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SERMON 186


Regarding the vicissitudes of time

(The mischiefs that are to occur and
the absence of lawful ways of livelihood)

May my father and my mother be sacrificed for those
few whose names are well-known in the sky and not known on the earth. Beware, you should
expect what is to befall you such as adversity in your affairs, severance of relations and
the rising up of inferior people. This will happen when the blow of a sword will be easier
for a believer than to secure one Dirham lawfully. This will happen (1)
when the reward of the beggar is more than that of the giver. This will be when you are
intoxicated, not by drinking, but with wealth and plenty, you are swearing without
compulsion and are speaking lies without compulsion. This will be when troubles hurt you
as the saddle hurts the hump of the camel. How long will these tribulations be and how
distant the hope (for deliverance from them)?

O' people, throw away the reins of the horses who
carry on their backs the weight of your hands (i.e. sins), do not cut away from your chief
(Imam) otherwise you will blame yourself for your own doings. Do not jump in the fire
which is in flames in front of you; keep away from its courses and leave the middle way
for it. Because, by my life, the believer will die in its flames, and others will remain
safe in it.

I am among you like a lamp in the darkness. Whoever
enters by it will be lit from it. So listen O' men, preserve it and remain attentive with
the ears of your hearts so that you may understand.

(1).
In that period the reward of the beggar who takes will be higher than that of the giver
because the ways of earning livelihood of the rich will be unlawful, and whatever he will
donate of it, its purpose will be showing himself, hypocrisy and seeking fame, for which
he will not be entitled to any reward, while the poor who take it by force of their
poverty and helplessness, and to spend it in the right manner, will deserve more reward
and recompense.
The commentator, Ibn Abi'l-Hadid
has written another meaning of it also, namely if the beggar does not take the wealth from
the rich and it remains with him he will spend it on unlawful matters and enjoyments, and
since his taking it from him prevents him from using it in unlawful manner; therefore, for
this prevention of evil, the beggar will deserve more reward and recompense. (Sharh Nahj
al-balaghah, vol. 13, p. 97)

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Forward to Sermon 187.

Back to Sermon 185.

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