A letter to Abdullah bin Abbas.

Pearl of Wisdom

when interpreting the Qur'anic verse: ''And most of them do not believe in Allah without ascribing partners to Him, 'This is in reference to man's statement: Were it not for 'x' I would surely have perished , or Were it not for 'x' I would indeed have been afflicted or Were it not for 'x' my family would be at a loss. Do you not see that he has associated a partner to Allah in His Kingdom giving him sustenance and repelling misfortune from him?' He was subsequently asked, 'What if one were to say, Were it not for Allah granting me x's help, I would have perished ...? Imam replied, 'There is nothing wrong with saying things like this.?

Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as]

Tafsir al-'Ayyashi, v. 2, p. 200, no. 96

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A letter to Abdullah bin Abbas.

Letter 72 A letter to Abdullah bin Abbas.

Remember Ibn Abbas that you cannot over live the span of life allotted to you, nor can you ever get that which has not been destined for you. You must know that this world has two aspects; one of its phases is that sometimes it serves you and works in your favour, and the other is that, it acts against you. This world is a place for empires to come and go; it is an abode of constant change. Here anything and everything which has been destined to do you good will reach you though you may not be strong and fit enough to try for it, and the loss, if it has been decreed for you, will come to you however hard you may try to avoid it.

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