الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ النَّاسَ وَ ما عَلَى الْمُحْسِنِينَ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ وَ إِذَا أَتَاكَ وَ قَالَ لَكَ مَا أَكْثَرَ إِحْسَانَكَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُدْخِلَكَ الْعُجْبَ فَقُلْ إِسَاءَتِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ إِحْسَانِي وَ إِذَا أَتَاكَ فَقَالَ لَكَ مَا أَكْثَرَ صَلَاتَكَ فَقُلْ غَفْلَتِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ صَلَاتِي وَ إِذَا قَالَ لَكَ كَمْ تُعْطِي النَّاسَ فَقُلْ مَا آخُذُ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا أُعْطِي وَ إِذَا قَالَ لَكَ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَنْ يَظْلِمُكَ فَقُلْ مَنْ ظَلَمْتُهُ أَكْثَرُ وَ إِذَا أَتَاكَ فَقَالَ لَكَ كَمْ تَعْمَلُ فَقُلْ طَالَ مَا عَصَيْتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا خَلَقَ السُّفْلَى فَخَرَتْ وَ زَخَرَتْ ١وَ قَالَتْ أَيُّ شَيْ ءٍ يَغْلِبُنِي فَخَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فَسَطَحَهَا عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا فَذَلَّتْ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ فَخَرَتْ وَ قَالَتْ أَيُّ شَيْ ءٍ يَغْلِبُنِي فَخَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْجِبَالَ فَأَثْبَتَهَا عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا أَوْتَاداً مِنْ أَنْ تَمِيدَ ٢بِهَا عَلَيْهَا فَذَلَّتِ الْأَرْضُ وَ اسْتَقَرَّتْ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْجِبَالَ فَخَرَتْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ فَشَمَخَتْ ٣وَ اسْتَطَالَتْ وَ قَالَتْ أَيُّ شَيْ ءٍ يَغْلِبُنِي فَخَلَقَ الْحَدِيدَ فَقَطَعَهَا فَذَلَّتْ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْحَدِيدِ فَخَرَ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ وَ قَالَ أَيُّ شَيْ ءٍ يَغْلِبُنِي فَخَلَقَ النَّارَ فَأَذَابَتِ الْحَدِيدَ فَذَلَّ الْحَدِيدُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّارَ زَفَرَتْ ٤وَ شَهَقَتْ ٥وَ فَخَرَتْ وَ قَالَتْ أَيُّ شَيْ ءٍ يَغْلِبُنِي فَخَلَقَ الْمَاءَ فَأَطْفَأَهَا فَذَلَّتْ ثُمَّ الْمَاءُ فَخَرَ وَ زَخَرَ وَ قَالَ أَيُّ شَيْ ءٍ يَغْلِبُنِي فَخَلَقَ الرِّيحَ فَحَرَّكَتْ أَمْوَاجَهُ وَ أَثَارَتْ مَا فِي قَعْرِهِ وَ حَبَسَتْهُ عَنْ مَجَارِيهِ فَذَلَّ الْمَاءُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرِّيحَ فَخَرَتْ وَ عَصَفَتْ وَ قَالَتْ أَيُّ شَيْ ءٍ يَغْلِبُنِي فَخَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ فَبَنَى وَ احْتَالَ مَا يَسْتَتِرُ بِهِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ وَ غَيْرِهَا فَذَلَّتِ الرِّيحُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ طَغَى وَ قَالَ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنِّي قُوَّةً فَخَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ فَقَهَرَهُ فَذَلَّ الْإِنْسَانُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَخَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا تَفْخَرْ فَإِنِّي ذَابِحُكَ ٦بَيْنَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ثُمَّ لَا أُحْيِيكَ أَبَداً فَخَافَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ الْحِلْمُ يَغْلِبُ الْغَضَبَ وَ الرَّحْمَةُ تَغْلِبُ السُّخْطَ وَ الصَّدَقَةُ تَغْلِبُ الْخَطِيئَةَ.

of Resurrection against those who wrong people, "and against the doers of good there is no way". And when he comes to you and says to you: how great is your beneficence — wishing to bring you into self-admiration — say: my evildoing is more than my beneficence. And when he comes to you and says to you: how much is your prayer — say: my heedlessness is more than my prayer. And when he says to you: how much do you give to people — say: what I take is more than what I give. And when he says to you: how many there are who wrong you — say: those I have wronged are more. And when he comes to you and says to you: how much you do — say: long have I disobeyed. God, blessed and exalted, when He created the lowest, it boasted and swelled (1) and said: what thing can overcome me? So He created the earth and spread it out upon its back, and it was humbled. Then the earth boasted and said: what thing can overcome me? So God created the mountains and fixed them upon its back as pegs, lest it should sway (2) with them upon it; and the earth was humbled and settled. Then the mountains boasted over the earth and rose high (3) and stretched up and said: what thing can overcome me? So He created iron, and it cut them, and they were humbled. Then iron boasted over the mountains and said: what thing can overcome me? So He created fire, and it melted the iron, and iron was humbled. Then the fire roared (4) and blazed up (5) and boasted and said: what thing can overcome me? So He created water, and it quenched it, and it was humbled. Then water boasted and swelled and said: what thing can overcome me? So He created the wind, and it moved its waves and stirred up what was in its depths and held it back from its courses, and water was humbled. Then the wind boasted and blew hard and said: what thing can overcome me? So He created man, and he built and contrived what he might shelter behind from the wind and from other things, and the wind was humbled. Then man was overweening and said: who is stronger than I in power? So He created death, and it subdued him, and man was humbled. Then death boasted within itself; so God, Almighty and Glorious, said: do not boast, for I shall slaughter you (6) between the two parties, the people of the Garden and the people of the Fire, and then I shall never bring you to life again. So it feared. Then he said: And forbearance overcomes anger, and mercy overcomes displeasure, and charity overcomes fault.