عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:
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مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا وَ فِي رَأْسِهِ حَكَمَةٌ وَ مَلَكٌ يُمْسِكُهَا فَإِذَا تَكَبَّرَ قَالَ لَهُ اتَّضِعْ وَضَعَكَ اللَّهُ فَلَا يَزَالُ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَ أَصْغَرَ النَّاسِ فِي أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ وَ إِذَا تَوَاضَعَ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ انْتَعِشْ نَعَشَكَ اللَّهُ فَلَا يَزَالُ أَصْغَرَ النَّاسِ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَ أَرْفَعَ النَّاسِ فِي أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
16. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from certain individuals of his people from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Every servant (of Allah) has in his head a certain degree of wisdom being held therein by an angel. When he expresses arrogance the angel says, ‘Be humble, may Allah bring you low.’ Thereafter he thinks himself to be the greatest of people but in the eyes of the people he remains the lowest of all. When he behaves humbly, Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, lifts him up. The angel then says, ‘Be lofty, may Allah grant you dignity.’ He thereafter remains the lowest of all people before his own soul and the most dignified in the eyes of people.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- حسن كالصحيحAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/215)
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[3]الحكمة محركة اللجام، ما أحاط بحنكى الفرس من لجامه و فيها العذاران.ص 312
[4]أمر تكوينى أو شرعى( آت).ص 312
[5]أي ارتفع رفعك اللّه.ص 312