Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Fearing Other Than Allah
Fearing Other than Allah الخوف من غير اللّه
- Whenever you fear the created [as opposed to the Creator], you flee from him.
1ـ إذا خِفْتَ المَخْلُوقَ فَرَرْتَ مِنْهُ.
- When you are frightened of something then jump into it, for indeed the difficulty of safeguarding yourself from it is greater than [that of] entering into it.
2ـ إذا هِبْتَ أمْراً فَقَعْ فيهِ، فإنَّ شِدَّةَ تَوَقّيهِ أشَدُّ مِنَ
الوُقُوعِ فيهِ.
- He (‘a) said about the one whom he censured: …he has made his fear of men ready currency while his fear of the Creator a mere guarantee or promise [to be carried out later].
3ـ وقال ـ عليه السّلام ـ في حَقِّ مَنْ ذَمَّهُ: جَعَلَ خَوْفَهُ مِنَ
العِبادِ نَقْداً، ومِنْ خالِقِهِمْ (خالِقهِ) ضَماناً (ضِماراً) وَوَعْداً.
- One who fears the people, Allah, the Glorified, makes him afraid of everything.
4ـ مَنْ خافَ النَّاسَ أخافَهُ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْء.