عُدَّةُ الدَّاعِي، رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْمِيثَمِيُّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ جَوَاباً مِنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع
إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي أُوصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ ضَمِنَ لِمَنِ اتَّقَاهُ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَهُ عَمَّا يَكْرَهُ إِلَى مَا يُحِبُ وَ يَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَحْتَسِبُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يُخْدَعُ عَنْ جَنَّتِهِ وَ لَا يُنَالُ مَا عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِطَاعَتِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
(The book) ‘Uddat Al Daie’ – It Is reported by Ahmad Bi Al-Husayn Al Meysami, from a man from his companions who said,
‘I saw an answer from Abu Abdullah-asws to a man from his-asws companions: ‘As for after, I-asws advise you with fearing Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, for Allah-azwj has Guaranteed for the one fearing Him-azwj that He-azwj will Transfer him away from what he dislikes and to what he loves. And He would Sustain him from where he does not anticipate [65:3]. Surely, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic does not deceive about His‑azwj Paradise, nor can whatever be with Him-azwj be attained except by obeying Him-azwj if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires’’.[1]
وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ أَقْبَلَ قِبَلَ مَا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ أَقْبَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ قِبَلَ كُلِّ مَا يُحِبُّ وَ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِاللَّهِ بِتَقْوَاهُ عَصَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ أَقْبَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَصَمَهُ لَمْ يُبَالِ لَوْ سَقَطَتِ السَّمَاءُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ إِنْ نَزَلَتْ نَازِلَةٌ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَشَمِلَهُمْ بَلِيَّةٌ كَانَ فِي حِرْزِ اللَّهِ بِالتَّقْوَى مِنْ كُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقامٍ أَمِينٍ.
And it is reported by Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Whichever Momin comes towards what Allah-azwj Loves, Allah-azwj would Face towards him all that he loves, and the one who fortifies with Allah‑azwj by his piety, Allah-azwj would Fortify him, and the one Allah-azwj Faces towards and Fortifies, he will not care even if the sky falls upon the earth, and if a calamity were to befall upon people of the earth and affliction encompasses them, he would be in a Protection of Allah-azwj due to the piety, from every affliction. Isn’t Allah-azwj the Exalted Saying: Surely, the pious would be in a secure place [44:51]’’.[2]
وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لَوْ أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقاً عَلَى عَبْدٍ ثُمَّ اتَّقَى اللَّهَ لَجَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنْهُمَا فَرَجاً وَ مَخْرَجاً.
The Prophet-saww said: ‘If the skies and the earth were to be closed-up over a servant, then he fears Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj would Make a split from them and an outlet’’.[3]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا تَمَلُّوا مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَتُهُ بِهَا فِي نَوَافِلِهِ لَمْ يُصِبْهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِزَلْزَلَةٍ أَبَداً وَ لَمْ يَمُتْ بِهَا وَ لَا بِصَاعِقَةٍ وَ لَا بِآفَةٍ مِنْ آفَاتِ الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَمُوتَ وَ إِذَا مَاتَ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّهِ فَيَقْعُدُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ ارْفُقْ بِوَلِيِّ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ كَثِيراً مَا يَذْكُرُنِي وَ يَذْكُرُ تِلَاوَةَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Ma’bad, from his father, from the one who mentioned it,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Do not be frustrated from the recitation of [99:1] When the earth is shaken with its (violent) shaking Chapter 99), for the one who was reciting with it in his Optional (Salāt), Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic would not Hit him by an earthquake, ever, and he would not die due to it, nor by a thunderbolt, nor by a calamity from the calamities of the world until he dies. And when he does die, a benevolent Angel would descend upon him from the Presence of his Lord-azwj and sit by his head, and he would be saying: ‘O Angel of death! Be kind with a friend of Allah-azwj, for it was frequent what he used to mention me and mention the recitation of this Chapter.
وَ تَقُولُ لَهُ السُّورَةُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَ يَقُولُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ قَدْ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي أَنْ أَسْمَعَ لَهُ وَ أُطِيعَ وَ لَا أُخْرِجَ رُوحَهُ حَتَّى يَأْمُرَنِي بِذَلِكَ فَإِذَا أَمَرَنِي أَخْرَجْتُ رُوحَهُ
And the Chapter (99) would say to him similar to that, and the Angel of death would be saying: ‘My Lord-azwj has already Commanded me that I should listen to him and obey, and not extract his soul until he instructs me with that. So, when he does instruct me, I shall extract his soul’.
