۳۶۹. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ لَا يَبْقى فِيهِمْ مِن الْقُرآنِ إِلَّا رَسْمُهُ، وَمِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَّا اسْمُهُ، وَمَسَاجِدُهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَامِرَةٌ مِنَ الْبِنَاءِ، خَرَابٌ مِنَ الْهُدَى، سُكَّانُهَا وَعُمَّارُهَا شَرُّ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، مِنْهُمْ تَخْرُجُ الْفِتْنَةُ، وَإِلَيْهِمْ تَأوِي الْخَطِيئَةُ، يَرُدُّونَ مَنْ شَذَّ عَنْهَا فِيهَا، وَيَسُوقوُنَ مَن تأَخَّرَ عَنْهَا إِلَيْهَا، يَقُولُ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ فَبِي حَلَفْتُ لَأَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَى أُولئِكَ فِتْنَةً تتْرُك الْحَلِيمَ فِيهَا حَيْرَانَ، وَقَدْ فَعَلَ، وَنَحْنُ نَسْتَقِيلُ اللهَ عَثْرَةَ الْغَفْلَةِ.

369. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: A time will come when nothing will remain of the Qur’ān except its writing, and nothing of Islam except its name. The mosques in those days will be busy with regards to construction but desolate with regard to guidance. Those staying in them and those visiting them will be the worst of all on earth. From them mischief will spring up and towards them all wrong will turn. If anyone isolates himself from it (mischief) they will fling him back to it and if anyone steps back from it they will push him towards it. Says Allāh, the Glorified, (in ḥadīth qudsī — i.e., the tradition in which Allāh Himself speaks) : I swear by Myself that I shall send upon them an evil wherein the endurer would be bewildered, and He would do so. We seek Allāh’s pardon from stumbling through neglect.

369. Les gens vivront en un temps où il ne reste du Coran que son image et de TIslam que son nom. Leurs mosquées seront alors bien construites mais vides de guidance. Les habitants qui les ont construites sont les plus mauvais de la terre. D’eux sort la sédition et chez eux le péché trouve son abri. Ils font revenir à la vie de péché celui qui, par exception, s’en écarte et conduisent vers le mal celui qui s’attarde à le faire. Dieu dit: J’ai juré par mon nom de leur envoyer une sédition qui laisserait le doux parmi eux perplexe. Et Il l’a fait. Nous implorons Dieu de ne pas nous soumettre à la mort subite.

Nahj al-Balāgha

Chapter #369