Gleanings — Paragraph 254

Source (Arabic)

قل فارتقبوا حتّی یغیّر الله علیكم انّه لا یعزب عن علمه من شیء یعلم غیب السّموات والأرض وانّه بكلّ شیء علیم ولا تفرحوا بما فعلتم او تفعلون ولا بما وردتم علینا لأنّ بذلك لن یزداد شأنكم لو انتم تنظرون في اعمالكم بعین الیقین وكذلك لن ینقص عنّا من شیء بل یزید الله اجرنا بما صبرنا في البلایا وانّه یزید اجر الصّابرین

Translation

Say: Await ye till God will have changed His favor unto you. Nothing whatsoever escapeth Him. He knoweth the secrets both of the heavens and of the earth. His knowledge embraceth all things. Rejoice not in what ye have done, or will do in the future, nor delight in the tribulation with which ye have afflicted Us, for ye are unable by such means as these to exalt your stations, were ye to examine your works with acute discernment. Neither will ye be capable of detracting from the loftiness of Our state. Nay, God will add unto the recompense with which He shall reward Us, for having sustained with persevering patience the tribulations We have suffered. He, verily, shall increase the reward of them that endure with patience.