Different kinds of worshippers
- Updated On Tuesday, 02 June 2015
- Written by Imam Ali (as)
- Editor Kawther Rahmani
- Supervisor Sayyed Roohullah Musavi
- Published on Tuesday, 02 June 2015
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A group of people worship Allah out of a desire for reward [such as paradise]; surely this is the worship of traders [who are concerned only with benefit in business]. Another group worship Allah out of fear; this is the worship of slaves [who are afraid of being sent to the Hell]. And another group worship Allah out of gratefulness; this is the worship of free men (Nahj al-Balaghah, 172)
. وَ قَالَ ( عليه السلام )إِنَّ قَوْماً عَبَدُوا اللَّهَ رَغْبَةً فَتِلْكَ عِبَادَةُ التُّجَّارِ وَ إِنَّ قَوْماً عَبَدُوا اللَّهَ رَهْبَةً فَتِلْكَ عِبَادَةُ الْعَبِيدِ وَ إِنَّ قَوْماً عَبَدُوا اللَّهَ شُكْراً فَتِلْكَ عِبَادَةُ الْأَحْرَارِ