Appointment of an Imam-as by Allah-azwj on Earth
إكمال الدين ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنِ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرْمَكِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُحْرِزٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى عَلَّمَ آدَمَ أَسْمَاءَ حُجَجِ اللَّهِ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ وَ هُمْ أَرْوَاحٌ عَلَى الْمَلائِكَةِ فَقالَ أَنْبِئُونِي بِأَسْماءِ هؤُلاءِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ أَنَّكُمْ أَحَقُّ بِالْخِلَافَةِ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِتَسْبِيحِكُمْ وَ تَقْدِيسِكُمْ مِنْ آدَمَ
(The book) ‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – Ibn Al Mutawakkal, from Al Asady, from Al Barmakky, from Ja’far Bin Abdullah, from Al Hassan Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Muhriz,
From Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Taught Adam-as the names of the Divine Authorities of Allah-azwj, all of them, then presented them, and they-asws were souls, to the Angels, and He Said: Tell Me their names if you were truthful [2:32], that you are more rightful with ‘بِالْخِلَافَةِ’ the Caliphate in the earth due to your glorifications and extollations, than Adam-as is.
قالُوا سُبْحانَكَ لا عِلْمَ لَنا إِلَّا ما عَلَّمْتَنا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ قالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يا آدَمُ أَنْبِئْهُمْ بِأَسْمائِهِمْ فَلَمَّا أَنْبَأَهُمْ بِأَسْمائِهِمْ وَقَفُوا عَلَى عَظِيمِ مَنْزِلَتِهِمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ فَعَلِمُوا أَنَّهُمْ أَحَقُّ بِأَنْ يَكُونُوا خُلَفَاءَ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ حُجَجَهُ عَلَى بَرِيَّتِهِ
They said: Glory be to You! There is no knowledge for us except what You Taught us; surely You are the Knowing, the Wise [2:31] He, Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted said: O Adam! Inform them of their names. [2:33], and they paused upon their great status in the Presence of Allah-azwj, Exalted is His-azwj Mention, and they knew that they (Imams-asws) are more rightful of being Caliphs of Allah-azwj in His-azwj earth, and being Divine Authorities upon His-azwj created beings.
ثُمَّ غَيَّبَهُمْ عَنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَ اسْتَعْبَدَهُمْ بِوَلَايَتِهِمْ وَ مَحَبَّتِهِمْ وَ قالَ لَهُمْ أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَعْلَمُ ما تُبْدُونَ وَ ما كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ
Then they-asws disappeared from their sights, and He-azwj Enslaved them with their-asws Wilayah and their-asws love and Said to them: Did I not Say to you that I Know unseen of the skies and the earth and I know what you are manifesting and what you have been concealing? [2:33]’.[1]
NB: Recognition of a Divine Imam-asws | Hubeali.com
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 26, The book of Imamate, P 5 Ch 6 H 38