Words of wisdom that please Allah
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 180
سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كُلَّ كَلَامِ الْحَكِيمِ أَتَقَبَّلُ إِنَّمَا أَتَقَبَّلُ هَوَاهُ وَ هَمَّهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ هَوَاهُ وَ هَمُّهُ فِي رِضَايَ جَعَلْتُ هَمَّهُ تَقْدِيساً وَ تَسْبِيحاً.
180. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ismail Bin Quteyba, from Hafs Bin Umar, from Ismail Bin Muhammad, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام said that: ‘Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic has said; “I عز وجل do not Accept every wise statement, but rather I عز وجل Accept his wish and his concern, for if his wish and his concern is within My عز وجل Pleasure, I عز وجل Makes his concern to be an Extolling of Holiness and a Glorification’.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/34)
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