وَ لَا يَزَالُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى يَأْمُرَهُ بِقَبْضِ رُوحِهِ وَ إِذَا كُشِفَ لَهُ الْغِطَاءُ فَيَرَى مَنَازِلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَيُخْرِجُ رُوحَهُ مِنْ أَلْيَنِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الْعِلَاجِ ثُمَّ يُشَيِّعُ رُوحَهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَبْتَدِرُونَ بِهَا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ .
And the Angel of death would not cease to be in his presence until he instructs him with the extraction of his own soul; and when the covers are removed for him, so he sees his house in the Paradise, so he (the Angel of death) would extract his soul from the gentlest of what can happen to be from the treatment. Then his soul would be escorted to the Paradise by seventy thousand Angels, encircling him to the Paradise’.[4]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقالُوا رَبَّنا باعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفارِنا وَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ الْآيَةَ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ قُرًى مُتَّصِلَةٌ يَنْظُرُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ وَ أَنْهَارٌ جَارِيَةٌ وَ أَمْوَالٌ ظَاهِرَةٌ فَكَفَرُوا نِعَمَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ غَيَّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ عَافِيَةِ اللَّهِ فَغَيَّرَ اللَّهُ مَا بِهِمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُغَيِّرُ ما بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا ما بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ فَأَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ فَغَرَّقَ قُرَاهُمْ وَ خَرَّبَ دِيَارَهُمْ وَ أَذْهَبَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَ أَبْدَلَهُمْ مَكَانَ جَنَّاتِهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَ أَثْلٍ وَ شَيْءٍ مِنْ سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ ذلِكَ جَزَيْناهُمْ بِما كَفَرُوا وَ هَلْ نُجازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Sadeyr who said,
‘A man asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic [34:19] So they said: O our Lord! make spaces to be longer between our journeys; and they were unjust to themselves – the Verse. So he-asws said: ‘He-asws said: ‘They were a (group of) people who lived in two inter-connected villages and were able to see each other, and had rivers which flowed, and had phenomenal wealth. They denied the Favours of Allah-azwj and changed what was in themselves, so Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent the flood of Al-Aram against them. Their two villages were submerged, and their houses were spoilt, and their wealth was gone. It changed their plantations into two plantations to be only with the edible plants of bitter tamarisk (a troublesome weed) and a few Lotus trees. Then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: [34:17] That was our Recompense due to what they disbelieved in; and do We Punish any but the ungrateful?’[5]
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْراً أَبابِيلَ تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ قَالَ كَانَ طَيْرٌ سَافٌّ جَاءَهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْبَحْرِ رُءُوسُهَا كَأَمْثَالِ رُءُوسِ السِّبَاعِ وَ أَظْفَارُهَا كَأَظْفَارِ السِّبَاعِ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ مَعَ كُلِّ طَائِرٍ ثَلَاثَةُ أَحْجَارٍ فِي رِجْلَيْهِ حَجَرَانِ وَ فِي مِنْقَارِهِ حَجَرٌ فَجَعَلَتْ تَرْمِيهِمْ بِهَا حَتَّى جُدِّرَتْ أَجْسَادُهُمْ فَقَتَلَهُمْ بِهَا وَ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ رُئِيَ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْجُدَرِيِّ وَ لَا رَأَوْا ذَلِكَ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saaleh, from Abu Maryam who has said:
Abu Ja’far-asws, said, ‘I asked him-asws about the Statement of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: “[105:3] And send against them swarms of flying creatures [105:4] Striking them with stones of baked clay”, he-asws said: ‘These were low flying birds which came upon them from the sea front. Their heads were like the heads of predatory birds, and their claws were like the claws of predatory birds. Along with each of the birds were three stones. In their legs were two stones and in their beaks was one stone each. So, they went on to pelt them by these until their bodies became blistered with smallpox. So, they killed them in this way and there was not seen before that anything from the smallpox, nor were such birds seen before that day, nor after it’.
