Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār


Book 1, Chapter 150

The meaning of the good deed of this world and the good deed of the Hereafter
1 Ḥadīth

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن جميل بن صالح، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قوله عز وجل: " ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة " قال: رضوان الله والجنة في الآخرة، والسعة في الرزق والمعاش وحسن الخلق في الدنيا.


1. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Hasan bin Mahboub, from Jameel bin Saleh, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Our Lord, grant us in this world a good deed and in the Hereafter a good deed» (2:201). He said: The satisfaction of Allah and Paradise in the Hereafter, and affordability in sustenance, livelihood and good mannerisms in this world.