بحار الأنوار

BIHAR AL-ANWAAR

الجزء السابع عشر

Volume 17

Part 1 out of 3

بحار الانوار الجامعة لدرر أخبار الائمة الاطهار

Bihar Al-Anwaar – The summary of the pearls of the Ahadeeth of the Pure Imams^-asws

تأليف العلامة فخر الامة المولى الشيخ محمد باقر المجلسيى

Author – The Allama, the pride of the community, the Mullah, the Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi

باب 13 وجوب طاعته و حبه و التفويض إليه ص‏

CHAPTER 13 – OBLIGATION TO OBEY HIM^-saww, AND EMPOWERMENT TO HIM^-saww

الآيات آل عمران‏ قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْكافِرِينَ‏

The Verses: (Surah) Aal-e-Imraan: Say: ‘Obey Allah and the Rasool’; but if they turn back, then surely Allah does not love the Kafirs [3:32]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ‏ ‏

And the Exalted Said: And obey Allah and the Rasool, perhaps you may be Mercied [3:132]

و قال تعالى‏ لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظالِمُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: There isn’t anything for you from the matter, whether He Turns to them or Punishes them, for they are the unjust [3:128]

النساء وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدِينَ فِيها وَ ذلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

(Surah) Al Nisaa: and the one who obeys Allah and His Rasool, He would Enter him into Gardens beneath which the rivers flow, being eternally in these, and that is the grand achievement [4:13]

وَ مَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ ناراً خالِداً فِيها وَ لَهُ‏ عَذابٌ مُهِينٌ‏

And the one who disobeys Allah and His Rasool and exceeds His Limits, He would Enter him into the Fire, being eternally in it, and for him would be an abasing Punishment [4:14]

و قال تعالى‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنْ تَنازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ الرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ذلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَ أَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا

And the Exalted Said: O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you. Thus, if you were to quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Rasool if you were believing in Allah and the Last Day, that would be better and of excellent interpretation [4:59]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ فَأُولئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ الشُّهَداءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ حَسُنَ أُولئِكَ رَفِيقاً

And the Exalted Said: And the one who obeys Allah and the Rasool, so they are those upon whom Allah has Bestowed Favours from the Prophets and the Truthful and the Martyrs and the Righteous; and a goodly company are they! [4:69]

المائدة وَ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ احْذَرُوا فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّما عَلى‏ رَسُولِنَا الْبَلاغُ الْمُبِينُ

(Surah) Al Maidah: And obey Allah and obey the Rasool and be cautious; but if you turn back, then know that rather (what is incumbent) upon Our Rasool is the clear delivery (of the Message) [5:92]

الأنفال‏ وَ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Anfaal: and obey Allah and His Rasool if you were Momineen’ [8:1]

و قال تعالى‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ لا تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Rasool and do not turn back from Him while you are hearing [8:20]

التوبة وَ يُطِيعُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ أُولئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللَّهُ‏

(Surah) Al Tawbah: and they are obeying Allah and His Rasool. Those, Allah would be Merciful to them [9:71]

النور وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يَخْشَ اللَّهَ وَ يَتَّقْهِ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفائِزُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Noor: And one who obeys Allah and His Rasool and is afraid of Allah and fears Him, so these, they would be the victorious ones [24:52]

إلى قوله تعالى‏ قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ‏ … فَإِنَّما عَلَيْهِ‏ ما حُمِّلَ وَ عَلَيْكُمْ ما حُمِّلْتُمْ وَ إِنْ تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا وَ ما عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلاغُ الْمُبِينُ‏

Up to His^-azwj Words: Say: ‘Obey Allah and obey the Rasool; but if you turn back, so rather upon him is what is Imposed on him and upon you is what is Imposed on you. And if you were to obey him, you would be rightly Guided, and it is not upon the Rasool except for the clear delivery (of the Message)’ [24:54]

إلى قوله تعالى‏ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ‏

Up to the Words of the Exalted: and obey the Rasool, perhaps you would be Mercied [24:56]

الأحزاب‏ وَ ما كانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَ لا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَمْراً أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلالًا مُبِيناً

(Surah) Al Ahzaab: And it was not for a Momin, nor for a Momina, when Allah and His Rasool decide a matter that the choice would happen to be for them from their matter. And one who disobeys Allah and His Rasool, so he has strayed a clear straying [33:36]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فازَ فَوْزاً عَظِيماً إلى قوله تعالى‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَنَ الْكافِرِينَ وَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ سَعِيراً

And the Exalted Said: And one who obeys Allah and His Rasool, so he would be succeeding with a mighty success [33:71] – up to the Words of the Exalted: Surely, Allah has Cursed the Kafirs and Prepared for them a Blazing Fire [33:64] (Numbering does not make sense)

خالِدِينَ فِيها أَبَداً لا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَ لا نَصِيراً

(They would be) abiding therein forever. They will neither be finding a guardian nor a helper [33:65]

يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يا لَيْتَنا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَ أَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا

On the Day their faces would be turned back towards the Fire, they would be saying, ‘Oh, if only we have obeyed Allah and obeyed the Rasool!’ [33:66]

الزخرف‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ لا تُبْطِلُوا أَعْمالَكُمْ‏

(Surah) Al Zukhruf: O you those who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool, and do not invalidate your deeds [47:33]

الفتح‏ وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ وَ مَنْ يَتَوَلَّ يُعَذِّبْهُ عَذاباً أَلِيماً

(Surah) Al Fat’h: And one who obeys Allah and His Rasool, He would Enter him into Gardens with the rivers flowing beneath them, and one who turns back, He would Punish him with a painful Punishment [48:17]

الحجرات‏ وَ إِنْ تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ لا يَلِتْكُمْ مِنْ أَعْمالِكُمْ شَيْئاً

(Surah) Al Hujuraat: And if you were to obey Allah and His Rasool, He will not Reduce anything from your deeds. [49:14]

المجادلة وَ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ‏ إلى قوله تعالى‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحَادُّونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ أُولئِكَ فِي الْأَذَلِّينَ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَأَغْلِبَنَّ

Al Mujadilah: and obey Allah and His Rasool, [58:13] – up to the Words of the Exalted: Surely, those who oppose Allah and His Rasool, they would be among the most humiliated [58:20]

أَنَا وَ رُسُلِي إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ

Allah has Ordained: “Neither I nor My Rasool would be overcome!” Surely, Allah is Strong, Mighty [58:21]

الحشر ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ شَاقُّوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ مَنْ يُشَاقِّ اللَّهَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقابِ‏

(Surah) Al Hashr: That is because they opposed Allah and His Rasool, and (if) one opposes Allah, then surely Allah is Severe of the Punishment [59:4]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقابِ‏

And the Exalted Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain; and fear Allah, surely Allah is severe of the Punishment [59:7]

التغابن‏ وَ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَإِنَّما عَلى‏ رَسُولِنَا الْبَلاغُ الْمُبِينُ‏

(Surah) Al Taghabun: And obey Allah and obey the Rasool, but if you turn back, then rather, upon Our Rasool is only the clear delivery (of the Message) [64:12]

1- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي زَاهِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ النَّحْوِيِ‏ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ عَلَى مَحَبَّتِهِ فَقَالَ‏ وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ‏ ثُمَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ اللَّهَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Abu Zahir, from Ali Bin Ismail, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Aaim Bin Humeyd, from Abu Is’haq Al Nahwy who said,

‘I went over to Abu Abdullah^-asws, and I heard him^-asws saying: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Educated His^-azwj Prophet^-saww upon His^-azwj Love, so He^-azwj Said: [And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4]. Then He^-azwj Authorised to him^-saww, so the Mighty and Majestic Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7].  And the Mighty and Majestic Said: There is one who obeys the Rasool, so he has obeyed Allah, [4:80].

ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَوَّضَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ع وَ ائْتَمَنَهُ فَسَلَّمْتُمْ وَ جَحَدَ النَّاسُ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَنُحِبُّكُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا إِذَا قُلْنَا وَ تَصْمُتُوا إِذَا صَمَتْنَا وَ نَحْنُ فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِأَحَدٍ خَيْراً فِي خِلَافِ أَمْرِنَا

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-asws said: ‘And the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj authorised it to Ali^-asws and entrusted him^-asws. You (Shias) submitted and the people rejected. By Allah^-azwj, we^-asws would love it if you all would be saying when we^-asws say, and that you should be silent when we^-asws are silent, and we^-asws are in what is between you all and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. Allah^-azwj had not Made goodness to be for anyone in opposition to our^-asws orders’’.[1]

2- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولَانِ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ ص أَمْرَ خَلْقِهِ لِيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ طَاعَتُهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hajal, from Sa’alba, from Zurara who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws and Abu Abdullah^-asws both saying: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Delegated the matters of His^-azwj creatures to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww in order to see how their obedience is’. Then he^-asws recited this Verse: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]’’.[2]

3- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهُ فَلَمَّا أَكْمَلَ لَهُ الْأَدَبَ قَالَ‏ وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِي ثُمَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ أَمْرَ الدِّينِ وَ الْأُمَّةِ لِيَسُوسَ‏ عِبَادَهُ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Fuzayl Bin Yasar who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying to one of his^-asws companions Qays Al-Masir: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Educated His^-azwj Prophet^-saww, so excellent was his^-saww education. So when He^-azwj Completed the education for him^-saww, He^-azwj Said: And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4]. Then He^-azwj Authorised to him^-saww the matters of the Religion and the nation in order for him^-saww to deal with the social affairs of His^-azwj servants, so He^-azwj the Mighty and Majestic Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7].

وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ مُسَدَّداً مُوَفَّقاً مُؤَيَّداً بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ لَا يَزِلُّ وَ لَا يُخْطِئُ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا يَسُوسُ بِهِ الْخَلْقَ فَتَأَدَّبَ بِآدَابِ اللَّهِ

And that Rasool-Allah^-saww was Protected, Made to be successful, Assisted by the Holy Spirit. He^-saww neither made a slip nor a mistake with regards to anything from what he^-saww dealt with the social affairs of the creatures. Thus, was he^-saww Educated by the Education of Allah^-azwj.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَرَضَ الصَّلَاةَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَأَضَافَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَةً فَصَارَتْ عَدِيلَةَ الْفَرِيضَةِ لَا يَجُوزُ تَرْكُهُنَّ إِلَّا فِي سَفَرٍ وَ أَفْرَدَ الرَّكْعَةَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ فَتَرَكَهَا قَائِمَةً فِي السَّفَرِ وَ الْحَضَرِ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ فَصَارَتِ الْفَرِيضَةُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً

Then Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Necessitated the Salāt, two Units, two Units, being ten Units (per day). Rasool-Allah^-saww doubled it by two Units, two Units, and to Al-Maghrib, added one Cycle. These became equal to the Obligatory ones. It is not allowed to neglect these except during a journey, and the individual Cycle regarding Al-Maghrib, so it is left standing during the journey and staying as such. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Allowed that for him^-saww, all of it, so the Obligatory came to be seventeen Units.

ثُمَّ سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص النَّوَافِلَ أَرْبَعاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ رَكْعَةً مِثْلَيِ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ الْفَرِيضَةُ وَ النَّافِلَةُ إِحْدَى وَ خَمْسُونَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا رَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ جَالِساً تُعَدُّ بِرَكْعَةٍ مَكَانَ الْوَتْرِ

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww made a Sunnah of the optional (Salāt) of thirty-four Units, twice the like of the Obligatory. So Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Allowed that for him^-saww. And the Obligatory and the optional are fifty-one (51) Units – from these are two Units after the (fall of) darkness, seated, counted as one Cycle in place of Al-Witr.

وَ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ فِي السَّنَةِ صَوْمَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَوْمَ شَعْبَانَ وَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ مِثْلَيِ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ ذَلِكَ

And Allah^-azwj Necessitated regarding the Fasts of the Month of Ramazan, and Rasool-Allah^-saww made Fasts of (the month of) Shaban, and three days during every month being like of twice the Obligatory ones. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Authorise Authorised that for him^-saww.

وَ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْخَمْرَ بِعَيْنِهَا وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمُسْكِرَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرَابٍ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ

And Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Prohibited the wine specifically, and Rasool-Allah^-saww Prohibited the intoxicants from every drink. Allah^-azwj Allowed that for him^-saww.

