hadith
877
۞
Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked through what means he knew his Lord, answered, ‘By the cancellation of firm intention and the thwarting of ambition, I made a firm intention and it got cancelled, and I had ambition and it was thwarted.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سُئلِ : بِما عَرفْتَ ربَّكَ ؟ ـ : بفَسْخِ العَزْمِ ونَقْضِ الهَمِّ ؛ عَزمْتُ ففَسَخَ عَزْمي ، وهَمَمْتُ فنَقَضَ هَمّي.
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