Revelation, a Landmark
أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْتَغِي حَكَمًا وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكِتَابَ مُفَصَّلًا ۚ وَالَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ {114}
Is it other than Allah I should seek as a judge, and He is the One Who Revealed to you the detailed Book, and those We have Given the Book are knowing that it is ‘مُنَزَّلٌ’ a revelation from your Lord with the Truth, therefore do not become of the disputers [6:114]
وَ أَخْبَرَنِي شَاذَانُ بْنُ جَبْرَئِيلَ عَنِ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ صَخْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صِنْوِ بْنِ صَلْصَالٍ قَالَ: قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنْصُرُ النَّبِيَّ ص مَعَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَبْلَ إِسْلَامِي فَإِنِّي يَوْماً لَجَالِسٌ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ مَنْزِلِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي شِدَّةِ الْقَيْظِ إِذْ خَرَجَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ إِلَيَّ شَبِيهاً بِالْمَلْهُوفِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا الْغَضَنْفَرِ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ هَذَيْنِ الْغُلَامَيْنِ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ وَ عَلِيّاً صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقُلْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُهُمَا مُذْ جَلَسْتُ فَقَالَ قُمْ بِنَا فِي الطَّلَبِ لَهُمَا فَلَسْتُ آمَنُ قُرَيْشاً أَنْ تَكُونَ اغْتَالَتْهُمَا
And it is informed to me by Shazan Bin Jibreel, from Al Karajaky, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Sakhr, from Umar Bin Muhammad Bin Sayf, from Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Muhammad Bin Sinou Bin Salsaal who said,
‘I used to help the Prophet-saww along with Abu Talib-asws before my becoming a Muslim. One day I was seated near the house of Abu Talib-asws during severe heat when Abu Talib-asws came out to me, resembling the worried one. He-as said to me: ‘O Abu Al-Gazanfar! Have you seen these two boys?’ – meaning the Prophet-saww and Ali-asws’. I said, ‘I have not seen them-asws since I sat down’. He-as said: ‘Arise with us-as in searching for them-asws, for there isn’t any safety that Quraysh might (not) assassinate them-asws’’.
قَالَ فَمَضَيْنَا حَتَّى خَرَجْنَا مِنْ أَبْيَاتِ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ صِرْنَا إِلَى جَبَلٍ مِنْ جِبَالِهَا فَاسْتَرْقَيْنَا إِلَى قُلَّتِهِ فَإِذاً النَّبِيُّ وَ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ هُمَا قَائِمَانِ بِإِزَاءِ عَيْنِ الشَّمْسِ يَرْكَعَانِ وَ يَسْجُدَانِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘We went until we were outside from the houses of Makkah. Then we came to a mountain from its mountains and we ascended to its peak, and there was the Prophet-saww, and Ali-asws was on his-saww right, and they-asws were both standing facing the eye of the sun, performing Ruk’u and Sajdah.’
قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ لِجَعْفَرٍ ابْنِهِ صِلْ جَنَاحَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ فَقَامَ إِلَى جَنْبِ عَلِيٍّ فَأَحَسَّ بِهِمَا النَّبِيُّ ص فَتَقَدَّمَهُمَا وَ أَقْبَلُوا عَلَى أَمْرِهِمْ حَتَّى فَرَغُوا مِمَّا كَانُوا فِيهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلُوا نَحْوَنا فَرَأَيْتُ السُّرُورَ يَتَرَدَّدُ فِي وَجْهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ
He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Talib-asws said to his-as son-as Ja’far-as: ‘Connect a wing of the son-saww of your-as uncle-as’. So, he-as stood to the side of Ali-asws. The Prophet-saww sensed them both, so he-saww went ahead of them, and they came upon their matter until they were free from what they had been in. Then they came towards us, and I saw the joy play upon the face of Abu Talib-asws (an extract).[1]
[1] بحار الأنوار (ط – بيروت)، ج35، ص: 120, H. 63.