وَ عَافَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَشْيَاءَ وَ كَرِهَهَا لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهَا نَهْيَ حَرَامٍ إِنَّمَا نَهَى عَنْهَا نَهْيَ عافة [إِعَافَةٍ] وَ كَرَاهَةٍ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ فِيهَا فَصَارَ الْأَخْذُ بِرُخَصِهِ وَاجِباً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ كَوُجُوبِ مَا يَأْخُذُونَ بِنَهْيِهِ وَ عَزَائِمِهِ وَ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِيمَا نَهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ نَهْيَ حَرَامٍ وَ لَا فِيمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ أَمْرَ فَرْضٍ لَازِمٍ

And Rasool-Allah^-saww annulled certain things and made these to be disliked, and he^-saww did not forbid from it the forbiddance of a Prohibition. But rather, he^-saww forbade these as a forbiddance of annulment and a dislike. Then he^-saww allowed with regard to these. The taking by his^-asws allowance came to be Obligatory upon the servant, like the Obligation of what they were taking by his^-saww forbiddance and his^-saww determination. And Rasool-Allah^-saww did not allow for them regarding what he^-saww had forbidden them from as a forbiddance of a Prohibition, nor regarding what he^-saww had ordered with an order of an obligated necessity.

فَكَثِيرَ الْمُسْكِرِ مِنَ الْأَشْرِبَةِ نَهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ نَهْيَ حَرَامٍ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ فِيهِ لِأَحَدٍ وَ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِأَحَدٍ تَقْصِيرَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ ضَمَّهُمَا إِلَى مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بَلْ أَلْزَمَهُمْ ذَلِكَ إِلْزَاماً وَاجِباً لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ لِأَحَدٍ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا لِلْمُسَافِرِ وَ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُرَخِّصَ مَا لَمْ يُرَخِّصْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص

Thus, more of the intoxicants from the drinks, he^-saww forbade from it with a forbiddance of a Prohibition. He^-saww did not allow anyone to do it. And Rasool-Allah^-saww did not allow anyone to shorten the two Units which he^-saww had incorporated into what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had obligated. But he^-saww made it a necessity of an Obligation. He^-saww did not allow anyone to take anything from that except the traveller, and no one is allowed something that Rasool-Allah^-saww did not allow.

فَوَافَقَ أَمْرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَمْرَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ نَهْيُهُ نَهْيَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ وَجَبَ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ التَّسْلِيمُ لَهُ كَالتَّسْلِيمِ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏

Thus, the orders of Rasool-Allah^-saww were harmonised with the Commands of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and his^-saww forbiddances with the Forbiddances of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and it is an Obligation upon the servants, the submission to him^-saww like the submission to Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted’’.[3]

4- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ ص‏ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى‏ مَا أَرَادَ قَالَ وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ‏ فَفَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ دِينَهُ فَقَالَ‏ وَ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Blessed and High Educated His^-azwj Prophet^-saww. So when He^-azwj Ended up with him^-saww to what He^-azwj Wanted, Said to him^-saww: And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4]. So He^-azwj Authorised to him^-saww His^-azwj Religion, so He^-azwj Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7].

وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَرَضَ الْفَرَائِضَ‏ وَ لَمْ يَقْسِمْ لِلْجَدِّ شَيْئاً وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَطْعَمَهُ السُّدُسَ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ‏ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ هذا عَطاؤُنا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ‏

And that Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Necessitated the necessities (of the inheritances) and did not apportion anything for the grandfather, and that Rasool-Allah^-saww fed (apportioned to) him, the sixth. So Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Mention, Allowed that for him^-saww, and these are the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic:  This is Our Gift, so either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39]’’.[4]

5- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص دِيَةَ الْعَيْنِ وَ دِيَةَ النَّفْسِ وَ حَرَّمَ النَّبِيذَ وَ كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washha, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww placed the wergild of the eye and wergild of the self, and prohibited the Nabeez (an intoxicating drink), and every intoxicant’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ جَاءَ فِيهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ لِيُعْلَمَ مَنْ يُطِيعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّنْ يَعْصِيهِ‏

A man said to him^-asws, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww placed (it) from without there happening to be something coming (from Allah^-azwj)?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes, in order for Him^-azwj to know the one who obeys the Rasool^-saww from the ones who disobey him^-saww’’.[5]

6- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ‏ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي نَوَادِرِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا فَوَّضَ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ إِلَّا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ إِلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ ع قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِما أَراكَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ هِيَ جَارِيَةٌ فِي الْأَوْصِيَاءِ ع‏

‘Al Kari’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan who said, ‘I found in the miscellaneous (Ahadeeth reported by) Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘No, by Allah^-azwj! Allah^-azwj did not Authorised to anyone from His^-azwj creatures except to Rasool-Allah^-saww and to the Imams^-asws. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: We Revealed the Book to you with the Truth for you to judge between the people with what Allah Showed you; [4:105], and it flows among the successors^-asws’’.[6]

7- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَدَّبَ رَسُولَهُ ص حَتَّى قَوَّمَهُ عَلَى مَا أَرَادَ ثُمَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا فَمَا فَوَّضَ اللَّهُ إِلَى رَسُولِهِ فَقَدْ فَوَّضَهُ إِلَيْنَا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Al Hassan Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying that Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Educated His^-azwj Rasool^-saww until He^-azwj Made him^-saww to be a custodian upon whatever He^-azwj Wanted. Then He^-azwj Authorised to him^-saww, He^-azwj, Mighty is His^-azwj Mention, Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]. Whatever Allah^-azwj Authorised to His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, He^-azwj has Authorised it to us^-asws’’.[7]

8- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ صَنْدَلٍ الْخَيَّاطِ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ هذا عَطاؤُنا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ‏ قَالَ أَعْطَى سُلَيْمَانَ مُلْكاً عَظِيماً ثُمَّ جَرَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَكَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ مَا شَاءَ مَنْ شَاءَ وَ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا أَعْطَى سُلَيْمَانَ لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ ما آتاكُمُ‏ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Muhammad, from one of our companions, from Al Husayn Bin Abdul Rahman, from Sandal Al Khayyat, from Zayd Al Shahham who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: This is Our Gift, so either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39]’. He^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj Gave Suleyman^-as a magnificent kingdom. Then this Verse flowed regarding Rasool-Allah^-saww. Thus, it was for him^-saww that he^-saww could give whatever he^-saww so desired to whoever he^-saww so desired, and prevent it from the one who he^-saww so desires to. And, Allah^-azwj Gave him^-saww was what He^-azwj Gave Suleyman^-as due to His^-azwj Words: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]’’.[8]

9- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَاسِرٍ الْخَادِمِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ع مَا تَقُولُ فِي التَّفْوِيضِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَوَّضَ إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ ص أَمْرَ دِينِهِ فَقَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا فَأَمَّا الْخَلْقَ وَ الرِّزْقَ فَلَا ‏

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Majaylawiya, from Ali, from his father, from Yasser Al Khadim who said,

‘I said to Al-Reza^-asws, ‘What are you^-asws saying regarding the empowerment?’ He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Empowered to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww the matters of His^-azwj Religion, so He^-azwj Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]. But, as for the creation and the sustenance, so no.

ثُمَّ قَالَ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ خالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ الَّذِي‏ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ هَلْ مِنْ شُرَكائِكُمْ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ مِنْ ذلِكُمْ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ سُبْحانَهُ وَ تَعالى‏ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Then he^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Creator of all things, and He^-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: Allah is the One Who Created you, then Sustains you, then He will Cause you to die, then He will Revive you. Is there anyone from your associate-gods who can do anything from that? Glorious is He, and Exalted from what they are associating [30:40]’’.[9]

10- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ ص فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهُ فَقَالَ‏ خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَ أْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ أَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجاهِلِينَ‏ فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Al Barqy, from Fazalat, from Rabie, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad who said,

‘Allah^azwj Educated His^azwj Prophet^saww, and excellent was his^saww education: Take to the Forgiveness and enjoin good and turn away from the ignorant ones [7:199]. When that had happened, Allah^azwj Revealed: And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4].

وَ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ أَمْرَ دِينِهِ وَ قَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا فَحَرَّمَ اللَّهُ الْخَمْرَ بِعَيْنِهَا وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ

And Allah^azwj Authorised to him^saww the matters of His^azwj Religion and Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]. Allah^azwj had Prohibited the wine in particular, and Rasool-Allah^saww prohibited all intoxicants, and Allah^azwj Allowed that.

وَ كَانَ يَضْمَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْجَنَّةَ فَيُجِيزُ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَ ذَكَرَ الْفَرَائِضَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْجَدَّ فَأَطْعَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سَهْماً فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ وَ لَمْ يُفَوِّضْ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ غَيْرِهِ

And he^saww used to guarantee (people) Paradise (based) upon Allah^azwj, and Allah^azwj Allowed that for him^saww, and He^azwj Mentioned the Obligatory (inheritances) but did not Mention (the share of) the grandfather, and Rasool-Allah^saww fed him a share, and Allah^azwj Allowed that, and He^azwj did not Authorise it to anyone from the Prophets^as apart from him^saww’’.[10]

11- ير، بصائر الدرجات حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَقَامَهُ عَلَى مَا أَرَادَ قَالَ لَهُ‏ وَ أْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ أَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجاهِلِينَ‏ فَلَمَّا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص زَكَّاهُ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ‏ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – It is narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abu Abdullah Al Momin, from Is’haq Bin Ammar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘Allah^azwj Educated His^azwj Prophet^saww until He^saww has Established him^saww upon what He^azwj Wanted, Said to him^saww: Take to the Forgiveness and enjoin good and turn away from the ignorant ones [7:199]. When Rasool-Allah^saww had done that for Him^azwj, Allah^azwj Praised him^saww Saying: And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4].

فَلَمَّا زَكَّاهُ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ دِينَهُ فَقَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا فَحَرَّمَ اللَّهُ الْخَمْرَ وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَقَّتَ أَوْقَاتِهَا فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ‏.

When He^azwj had Purified him^saww, Authorised His^azwj Religion to him^saww: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]. Allah^azwj had Prohibited the wine, and Rasool-Allah^saww prohibited all intoxicants, and Allah^azwj Allowed all of that for him, and Allah^azwj Revealed the Salats, and Rasool-Allah^saww timed their timings, and Allah^azwj Allowed that for him^saww’’.[11]

12- ختص، الإختصاص ير، بصائر الدرجات ابْنُ يَزِيدَ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْقَنْدِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِشَارِبِ الْخَمْرِ قَالَ كَانَ يَحُدُّهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ عَادَ قَالَ كَانَ يَحُدُّهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ عَادَ قَالَ كَانَ يَحُدُّهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنْ عَادَ كَانَ يَقْتُلُهُ

‘Al Ikhtisas’ – Ibn Yazeed and Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ziyad al Qindy, from Muhammad Bin Amarah, from Fazeyl Bin Yasaar who said,

‘I asked him (Abu Abdullah^-asws), ‘How was Amir Al-Momineen^-asws dealing with the drinker of wine?’ He^-asws said, ‘He^-asws would punish him’. I said, ‘If he repeated?’ He^-asws said, ‘He^-asws would punish him’. I said, ‘If he repeated?’ He^-asws said, ‘He^-asws would punish him three times, and if he repeated, he^-asws would kill him’.

قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ بِشَارِبِ الْمُسْكِرِ قَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ شَرْبَةَ مُسْكِرٍ كَمَنْ شَرِبَ شَرْبَةَ خَمْرٍ قَالَ سَوَاءٌ فَاسْتَعْظَمْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا فُضَيْلُ لَا تَسْتَعْظِمْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ إِنَّمَا بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً ص‏ رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمِينَ‏ وَ اللَّهُ أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهُ

I said, ‘How was he^-asws dealing with the drinker of the (other) intoxicants?’ He^-asws said, ‘Similar to that’. I said, ‘The drinker of an intoxicating drink is like the one who drinks a drink of wine?’ He said, ‘Same’. I considered that grievous, so he^-asws said to me, ‘O Fazeyl! Do not consider that grievous, for Allah^-azwj rather Sent Muhammad^-saww as a Mercy to the worlds, and Allah^-azwj Educated His^-azwj Prophet^-saww an excellent education.