قَالَ وَ مَنْ أَفْلَتَ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغُوا حَضْرَمَوْتَ وَ هُوَ وَادٍ دُونَ الْيَمَنِ أَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلًا فَغَرَّقَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ قَالَ وَ مَا رُئِيَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَادِي مَاءٌ قَطُّ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ سَنَةً قَالَ فَلِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَ حَضْرَمَوْتَ حِينَ مَاتُوا فِيهِ.
He-asws said: ‘And the ones from among them who escaped on that day went until they reached Hazramaut, and it is a valley in a part of Yemen. Allah-azwj Sent against them a flood. So, all of them were drowned in it’. He-asws said: ‘And no water had been seen in that valley at all for fifteen years before that’. He-asws said: ‘So that is why it has been named as Hazramaut (death arrived), for that is wherein they died’.[6]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) بِالْكُوفَةِ أَيَّامَ قَدِمَ عَلَى أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْكُنَاسَةِ قَالَ هَاهُنَا صُلِبَ عَمِّي زَيْدٌ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ مَضَى حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى طَاقِ الزَّيَّاتِينَ وَ هُوَ آخِرُ السَّرَّاجِينَ فَنَزَلَ وَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعَ كَانَ مَسْجِدَ الْكُوفَةِ الْأَوَّلَ الَّذِي خَطَّهُ آدَمُ (عليه السلام) وَ أَنَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَدْخُلَهُ رَاكِباً قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَنْ غَيَّرَهُ عَنْ خِطَّتِهِ قَالَ أَمَّا أَوَّلُ ذَلِكَ الطُّوفَانُ فِي زَمَنِ نُوحٍ (عليه السلام) ثُمَّ غَيَّرَهُ أَصْحَابُ كِسْرَى وَ نُعْمَانَ ثُمَّ غَيَّرَهُ بَعْدُ زِيَادُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Al-Khurasany, from Al-Mufazzal Bin Umar who said:
I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah-asws at Al-Kufa in the days of Ali Bin Al-Abbas. So when we ended up to Al-Kunasa, he-asws said: ‘Over there is where they crucified my-asws uncle Zayd, may Allah-azwj have Mercy upon him’. Then we went until we ended up at the (market) stall of the oilmen, and it was at the end of the two lamps. So he-asws descended and said: ‘Descend, for this is the place where the Masjid Al-Kufa used to be at first which Adam-as had marked, and I-asws do not like that I-asws should enter it riding’. I said, ‘So who was the other one who had marked it?’ He-asws said: ‘As for the first one, that was the storm during the era of Noah-as. Then others from the companions of Chosroe and Nu’man, and thereafter Ziyad Bin Abu Sufyan’.
فَقُلْتُ وَ كَانَتِ الْكُوفَةُ وَ مَسْجِدُهَا فِي زَمَنِ نُوحٍ (عليه السلام) فَقَالَ لِي نَعَمْ يَا مُفَضَّلُ وَ كَانَ مَنْزِلُ نُوحٍ وَ قَوْمِهِ فِي قَرْيَةٍ عَلَى مَنْزِلٍ مِنَ الْفُرَاتِ مِمَّا يَلِي غَرْبِيَّ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ وَ كَانَ نُوحٌ (عليه السلام) رَجُلًا نَجَّاراً فَجَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَبِيّاً وَ انْتَجَبَهُ وَ نُوحٌ (عليه السلام) أَوَّلُ مَنْ عَمِلَ سَفِينَةً تَجْرِي عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْمَاءِ قَالَ وَ لَبِثَ نُوحٌ (عليه السلام) فِي قَوْمِهِ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَاماً يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَيَهْزَءُونَ بِهِ وَ يَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ دَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ رَبِّ لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكافِرِينَ دَيَّاراً إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبادَكَ وَ لا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فاجِراً كَفَّاراً فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نُوحٍ أَنِ اصْنَعْ سَفِينَةً وَ أَوْسِعْهَا وَ عَجِّلْ عَمَلَهَا فَعَمِلَ نُوحٌ سَفِينَةً فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ بِيَدِهِ فَأَتَى بِالْخَشَبِ مِنْ بُعْدٍ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهَا
So I said, ‘And there was a Masjid at Al-Kufa during the era of Noah-as?’ He-asws said to me; ‘Yes, O Mufazzal. And the houses of Noah-as and his-as people were in a town, at a place from the Euphrates which follows west of Al-Kufa’. He-asws said: ‘And Noah-as was a carpenter. So Allah-azwj Made him-as a Prophet-as and Answered him-as. And Noah-as was the first one to make a ship which flowed upon the back of the water’. He-asws said: ‘And Noah-as lived among his-as people for fifty years less a thousand years (950), calling them to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic.
