Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-703b
"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلِ آيَةٍ في كِتَابِ الله حَدَّثَنِى بِهَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ ؟ {وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ} قَالَ لي رَسُولُ الله ﷺ سَأُفَسِّرُهَا لَكَ يَا عَلِىُّ: مَا أَصَابَكُمْ في الدُّنْيَا مِنْ بَلاَءٍ أَوْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ عُقُوبَةٍ فَالله أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثنِّىَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعُقُوبَةَ في الآخِرَةِ، وَمَا عَفَا الله عَنْهُ في الدُّنْيَا فَالله أَحْلَمُ - وَفي لَفْظٍ أَجَلُّ - مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ بَعْدَ عَفْوِهِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAli
- Alā Ukhbirukum
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"On the authority of 'Ali, who said: Shall I not inform you of the best verse in the Book of Allah, which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated to me? {And whatever affliction befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned, and He pardons much} (42:30). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'I will explain it to you, O 'Ali: whatever affliction, illness or punishment befalls you in this world, Allah is too generous to repeat the punishment upon you in the Hereafter, and what Allah pardoned in this world, Allah is too forbearing - and in another wording, too majestic - to return after His pardon.'"
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Notes
[حم] أحمد وابن منيع، وعبد بن حميد، والحكم، [ع] أبو يعلى وابن المنذر، وابن أبى حاتم، وابن مردويه، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك
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