Āyatullāh (آيَاتُ اللَّهِ) – The Signs of Allah-azwj
تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ {6}
These are the Verses (Signs) of Allah. We Recite these upon you with the Truth, so afterwards, with which Hadeeth of Allah and His Signs will you believe? [45:6]
الطبرسي في (الاحتجاج): عن صفوان بن يحيى، قال: سألني أبو قرة المحدث صاحب شبرمة أن أدخله على أبي الحسن الرضا (عليه السلام)- إلى أن قال- و سأله عن قول الله عز و جل: سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى
Al-Tabarsy in Al-Ihtijaj – From Safwan Bin Yahya who said,
‘Qarat Al-Muhaddith, a companion of Shabramat (a judge), asked me if I could get him permission to see Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza-asws’ – until he said, ‘And ask him-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa [17:1]’.
فقال أبو الحسن (عليه السلام): قد أخبر الله تعالى أنه أسرى به، ثم أخبر أنه لم أسرى به، فقال: لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آياتِنا
‘Abu Al-Hassan-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj the Exalted has Informed that He-azwj Made him-saww to journey, and then Informed as to why He-azwj Made him-saww to journey, so He-azwj Said: in order to Show him form Our Signs [17:1].
فآيات الله غير الله، فقد أعذر و بين لم فعل به ذلك، و ما رآه و قال: فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ وَ آياتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ، فأخبر أنه غير الله
‘Thus, the Signs of Allah-azwj are other than Allah-azwj and He-azwj has Given the reason as to how He-azwj welcomed him-saww and what he-saww saw: These are the Signs of Allah. We Recite these upon you with the Truth, so afterwards, with which Hadeeth of Allah and His Signs will you believe? [45:6]. Thus, He-azwj Informed that (the Signs) were other than Allah-azwj’’.[1]
[1] الاحتجاج 2: 405