حکمت 372: ای جابر! استواری دنیا به چهار چیز است، عالمی… · Saying 372

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): لِجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ يَا جَابِرُ قِوَامُ الدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا بِأَرْبَعَةٍ عَالِمٍ مُسْتَعْمِلٍ عِلْمَهُ وَ جَاهِلٍ لَا يَسْتَنْكِفُ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ جَوَادٍ لَا يَبْخَلُ بِمَعْرُوفِهِ وَ فَقِيرٍ لَا يَبِيعُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْيَاهُ فَإِذَا ضَيَّعَ الْعَالِمُ عِلْمَهُ اسْتَنْكَفَ الْجَاهِلُ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ إِذَا بَخِلَ الْغَنِيُّ بِمَعْرُوفِهِ بَاعَ الْفَقِيرُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْيَاهُ يَا جَابِرُ مَنْ كَثُرَتْ نِعَمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ كَثُرَتْ حَوَائِجُ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ فَمَنْ قَامَ لِلَّهِ فِيهَا بِمَا يَجِبُ فِيهَا عَرَّضَهَا لِلدَّوَامِ وَ الْبَقَاءِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَقُمْ فِيهَا بِمَا يَجِبُ عَرَّضَهَا لِلزَّوَالِ وَ الْفَنَاءِ.

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said to Jabir ibn Abdillah al-Ansari: O Jabir! The mainstay of religion and the world are four persons: The scholar who acts on his knowledge; the ignorant who does not feel ashamed of learing; the generous who is not niggardly in his favours; and the destitute who does not sell his next life for his worldly benefits. Consequenrly, when the scholar wastes his knowledge, the ignorant feels shame in learning; and when the generous is niggardly with his favours, the edstitute sells his next life for the worldly benefits. O Jabir! If favours of Allah abound on a person the people's needs towards him also abound. Therefore, he who fulfils for Allah all that is obligatory on him in this regard will preserve them (Allah's favours) in continuance and perpetuity, while he who does not fulfil those obligations will expose them to decay and destruction.