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Nevertheless, they associate others with Allah and serve some of His creatures that can create<br />

nothing; therefore, we thank Allah for that they have showed the proof and confessed that the<br />

Creator of the origins and branches of boons is Allah, the Most High. So the praise Allah, the Most<br />

High, has mentioned is like the praise on seeing someone afflicted.[1] Now, we will present<br />

another part of the speech of Imam Musa, peace be on him. He has said: "O Hisham, then He has<br />

praised the minority. He has said: And very few of my servants are grateful.[2] And He has said:<br />

And very few are they.[3] And He has said: And a believing man of Firon's people who hid his faith:<br />

What! Will you slay a man because he says: My Lord is Allah.[4] And He has said: And those who<br />

believe, and there believed not with him but a few.[5] And He has said: but most of them do not<br />

know. And He has said: And most of them do not understand. And He has said: And most of them<br />

do not perceive."[6]<br />

Imam Musa, peace be on him, has quoted the scared verses as proofs of that Allah has praised the<br />

believers who are few in number. The traditions reported from Ahl al‐Bayt, peace be on them,<br />

have mentioned that. For example, Abu 'Abd Allah (al‐Sadiq), peace be on him, has said: "The<br />

believing female is rarer than the believing male, and the believing male is rarer than the red<br />

sulfur." The reason for this rarity is that the real faith in Allah is the greatest rank in perfection<br />

man can attain.<br />

[1] Rooh al‐Ma'ani, vol. 6, p. 423.<br />

[2] Qur'an, Surat Saba', verse, 13.<br />

[3] Surat Saad, verse 24.<br />

[4] Surat Ghafir, verse 28.<br />

[5] Surat al‐An'am, verse 37.<br />

[6] Surat al‐Ma'ida, verse 103.<br />

Where are many hindrances that prevent man from reaching such a kind of faith such as bad<br />

education and environment and other hindrances that veil man from his Creator and make him go<br />

too far in <strong>com</strong>mitting sins.<br />

These words of Him, the Exalted, and very few of my servants are grateful, does not mean that<br />

man must say: praise belongs to Allah; rather they mean that he must spend all that which Allah<br />

has bestowed upon him on His creatures in His way. This is a great rank that does not issue from<br />

anyone except from him who knows Allah and believes that all boons and blessings issue from<br />

Him. Accordingly, man should perform good deeds and purify his own soul, and then he is among<br />

the grateful to Allah; the gratefulness in this meaning is among the highest ranks by which none is<br />

marked except very few. Now, we will present another part of the Imam's speech; he, peace be on<br />

him, has said: "O Hisham, then He has mentioned the men of understanding with the best<br />

mentioning and adorned them with the best ornaments. He has said: He grants wisdom to whom<br />

He pleases, and whoever is granted wisdom, he indeed is given a great good and none but men of<br />

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