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SERMON 102
About abstemiousness and fear of
Allah
O' people! look at the world like those who abstain
from it, and turn away from it. By Allah, it would shortly turn out its inhabitants and
cause grief to the happy and the safe. That which turns and goes away from it never
returns and that which is likely to come about is not known or anticipated. Its joy is
mingled with grief. Herein men's firmness inclines towards weakness and languidness. The
majority of what pleases you here should not mislead you because that which would help you
would be little.
Allah may shower His mercy on him who ponders and
takes lesson thereby, and when he takes lesson he achieves enlightenment. Whatever is
present in this world would shortly not exist, while whatever is to exist in the next
world is already in existence. Every countable thing would pass away. Every anticipation
should be taken to be coming up and every thing that is to come up should be taken as just
near.
A part of the same sermon on the
attributes of a learned person
Learned is he who knows his worth. It is enough for
a man to remain ignorant if he knows not his worth. Certainly, the most hated man with
Allah is he whom Allah has left for his own self. He goes astray from the right path, and
moves without a guide. If he is called to the plantation of this world he is active, but
if he is called to the plantation of the next world he is slow. As though what he is
active for is obligatory upon him whereas in whatever he is slow was not required of him.
A part of the same sermon concerning
future times
There would be a time wherein only a sleeping
(inactive) believer would be safe (such that) if he is present he is not recognised but if
he is absent he is not sought after. These are the lamps of guidance and banners of night
journeys. They do not spread calumnies nor divulge secrets, nor slander. They are those
for whom Allah would open the doors of His mercy and keeps off from them the hardships of
His chastisement.
O' people ! a time will come to you when Islam would
be capsized as a pot is capsized with all its contents. O' people, Allah has protected you
from that He might be hard on you but He has not spared you from being put on trial. Allah
the Sublimest of all speakers has said:
Verily in this are signs and We do only try (the
people). (Qur'an, 23:30)
as-Sayyid ar-Radi says: As regards Amir
al-mu'minin's words "kullu mu'minin nuwamah" (every sleeping believer), he
implies thereby one who is talked of little and causes no evil. And the word
"al-masayih" is the plural of "misyah". He is one who spreads trouble
among people through evils and calumnies. And the word "al-madhayi" is the
plural of "midhya". He is one who on hearing of an evil about some one spreads
it and shouts about it. And "al-budhur" is the plural of "badhur". He
is one who excels in foolishness and speaks rubbish.
.Forward to Sermon 103.Back to Sermon 101.
