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Guidance from Allah-azwj

ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ {2}

That is the Book. There is no doubt in it is Guidance for the pious [2:2]

NB: Muslims mostly translate ‘ذَٰلِكَ ’ as ‘this is’, which is wrong – for this, the Arabic word would be ‘هذا’, but ‘‘ذَٰلِكَ ’’ means ‘that is’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: «هُدىً‏» بَيَانٌ وَ شِفَاءٌ «لِلْمُتَّقِينَ‏» مِنْ شِيعَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ ع. [إِنَّهُمْ‏] اتَّقَوْا أَنْوَاعَ الْكُفْرِ فَتَرَكُوهَا، وَ اتَّقَوْا [أَنْوَاعَ‏] الذُّنُوبِ الْمُوبِقَاتِ فَرَفَضُوهَا وَ اتَّقَوْا إِظْهَارَ أَسْرَارِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، وَ أَسْرَارِ أَزْكِيَاءِ عِبَادِهِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص، فَكَتَمُوهَا. وَ اتَّقَوْا سَتْرَ الْعُلُومِ عَنْ أَهْلِهَا الْمُسْتَحِقِّينَ لَهَا، وَ فِيهِمْ نَشَرُوهَا

From Imam Hassan Askari-asws: ‘Then He-azwj Said: Guidance [2:2] – an explanation and a healing, for the pious – from among the Shias of Muhammad-saww and Ali-asws. They are the ones who avoid all forms of disbelief and all kinds of sins and fearing exposing the secrets of Allah-azwj and the secrets of pious worshippers and the successors-asws after Muhammad-saww, so they conceal these. And they fearing veiling the knowledge from its deserving ones and among them they do publicise it.’[1]

Also, in another Verse (2:5):

أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ {5}

They are on a Guidance from their Lord and they shall be successful [2:5]

قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع‏ ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَ (عَنْ جَلَالَةِ) هَؤُلَاءِ- الْمَوْصُوفِينَ بِهَذِهِ الصِّفَاتِ الشَّرِيفَةِ، فَقَالَ: «أُولئِكَ‏» أَهْلُ هَذِهِ الصِّفَاتِ «عَلى‏ هُدىً‏» بَيَانٍ‏ وَ صَوَابٍ «مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ‏» وَ عِلْمٍ بِمَا أَمَرَهُمْ بِهِ «أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ‏» النَّاجُونَ مِمَّا مِنْهُ يَوْجِلُونَ، الْفَائِزُونَ بِمَا يُؤَمِّلُونَ‏

From Imam Hassan Al-Askari-asws: ‘Then Allah-azwj Informs about the majesty of the ones with these honourable attributes and Says: They are [2:5], that is the ones with these attributes, on a Guidance from their Lord [2:5].They obey and act upon the Words of the Lord-azwj and know what they have been Commanded to do, and they shall be successful [2:5]. They will achieve salvation and be the winners due to what they had been doing.’[2]

NB: Prophet is the Warner and Imam is the Guide | Hubeali.com


[1] Tafseer Imam Hassan Al Askari-asws – S 33 (Extract)

[2] Tafseer Imam Hassan Al Askari-asws – S 49

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