الشَّر
EVIL
مِعيارُ الخَيرِ وَالشَّرِّ / The Yardstick of Good and Evil
1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما خَيرٌ بِخَيرٍ بَعدَهُ النارُ ، وما شَرٌّ بِشَرٍّ بَعدَهُ الجَنَّةُ ، وكُلُّ نَعيمٍ دُونَ الجَنَّةِ فهُو مَحقورٌ ، وكُلُّ بَلاءٍ دُونَ النارِ عافِيَةٌ.
1– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'That good whose end consequence is the Fire is not good, and that hardship whose end consequence is Paradise is not bad. Every bliss other than Paradise is inferior, and every calamity other than the Fire itself is a comfort.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 387]
2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ اللّهَ سبحانَهُ أنزَلَ كِتاباً هادِيَاً بَيَّنَ فيه الخَيرَ والشَّرَّ ، فَخُذُوا نَهجَ الخَيرِ تَهتَدُوا ، واصدِفُوا عَن سَمْتِ الشَّرِّ تَقصِدُوا.
2– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah, Glorified be He, has sent down a guiding Book wherein He has explained good and evil, so adopt the course of good so that you be rightly guided, and turn away from the direction of evil so that you remain focused on the right way.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 167]
شَرٌّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ / Worse than Evil
الشَّر
EVIL
3ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): خَصلَتانِ ليسَ فَوقَهُما مِنَ البِرِّ شَيءٌ: الإيمانُ بِاللّه والنَّفعُ لِعبادِ اللّهِ ، وخَصلَتانِ لَيسَ فَوقَهُما مِنَ الشَّرِّ شَيءٌ: الشِّركُ بِاللّهِ والضُّرُّ لِعِبادِ اللّهِ.
3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are two virtues unexcelled by anything better: faith in Allah, and being of benefit to Allah's servants. And there are two iniquities unsurpassed by anything worse: associating something with Allah, and causing harm to Allah's servants.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 137, no. 2]
4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّهُ ليسَ شَيءٌ بِشرٍّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ إلّا عِقابَهُ ، ولَيسَ شَيءٌ بِخَيرٍ مِنَ الخَيرِ إلّا ثَوابَهُ.
4– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There is nothing worse than an evil deed except for its own punishment, and there is nothing better than a good deed except for its own reward.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 114]
5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): فاعِلُ الشَّرِّ شَرٌّ مِنهُ.
5– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The doer of evil is worse than the evil itself.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 32]
مَفاتيحُ الشُّرورِ / The Keys to All Evils
6ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ جَعَلَ لِلشَّرِّ أقفالاً وجَعَلَ مَفاتِيحَ تِلكَ الأقفالِ الشَّرابَ ، والكَذِبُ شَرٌّ مِنَ الشَّرابِ.
6– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, created locks for all evils, and he made the keys to those locks to be alcohol; and lying is worse than alcohol.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 236, no. 3]
7ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الغَضَبُ مِفتاحُ كُلِّ شَرٍّ .
7– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Anger is the key to all evils.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 263, no. 4]
جِماعُ الشُّرورِ / The Merging of Evils
8ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ إبليسَ يَخطُبُ شَياطينَهُ ويقولُ: علَيكُم باللَّحمِ والمُسكِرِ والنِّساءِ، فَإنّي لا أجِدُ جِماعَ الشَّرِّ إلّا فيها.
8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Satan addresses his devils saying, 'Avail yourselves to meat, intoxicants and women, for verily I do not see the merging together of more evils except through these.’
[Bihar al-Anwar,v. 62, p. 293]
انطِباعُ الإنسانِ عَلَى الشَّرِّ / Man's Natural Tendency for Evil
9ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): تَكَلَّفُوا فِعلَالخَيرِ وجاهِدُوا نفوسَكُم علَيهِ؛ فإنَّ الشَّرَّ مَطبوعٌ علَيهِ الإنسانُ.
9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Force yourselves to do good, and exert yourselves therein, for verily evil is something man naturally tends towards.’
[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 120]
10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أكرِهْ نفسَكَ على الفَضائلِ ، فإنَّ الرذائلَ أنتَ مَطبوعٌ علَيها.
10– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Compel yourself to good virtues, for verily vices are something you have a natural tendency for.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2477]