However, they derided him-as and laughed at him-as. So when he-as saw that from them, he-as supplicated against them saying: ‘Lord-azwj! Do not Leave upon the earth any house of the infidels. If You-azwj Leave them, they will lead astray Your-azwj servants, and will not give birth to anyone except the infidel tyrants’. So Allah-azwj Revealed unto Noah-as that he-as should make a ship and make it a big one, and hurriedly. So, Noah-as made a ship in Masjid Al-Kufa by his-as hands. He brought the wood from afar until he-as finished it.
قَالَ الْمُفَضَّلُ ثُمَّ انْقَطَعَ حَدِيثُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) عِنْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ فَقَامَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَالْتَفَتَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ دَارِ الدَّارِيِّينَ وَ هُوَ مَوْضِعُ دَارِ ابْنِ حَكِيمٍ وَ ذَاكَ فُرَاتٌ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُفَضَّلُ وَ هَاهُنَا نُصِبَتْ أَصْنَامُ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ (عليه السلام) يَغُوثَ وَ يَعُوقَ وَ نَسْراً ثُمَّ مَضَى حَتَّى رَكِبَ دَابَّتَهُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فِي كَمْ عَمِلَ نُوحٌ سَفِينَتَهُ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهَا قَالَ فِي دَوْرَيْنِ قُلْتُ وَ كَمِ الدَّوْرَيْنِ قَالَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً قُلْتُ وَ إِنَّ الْعَامَّةَ يَقُولُونَ عَمِلَهَا فِي خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ فَقَالَ كَلَّا كَيْفَ وَ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ وَ وَحْيِنا
Al-Mufazzal said, ‘Then Abu Abdullah-asws interrupted the Hadith during the sunset. So Abu Abdullah-asws stood up and Prayed the Midday Salat (Al-Zohar), and the Afternoon Salat (Al-Asar), then left from the Masjid. He-asws indicated by his-asws hand to his-asws left to a place where there was a house among the houses, and it was the place of the house of Ibn Hakeym, and where is Euphrates today, so he-asws said to me: ‘O Mufazzal! Over there is where the idols of the people of Noah-as were fixed – Yagows, and Yaowq, and Nasraa’. Then he-asws went and rode upon his-asws animal. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, how long did it take for Noah-as to build his-as ship until he-as finished it?’ He-asws said: ‘In two time periods’. I said, ‘And how long are these two time periods?’ He-asws said: ‘Eighty years’. I said, ‘The general Muslim are saying that he-as built it over five hundred years’. He-asws said: ‘No! How are they saying this, and by Allah-azwj it has been Revealed to us-asws?’
قَالَ قُلْتُ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى إِذا جاءَ أَمْرُنا وَ فارَ التَّنُّورُ فَأَيْنَ كَانَ مَوْضِعُهُ وَ كَيْفَ كَانَ فَقَالَ كَانَ التَّنُّورُ فِي بَيْتِ عَجُوزٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ فِي دُبُرِ قِبْلَةِ مَيْمَنَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مَوْضِعُ زَاوِيَةِ بَابِ الْفِيلِ الْيَوْمَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُ وَ كَانَ بَدْءُ خُرُوجِ الْمَاءِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ التَّنُّورِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُرِيَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ آيَةً ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَطَرَ يُفِيضُ فَيْضاً وَ فَاضَ الْفُرَاتُ فَيْضاً وَ الْعُيُونُ كُلُّهُنَّ فَيْضاً فَغَرَّقَهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ أَنْجَى نُوحاً وَ مَنْ مَعَهُ فِي السَّفِينَةِ
I said, ‘Inform me about the Statement of Allah-azwj: “[23:27] and when Our command is given and the oven overflows” so where is its place and how was it?’ He-asws said: ‘It was the oven in the house of an elderly believing woman in the direction of the Qiblah, on the right of the Masjid’. I said to him-asws, ‘So that is the place of the corner of the Baab Al-Feel today’. Then I said to him-asws, ‘And that is oven where the water started coming from?’ He-asws said: ‘Yes. Allah-azwj Loved to show a sign to the people of Noah-as. Then Allah-azwj Sent rain upon them which flooded them with a flood, and the Euphrates overflowed with a flood, and then all the rivers overflowed. Thus Allah-azwj Drowned all of them and saved Noah-as and those who were with him-as in the ship’.
فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كَمْ لَبِثَ نُوحٌ فِي السَّفِينَةِ حَتَّى نَضَبَ الْمَاءُ وَ خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا فَقَالَ لَبِثُوا فِيهَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ لَيَالِيَهَا وَ طَافَتْ بِالْبَيْتِ أُسْبُوعاً ثُمَّ اسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ وَ هُوَ فُرَاتُ الْكُوفَةِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ مَسْجِدَ الْكُوفَةِ قَدِيمٌ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَ هُوَ مُصَلَّى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ (عليهم السلام) وَ لَقَدْ صَلَّى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) حِينَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عليه السلام) يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا مَسْجِدُ أَبِيكَ آدَمَ (عليه السلام) وَ مُصَلَّى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ (عليهم السلام) فَانْزِلْ فَصَلِّ فِيهِ فَنَزَلَ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ (عليه السلام) عَرَجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ.
So, I said to him, ‘How long did Noah-as remain in the ship until the water subsided, and he-as came out from it?’ He-asws said: ‘He-as remained in it for seven days and nights. It circled around the House for a week, then settled upon the Mount Joudy, and it is Euphrates of Al-Kufa’. I said to him-asws, ‘The Masjid of Al-Kufa is old?’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, and it is a Praying place of Prophets-as, and the Rasool-Allah-saww had Prayed in it when he-saww Taken on an ascension to the sky. So Jibraeel-as said to him-as: ‘O Muhammad-saww! This is a Mosque of your-saww father Adam-as, and a Praying Place of the Prophets-as’. So he-saww descended and Prayed therein. Then Jibraeel-as ascended with him-saww to the sky’.[7]
مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقالُوا رَبَّنا باعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفارِنا وَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ كَانَ لَهُمْ قُرًى مُتَّصِلَةٌ يَنْظُرُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ وَ أَنْهَارٌ جَارِيَةٌ وَ أَمْوَالٌ ظَاهِرَةٌ فَكَفَرُوا بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ وَ غَيَّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ فَأَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ فَغَرَّقَ قُرَاهُمْ وَ أَخْرَبَ دِيَارَهُمْ وَ أَذْهَبَ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ أَبْدَلَهُمْ مَكَانَ جَنَّاتِهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَ أَثْلٍ وَ شَيْءٍ مِنْ سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذلِكَ جَزَيْناهُمْ بِما كَفَرُوا وَ هَلْ نُجازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ.
Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Sadeyr who said:
‘A man asked Abu Ja’far-asws about the Statement of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: “[34:19] And they said: O our Lord! make spaces to be longer between our journeys; and they were unjust to themselves”. He-asws said: ‘They were a (group of) people who live in two inter-connected villages and were able to see each other, and rivers which flowed, and phenomenal wealth. They denied the Favours of Allah-azwj and changed what was in themselves, so Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent the flood of Al-Aram against them. Their two villages were submerged, and their houses were spoilt, and their wealth was gone. It changed their plantations into two plantations to be only with the edible plants of bitter tamarisk (a troublesome weed) and a few Lutus trees. Then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “[34:17] This We requited them with because they disbelieved; and We do not punish any but the ungrateful”.[8]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 67 – The book of Eman and Kufr – Ch 56 H 8 a
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 67 – The book of Eman and Kufr – Ch 56 H 8 b
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 67 – The book of Eman and Kufr – Ch 56 H 8 c
[4] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Merits of the Quran CH 13 H 24
[5] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 111 H 23
[6] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14492
[7] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14869
[8] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 15043