Tower
– مَعَانِي الْأَخْبَارِ، وَ التَّوْحِيدُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَرْوَزِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُقْرِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمَوْصِلِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ الطَّرِيفِيِّ عَنْ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ صَعِدَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ الْمَنَارَةَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’, and ‘Al Tawheed’ – from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Marouzy, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Muqry, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Mowsily, from Muhammad Bin Aasim Al Tareyfi, from Ayyash Bin Yazeed Bin Al-Hassan, from his father,
From Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws, he (the narrator) said: ‘We were seated in the Masjid when the Muezzin ascended ‘الْمَنَارَةَ’ the minaret. He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest! Allah-azwj is Greatest!’
فَبَكَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع وَ بَكَيْنَا بِبُكَائِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ
Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws cried, and we cried at his-asws crying. When the Muezzin was free, he-asws said: ‘Do you know what the Muezzin said?’
قَالَ أَ تَدْرُونَ مَا يَقُولُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ وَصِيُّهُ أَعْلَمُ
We said, ‘Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww and his-saww successor-asws are more knowing!’
فَقَالَ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا يَقُولُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَ لَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيراً فَلِقَوْلِهِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مَعَانٍ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنْهَا أَنَّ قَوْلَ الْمُؤَذِّنِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ يَقَعُ عَلَى قِدَمِهِ وَ أَزَلِيَّتِهِ وَ أَبَدِيَّتِهِ وَ عِلْمِهِ وَ قُوَّتِهِ وَ قُدْرَتِهِ وَ حِلْمِهِ وَ كَرَمِهِ وَ جُودِهِ وَ عَطَائِهِ وَ كِبْرِيَائِهِ
He-asws said: ‘Had you known what he is saying, you would laugh a little and cry a lot. For his words, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest’ has a lot of meanings. From these is that the words of the Muezzin, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest’, occurs upon His-azwj Ancientness, and His-azwj antecedence, and His-azwj eternality, and His-azwj Knowledge, and His-azwj Strength, and His-azwj Power, and His-azwj Forbearance, and His-azwj Benevolence, and His-azwj Generosity, and His-azwj Awarding, and His-azwj Pride (an extract).[1]
[1] بحار الأنوار (ط – بيروت)، ج81، ص: 131, H. 24