فَلَمَّا ائْتَدَبَ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ فَحَرَّمَ اللَّهُ الْخَمْرَ وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ مَكَّةَ وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ كُلَّهُ لَهُ وَ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ الْفَرَائِضَ مِنَ الصُّلْبِ فَأَطْعَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْجَدَّ فَأَجَازَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ لَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ يَا فُضَيْلُ حُرِّفَ وَ مَا حُرِّفَ‏ مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ اللَّهَ‏

When He^-saww was Educated, Empowered to him^-saww. Allah^-azwj Prohibited the wine, and Rasool-Allah^-saww prohibited all intoxicants, and Allah^-azwj Allowed that for him^-saww; and Allah^-azwj Sanctified Makkah (Prohibited to the Kafirs) and Rasool-Allah^-saww Sanctified Medina, and Allah^-azwj Allowed all of it for him^-saww; and Allah^-azwj Obligated the Obligations (of inheritances) from the lineage and Rasool-Allah^-saww fed (gave a share) the grandfather, and Allah^-azwj Allowed all of that for him^-saww’.

ثم قال له: يا فضيل حرف وما حرف: من يطع الرسول فقد أطاع الله .

Then he said to him, ‘O Fazeyl! They distorted (many) but have not distorted: There is one who obeys the Rasool, so he has obeyed Allah, [4:80]’’.[12]

13 ير، بصائر الدرجات ابْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْقَنْدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ مِثْلَهُ‏

‘Basaair al Darrajaat’ – Ibn Yazeed, from Ziyad Al Qindy, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws – similar to it.[13]

14- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الدِّيَاتِ وَ الْفَرَائِضِ وَ أَشْيَاءَ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِ هَذَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَوَّضَ إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ ص

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Ja’far bin Bashir, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Zurara who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about things from the Salat, and the wergilds, and the Obligations, and things resembling to these. He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Empowered it to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww’’.[14]

15 ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ عَنْهُ ع‏ مِثْلَهُ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazal, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Zurara, from Humran,

‘From him^-asws – similar to it’’.[15]

16- ير، بصائر الدرجات بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يُفَوَّضُ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَوَّضَ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ ع مُلْكَهُ فَقَالَ‏ هذا عَطاؤُنا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ‏ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَوَّضَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص نَبِيِّهِ فَقَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – One of our companions, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Ibn Muskan, from Ismail Bin Abdul Aziz who said,

‘Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws said to me: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww – Allah^-azwj had Empowered to him^-saww. Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Empowered to Suleyman^-as his^-as kingdom and Said: This is Our Gift, so either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39], and Allah^-azwj Empowered to Muhammad^-saww His^-azwj Prophet^-saww and Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]’.

فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُفَوَّضاً إِلَيْهِ فِي الزَّرْعِ وَ الضَّرْعِ فَلَوَى جَعْفَرٌ ع عَنْهُ عُنُقَهُ مُغْضَباً فَقَالَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ اللَّهِ فِي كُلِّ شَيْ‏ء

The man said, ‘But rather Rasool-Allah^-saww, it was Empowered to him^-saww regarding the agriculture and the farming’. Abu Ja’far^-asws turned his^-asws neck towards him in disapproval. He^-asws said: ‘Regarding everything, by Allah^-azwj, regarding everything’’.[16]

17- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ أَوْ عَمَّنْ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَدَّبَ مُحَمَّداً ص تَأْدِيباً فَفَوَّضَ‏ إِلَيْهِ الْأَمْرَ وَ قَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Nazar, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman, or from the one who saw him, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Educated Muhammad^-saww with an Education, and Empowered the affairs to him^-saww and Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7].

وَ كَانَ مِمَّا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَرَائِضُ الصُّلْبِ وَ فَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِلْجَدِّ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ الْخَمْرَ بِعَيْنِهَا وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ‏

And it was from what Allah^-azwj had Commanded him^-saww in His^-azwj Book the Obligations of the lineages (inheritances), and Rasool-Allah^-saww obligated (inheritance) for the grandfather, and Allah^-azwj Allowed that for him^-saww; and Allah^-azwj Prohibited the wine specifically in His^-azwj Book, and Rasool-Allah^-saww prohibited all intoxicants, and Allah^-azwj Allowed that for him^-saww’’.[17]

18- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Abdullah Bin Aamir, from Al Barqy, from Al Hassan Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Al Fazeyl, from Al Sumaly who said,

‘I recited this Verse to Abu Ja’far^-asws: There isn’t anything for you from the matter, [3:128]’, the Words of Allah^-azwj to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww, and I wanted to ask him^-asws about it.

فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع بَلَى وَ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ شَيْ‏ءٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَ كَيْفَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ قَدْ فَوَّضَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ دِينَهُ فَقَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا فَمَا أَحَلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَهُوَ حَلَالٌ وَ مَا حَرَّمَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ‏

Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘Yes, and a thing, and a thing, and a thing twice; and how can there not happen to be anything for him^-saww from the matter and Allah^-azwj has Delegated His^-azwj Religion to him^-saww: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]. Thus, whatever Rasool-Allah^-saww permitted, so it is Permissible, and whatever he^-saww prohibited, so it is Prohibited’’.[18]

19- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَدَّبَ مُحَمَّداً ص فَلَمَّا تَأَدَّبَ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَ قَالَ‏ مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ اللَّهَ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Muhammad Bin Azafir, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from one of our companions,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Educated Muhammad^-saww. When he^-saww was Educated, Empowered to him^-saww. The Blessed and Exalted Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7], and Said: There is one who obeys the Rasool, so he has obeyed Allah, [4:80].

فَكَانَ فِيمَا فَرَضَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَرَائِضُ الصُّلْبِ وَ فَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَرَائِضَ الْجَدِّ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ‏ لَهُ فِي أَشْيَاءَ كَثِيرَةٍ فَمَا حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ‏

It was among what is Obligated in the Quran, the Obligations of the lineage (inheritance), and Rasool-Allah^-saww obligated (the inheritance for) the grandfather, and Allah^-azwj Allowed that for him^-saww regarding many things. Thus, whatever Rasool-Allah^-saww prohibited, so it is at the status of whatever Allah^-azwj Prohibited’’.[19]

20- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ خُنَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً شَيْئاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ أَعْطَاهُ مُحَمَّداً ص قَالَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ ع‏ فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ‏ وَ قَالَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Ibn Muskan, from Ibn Mhunays,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj did not Give any Prophet anything except He^-azwj Gave it to Muhammad^-saww. He^-azwj Said to Suleyman^-as Bin Dawood^-as  so either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39], and Said for Muhammad^-saww: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]’’.[20]

21- ير، بصائر الدرجات ابْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ مُحَمَّداً طَاهِراً ثُمَّ أَدَّبَهُ حَتَّى قَوَّمَهُ عَلَى مَا أَرَادَ ثُمَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ الْأَمْرَ فَقَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ibn Hashim, from Yahya Bin Abu Imran, from Yunus, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Created Muhammad^-saww clean, then Educated him^-saww until Established him^-saww upon what He^-azwj Wanted, then Delegated the matters to him^-saww. He^-azwj Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7].

فَحَرَّمَ اللَّهُ الْخَمْرَ بِعَيْنِهَا وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمُسْكِرَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرَابٍ وَ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ فَرَائِضَ الصُّلْبِ وَ أَعْطَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْجَدَّ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ أَشْيَاءَ ذَكَرَهَا مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ‏

Allah^-azwj Prohibited the wine specifically, and Rasool-Allah^-saww prohibited the intoxication from every drink; and Allah^-azwj Obligated the Obligations of the lineages (inheritances), and Rasool-Allah^-saww gave (inheritance right to) the grandfathers, and Allah^-azwj Allowed that for him^-saww’, and things mentioned in this chapter’’.[21]

22- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَالَ بَلَى وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْئاً وَ شَيْئاً وَ شَيْئاً وَ لَيْسَ حَيْثُ ذَهَبْتَ وَ لَكِنِّي أُخْبِرُكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا أَمَرَ نَبِيَّهُ ص أَنْ يُظْهِرَ وَلَايَةَ عَلِيٍّ ع فَكَّرَ فِي عَدَاوَةِ قَوْمِهِ لَهُ وَ مَعْرِفَتِهِ بِهِمْ ‏

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Jabir Al Jufy who said,

‘There was a recitation in the presence of Abu Ja’far^-asws of the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: There isn’t anything for you from the matter, [3:128]. He^-asws said: ‘Yes, by Allah^-azwj! For him^-saww, from the matters, was a thing, and a thing, and a thing, and it isn’t where you are going (with it). But, I^-asws inform you that when Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Commanded His^-azwj Prophet^-saww to manifest the Wilayah of Ali^-asws, he^-saww thought about the enmity of his^-saww people towards him^-asws, and his^-saww recognition of them.

وَ ذَلِكَ لِلَّذِي فَضَّلَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي جَمِيعِ خِصَالِهِ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ بِمَنْ أَرْسَلَهُ وَ كَانَ أَنْصَرَ النَّاسِ لِلَّهِ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ وَ أَقْتَلَهُمْ لِعَدُوِّهِمَا وَ أَشَدَّهُمْ بُغْضاً لِمَنْ خَالَفَهُمَا وَ فَضَّلَ عِلْمَهُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُسَاوِهِ أَحَدٌ وَ مَنَاقِبَهُ الَّتِي لَا تُحْصَى شَرَفاً

And that is due to which Allah^-azwj had Merited him^-asws over them in the entirety of his^-saww qualities – He^-asws was the first one to believe in Rasool-Allah^-saww and the One^-azwj Who Sent him^-asws; and he^-asws was the most helpful of the people to His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and the most fighting against their (Allah^-azwj and Rasool-Allah^-saww’s) enemies, and the severest in hatred toward the one who opposed them, and the superiority of his^-asws knowledge which no one could equal with him^-asws, and his^-asws countless honours.

فَلَمَّا فَكَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ص فِي عَدَاوَةِ قَوْمِهِ لَهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ وَ حَسَدِهِمْ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا ضَاقَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ‏ فَأَخْبَرَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ إِنَّمَا الْأَمْرُ فِيهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُصَيِّرَ عَلِيّاً ع وَصِيَّهُ وَ وَلِيَّ الْأَمْرِ بَعْدَهُ

When the Prophet^-saww thought regarding the enmity of his^-saww people towards him^-asws regarding these qualities, and their jealousy towards him^-asws, he^-saww was constricted from that, so Allah^-azwj Informed that there is nothing for him^-saww from this matter, anything. But rather, the matter regarding him^-asws is to Allah^-azwj. He^-azwj Made Ali^-asws his^-saww successor^-asws and the Master of the Command after him^-saww.

فَهَذَا عَنَى اللَّهُ وَ كَيْفَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ قَدْ فَوَّضَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ جَعَلَ مَا أَحَلَّ فَهُوَ حَلَالٌ وَ مَا حَرَّمَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ قَالَ‏ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

This is what Allah^-azwj Meant, and how can there not happen to be anything for him^-saww from the matters and Allah^-azwj has Empowered to him^-saww that whatever he^-saww permits, so it is Permissible, and whatever he^-saww prohibits, so it is Prohibited? He^-azwj Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]’’.[22]

23- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَوْلَهُ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص‏ لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَسِّرْهُ لِي

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Jabir who said,

‘I said to Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘His^-azwj Words to the Prophet^-saww: There isn’t anything for you from the matter, [3:128], interpret it for me’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لِشَيْ‏ءٍ قَالَهُ اللَّهُ وَ لِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَرَادَهُ اللَّهُ يَا جَابِرُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ حَرِيصاً عَلَى‏ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلِيٌّ ع مِنْ بَعْدِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خِلَافُ مَا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘For a thing, Allah^-azwj said it, and for a thing Allah^-azwj Wanted it, O Jabir! Rasool-Allah^-saww was desirous upon that Ali^-asws would happen to be (in charge) upon the people from after him^-saww, and in in the Presence of Allah^-azwj, it was different to what Rasool-Allah^-saww wanted’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا مَعْنَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ عَنَى بِذَلِكَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ لِرَسُولِهِ‏ لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ يَا مُحَمَّدُ الْأَمْرُ [إِلَيَ‏] فِي عَلِيٍّ أَوْ فِي غَيْرِهِ أَ لَمْ أَتْلُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَا أَنْزَلْتُ مِنْ كِتَابِي إِلَيْكَ‏ الم أَ حَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَ هُمْ لا يُفْتَنُونَ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَ‏ قَالَ فَوَّضَ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ الْأَمْرَ إِلَيْهِ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘So what is the meaning of that?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes, the Meaning of the Words of Allah^-azwj to His^-azwj Rasool^-saww: There isn’t anything for you from the matter, [3:128] is, “O Muhammad^-saww! The matter regarding Ali^-asws or regarding someone else. Did I^-azwj not Recite unto you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww, regarding what is Revealed from My^-azwj Book to you^-saww: Do the people reckon that they will be left alone on saying, ‘We believe’, and they will not be Tried? [29:2] – up to His^-azwj Words: So Allah will Make known [29:3] – he^-asws said: ‘The matters were Empowered to Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.[23]

24- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنِ الْجَرْمِيِ‏ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَنْ تَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ تُعَذِّبَهُمْ‏ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ‏

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Al Jurmy,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having recited: There isn’t anything for you from the matter, whether He Turns to them or Punishes them, for they are the unjust [3:128]’’.[24]

25- كشف، كشف الغمة مِنْ مَنَاقِبِ الْخُوَارِزْمِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ دَعَاهُنَّ فَأَجَبْنَهُ فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِنَّ نُبُوَّتِي وَ وَلَايَةَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَقَبِلَتَاهُمَا

‘Kashf Al Ghumma’ from ‘Manaqib’ of Al Khawarizmy, from Jabir who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Created the skies and the earth, Called them, and they Answered Him^-azwj. He^-azwj Presented to them my^-saww Prophet-hood and Wilayah of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and they both accepted it.

ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ وَ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْنَا أَمْرَ الدِّينِ فَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ سَعِدَ بِنَا وَ الشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ بِنَا نَحْنُ الْمُحِلُّونَ لِحَلَالِهِ وَ الْمُحَرِّمُونَ لِحَرَامِهِ‏

Then He^-azwj Created the creatures and Empowered to us^-asws the affairs of the world. The fortunate is the one who is fortunate through us^-asws, and the miserable is the one who is miserable through us^-asws. We^-asws are the Permitters of His^-azwj Permissibles, and the Prohibiters of His^-azwj Prohibitions’’.[25]

26- ع، علل الشرائع الطَّالَقَانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ وَ كَانَ يُعْجِبُنَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ يَسْأَلُ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ

Al Talaqany, from Abu Salih Al Haza’a, from Muhammad Bin Idrees al Hanzala, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Hameed Al Taweel, from Anas (a well-known fabricator) who said,

‘There came a man from the people of the valleys, and it used to fascinate us that the man from the people of the valleys would come to ask the Prophet^-saww. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! When will the Hour be Established?’

فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى‏ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا قَالَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا مِنْ كَثِيرِ عَمَلٍ صَلَاةٍ وَ لَا صَوْمٍ إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ

The time for Salat presented, so when he^-saww had accomplished his^-saww Salat, said: ‘Where is the questioner about the Hour?’ He said, ‘I am (here), O Rasool-Allah^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘What have you prepared for it?’ He said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! I have not prepared a lot of deeds for it, neither Salat nor Fasts, except that I love Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ

The Prophet^-saww said to him: ‘The person would be with the ones he loves’.

قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَرِحُوا بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَشَدَّ مِنْ فَرَحِهِمْ بِهَذَا

Anas (well-known fabricator) said, ‘I had not seen the Muslims rejoice after Islam with anything more intensely than their rejoicing with this’’.[26]

27- ع، علل الشرائع بِإِسْنَادِهِ‏ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَا يُؤْمِنُ عَبْدٌ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ يَكُونَ عِتْرَتِي أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ عِتْرَتِهِ وَ يَكُونَ‏ أَهْلِي أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ يَكُونَ ذَاتِي أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَاتِهِ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – By his chain from Al Hakam Bin Abu Layli who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘A servant has not believed until I^-saww happen to be more beloved to him than himself and my^-saww family^-asws happens to be more beloved to him than his own family, and the People^-asws of my^-saww Household happen to be more beloved than the people of his own household, and my^-saww self happens to be more beloved to him than his own self’’.[27]

28- ع، علل الشرائع ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنِ السَّعْدَآبَادِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّهِ وَ اسْمُهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَاشِمِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ع يَقُولُ‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِلنَّاسِ وَ هُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عِنْدَهُ أَحِبُّوا اللَّهَ لِمَا يَغْذُوكُمْ بِهِ مِنْ نِعَمِهِ وَ أَحِبُّونِي لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَحِبُّوا قَرَابَتِي لِي‏

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ibn Al Mutawakkal, from Al Sa’ad Abady, from Al Barqy, from Abdul Azeem Al Hasny, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Al Fazal, from a Sheykh from the people of Al Kufa, from his grandfather, from his grandfather from the direction of his mother, and his name is Suleyman Bin Abdullah Al Hashimy who said,

‘I heard Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said to the people and they were gathered in his^-saww presence: ‘Love Allah^-azwj for what He^-azwj has Provided you all with from the Bounties, and love me^-saww for the Sake of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and love my^-saww near relatives for me^-saww’’.[28]

29- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ خَالِهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنَيْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِمَا عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فِرَاقَكَ وَ إِنِّي لَأَدْخُلُ مَنْزِلِي فَأَذْكُرُكَ فَأَتْرُكُ ضَيْعَتِي وَ أُقْبِلُ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ إِلَيْكَ حُبّاً لَكَ فَذَكَرْتُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ أُدْخِلْتَ الْجَنَّةَ فَرُفِعْتَ فِي أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ فَكَيْفَ لِي بِكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al-Sadouq – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Ja’fa Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Ja’far al Alawy, from Musa Bin Abdullah Bin Al Hassan, from his father, from his grandfather, from his father Abdullah Bin Al Hassan, from his father,

‘And (from) his maternal uncle Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, from Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws two sons^-asws of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, from their^-asws father Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws having said: ‘A man from the Helpers came to the Prophet^-saww and he said, ‘O Rasool^-saww! I cannot tolerate your^-saww separation, and I enter my house, so I remember you^-saww, so I neglect my wife and come over until I look at you^-saww, out of love for you^-saww. You^-saww mentioned that when it will be the Day of Qiyamah and you^-saww will enter Paradise and you^-saww will be raised in the Lofty Illiyeen, so how would be for me with you^-saww, O Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj’.

فَنَزَلَ‏ وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ فَأُولئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ الشُّهَداءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ حَسُنَ أُولئِكَ رَفِيقاً فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ ص الرَّجُلَ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَ بَشَّرَهُ بِذَلِكَ‏

It was Revealed: And the one who obeys Allah and the Rasool, so they are those upon whom Allah has Bestowed Favours from the Prophets and the Truthful and the Martyrs and the Righteous; and a goodly company are they! [4:69]. So, the Prophet^-saww called the man and read it out to him and gave him the glad tidings of that’’.[29]

باب 14 آداب العشرة معه ص و تفخيمه و توقيره في حياته و بعد وفاته ص‏

CHAPTER 14 – ETHICS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH HIM^-saww, AND HONOURING HIM^-saww AND DIGNIFYING HIM^-saww DURING HIS^-saww LIFETIME AND AFTER HIS^-saww EXPIRY

الآيات النور إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ إِذا كانُوا مَعَهُ عَلى‏ أَمْرٍ جامِعٍ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا حَتَّى يَسْتَأْذِنُوهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَأْذِنُونَكَ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ فَإِذَا اسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِبَعْضِ شَأْنِهِمْ فَأْذَنْ لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

The Verses – (Surah) Al Noor: But rather, the Mominoun are those who believe in Allah and His Rasool, and whenever they were with him on a collective matter, they do not go away until they seek his permission. Surely those who are seeking your permission, they are those who believe in Allah and His Rasool. So when they seek your permission for some of their occupations, then give permission to ones you like to from them, and seek Forgiveness of Allah for them, surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful [24:62]

لا تَجْعَلُوا دُعاءَ الرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعاءِ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضاً قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنْكُمْ لِواذاً فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ‏

Do not make the calling to the Rasool between you like your calling each other. Allah has Known those who sneak out from you stealthily, therefore let those who are opposing his orders beware of a Fitna afflicting them or a painful Punishment befalling them [24:63]

الأحزاب‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلى‏ طَعامٍ غَيْرَ ناظِرِينَ إِناهُ وَ لكِنْ إِذا دُعِيتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فَإِذا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوا وَ لا مُسْتَأْنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍ إِنَّ ذلِكُمْ كانَ يُؤْذِي النَّبِيَّ فَيَسْتَحْيِي مِنْكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ لا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَ إِذا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتاعاً فَسْئَلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَراءِ حِجابٍ ذلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَ قُلُوبِهِنَّ وَ ما كانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ لا أَنْ تَنْكِحُوا أَزْواجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَبَداً إِنَّ ذلِكُمْ كانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَظِيماً

O you those who believe! Do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless there is permission for you to a meal, (and) not waiting for its preparation, but when you are invited, then enter. So when you have been fed, then disperse and not lingering for discussion. Surely, that was hurtful to the Prophet, but he was bashful from you, and Allah is not Embarrassed from (Speaking) the Truth. And when you ask them (wives of Rasool-Allah) for any chattels, then ask them from behind a curtain, that would be purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it was not for you that you should hurt Rasool-Allah, nor that you marry his wives from after him, ever! Surely, that would be grievous in the Presence of Allah [33:53]

إلى قوله تعالى‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَ مَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً

Up to His^-azwj Words: Surely, Allah and His Angels are Sending Salawat upon the Prophet. O you those who believe! Send Salawat upon him and submit submissively [33:56]

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذاباً مُهِيناً

Surely those hurting Allah and His Rasool, Allah Curses them in the world and the Hereafter, and has Prepared for them a disgraceful Punishment [33:57]

إلى قوله تعالى‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ آذَوْا مُوسى‏ فَبَرَّأَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّا قالُوا وَ كانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَجِيهاً

Up to the Words of the Exalted: O you those who believe! Do not become like those who hurt Musa. Allah Cleared him from what they said, and he had a high esteem in the Presence of Allah [33:69]

الفتح‏ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْناكَ شاهِداً وَ مُبَشِّراً وَ نَذِيراً

(Surah) Al Fat’h: Surely, We Sent you as a witness, and a giver of glad tidings and a warner [48:8]

لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ تُعَزِّرُوهُ وَ تُوَقِّرُوهُ وَ تُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَ أَصِيلًا

In order for you all to believe in Allah and His Rasool, and to help him and revere him, and you should Glorify Him morning and evening [48:9]

الحجرات‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

(Surah) Al Hujuraat: O you those who believe! Do not precede in front of Allah and His Rasool, and fear Allah, surely He is Hearing, Knowing [49:1]

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْواتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَ لا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَنْ تَحْبَطَ أَعْمالُكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ لا تَشْعُرُونَ

O you those who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not be loud to him with the talk like the loudness of some of you to the others, lest your deeds become Nullified while you are not aware [49:2] 

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصْواتَهُمْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ امْتَحَنَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِلتَّقْوى‏ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

Surely those who are lowering their voices in the presence of Rasool-Allah, they are those whose hearts Allah has Tested for piety. They shall have Forgiveness and a Mighty Recompense [49:3]

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُنادُونَكَ مِنْ وَراءِ الْحُجُراتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لا يَعْقِلُونَ

Surely, those who are calling out to you from behind the chambers, most of them are not using their intellects [49:4] 

وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْ وَ اللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ‏

And had they been patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful [49:5]

المجادلة أَ لَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ ما يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوى‏ ثَلاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رابِعُهُمْ وَ لا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سادِسُهُمْ وَ لا أَدْنى‏ مِنْ ذلِكَ وَ لا أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَ ما كانُوا ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِما عَمِلُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيمٌ

(Surah) Al Mujadilah: Do you not see that Allah Knows whatever is in the skies and whatever is in the earth? There does not happen to be a secret counsel of three, except He is their fourth one, nor of five except He is their sixth one, nor less than that nor more except He is with them, wherever they may happen to be. Then He would Inform them on the Day of Qiyamah of what they had been doing. Surely, Allah is a Knower of all things [58:7]

أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نُهُوا عَنِ النَّجْوى‏ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِما نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَ يَتَناجَوْنَ بِالْإِثْمِ وَ الْعُدْوانِ وَ مَعْصِيَةِ الرَّسُولِ وَ إِذا جاؤُكَ حَيَّوْكَ بِما لَمْ يُحَيِّكَ بِهِ اللَّهُ وَ يَقُولُونَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَوْ لا يُعَذِّبُنَا اللَّهُ بِما نَقُولُ حَسْبُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ يَصْلَوْنَها فَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

Do you not see those forbidden from the secret counsels, then they are returning to what they had been forbidden from and are holding secret councils with the sin, and the aggression, and the disobedience to the Rasool. And when they come to you, they greet you with what Allah does not Greet you with, and they are saying within themselves, ‘Why does not Allah Punish us for what we are saying?’ Hell would suffice them. They would be arriving to it, and it is an evil destination [58:8]

