Hadith 11-18

حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عصام‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الكُلَيْنِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا علىُّ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ المَعْرُوفُ بِعَلاّنَ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو حامِدِ عِمْران بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ إِبْراهيمَ عَنْ حسين بن القاسِمِ الرقَّام عَنْ القاسِمِ بْنِ مُسْلِم عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَبْد العَزِيز بْنِ مُسْلِم قالَ: سَأَلْت الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ قَوْلَ اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ «نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ» فَقالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعالى‏ لا ينسى وَلا يسهو وَإِنَّما ينسى و يَسهوُ الَمخلُوق المحدَثُ ألا تَسمَعُهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ: «وَما كانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيّاً» وَإِنَّما يجازي من نَسيَهُ وَنَسِيَ لقاء يَوْمِهِ بِأَن يُنسِيَهُم أنفسهم كَما قالَ اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: «وَلا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَأَنْساهُمْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفاسِقُونَ» وَقالَ تَعالى‏ «فَالْيَوْمَ نَنْساهُمْ كَمانَسُوا لِقاءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هذا» أيُّ نَتْرُكُهم كَما تَرَكُوا الاستِعدَاد لِلقاءِ يَوْمَهُمْ هذا. قالَ مُصَنِّفُ هذا الكتاب: قَوْلَهُ «نتركهم» أيُّ لا نجعلُ لَهُم ثَواب من كانَ يَرجُو لِقَاءَ يَومه لأنّ التَّرْكِ لا يَجُوز عَلَى اللَّه تَعالى‏، فَأَمَّا قَوْلَ اللَّه تَعالى‏ «وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُماتٍ لا يُبْصِرُونَ» أيُّ لا يُعاجِلُهُم بِالعقوبةِ وَأمهَلَهُم ليَتُوبُوا.

Muhammad bin Muhammad ibn Esam - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yaqoob al-Kolayni quoted on the authority of Ali ibn Muhammad known as Allan, on the authority of Abu Hamid Imran ibn Musa ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Al-Husayn ibn Al-Qasim Ar-Raqqam, on the authority of Al-Qasim ibn Muslim, on the authority of his brother Abdul Aziz ibn Muslim, “I asked Al-Ridha’ about the Honorable the Exalted God’s words, ‘…They have forgotten God; so He hath forgotten them…’ [27] The Imam (a.s.) said, ‘The Sublime God neither forgets nor does He neglect. The creatures that are originated forget and neglect. Have you not heard the Honorable the Exalted God say, ‘…and thy Lord never doth forget.’ [28] Rather this verse means that when they forget Him and meeting Him on His Day, the Honorable the Exalted God will make them forget themselves. The Honorable the Exalted God said, ‘And be ye not like those who forgot Allah and He made them forget their own souls! Such are the rebellious transgressors!’ [29] Also the Sublime God said, ‘…That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs…’ [30] That means that We will abandon them just as they abandoned getting prepared for the meeting of this day of theirs.’” The author of this book (a.s.heikh Sadooq) said, “What is meant by ‘We will abandon them’ is that ‘We will not grant them the rewards they hope to receive on that day.’ This is because physically ‘leaving’ or ‘abandoning’ does not apply to the Sublime God and the Sublime God has said, ‘…and left them in utter darkness. So they could not see.’ [31] This means that God does not rush to punish them. Rather He gives them time to repent.