The Book of Stations

1. Mawqif 70 · “Those who did evil, then repented”

   See the print: Damascus 1966, p. 140, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 145, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 146 (archive.org)

   قَالَ تَعَالَى: «وَالَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهَا وَآمَنُوا» الْآيَةَ.

   He (exalted is He) said: "And those who did evil deeds, then repented after them and believed" (Q 7:153), to the end of the verse.✦

   ¶ 1527

2. وَرَدَ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ، بَعْدَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهَا؛

   There came [an inspiration] bringing this verse, after the one before it;✦

   ¶ 1528

3. فَعَلِمْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْاِلْقَاءِ بِشَارَةَ الْحَقِّ ـ تَعَالَى ـ لِلسَّالِكِينَ اِذَا صَدَرَ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا نُهُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ طَلَبِهِمُ الْجَزَاءَ وَتَعْيِينِهِ، وَالتَّحَكُّمِ عَلَى الْحَقِّ ـ تَعَالَى ـ وَعَدَمِ تَفْوِيضِ الْخِيَرَةِ اِلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ تَابُوا اِلَى اللَّهِ، وَرَجَعُوا اِلَيْهِ بِمَا أَمَرَهُمْ مِنْ تَرْكِ طَلَبِ الْجَزَاءِ، وَعَدَمِ التَّحَكُّمِ عَلَيْهِ،

   And I learned from this casting the glad tidings of the Real (exalted is He) for the wayfarers: when something proceeds from them of what they were forbidden (their seeking recompense and specifying it, dictating to the Real (exalted is He), and not consigning the choice to Him), and then they repent to God and return to Him through what He commanded them (abandoning the seeking of recompense, and not dictating to Him),✦

   ¶ 1529

4. لِأَنَّ النَّهْيَ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ أَمْرٌ بِضِدِّهِ، عَلَى خِلَافٍ عِنْدَ الْأُصُولِيِّينَ.

   because the prohibition of a thing is a command to its opposite, a point on which the legal theorists disagree.✦

   ¶ 1530

5. وَآمَنُوا، أَيْ صَدَّقُوا بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ مَا وَقَعَ مِنْهُمْ، بِحَسَبِ وَعْدِهِ الصَّادِقِ، وَرَحْمَتِهِ الْوَاسِعَةِ،

   "And believed": that is, they held it true that God forgives them what occurred from them, according to His truthful promise and His vast mercy;✦

   ¶ 1531

6. وَهَذَا اِيمَانٌ خَاصٌّ، مَاهُوَ الْاِيمَانُ الَّذِي يَعْصِمُ الدِّمَاءَ وَالْأَمْوَالَ،

   and this is a particular faith; it is not the faith that makes blood and property inviolable,✦

   ¶ 1532

7. فَاِنَّ ذَلِكَ شَرْطٌ فِي صِحَّةِ الْأَعْمَالِ كُلِّهَا، وَمُتَقَدِّمٌ عَلَيْهَا.

   for that is a condition of the validity of all works, and precedes them.✦

   ¶ 1533

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