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذا تَناجَيْتُمْ فَلا تَتَناجَوْا بِالْإِثْمِ وَ الْعُدْوانِ وَ مَعْصِيَةِ الرَّسُولِ وَ تَناجَوْا بِالْبِرِّ وَ التَّقْوى‏ وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

O you those who believe! When you confer, then do not confer with the sin, and the aggression, and the disobedience to the Rasool, and you can confer with the righteousness and the piety; and fear Allah, you will be gathering to Him [58:9]

إِنَّمَا النَّجْوى‏ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ لِيَحْزُنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ لَيْسَ بِضارِّهِمْ شَيْئاً إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

But rather, the secret counsels are from the Satan, for him to grieve those who believe, and he cannot harm them of anything except by Permission of Allah, therefore the Momineen should rely upon Allah [58:10]

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُوا فِي الْمَجالِسِ فَافْسَحُوا يَفْسَحِ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَ إِذا قِيلَ انْشُزُوا فَانْشُزُوا يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجاتٍ وَ اللَّهُ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

O you those who believe! When it is said to you: ‘Make room in (your) assemblies’, then make ample room, Allah will Give you ample. And when it is said: ‘Rise up’, then rise up. Allah will Exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, in ranks; and Allah is Aware of what you are doing [58:11]

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذا ناجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْواكُمْ صَدَقَةً ذلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَ أَطْهَرُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

O you those who believe! Whenever you (wish to) consult the Rasool, then give something in charity before your consultation. That would be better for you and purer. But if you cannot not find (the means), then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful [58:12]

أَ أَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْواكُمْ صَدَقاتٍ فَإِذْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَ تابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ وَ آتُوا الزَّكاةَ وَ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ اللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ‏

Are you fearing sending forth charities before your consultations? So, when you did not do so, and Allah Turned to you. Therefore, establish the Salat and give the Zakat, and obey Allah and His Rasool, and Allah is Aware of what you are doing [58:13]

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قَالَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي السُّدِّيُّ وَ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَ بُرَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْكَ‏

Abu Hamza Al Sumali, ‘It is narrated to me by Al Suday and Humeyd Bin Sa’ad Al Ansari, and Bureyd Bin Abu Ziyad, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Layli, from Ka’ab Bin Ujrah who said,

‘When this Verse was Revealed we said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! This greeting upon you^-saww, we recognise it. How is the Salawaat upon you?’

قَالَ قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ وَ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

He^-saww said: ‘Say, ‘O Allah^-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad^-saww and Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww, just as You^-azwj have Sent upon Ibrahim^-as and the progeny of Ibrahim^-as, surely You^-azwj are Praiseworthy, Glorious, and Bless upon Muhammad^-saww and Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww just as You^-azwj have Blessed upon Ibrahim^-as and Progeny of Ibrahim^-saww, surely You^-azwj are Praiseworthy, Glorious!’’

وَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَلَاةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ تَزْكِيَتُهُ لَهُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَى

And from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about this Verse. I said, ‘How is the Salawaat of Allah^-azwj upon His^-azwj Rasool^-saww?’ He^-asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! His^-azwj Purification for him^-saww in the exalted skies’.

فَقُلْتُ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ صَلَاتَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَكَيْفَ التَّسْلِيمُ فَقَالَ هُوَ التَّسْلِيمُ لَهُ فِي الْأُمُورِ

I said, ‘I have recognised out Salawaat upon him^-saww, but how is the submission?’ He^-asws said: ‘It is the submission to him^-saww in the affairs’.

وَ قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُقَدِّمُوا نَزَلَتْ فِي وَفْدِ تَمِيمٍ وَ هُمْ عُطَارِدُ بْنُ حَاجِبِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ فِي أَشْرَافٍ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ مِنْهُمُ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ وَ الزِّبْرِقَانُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ وَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْأَهْتَمِ وَ قَيْسُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ فِي وَفْدٍ عَظِيمٍ

And he (Ibn Abbas) said regarding Words of the Exalted: O you those who believe! Do not precede in front of Allah and His Rasool, and fear Allah, surely He is Hearing, Knowing [49:1], ‘It was Revealed regarding a delegation of Tameem, and they were Utarid Bin Hajib Bin Zurara among nobles from the clan of Tameem, Al Aqra’a Bin Habis, and Al Zibrqan Bin Badr, and Amro Bin Al Ahtam, and Qays Bin Aasim among a large delegation.

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ نَادَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحُجُرَاتِ أَنِ اخْرُجْ إِلَيْنَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَآذَى ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ

When they entered the Masjid they called out, to Rasool-Allah^-saww from behind the chambers, ‘Come out to us, O Muhammad^-saww!’ That hurt Rasool-Allah^-saww. He^-saww came out to them.

فَقَالُوا جِئْنَاكَ لِنُفَاخِرُكَ فَأْذَنْ لِشَاعِرِنَا وَ خَطِيبِنَا قَالَ أَذِنْتُ

They said, ‘We have come to you^-saww to pride over you^-asws, so allow our poet and our speaker!’ He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww have permitted!’

فَقَامَ عُطَارِدُ بْنُ حَاجِبٍ وَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَنَا مُلُوكاً الَّذِي لَهُ الْفَضْلُ عَلَيْنَا وَ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لَنَا أَمْوَالًا عِظَاماً نَفْعَلُ بِهَا الْمَعْرُوفَ وَ جَعَلَنَا أَعَزَّ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ أَكْثَرَ عَدَداً وَ عُدَّةً فَمَنْ مِثْلُنَا فِي النَّاسِ فَمَنْ فَاخَرَنَا فَلْيَعُدَّ مِثْلَ مَا عَدَدْنَا وَ لَوْ شِئْنَا لَأَكْثَرْنَا مِنَ الْكَلَامِ وَ لَكِنَّا نَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْإِكْثَارِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ

Utarid Bin Hajib stood up and said, ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who Made (some of us as) kings, those haing the merit upon us, and those who gifts massive wealth to us we can do acts of kindness with it, and made us the most honourable of people of the east, and of large numbers and well-equipped. Who among the people is like us? Who can pride over us? Let him count similar to what we have numbered, and if we so desire, we can be abundant from the speech, but we as bashful from the abundant talk!’ Then he sat down.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ قُمْ فَأَجِبْهُ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said to Sabit Bin Qays Bin Shammas: ‘Stand and answer him!’

فَقَامَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ خَلْقَةً وَ قَضَى فِيهِ أَمْرَهُ‏ وَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ عِلْمَهُ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ أَنْ جَعَلَنَا مُلُوكاً وَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ خَيْرِ خَلْقِهِ رَسُولًا أَكْرَمَهُ نَسَباً وَ أَصْدَقَهُ حَدِيثاً وَ أَفْضَلَهُ حَسَباً

He stood up. He said, ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who Created the skies and the earth. He^-azwj Created it and Decreed His^-azwj Command in it, and His^-azwj Chair contains His^-azwj Knowledge, and nothing comes into being except from His^-azwj Grace. Then it happened from His^-azwj Grace that He^-azwj Made us as kings and Chose a Messenger^-saww from best of His^-azwj creation and most honourable in lineage, and most truthful in narration, and most superior of standing.

فَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ كِتَاباً وَ ائْتَمَنَهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ فَكَانَ خِيَرَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ ثُمَّ دَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ بِاللَّهِ فَآمَنَ بِهِ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ وَ ذَوِي رَحِمِهِ أَكْرَمُ النَّاسِ أَحْسَاباً وَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ وُجُوهاً

He^-azwj Revealed a Book unto him^-saww and Entrusted him^-saww upon His^-azwj creatures. Thus he^-saww was the Choice of Allah^-azwj upon the worlds. Then he^-saww called the people to the Eman with Allah^-azwj. The Emigrants from his^-saww people, and the ones with mercy, the most honourable of the people in nobility, and their best in appearance, believed in him^-saww.

فَكَانَ‏ أَوَّلَ الْخَلْقِ إِجَابَةً وَ اسْتَجَابَ لِلَّهِ حِينَ دَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ [نَحْنُ‏] فَنَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ رِدْؤُهُ نُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنُوا فَمَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ مَنَعَ مَالَهُ وَ دَمَهُ وَ مَنْ نَكَثَ جَاهَدْنَاهُ فِي اللَّهِ أَبَداً وَ كَانَ قَتْلُهُ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيراً أَقُولُ هَذَا وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

He (Ali^-asws) was the first of the people to respond and answer to Allah^-azwj when Rasool-Allah^-saww called. We were the helpers of Rasool-Allah^-saww and his^-saww defenders. We fought the people until they believed. The one who believes in Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, we shall defend his wealth and his blood, and the one who breaks his pledge, we shall fight him for the Sake of Allah^-azwj, forever, and killing him would be easy unto us. I am saying this, and I seek Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj for the believing men and the believing women, and the greeting be upon you all!’

ثُمَّ قَامَ الزِّبْرِقَانُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ يُنْشِدُ وَ أَجَابَهُ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ حَسَّانُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ قَالَ الْأَقْرَعُ إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ خَطِيبُهُ أَخْطَبُ مِنْ خَطِيبِنَا وَ شَاعِرُهُ أَشْعَرُ مِنْ شَاعِرِنَا وَ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ أَعْلَى مِنْ أَصْوَاتِنَا

Then Zibirqan Bin Badr stood up and recited a poem, and Hassan Bin Sabit responded to him. When Hassan was free from his words, Al-Aqra’a said, ‘This man, his address is more accomplished than our speaker, and his poet is more poetic than our poet, and their voices are louder than our voices!’

فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا أَجَازَهُمْ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَأَحْسَنَ جَوَائِزَهُمْ وَ أَسْلَمُوا عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ وَ قِيلَ إِنَّهُمْ نَاسٌ مِنْ بَنِي الْعَنْبَرِ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَصَابَ مِنْ ذَرَارِيِّهِمْ فَأَقْبَلُوا فِي فِدَائِهِمْ فَقَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَ دَخَلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ وَ عَجَّلُوا أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ ص فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اخْرُجْ إِلَيْنَا- عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‏

When they were free, Rasool-Allah^-saww awarded them gifts, and their rewards were excellent, and they became Muslims (from Ibn Is’haq), and it is said they were people from the clan of Al Anbar. The Prophet^-saww had made captives of their offspring, so they had come in to ransom them. They arrived at Al-Medina and entered the Masjid and the Prophet^-saww  hastened to go out to them. They had said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww, come out to us!’ – from Abu Hamza, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas.

قَالَ قَتَادَةُ كَانُوا يَتَنَافَسُونَ فِي مَجْلِسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَإِذَا رَأَوْا مَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُقْبِلًا ضَنُّوا بِمَجَالِسِهِمْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَأَمَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَفْسَحَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ

Qatadah said, ‘They used to complete (for a place) in the gathering of Rasool-Allah^-saww. Whenever they saw someone coming over, they would be reluctant to give up their seats in the Presence of Rasool-Allah^-saww. Allah^-azwj Commanded them to make room for each other.

وَ قَالَ الْمُقَاتِلَانِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي الصُّفَّةِ وَ فِي الْمَكَانِ ضِيقٌ وَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُكْرِمُ أَهْلَ بَدْرٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَجَاءَ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ وَ فِيهِمْ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ وَ قَدْ سَبَقُوا فِي الْمَجْلِسِ

Al Maqatilan said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was in Al Suffah and there was constriction in the place, and that was on the day of Friday, and Rasool-Allah^-saww would honour participants of Badr more than the Emigrants and the Helpers. Some people from the participants of Badr came, and among them was Sabit Bin Qays Bin Shammaas, while they had preceded in the gathering.

فَقَامُوا حِيَالَ النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ ص ثُمَّ سَلَّمُوا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَرَدُّوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَامُوا عَلَى أَرْجُلِهِمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ فَلَمْ يَفْسَحُوا لَهُمْ‏

The stook facing the Prophet^-saww. They said, ‘The greeting be upon you^-saww, O Prophet^-saww, and Mercy of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Blessings!’ The Prophet^-saww responded to them, and then they greeted the people after that. They responded to them. They stood at the people, looking at the people (in anticipation), but they did not make room for them.

فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ قُمْ يَا فُلَانُ قُمْ يَا فُلَانُ بِقَدْرِ النَّفَرِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ

That was grievous upon the Prophet^-saww. He^-saww said to the ones from the Emigrants and the Helpers, from other than the participants of Badr around him^-saww: ‘Stand, O so and so! Stand O so and so!’ – in accordance with the number of those who were in front of him^-saww, from the people of Badr.

فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مَنْ أُقِيمَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ وَ عُرِفَ الْكَرَاهِيَةُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ وَ قَالَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ أَ لَسْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ يَعْدِلُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا عَدَلَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ إِنَ‏ قَوْماً أَخَذُوا مَجَالِسَهُمْ وَ أَحَبُّوا الْقُرْبَ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ فَأَقَامَهُمْ وَ أَجْلَسَ مَنْ أَبْطَأَ عَنْهُ مُقَامَهُمْ فَنَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ

That was grievous upon the ones to stand from his seat, and the abhorrence was recognised in their faces, and the hypocrites said to the Muslims, ‘Aren’t you claiming that your Master^-saww does justice between the people? By Allah^-azwj! He^-saww has not been just to them. They (people) have taken their seats and they love the nearness to their Prophet^-saww, but he^-saww made them stand, and seated the ones who were delayed from him^-saww, in their seats! So, the Verse was Revealed’.

وَ قَالَ الْبَيْضَاوِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ آيَةً مَا عَمِلَ بِهَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي كَانَ لِي دِينَارٌ فَصَرَفْتُهُ فَكُنْتُ إِذَا نَاجَيْتُهُ تَصَدَّقْتُ بِدِرْهَمٍ

And Al Bayzawi said, (reporting) from Ali^-asws: ‘There is a Verse in the Book of Allah^-azwj, no one has worked with it apart from me^-asws. There was a Dinar for me^-asws and I^-asws changed it. Whenever I^-asws used to consult him^-saww, I^-asws would donate a Dirham in charity.

1- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ حَتَّى يَسْتَأْذِنُوهُ‏ فَإِنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِي قَوْمٍ كَانُوا إِذَا جَمَعَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِأَمْرٍ مِنَ الْأُمُورِ فِي بَعْثٍ يَبْعَثُهُ أَوْ حَرْبٍ قَدْ حَضَرَتْ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ فَنَهَاهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, regarding the Words of the Exalted: But rather, the Mominoun are those who believe in Allah and His Rasool – up to His^-azwj Words: until they seek his permission. [24:62]. It was Revealed regarding a people who, when Rasool-Allah^-saww gathered them for a matter from the matters regarding a sending (detachment) he^-saww sent, or a battle which had presented, they would disperse without his^-saww permission. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Forbade them from that.

وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ فَإِذَا اسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِبَعْضِ شَأْنِهِمْ‏ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَامِرٍ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ فِي صُبْحِهَا حَرْبُ أُحُدٍ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ

And His^-azwj Words: So when they seek your permission for some of their occupations, [24:62], he said, ‘It was Revealed regarding Hanzalah Bin Abu Aamir, and that is that he got married during the night which was before the morning of one of the battles. Rasool-Allah^-saww permitted him to stay with his wife, and Allah^-azwj Revealed this Verse.

فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ وَ هُوَ جُنُبٌ فَحَضَرَ الْقِتَالَ فَاسْتُشْهِدَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَأَيْتُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَغْسِلُ حَنْظَلَةَ بِمَاءِ الْمُزْنِ فِي صِحَافِ فِضَّةٍ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ فَكَانَ يُسَمَّى غَسِيلَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ

He stayed with his wife, then in the morning he was with sexual impurity and the fighting presented, and he was martyred. Rasool-Allah^-saww said, ‘I^-saww saw the Angels washing Hanzalah with the water of the clouds in silver sheets, in between the sky and the earth’. He was named ‘One who was washed by the Angels’’.[30]

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ لا تَجْعَلُوا دُعاءَ قَوْلُهُ‏ لا تَجْعَلُوا دُعاءَ الرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعاءِ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضاً قَالَ لَا تَدْعُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَمَا يَدْعُو بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ يَعْنِي بَلِيَّةً أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ‏ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ

And in a report by Abu Al-Jaroud, from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: Do not make the calling to the Rasool between you like your calling each other, ‘He^-asws said: ‘Do not call Rasool-Allah^-saww like what you are calling each other’. Then He^-azwj Said:  therefore let those who are opposing his orders beware of a Fitna afflicting them or a painful Punishment befalling them [24:63]. He^-asws said: ‘The killing’’.

2- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلى‏ طَعامٍ غَيْرَ ناظِرِينَ إِناهُ‏ فَإِنَّهُ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِزَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّهَا فَأَوْلَمَ وَ دَعَا أَصْحَابَهُ وَ كَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ إِذَا أَكَلُوا كَانُوا يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَتَحَدَّثُوا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَخْلُوَ مَعَ زَيْنَبَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ‏ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَدْخُلُونَ بِلَا إِذْنٍ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ مِنْ وَراءِ حِجابٍ‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ ما كانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ الْآيَةَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ سَبَبَ نُزُولِهَا أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ النَّبِيُّ أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَزْواجُهُ أُمَّهاتُهُمْ‏ وَ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ غَضِبَ طَلْحَةُ فَقَالَ يُحَرِّمُ مُحَمَّدٌ عَلَيْنَا نِسَاءَهُ وَ يَتَزَوَّجُ هُوَ بِنِسَائِنَا لَئِنْ أَمَاتَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً لَنَرْكُضَنَّ بَيْنَ خَلَاخِيلِ نِسَائِهِ كَمَا رَكَضَ بَيْنَ خَلَاخِيلِ نِسَائِنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ ما كانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ لا أَنْ تَنْكِحُوا أَزْواجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَبَداً إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ كانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيماً ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لِقَوْمٍ مَعْرُوفِينَ الدُّخُولَ عَلَيْهِنَّ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ فَقَالَ‏ لا جُناحَ عَلَيْهِنَ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ شَهِيداً ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ فَقَالَ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَ مَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ تَسْلِيماً قَالَ ع صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ تَزْكِيَةٌ لَهُ وَ ثَنَاءٌ عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلَوَاتُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مَدْحُهُمْ لَهُ وَ صَلَاةُ النَّاسِ دُعَاؤُهُمْ لَهُ وَ التَّصْدِيقُ وَ الْإِقْرَارُ بِفَضْلِهِ وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ سَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً يَعْنِي سَلِّمُوا لَهُ بِالْوَلَايَةِ وَ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ قَوْلُهُ‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ‏ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِيمَنْ غَصَبَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع حَقَّهُ وَ أَخَذَ حَقَّ فَاطِمَةَ ع‏ وَ آذَاهَا وَ قَدْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص مَنْ آذَاهَا فِي حَيَاتِي كَمَنْ آذَاهَا بَعْدَ مَوْتِي وَ مَنْ آذَاهَا بَعْدَ مَوْتِي كَمَنْ آذَاهَا فِي حَيَاتِي وَ مَنْ آذَاهَا فَقَدْ آذَانِي وَ مَنْ آذَانِي فَقَدْ آذَى اللَّهَ‏ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ‏ الْآيَةَ

(P.s. – opinion)[31]

3- فس، تفسير القمي‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُقَدِّمُوا الْآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي وَفْدِ تَمِيمٍ‏ كَانُوا إِذَا قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَقَفُوا عَلَى بَابِ حُجْرَتِهِ فَنَادَوْا يَا مُحَمَّدُ اخْرُجْ إِلَيْنَا وَ كَانُوا إِذَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَقَدَّمُوهُ فِي الْمَشْيِ وَ كَانُوا إِذَا كَلَّمُوهُ رَفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِهِ وَ يَقُولُونَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا كَمَا يُكَلِّمُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُنادُونَكَ‏ بَنُو تَمِيمٍ [فِي وَفْدِ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ

(P.s. – opinion)[32]

4- فس، تفسير القمي قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نُهُوا عَنِ النَّجْوى‏ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِما نُهُوا عَنْهُ‏ قَالَ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَأْتُونَهُ فَيَسْأَلُونَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ اللَّهَ لَهُمْ وَ كَانُوا يَسْأَلُونَ مَا لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ يَتَناجَوْنَ بِالْإِثْمِ وَ الْعُدْوانِ وَ مَعْصِيَةِ الرَّسُولِ‏ وَ قَوْلُهُمْ لَهُ إِذَا أَتَوْهُ أَنْعِمْ صَبَاحاً وَ أَنْعِمْ مَسَاءً وَ هِيَ تَحِيَّةُ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ إِذا جاؤُكَ حَيَّوْكَ بِما لَمْ يُحَيِّكَ بِهِ اللَّهُ‏ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ أَبْدَلَنَا اللَّهُ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ تَحِيَّةِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَوْلُهُ‏ فَافْسَحُوا يَفْسَحِ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ‏ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ يَقُومُ لَهُ النَّاسُ فَنَهَاهُمُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُومُوا لَهُ فَقَالَ‏ فَافْسَحُوا أَيْ وَسِّعُوا لَهُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ‏ وَ إِذا قِيلَ انْشُزُوا فَانْشُزُوا يَعْنِي إِذَا قَالَ قُومُوا فَقُومُوا قَوْلُهُ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذا ناجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْواكُمْ صَدَقَةً قَالَ إِذَا سَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَاجَةً فَتَصَدَّقُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَاجَتِكُمْ لِيَكُونَ أَقْضَى لِحَوَائِجِكُمْ فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَإِنَّهُ تَصَدَّقَ بِدِينَارٍ وَ نَاجَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بِعَشْرِ نَجَوَاتٍ‏

(P.s. – opinion)[33]

5- فس، تفسير القمي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏ إِذا ناجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْواكُمْ صَدَقَةً قَالَ قَدَّمَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاهُ صَدَقَةً ثُمَّ نَسَخَتْهَا قَوْلُهُ‏ أَ أَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْواكُمْ صَدَقاتٍ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Ahmad Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Safwan, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him^-asws the Words of Allah^-azwj Exalted: Whenever you (wish to) consult the Rasool, then give something in charity before your consultation. [58:12]. He^-asws said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws gave in charity before his^-asws consultation. Then it was Abrogated by His^-azwj Words: Are you fearing sending forth charities before your consultations? [58:13].[34]

6- فس، تفسير القمي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِيُّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ عَنْ لَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَآيَةً مَا عَمِلَ بِهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي وَ لَا يَعْمَلُ بِهَا أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي آيَةَ النَّجْوَى إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي دِينَارٌ فَبِعْتُهُ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَجَعَلْتُ أُقَدِّمُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ كُلِّ نَجْوَةٍ أُنَاجِيهَا النَّبِيَّ ص دِرْهَماً ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Abdul Rahman Bin Muhammad Al Hasny, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Marwan, from Ubeyd bin Khunays, from Sabah, from Lays Bin Abu Saleem, from Mujahid who said,

‘Ali^-asws said: ‘In the Book of Allah^-azwj no one had acted upon it before, nor will anyone be acting upon it after me^-asws, the Verse of the consultation. There was a Dinar for me^-saww, and I^-asws changed it for ten Dirhams, and went on to give one Dirham (in charity) before every consultation I^-asws consulted with the Prophet^-saww’.

قَالَ فَنَسَخَتْهَا أَ أَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْواكُمْ صَدَقاتٍ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ اللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ

He^-asws said: ‘It is Abrogated by Are you fearing sending forth charities before your consultations? [58:13] – up to His^-azwj Words: and Allah is Aware of what you are doing [58:13]’’.[35]

7- فس، تفسير القمي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ وَ بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ إِنَّمَا النَّجْوى‏ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ‏ قَالَ الثَّانِي

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Abu Bakr Al-Hazramy and Bakr Bin Abu Bakr, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: But rather, the secret counsels are from the Satan [58:10], he^-asws said: ‘The second one (Umar)’.

