Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1340b
"عَنْ عليٍّ في قَوْلِه ﷻ {وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَّهُمَا}، قاَلَ: كَانَ لَوْحا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مَكتُوبٌ فيِه: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلا الله، مُحَمَّدٌ رسُولُ الله، عَجَبًا لِمَنْ يذْكُرُ أنَّ المَوْت حَقٌّ كيْفَ يَفْرحُ، وَعَجَبًا لِمنْ يَذْكرُ أَنَّ النَّار حَقٌ كَيْفَ يَضْحَكُ، وَعَجَبًا لِمَنْ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ القَدَرَ حَقٌّ! كيْفَ يَحْزَنُ؟ وعَجَبًا لِمَنْ يَرَى الدُّنيا وَتَصَرُّفَهَا بِأهْلِهَا حَالًا بَعْدَ حَالٍ كيْفَ يَطمَئِنُّ إِلَيْهَا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿLy Fy
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"From 'Ali, regarding the words of Allah {And beneath it was a treasure belonging to the two boys} [Al-Kahf 18:82], he said: 'It was a tablet of gold on which was written: There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Wonderful is the one who recalls that death is true, how he rejoices! And wonderful is the one who recalls that the Fire is true, how he laughs! And wonderful is the one who recalls that divine decree is true, how he grieves! And wonderful is the one who sees the world and its turning over its people, state after state, how he feels at ease with it.'"
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Notes
[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان
machine translation[Hab] Al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān
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