Hadith 8745
عَنْ أَبِي سُخَيْلَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلِ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى حَدَّثَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ (({مَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ} [الشورى: 30] وَسَأُفَسِّرُهَا لَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ {مَا أَصَابَكُمْ} مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ عُقُوبَةٍ أَوْ بَلَاءٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا {فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ} وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثَنِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْعُقُوبَةَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَمَا عَفَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَحْلَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ بَعْدَ عَفْوِهِ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: Shall I not tell you the most excellent verse of the Holy Qur’an, which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained to us? That verse is: {مَا أَ صَابَکُمْ مِنْ مُصِیبَۃٍ فَبِمَا کَسَبَتْ أَ یْدِیکُمْ وَیَعْفُو عَنْ کَثِیرٍ} … Whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your own hands have earned, and He pardons much. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Ali! I will explain its interpretation for you: {مَا أَ صَابَکُمْ} Whatever befalls you, that is, illness or punishment or any worldly trial, {فَبِمَا کَسَبَتْ أَ یْدِیکُمْ} (then that is the recompense for what your own hands have earned) and Allah, the Exalted, is too gracious to punish you again in the Hereafter, and whatever Allah pardons in this world, He is far more forbearing than to seize you again after pardoning.