The world is a Loan from Allah to Servants

‘Allah^-azwj Says: I^-azwj Lent the world to My^-azwj servants.

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنِّي جَعَلْتُ الدُّنْيَا بَيْنَ عِبَادِي قَرْضاً فَمَنْ أَقْرَضَنِي مِنْهَا قَرْضاً أَعْطَيْتُهُ بِكُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ عَشْراً إِلَى سَبْعِمِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ وَ مَا شِئْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يُقْرِضْنِي مِنْهَا قَرْضاً فَأَخَذْتُ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً قَسْراً فَصَبَرَ أَعْطَيْتُهُ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ لَوْ أَعْطَيْتُ وَاحِدَةً مِنْهُنَّ مَلَائِكَتِي لَرَضُوا بِهَا مِنِّي

Abu Ali Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, and Abdullah Bin Sinan,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said I^-azwj Made the world to be between My^-azwj servants as a loan. So the one who lends Me^-azwj a loan from it, I^-azwj shall Give him, with every one, ten, up to a multiple of seven hundred, and whatever I^-azwj so Desire from that; and the one who does not lends Me^-azwj a loan from it, so I^-azwj shall Seize something Forcibly from him. But, if he is patient, I^-azwj shall Give him three characteristics, such that if I^-azwj were to Give one of these to My^-azwj Angels, they would be pleased with Me^-azwj’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ تَلَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الَّذِينَ إِذا أَصابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ أُولئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَواتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ فَهَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ وَ رَحْمَةٌ اثْنَتَانِ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ ثَلَاثٌ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Abdullah^-asws recited the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:156] Who, when a difficulty befalls them, say: Surely we are for Allah and to Him we are returning [2:157] Those are they on whom are Blessings and Mercy from their Lord. So this (Blessings) is one from the three characteristics, and Mercy is the second, and those are the followers of the right course is the third’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هَذَا لِمَنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً قَسْراً .

Then Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘This is for them from whom Allah^-azwj Takes something Forcibly’.[1]

[1] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 47 H 21