Said by: Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as), as reported by his son Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (as) ("My father used to say…")
Status: ⚠️ To be checked — the meaning is widely reported from Al-Kafi, but the exact Arabic wording and the exact Al-Kafi reference have not been confirmed against the printed book for this draft.
Reference: Al-Kafi (Shaykh al-Kulayni) — [reference — to be verified]
Arabic:
[Arabic text — to be verified]
English translation:
"There is no believer who does not have two lights in his heart: the light of fear and the light of hope. Were one of them to be measured, it would not exceed the other; and were the other to be measured, it would not exceed the first." In the same teaching, Imam al-Sadiq (as) reports Luqman's advice to his son: fear Allah so much that even if you came to Him with the good deeds of all mankind and the jinn, you would still fear He might punish you — and hope in Allah so much that even if you came to Him with the sins of all mankind and the jinn, you would still hope He would have mercy on you.
Explanation: A believer's heart needs both lights, balanced. Fear alone becomes despair; hope alone becomes carelessness. Fear keeps us away from sin, and hope keeps us coming back to Allah after sin. When the two are equal, the heart stays honest and alive — the theme this chapter keeps returning to.
A believer's heart needs both lights, balanced.