قَوْلُهُ‏ ما يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوى‏ ثَلاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رابِعُهُمْ‏ قَالَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ أَبُو فُلَانٍ‏ أَمِينُهُمْ حِينَ اجْتَمَعُوا وَ دَخَلُوا الْكَعْبَةَ فَكَتَبُوا بَيْنَهُمْ كِتَاباً إِنْ مَاتَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَنْ لَا يَرْجِعَ الْأَمْرُ فِيهِمْ أَبَداً

And His^-azwj Words: There does not happen to be a secret counsel of three, except He is their fourth one [58:7], he^-asws said: ‘So and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar) and the son of so and so (Abdul Rahman Ibn Awf) was their trustee, when they gathered and entered the Kabah. So they wrote between them an agreement, ‘If Muhammad^-saww were to die, they would not let the command to return among them, ever!’’[36]

8 كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَاصِمٍ الْكُوزِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ: مَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَوْلَادٍ لَمْ يُسَمِّ أَحَدَهُمْ بِاسْمِي فَقَدْ جَفَانِي‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Al Hassan Bin Muhammad, from Al Moala, from Suleyman Bin Sama’at, from his uncle Aasim Al Kowzy,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws that the Prophet^-saww said: ‘One who has four sons born for him and does not name one of them with my^-saww name, so he has been disloyal to me^-saww’’.[37]

9- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ مَوْلَى آلِ جَعْدَةَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَلِيساً لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَفَقَدَنِي أَيَّاماً ثُمَّ إِنِّي جِئْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لِي لَمْ أَرَكَ مُنْذُ أَيَّامٍ يَا أَبَا هَارُونَ فَقُلْتُ وُلِدَ لِي غُلَامٌ فَقَالَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهِ فَمَا سَمَّيْتَهُ قُلْتُ سَمَّيْتُهُ مُحَمَّداً

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Haroun, a slave of the progeny of Ja’da who said,

‘I was a regular sitter with Abu Abdullah^-asws in Al-Medina. He^-asws found me absent for a few days, then I came over to him^-asws. He^-asws said to me: ‘Why have I^-asws not seen you since a few days, O Abu Haroun?’ I said, ‘A boy has been born for me’. He^-asws said: ‘May Allah^-azwj Bless you in him. What have you named him as?’ I said, ‘I have named him as Muhammad’.

فَأَقْبَلَ بِخَدِّهِ نَحْوَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ مُحَمَّدٌ مُحَمَّدٌ حَتَّى كَادَ يَلْصَقُ خَدُّهُ بِالْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِنَفْسِي وَ بِوُلْدِي وَ بِأُمِّي‏ وَ بِأَبَوَيَّ وَ بِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ كُلِّهِمْ جَمِيعاً الْفِدَاءُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لَا تَسُبَّهُ وَ لَا تَضْرِبْهُ وَ لَا تُسِئْ إِلَيْهِ وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي الْأَرْضِ دَارٌ فِيهَا اسْمُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَّا وَ هِيَ تُقَدَّسُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘So turned his^-asws cheek towards the ground and he^-asws was saying: ‘Muhammad, Muhammad, Muhammad’, until his^-asws cheek almost got fixed with the ground. Then he^-asws said: ‘By my^-asws soul, and by my^-asws children, and by my^-asws family, and by my^-asws parents, and by the inhabitants of the earth, all of them together, sacrificed for Rasool-Allah^-saww. Neither insult him, nor hit him, nor harm him; and know that there no house in the earth in which is a name Muhammad, except that it Extols (the Holiness of Allah^-azwj) every day’’.[38]

10- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الرِّضَا ع فَعَطَسَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ثُمَّ عَطَسَ فَقُلْتُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ثُمَّ عَطَسَ فَقُلْتُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِذَا عَطَسَ مِثْلُكَ نَقُولُ لَهُ كَمَا يَقُولُ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ أَوْ كَمَا نَقُولُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Safwan Bin Yahya who said,

‘I was in the presence of Al-Reza^-asws, and he^-asws sneezed. I said to him^-asws, ‘May Allah^-azwj Send Salawāt upon you^-asws’. Then he^-asws sneezed, so I said, ‘May Allah^-azwj Send Salawāt upon you^-asws’. Then he^-asws sneezed, so I said, ‘May Allah^-azwj Send Salawāt upon you^-asws’, and I said to him^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! When the likes of you^-asws sneezes, should we be saying just as we are saying for each other, ‘May Allah^-azwj have Mercy on you’, or just as we are saying?’

قَالَ نَعَمْ أَ لَيْسَ تَقُولُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ ارْحَمْ مُحَمَّداً وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ بَلَى وَ قَدْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ رَحِمَهُ وَ إِنَّمَا صَلَوَاتُنَا عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةٌ لَنَا وَ قُرْبَةٌ

He^-asws said: ‘Yes. Are you not saying, ‘May Allah^-azwj Send Salawāt upon Muhammad^-saww and the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww’?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^-asws said: ‘Mercy be upon Muhammad^-saww and the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww. Yes, Allah^-azwj has Sent Salawāt upon him^-saww and been Merciful to him^-saww, and rather, our^-asws Salawāt upon him^-saww is a Mercy for us^-asws, and a (means) of nearness (to Him^-azwj)’’.[39]

11- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا ذُكِرَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَأَكْثِرُوا الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص صَلَاةً وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَلْفَ صَلَاةٍ فِي أَلْفِ صَفٍّ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ لَمْ يَبْقَ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِمَّا خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا صَلَّى عَلَى الْعَبْدِ لِصَلَاةِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلَاةِ مَلَائِكَتِهِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَرْغَبْ فِي هَذَا فَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ مَغْرُورٌ قَدْ بَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from his father, and Husayn Bin Abu Al A’ala, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Whenever the Prophet^-saww is mentioned, so frequent the Salawāt upon him^-saww, for the one who sends Salawāt upon the Prophet^-saww, one Salawāt, Allah^-azwj would Send a thousand Salawāts upon him in a thousand rows of the Angels, and there would not remain anything from what Allah^-azwj Created except it would send Salawāt upon the servant for the Salawāt of Allah^-azwj and the Salawāt of His^-azwj Angels upon him. Therefore, the one who does not desire regarding this, so he is ignorant, deceived. Allah^-azwj has Disavowed from him, and (so has) His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and the People^-asws of his^-saww Household’’.[40]

12- كا، الكافي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مَنْ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَنَسِيَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيَّ خَطَّأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ طَرِيقَ الْجَنَّةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Al Husayn Bin Ali, from Ubeys Bin Hisham, from Sabit, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one in whose presence I^-saww am mentioned, so he forgets that he should be sending Salawāt upon me^-saww, Allah^-azwj would Cause him to err on the road to Paradise’’.[41]

13- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ فِي ذِكْرِ وَفَاةِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ صُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ حُمِلَ فَأُدْخِلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَمَّا أُوقِفَ عَلَى قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بَلَغَ عَائِشَةَ الْخَبَرُ وَ قِيلَ لَهَا إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَقْبَلُوا بِالْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع لِيُدْفَنَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Al Hassan and Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Haroun Ibn Al Jahm, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws in a lengthy Hadeeth regarding mention of the expiry of Al-Hassan^-asws Bin Ali^-asws, said: ‘When he^-asws had been Prayed Salat upon, he^-asws was carried and entered into the Masjid. When he^-asws came to be upon the grave of Rasool-Allah^-saww, the news reached Al-Ayesah, and it was said to her, ‘They have come with Al-Hassan^-asws Bin Ali^-asws in order to bury him^-asws along with Rasool-Allah^-saww’.

فَخَرَجَتْ مُبَادِرَةً عَلَى بَغْلٍ بِسَرْجٍ فَكَانَتْ أَوَّلَ امْرَأَةٍ رَكِبَتْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ سَرْجاً فَوَقَفَتْ فَقَالَتْ نَحُّوا ابْنَكُمْ عَنْ بَيْتِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُدْفَنُ فِيهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ لَا يُهْتَكُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص حِجَابُهُ فَقَالَ لَهَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع قَدِيماً هَتَكْتِ أَنْتِ وَ أَبُوكِ حِجَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَدْخَلْتِ بَيْتَهُ مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قُرْبَهُ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَائِلُكِ عَنْ ذَلِكِ يَا عَائِشَةُ

She came out rushing upon a saddled mule. Thus, she was the first woman in Al-Islam to have ridden a saddle. She paused and said, ‘Move away your son from my house, for nothing would be buried in it, nor will the privacy be violated upon Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws said to her: ‘For a long time, you and your father violated the privacy of Rasool-Allah^-saww and entered into his^-saww house the one whose nearness Rasool-Allah^-saww did not like, and Allah^-azwj will be Asking you about that, O Ayesha!

إِنَّ أَخِي أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُقَرِّبَهُ مِنْ أَبِيهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لِيُحْدِثَ بِهِ عَهْداً وَ اعْلَمِي أَنَّ أَخِي أَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَعْلَمُ بِتَأْوِيلِ كِتَابِهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَهْتِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص سِتْرَهُ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ‏ وَ قَدْ أَدْخَلْتِ أَنْتِ بَيْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الرِّجَالَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ

My^-asws brother^-asws instructed me^-asws that I^-asws bring him^-asws to be closer to his^-asws (grand) father Rasool-Allah^-saww, in order to renew a Covenant with him^-saww, and I^-asws know that my^-asws brother^-asws is the most knowledgeable of the people with Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and is most knowledgeable with the explanation of His^-azwj Book, that for him^-asws to violate upon Rasool-Allah^-saww of his^-saww privacy, because Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted is Saying: O you those who believe! Do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless there is permission for you [33:53], and you entered certain men into the house of Rasool-Allah^-saww without his^-saww permission.

وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْواتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِ‏ وَ لَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ ضَرَبْتِ أَنْتِ لِأَبِيكِ وَ فَارُوقِهِ عِنْدَ أُذُنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الْمَعَاوِلَ

And Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Said: O you those who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet [49:2]. By my^-asws life! You and your father (Abu Bakr) and his Farouq (Umar) had struck a pickaxe near to the ears of Rasool-Allah^-saww.

وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصْواتَهُمْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ امْتَحَنَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِلتَّقْوى‏ وَ لَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ أَدْخَلَ أَبُوكِ وَ فَارُوقُهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِقُرْبِهِمَا مِنْهُ الْأَذَى وَ مَا رَعَيَا مِنْ حَقِّهِ مَا أَمَرَهُمَا اللَّهُ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَمْوَاتاً مَا حَرَّمَ مِنْهُمْ أَحْيَاءً

And Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Surely, those who are lowering their voices in the presence of Rasool-Allah, they are those whose hearts Allah has Tested for piety [49:3]. By my^-asws life! Your father (Abu Bakr) and his Farouq (Umar), due to their being buried nearby, is harming to Rasool-Allah^-azwj, and they never respected his^-saww rights whatever Allah^-azwj had Commanded them both with, upon the tongue of Rasool-Allah^-saww, that Allah^-azwj has Prohibited the living Momineen from the same as what Allah^-azwj has Prohibited from those who have passed away.

وَ تَاللَّهِ يَا عَائِشَةُلَوْ كَانَ هَذَا الَّذِي كَرِهْتِيهِ مِنْ دَفْنِ الْحَسَنِ ع عِنْدَ أَبِيهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا جَائِزاً فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ لَعَلِمْتِ أَنَّهُ سَيُدْفَنُ وَ إِنْ رَغِمَ مَعْطِسُكِ

And I^-asws swear by Allah^-azwj, O Ayesha! If it was such that this which you are disliking, from the burial of Al-Hassan^-asws by his^-asws (grand) father Rasool-Allah^-saww, was allowed, in what is between us^-asws and Allah^-azwj, you would have known that he^-asws would be buried, and even if it would rub your nose (break your pride)’’.[42]

14- وَ قَالَ الْقَاضِي فِي الشِّفَاءِ فِي ذِكْرِ عَادَةِ الصَّحَابَةِ فِي تَوْقِيرِهِ ص قَالَ رَوَى أُسَامَةُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ‏ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ص وَ أَصْحَابُهُ حَوْلَهُ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ

And Al-Qazi said in ‘Al-Shifa’ regarding the practice by the companions in revering him^-saww. He said, ‘It is reported by Usama Bin Shareek, ‘I came to the Prophet^-saww while his^-saww companions were around him^-saww. It was as if the bird were perched upon their heads’.

