ بَذْلِها
Tags GratitudeGenerosity
hadith 9854
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever enumerates his favours [on others] effaces his munificence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَدَّدَ نِعَمَهُ مَحَقَ كَرَمَهُ
Tags Generosity
hadith 9855
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who takes the help of a blessing [in order] to sin is indeed an ingrate.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اسْتَعانَ بِالنِّعْمَةِ عَلَى المَعْصِيَةِ فَهُوَ الكَفُورُ
Tags GratitudeMajor Sins
hadith 9856
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one upon whom the blessings of Allah are abundant, the peoples needs towards him also abound (so if he fulfils with it what Allah, the Glorified, has made obligatory for him, then he makes it last, and if he refuses what Allah, the Glorified, has made obligatory from it, then he has exposed it to cessation).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَثُرَتْ نِعَمُ اللّهِ عَلَيْهِ كَثُرَتْ حَوائِجُ النّاسِ إلَيْهِ (فَإنْ قامَ فيها بِما أوْجَبَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَدْ عَرَّضَها لِلدَّوامِ وَ إنْ مَنَعَ ما أوْجَبَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ فيها فَقَدْ عَرَّضَها لِلزَّوالِ)
Tags RightsGenerosity
hadith 9857
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever extends his hand to bestow favours [to others] has protected his [own] blessing from cessation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ بِالإنْعامِ حَصَّنَ نِعْمَتَهُ مِنَ الاِنْصِرامِ
Tags Generosity
hadith 9858
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is incumbent upon the one whom Allah has munificently blessed to be generous in granting favours to the people.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أوْسَعَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ نِعْمَةً (نِعَمَهُ) وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ أنْ يُوَسِّعَ النّاسَ إنْعاماً
Tags Generosity
hadith 9859
Imam Ali (AS) said, A truthful friend is one of the blessings [of Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنَ النِّعَمِ اَلصَّدِيقُ الصَّدُوقُ
Tags Good CompanyTruthfulness
hadith 9860
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being adorned with generosity and chastity is one of the most perfect blessings.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ كَمالِ النِّعْمَةِ التَّحَلِّي بِالسَّخاءِ وَ التَّعَفُّفِ
Tags GenerosityChastity/Modesty
hadith 9861
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing safeguards blessings like granting them to others.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما حُصِّنَتِ النِّعَمُ بِمِثْلِ الإنْعامِ بِها
Tags Generosity
hadith 9862
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing guards blessings like gratitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما حُرِسَتِ النِّعَمُ بِمِثْلِ الشُّكْرِ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9863
Imam Ali (AS) said, How great are the blessings of Allah, the Glorified, in this world, yet how small they are in comparison to the blessings of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أعْظَمَ نِعَمَ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ فِي الدُّنيا وَ ما أصْغَرَها في نِعَمِ الآخِرَةِ
Tags GratitudeParadise
hadith 9864
Imam Ali (AS) said, How close bounty is to woe!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أقْرَبَ النَّعِيمَ مِنَ البُؤْسِ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 9865
Imam Ali (AS) said, Allah has not bestowed any blessing on a servant who then does injustice with it but that he becomes deserving of it being taken away from him by Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلى عَبْد نِعْمَةً فَظَلَمَ فِيها إلاّ كانَ حَقِيقاً أنْ يُزِيلَها عَنْهُ
Tags OppressionGratitude
hadith 9866
Imam Ali (AS) said, The blessings of the ignorant are like a garden on a cesspit.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نِعَمُ الجُهّالِ كَرَوْضَة عَلى مَزْبَلَة
Tags Wisdom
hadith 9867
Imam Ali (AS) said, The blessing that is not appreciated is like the evil that is not forgiven.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نِعْمَةٌ لاتُشْكَرُ كَسَيِّئَة لاتُغْفَرُ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9868
Imam Ali (AS) said, The blessings of Allah, the Most High, are greater than can be appreciated, except with the help of Allah, and the sins of mankind are greater than can be forgiven, except what Allah pardons [out of His mercy].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نِعَمُ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ أكْثَرُ مِنْ أنْ تُشْكَرَ إلاّ ما أعانَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ ذُنُوبُ ابْنِ آدَمَ أكْثَرُ مِنْ أنْ تُغْفَرَ إلاّ ما عَفَا اللّهُ عَنْهُ
Tags GratitudeForgiveness
hadith 9869
Imam Ali (AS) said, We ask Allah, the Glorified, for the completion of His favours [upon us] and for the ability to hold on to His rope.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نَسْألُ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ لَمِنَّتِهِ تَماماً وَ بِحَبْلِهِ اِعْتِصاماً
Tags SupplicationGratitude
hadith 9870
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not waste any of the blessings that Allah, the Glorified, has blessed you with, and let the effect of what He has blessed you with be visible on you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتُضِعْ نِعْمَةً مِنْ نِعَمِ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ عِنْدَكَ وَ لْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ أثَرَ ما أنْعَمَ اللّهُ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9871
Imam Ali (AS) said, Blessings are not guarded but by gratitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتُحاطُ النِّعَمُ إلاّ بِالشُّكْرِ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9872
Imam Ali (AS) said, O son of Adam, when you see Allah, the Glorified, continuously sending you His blessings then beware of Him, and secure the blessings by being grateful for them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إذا رَأَيْتَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ يُتابِعُ عَلَيْكَ نِعَمَهُ فَاحْذَرْهُ وَ حَصِّنَ النِّعَمَ بِشُكْرِها
Tags GratitudeHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 9873
Imam Ali (AS) said, The least that is owed to the one who bestows blessings is that no sin should be committed with his blessing.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أقَلُّ ما يَجِبُ لِلْمُنْعِمِ أنْ لا يُعْصى بِنِعْمَتِهِ
Tags GratitudeMajor Sins
hadith 9874
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the inability to commit sins is a blessing.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ تَعَذُّرُ المَعاصِي
Tags GratitudeMajor Sins