مَثْوىً لِلْكافِرِينَ وَ الَّذِي جاءَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَ صَدَّقَ بِهِ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ»(32 ، 33)
"Is there not a lodging in Hell for the unbelievers? And he who brought the truth and affirmed it — they are the God-fearing."
الجاثية: «وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ يَسْمَعُ آياتِ اللَّهِ تُتْلى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِراً كَأَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْها فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذابٍ أَلِيمٍ وَ إِذا عَلِمَ مِنْ آياتِنا شَيْئاً اتَّخَذَها هُزُواً أُولئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ مُهِينٌ»(8 ، 9)
"Woe to every sinful liar! He hears the signs of God recited to him, then persists in arrogance as though he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment. And when he learns something of Our signs he takes it in mockery. For such there will be a humiliating punishment."
الأحقاف: «وَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّا أُنْذِرُوا مُعْرِضُونَ»(3)
al-Ahqaf: "[We] created the heavens and the earth and what is between them only in truth and for an appointed term; yet those who disbelieve turn away from what they are warned of."
«1»- مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِی عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ عَبْدٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ وَ لَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ عَبْدٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَلْبَسُ الثَّوْبَ أَوْ يَرْكَبُ الدَّابَّةَ فَيَكَادُ يُعْرَفُ مِنْهُ الْكِبْرُ قَالَ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ إِنَّمَا الْكِبْرُ إِنْكَارُ الْحَقِّ وَ الْإِيمَانُ الْإِقْرَارُ بِالْحَقِّ.
Hadith 1. Ma'ani al-Akhbar: 'Abd Allah b. Talha says: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, related that the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, said: No one will ever enter Paradise who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of ostentation, and no one will go to Hell who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of faith. I said: May I be your ransom — sometimes a man puts on a garment or mounts a riding-beast and feels a sense of greatness. Do you say that this is from boastfulness? He said: No, these are not ostentation. Rather "pride" is the denial of the truth, and "faith" is the acknowledgement of the truth.
«2»- مع، معاني الأخبار ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا يَعْنِي أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّا نَلْبَسُ الثَّوْبَ الْحَسَنَ فَيَدْخُلُنَا الْعُجْبُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ١.
Hadith 2. Ma'ani al-Akhbar: Muhammad b. Muslim related from Imam al-Baqir or Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon them both, that he said: No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of arrogance. The narrator says: I said: What then if we put on a fine garment and a sense of self-importance arises in us? He said: That is a matter between him and God.
بيان: أي التكبر على اللّٰه بعدم قبول الحق و الإعجاب فيما بينه و بين اللّٰه بأن يعظم عنده عمله و يمن علی اللّٰه به.
Elucidation: That is, arrogance towards God consists in not accepting the truth; while self-admiration between a man and God is that his own deed looms large in his eyes and he counts it a favour done to God.
«3»- مع، معاني الأخبار ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنِ السَّعْدَآبَادِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَقُولُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنَ الْكِبْرِ وَ لَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ قَالَ فَاسْتَرْجَعْتُ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ تَسْتَرْجِعُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَا أَسْمَعُ مِنْكَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ إِنَّمَا أَعْنِی الْجُحُودَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الْجُحُودُ.
Ma'ani al-Akhbar: Yazid b. Farqad related from someone who said: I heard Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, say: No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of self-importance, and no one enters Hell who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of faith. The narrator says: I began to say "Truly we belong to God and to Him we shall return" — this phrase in Arabic corresponds to "woe is me!" as said in Persian. He said: Why did you utter the phrase of return? I said: Because of what I heard from you. He said: It is not as you supposed; what I mean is the denying of the understanding of something, and that is nothing but the denial of the truth (that is, what is meant by pride is denial of God and insolence before the Almighty).