This is from the Grace of my Lord
قَالَ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ أَنَا آتِيكَ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِنْدَهُ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّي لِيَبْلُوَنِي أَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ ۖ وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ {40}
The one with whom was the knowledge from the Book said, ‘I will come to you with it before your glance returns to you (blink of an eye)’. So, when he saw it settled in his presence, he said: ‘This is from the Grace of my Lord to Try me whether I am grateful or ungrateful. And one who is grateful, so rather he is grateful for himself, and one who is ungrateful, so my Lord is Needless, Benevolent [27:40]
قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ وَ ابْنُ رُومَانَ رَفَعَاهُ إِلَى جَابِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ: جَاءَ الْعَبَّاسُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ع يُطَالِبُهُ بِمِيرَاثِ النَّبِيِّ ص- فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص شَيْءٌ يُورَثُ إِلَّا بَغْلَتُهُ دُلْدُلٌ وَ سَيْفُهُ ذُو الْفَقَارِ وَ دِرْعُهُ وَ عِمَامَتُهُ السَّحَابُ وَ أَنَا أَرْبَأُ بِكَ أَنْ تُطَالِبَ بِمَا لَيْسَ لَكَ
(The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub – Salih Bin Kaysan and Ibn Rowman, both raising it to Jabir Al Ansari who said,
Al-Abbas came to Ali-asws demanding inheritance of the Prophet-saww. He-asws said to him: ‘There was nothing for Rasool-Allah-saww anything to be inherited except his-saww mule ‘Duldul’, and his-saww sword ‘Zulfiqar’, and his-saww armour, and his-asws turban ‘Al-Sahaab’, and I-asws am not pleased with you seeking what is not for you’.
فَقَالَ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ أَنَا أَحَقُّ عَمُّهُ وَ وَارِثُهُ دُونَ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ
He said, ‘There is no escape from that, and I am more rightful as his-saww uncle and his-saww inheritor besides the people, all of them’.
فَنَهَضَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ مَعَهُ النَّاسُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِإِحْضَارِ الدِّرْعِ وَ الْعِمَامَةِ وَ السَّيْفِ وَ الْبَغْلَةِ فَأُحْضِرَ
Amir Al-Momineen-asws got up and the people were with him, until he-asws entered the Masjid. Then he-asws instructed with the presentation of the armour, and the turban, and the sword, and the mule. They were presented.
فَقَالَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ يَا عَمِّ إِنْ أَطَقْتَ النُّهُوضَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهَا فَجَمِيعُهُ لَكَ فَإِنَّ مِيرَاثَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لِأَوْصِيَائِهِمْ دُونَ الْعَالَمِ وَ لِأَوْلَادِهِمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقِ النُّهُوضَ فَلَا حَقَّ لَكَ فِيهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ
He-asws said to Al-Abbas: ‘O uncle! If you have the strength for getting up with anything from these, the entirety of it is for you, for the inheritance of the Prophets-as is for their-as successors-as, besides the world and their children. But, if you are not strong enough to get up, then there is no right for you in it’. He said, ‘Yes’.
فَأَلْبَسَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع الدِّرْعَ بِيَدِهِ وَ أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ الْعِمَامَةَ وَ السَّيْفَ ثُمَّ قَالَ انْهَضْ بِالسَّيْفِ وَ الْعِمَامَةِ يَا عَمِّ فَلَمْ يُطِقِ النُّهُوضَ فَأَخَذَ السَّيْفَ مِنْهُ وَ قَالَ لَهُ انْهَضْ بِالْعِمَامَةِ فَإِنَّهَا آيَةٌ مِنْ نَبِيِّنَا ص فَأَرَادَ النُّهُوضَ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ بَقِيَ مُتَحَيِّراً
Amir Al-Momineen-asws donned the armour on him by his-asws hands, and cast the turban upon him, and the sword. Then he-asws said: ‘Get up with the sword and the turban, O uncle!’ But he could not endure the getting up. He-asws took back the sword from him and said: ‘Get up with the turban, for it is a sign of our Prophet-saww’. He intended (tried) to get up but was not able upon that, and he remained baffled.
ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ يَا عَمِّ وَ هَذِهِ الْبَغْلَةُ بِالْبَابِ لِي خَاصَّةً وَ لِوُلْدِي فَإِنْ أَطَقْتَ رُكُوبَهَا فَارْكَبْهَا فَخَرَجَ وَ مَعَهُ عَدَوِيٌّ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ خَدَعَكَ عَلِيٌّ فِيمَا كُنْتَ فِيهِ فَلَا تَخْدَعْ نَفْسَكَ فِي الْبَغْلَةِ إِذَا وَضَعْتَ رِجْلَكَ فِي الرِّكَابِ فَاذْكُرِ اللَّهَ وَ سَمِّ وَ اقْرَأْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا
Then he-asws said to him: ‘O uncle! And this mule at the door is for me-asws in particular and for my-asws children. If you have the strength to ride it, then ride away with it’. He went out and with him was Adawy. He said to him, ‘O uncle of Rasool-Allah-saww! Ali-asws is deceiving you regarding what you were in, so do not deceive yourself concerning the mule. When you place your legs in the stirrups, mention Allah-azwj and Name and recite: Surely, Allah Withholds the skies and the earth lest they cease. [35:41]’.
قَالَ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَتِ الْبَغْلَةُ إِلَيْهِ مُقْبِلًا مَعَ الْعَبَّاسِ نَفَرَتْ وَ صَاحَتْ صِيَاحاً مَا سَمِعْنَاهُ مِنْهَا قَطُّ فَوَقَعَ الْعَبَّاسُ مَغْشِيّاً عَلَيْهِ وَ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ وَ أَمَرَ بِإِمْسَاكِهَا فَلَمْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَيْهَا
When mule looked at him coming with the people, it fled and brayed with a loud braying what we had not heard from it, at all. Al-Abbas fell down with fainting upon him, and the people gathered, and he-asws instructed with withholding it, but they were not able upon it.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع دَعَا الْبَغْلَةَ بِاسْمٍ مَا سَمِعْنَاهُ فَجَاءَتْ خَاضِعَةً ذَلِيلَةً فَوَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ وَ وَثَبَ عَلَيْهَا فَاسْتَوَى عَلَيْهَا رَاكِباً فَاسْتَدْعَا أَنْ يَرْكَبَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع فَأَمَرَهُمَا بِذَلِكَ
Then (Imam) Ali-asws called the mule by a name we had not heard (before). It became submissive, humble. He-asws placed his-asws leg in the stirrups and leapt upon it and sat evenly upon it to ride. (Then) he-asws summoned Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws and instructed them-asws with that.
ثُمَّ لَبِسَ عَلِيٌّ الدِّرْعَ وَ الْعِمَامَةَ وَ السَّيْفَ وَ رَكِبَهَا وَ سَارَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ هذا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّي لِيَبْلُوَنِي أَ أَشْكُرُ أَنَا وَ هُمَا أَمْ تَكْفُرُ أَنْتَ يَا فُلَانُ
Then Ali-asws wore the armour, and the turban, and the sword, and he-asws rode it and travelled upon it to his-asws house, and he-asws was saying: ‘هذا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّي لِيَبْلُوَنِي أَ أَشْكُرُ ’ ‘This is from the Grace of my Lord to Try me whether I am grateful [27:40], I-asws and they-asws both, or whether you are disbelieving, O so and so!’[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of History – Amir Al-Momineen-asws, Ch 116 H 10