The Wretched One Was Wretched As a Foetus in His Mothers Womb

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The prosperous one is he who prospered from when he was in his mothers womb, and the wretched one is he who was wretched from when he was in his mothers womb.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, created prosperity and wretchedness before He even created His creation. So whoever Allah knows will be prosperous, He will never despise, and even when he commits an evil deed, He will despise the deed but not the person. And if He knows that someone will be wretched, He will never love him, and even when he performs a good deed, He will love the deed but despise the person because of what he is to become.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, may transfer a servant from wretchedness to prosperity, but He never transfers anyone from prosperity to wretchedness.

Imam al-Kazim (AS) was once asked by Ibn Abi ‘Umayr about the Prophet (SAWA)s saying, ‘The prosperous one is he who prospered from when he was in his mothers womb, and the wretched one is he who was wretched from when he was in his mothers womb, to which he replied, ‘The wretched one is he who, from when he was in his mothers womb, Allah knew would commit acts characteristic of wretched people, and the prosperous one is he who, from when he was in his mothers womb, Allah knew would perform acts characteristic of prosperous people.