sayingAccountabilitySaying 42
“May Allah make your illness a means for wiping out your sins because there is no reward for sickness but that it erases sins and makes them fall like (dried) leaves. Reward lies in saying by the tongue and doing something with the limbs. Certainly, Allah, the Glorified One, admits into Paradise by virtue of truthfulness of intention and chastity of heart whomsoever He wishes from among His servants.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: may allah make your illness a means for wiping out your sins because there is no reward for sickness but that it erases sins and makes them fall like (dried) leaves. reward lies in saying by the tongue and doing something with the limbs. certainly, allah, the glorified one, admits into paradise by virtue of truthfulness of intention and chastity of heart whomsoever he wishes from among his servants.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Tonight, account for one action before Allah does.
SOURCE
Saying 42 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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