أصحابُ اليَمينِ والشمال The People of the Right Hand and of the Left Hand

22ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى إذا أرادَ أن يُحاسِبَ المُؤمِنَ أعطاهُ كِتابَهُ بِيَمينِه وحاسَبَهُ فيما بَينَهُ وبَينَهُ، فيَقولُ: عَبدي، فَعَلتَ كَذا وكَذا وعَمِلتَ كَذا وكَذا ! فيَقولُ: نَعَم يا رَبِّ قَد فَعَلتُ ذلكَ، فيَقولُ: قَد غَفَرتُها لَكَ وأبدَلتُها حَسَناتٍ، فيَقولُ النّاسُ: سُبحانَ اللّه‏ِ أما كانَ لِهذا العَبدِ سَيِّئَةٌ واحِدَةٌ ؟!
وهُوَ قَولُ اللّه‏ِ عَزَّوجلَّ: «فَأَمّا مَن اُوتِيَ كِتابَهُ بِيَمينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يُحاسَبُ حِساباً يَسيراً وَيَنْقَلِبُ إلى أهْلِهِ مَسروراً».

22– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily when Allah, Blessed and most High, will wish to deal with the believer’s account, He will give him his book in his right hand and will then take him to account for all that is between him and Himself, and will say, ‘My servant, you have committed such and such and have done such and such!’ and he will reply, ‘Yes, my Lord, I have done that.’ And Allah will say, ‘I have forgiven you for them and have transformed them into good deeds’ , so people will ask, ‘Glory be to Allah, did this man not have a single evil deed!’ and this is the purport of Allah’ s verse “Then as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he shall soon receive an easy reckoning, and he will return to his folks joyfully” [Qur’ an 847-9].[ al-Zuhd li al-Husayn b. Sa`aid, p. 92, no. 246]

 

23ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى ... إذا أرادَ بِعَبدٍ شَرّاً حاسَبَهُ عَلى رُؤوسِ النّاسِ، وبَكَّتهُ، وأعطاهُ كِتابَهُ بِشِمالِهِ، وهُوَ قَولُ اللّه‏ِ عَزَّوجلَّ: «وَأمّا مَنْ اُوتِيَ كِتابَهُ وَراءَ ظَهْـرِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَـدْعو ثُبـورا * وَيَصْلـى سَعيـرا * إنّـهُ كـانَ فـي أهْلِـهِ مَسروراً».

23– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily when Allah, Blessed and most High, wishes to requite his servant with evil [as a result of his deeds], He will take him to account for them in front of everyone, and will reduce him to tears [on account of the proofs against him], and will give him his book in his left hand, and this is the purport of Allah’ s verse “But as for him who is given his record from behind his back, he will pray for annihilation, and he will enter the Blaze. Indeed he used to be joyful among his folk” [Qur’ an 8410-13] [al-Zuhd li al-Husayn b. Sa`aid, p. 92, no. 246]