alkafi-3202Vol. 2, p. 501
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَنْ ذَكَرَنِي سِرّاً ذَكَرْتُهُ عَلَانِيَةً.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, “Whoever speaks of Me secretly, I speak of him in public.’”
Speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Secretly
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alkafi-3203Vol. 2, p. 501
قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي السِّرِّ فَقَدْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيراً إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ كَانُوا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ عَلَانِيَةً وَ لَا يَذْكُرُونَهُ فِي السِّرِّ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- يُراؤُنَ النَّاسَ وَ لا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا[1].
“Whoever speaks of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, secretly, has spoken of Allah very often. The hypocrites speak of Allah in public but they do not speak of Him in secret to which Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘They stand up in prayer lazily just to show that they pray, but, in truth they
alkafi-3204Vol. 2, p. 502
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِعِيسَى ع يَا عِيسَى اذْكُرْنِي فِي نَفْسِكَ أَذْكُرْكَ فِي نَفْسِي وَ اذْكُرْنِي فِي مَلَئِكَ[1] أَذْكُرْكَ فِي مَلَإٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْ مَلَإِ الْآدَمِيِّينَ يَا عِيسَى أَلِنْ لِي قَلْبَكَ وَ أَكْثِرْ ذِكْرِي فِي الْخَلَوَاتِ وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ سُرُورِي أَنْ تُبَصْبِصَ[2] إِلَيَّ وَ كُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ حَيّاً وَ لَا تَكُنْ مَيِّتاً.
3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ibn Faddal in a marfu ’ manner from The Imam (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, said to Jesus, peace be upon him, ‘O Jesus, speak of Me to yourself; I speak of you to Myself, speak of Me in public;
alkafi-3205Vol. 2, p. 502
لَا يَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ إِلَّا مَا سَمِعَ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَ خِيفَةً[3] فَلَا يَعْلَمُ ثَوَابَ ذَلِكَ الذِّكْرِ فِي نَفْسِ الرَّجُلِ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِعَظَمَتِهِ.
“The angel writes down only what he hears and Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘Speak of your Lord deep within yourselves, humbly and privately. . . .’ (7:205) Thus, no one knows the reward for that act (of speaking deep within oneself) of Allah except Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, due to H