How Do We Forget This?
Imam al Sadiq (as) narrates that Allah (swt) says:
“By
My glory, My sublimity, My majesty and My ascension upon My throne; I
shall cut-off, by despair, the hope of anyone who places their hope in
other than Me. I shall clothe him with the garb of degradation in front
of people; I shall avert him away from My proximity; I shall distance
him from ever joining Me. Does he place expectations in other than Me
during hardships whilst (full control of) the hardships are in My
hands? Does he hope in other than Me and contemplate knocking the door
of others whilst I hold the keys to the doors when they are locked? And
My door is open to whosoever may implore me. Who is it that has had
hope in Me in his misfortunes and I have let him down?! Who is it that
has expected from Me in adversity and I have severed his hope in Me? I
have preserved the hopes of my slaves but they are not satisfied with
my preservation. I have filled My heavens with those who do not tire
from glorifying Me; and have commanded them not to shut the doors
between Me and My servants, but they (My servants) do not have
confidence in My words. Does he (My slave) not know that, when a
misfortune from among My misfortunes strikes him, none but Me has the
ability to relieve it, except by My permission. So why is it that I see
him unmindful of Me?! I granted him, by My generosity, that which he
did not even request, then I snatched it away from him; yet he does not
ask Me to return it, rather he asks those other than Myself! Does he
reckon that, despite Me granting initially before being asked, I would
not respond to the one who begs Me after being asked? Am I such a miser
that My slave has deemed Me to be miserly? Do generosity and
open-handedness not behove Me? Are pardon and mercy not in My hands? Am
I not suitable for hopes? Who aside from Me can break them? Do those
who hope not then fear in placing hopes in those other than Me?
Had
all the inhabitants of My heavens and the inhabitants of My earth, all
wished together; and had I granted them all fully in accordance with
their hopes – My kingdom would not have decreased even to the amount of
one grain. How can a kingdom diminish whilst I am its curator? Alas,
what an ill-fate for those who despair in My mercy; and what misery for
he who disobeys Me and does not fear Me’”.
