- «فَلاَ وَرَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيما شَجَرَ بَينَهُمْ ثُمَّ لا يَجِدُوا فِي أنْفُسِهِم حَرَجاً مِمّا قَضَيتَ ويُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً».
أوحَى اللّهُ تعالى إلى داوودَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): تُرِيدُ واُرِيدُ، وإنّما يَكونُ ما اُرِيدُ ، فإن سَلَّمتَ لِما اُريدُ كَفَيتُكَ ما تُرِيدُ ، وإن لَم تُسَلِّم لِما اُر
– It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar that Allah, most High, revealed to Prophet David (AS) saying, ‘I want
[something] and you want
[something else], and verily only My will is done. Therefore, if you submit to what I want, I will suffice you in what you want. If you do not submit to My will, however, I will exhaust you in your quest for what you want, until only what I want will be.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 136, no. 22]