وَ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حِينَ وَجَّهَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ عَامَ الْقَضِيَّةِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ رَأَى مِنْ تَعْظِيمِ أَصْحَابِهِ لَهُ وَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَتَوَضَّأُ إِلَّا ابْتَدَرُوا وَضُوءَهُ وَ كَادُوا يَقْتُلُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يَبْصُقُ بُصَاقاً وَ لَا يَتَنَخَّمُ نُخَامَةً إِلَّا تَلَقَّوْهَا بِأَكُفِّهِمْ فَدَلَكُوا بِهَا وُجُوهَهُمْ وَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ وَ لَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْهُ شَعْرَةٌ إِلَّا ابْتَدَرُوهَا وَ إِذَا أَمَرَهُمْ بِأَمْرٍ ابْتَدَرُوا أَمْرَهُ وَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ خَفَضُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ وَ مَا يَحُدُّونَ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِ تَعْظِيماً لَهُ

And Urwah Bin Mas’oud said when Qureysh had in the Year of the Treaty, and he saw the great reverence that his^-saww companions showed towards him (s.a.w., ‘Whenever he^-saww performed Wazu, they would rush to obtain the water of his^-saww Wazu, and they would almost fight one another over it. Whenever he^-saww spat or cleared his^-saww throat and brought up phlegm, they would receive it in the palms of their hands and rub it over their faces and bodies. Whenever a hair fell from him^-saww, they would hasten to take it. Whenever he^-saww commanded them to do something, they would hasten to carry out his command. When he^-saww spoke, they lowered their voices in his^-saww presence, and out of reverence for him^-saww, they would not stare directly at him^-saww’.

فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُ كِسْرَى فِي مُلْكِهِ وَ قَيْصَرَ فِي مُلْكِهِ وَ النَّجَاشِيَّ فِي مُلْكِهِ وَ إِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ مَلِكاً فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ مِثْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ

When he returned to Qureysh, he said, ‘O people of Qureysh, I have visited Chosroe in his kingdom, Caesar in his kingdom, and Al-Najjashi in his kingdom. By Allah^-azwj! I have never seen a king among his people treated as Muhammad^-saww is treated by his ^-saww companions’.

وَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ‏ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْحَلَّاقُ يَحْلِقُهُ وَ أَطَافَ بِهِ أَصْحَابُهُ فَمَا يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَقَعَ شَعْرُهُ إِلَّا فِي يَدِ رَجُلٍ

And from Anas (a well-known fabricator), ‘I saw Rasool-Allah^-saww, and the barber was shaving (his^-saww head), and his^-saww companions had surrounded him^-saww. They did not want any of his^-saww hair to fall except in the hand of a man’.

وَ فِي حَدِيثِ قَيْلَةَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص جَالِساً الْقُرْفُصَاءَ أُرْعِدْتُ مِنَ الْفَرَقِ هَيْبَةً لَهُ وَ تَعْظِيماً

And in a Hadeeeth by Qaylah, ‘When I saw Rasool-Allah^-saww seated in a squatting position, I trembled from the fear, as awe and reverence for him^-saww’.

وَ فِي حَدِيثِ الْمُغِيرَةِ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَقْرَعُونَ بَابَهُ بِالْأَظَافِيرِ

And in a Hadeeth by Al Mugheira, ‘The companions of Rasool-Allah^-saww used to knock his^-saww door with their fingernails (tapping)’.

وَ قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ‏ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَنِ الْأَمْرِ فَأُؤَخِّرُهُ سِنِينَ مِنْ هَيْبَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ حُرْمَةَ النَّبِيِّ ص بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَ تَوْقِيرَهُ وَ تَعْظِيمَهُ لَازِمٌ كَمَا كَانَ حَالَ حَيَاتِهِ وَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِهِ ص وَ ذِكْرِ حَدِيثِهِ وَ سُنَّتِهِ وَ سَمَاعِ اسْمِهِ وَ سِيرَتِهِ وَ مُعَامَلَةِ آلِهِ وَ عِتْرَتِهِ وَ تَعْظِيمِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ صَحَابَتِهِ

And Al-Bara’a Bin Aazib, ‘I had wanted to ask Rasool-Allah^-azwj about a matter, but I delayed it for years, out of his^-saww prestige’. Then he said, ‘And know that sanctity of the Prophet^-saww after his^-saww expiry, and dignifying him^-saww and revering him^-as is necessary just as it was in the state of his^-saww lifetime, and that is during his^-saww mention, and mention of his^-saww Hadeeth, and his^-saww Sunnah, and listening to his^-saww name, and his^-saww conduct, and dealings of his^-saww Progeny^-asws, and his^-saww offspring, and revering People^-asws of his^-saww Household, and his^-saww companions’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ: نَاظَرَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورُ مَالِكاً فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ‏ لَهُ مَالِكٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا تَرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَدَّبَ قَوْماً فَقَالَ‏ لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْواتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِ‏ الْآيَةَ وَ مَدَحَ قَوْماً فَقَالَ‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصْواتَهُمْ‏ الْآيَةَ وَ ذَمَّ قَوْماً فَقَالَ‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُنادُونَكَ مِنْ وَراءِ الْحُجُراتِ‏ وَ إِنَّ حُرْمَتَهُ مَيِّتاً كَحُرْمَتِهِ حَيّاً

And from Ibn Humeyd who said, ‘Abu Ja’far Al Mansour debated with Malik in the Masjid of Rasool-Allah^-saww. Malik said to him, ‘O commander of the faithful! Do not raise your voice in this Masjid, for Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Disciplined a people. He^-azwj Said: ‘O you those who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet [49:2] – the Verse; and He^-azwj Praised a people. He^-azwj Said: Surely those who are lowering their voices [49:3] – the Verse; and He^-azwj Condemned a people. He^-azwj Said: Surely, those who are calling out to you from behind the chambers [49:4], and his^-saww sanctity when deceased is like his^-saww sanctity when alive’. 

وَ قَالَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَالِكٌ‏ وَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَى جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع وَ كَانَ كَثِيرَ الدُّعَابَةِ وَ التَّبَسُّمِ فَإِذَا ذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص اصْفَرَّ وَ مَا رَأَيْتُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَّا عَلَى طَهَارَةٍ وَ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ‏ إِلَيْهِ زَمَاناً فَمَا كُنْتُ أَرَاهُ إِلَّا عَلَى ثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ إِمَّا مُصَلِّياً وَ إِمَّا صَامِتاً وَ إِمَّا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيمَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَ الْعُبَّادِ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

And Mus’ab Bin Abdullah said, ‘Malik said, ‘I used to see Ja’far Bin Muhammad^-asws, and he^-asws used to frequently joke and smile. When the Prophet^-saww was mentioned in his^-asws presence, he^-asws paled, and I did not see him^-asws narrate from Rasool-Allah^-saww except while being upon the cleanliness, and I used to come to him^-asws for a long time. I have not seen him^-asws except being upon three characteristics. Either he^-asws was praying Salat, or was silent, or he^-asws was reciting the Quran, and he^-asws did not speak regarding what did not concern him^-asws, and he^-asws was from the knowledgeable ones and the worshippers, those who feared Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.[43]

15- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى دَارِمٍ‏ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي قُبَّةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ وَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِلَالًا الْحَبَشِيَّ وَ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَ مَعَهُ فَضْلُ وَضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – By the chain to Daram,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws having said: ‘I^-asws heard my^-asws father^-asws narrating from his^-asws father, from his^-asws grandfather^-asws, from Jabir Bin Abdullah having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was in a canopy of tanned skin, and Bilal the Ethiopian was seen and he had come out from his^-saww presence and with him was remnant of the Wudu’u water of Rasool-Allah^-saww.

فَابْتَدَرَهُ النَّاسُ فَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً تَمَسَّحَ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يُصِبْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً أَخَذَ مِنْ يَدَيْ صَاحِبِهِ فَمَسَحَ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ فُعِلَ بِفَضْلِ وَضُوءِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏

The people rushed towards him, so the one who attained something from it, wiped his face with it, and one who could not attain anything from it, took from the hand of his companion and wiped his face with it; and like that was done with the remnants of the Wudu’u of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws’’.[44]

16- طب، طب الأئمة عليهم السلام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: مَا اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَجَعاً قَطُّ إِلَّا كَانَ مَفْزَعُهُ إِلَى الْحِجَامَةِ

‘Tibb Al Aimma^-asws’ – Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Fazalah, from Ismail,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not complain of a pain at all except he^-saww would take recourse to the cupping’.

وَ قَالَ أَبُو ظَبْيَةَ حَجَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَعْطَانِي دِينَاراً وَ شَرِبْتُ دَمَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَ شَرِبْتَ‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ أَتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ قَالَ أَخَذْتَ أَمَاناً مِنَ الْأَوْجَاعِ وَ الْأَسْقَامِ وَ الْفَقْرِ وَ الْفَاقَةِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا تَمَسُّكَ النَّارُ أَبَداً

Abu Zabyah said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww had cupping done and gave me a Dinar, and I drank his^-saww blood. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Did you drink (it)?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^-saww said:’ And what carried you upon (doing) that?’ I said, ‘To be Blessed by it’. He^-saww said: ‘You have taken security from the pains and the diseases and the poverty and the destitution. By Allah^-azwj, the Fire will not touch you ever!’’[45]

باب 15 عصمته و تأويل بعض ما يوهم خلاف ذلك‏

CHAPTER 15 – HIS^-saww INFALLIBILITY AND INTERPRETATION OF SOME OF WHAT IS PURPORTED OPPOSITE TO THAT

الآيات البقرة وَ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْواءَهُمْ بَعْدَ الَّذِي جاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ ما لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَ لا نَصِيرٍ

The Verses – (Surah) Al Baqarah: And, if you were to follow their personal desires after that which has come to you from the knowledge, there would not be from Allah for you, from a guardian nor a helper. [2:120]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْواءَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ما جاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّكَ إِذاً لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ‏

And the Exalted Said: and if you follow their desires from what has come to you from the Knowledge, then you would be from the unjust ones [2:145]

و قال تعالى‏ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ‏

And the Exalted: The Truth is from your Lord, therefore do not become from the doubting ones [2:147]

آل عمران‏ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ‏

(Surah) Aal-e-Imraan: (This is) the Truth from your Lord, so be not of the disputers [3:60]

و قال تعالى‏ لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظالِمُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: There isn’t anything for you from the matter, whether He Turns to them or Punishes them, for they are the unjust [3:128]

النساء إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِما أَراكَ اللَّهُ وَ لا تَكُنْ لِلْخائِنِينَ خَصِيماً

(Surah) Al Nisaa: We Revealed the Book to you with the Truth for you to judge between the people with what Allah Showed you; and do not become an advocate for the treacherous [4:105]

وَ اسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ غَفُوراً رَحِيماً

And seek Forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah would always be Forgiving, Merciful [4:106]

وَ لا تُجادِلْ عَنِ الَّذِينَ يَخْتانُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ مَنْ كانَ خَوَّاناً أَثِيماً

And do not plead on behalf of those who are deceiving themselves; surely Allah does not Love the one who was treacherous, sinful [4:107]

إلى قوله تعالى‏ وَ لَوْ لا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَتُهُ لَهَمَّتْ طائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُضِلُّوكَ وَ ما يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ ما يَضُرُّونَكَ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ عَلَّمَكَ ما لَمْ تَكُنْ تَعْلَمُ وَ كانَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ عَظِيماً

Up to the Words of the Exalted: And had it not been for the Grace of Allah upon you and His Mercy, a group of them would have resolved to stray you, and they would not have strayed anyone except for their own selves; and they will not harm you with anything; and Allah Revealed upon you the Book and the Wisdom and Taught you what you did not happen to know; and the Grace of Allah was great upon you [4:113]

الأنعام‏ وَ إِنْ كانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْراضُهُمْ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقاً فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّماً فِي السَّماءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُمْ بِآيَةٍ وَ لَوْ شاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى الْهُدى‏ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْجاهِلِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Anaam: And if their turning away was grievous upon you, so (even) if you could seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder in the sky to bring them a Sign (they would still not believe), and had Allah so Desired, He would have Gathered them upon the Guidance, therefore you all should not be from the ignorant ones [6:35]

و قال تعالى وَ لا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَداةِ وَ الْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ ما عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حِسابِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ ما مِنْ حِسابِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

And the Exalted Said: And do not expel those who are supplicating to their Lord in the morning and the evening intending His Face. There is nothing upon you from their Reckoning and there is nothing upon them from your Reckoning, that you should be expelling them and become from the unjust ones [6:52]

وَ كَذلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لِيَقُولُوا أَ هؤُلاءِ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَيْنِنا أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِالشَّاكِرِينَ‏

And like that We Try some of them with other, so they are saying, ‘Are they the ones Allah has Conferred upon from between us?’ Isn’t Allah more Knowing with the grateful ones? [6:53]

الأعراف‏ وَ إِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ‏

(Surah) Al A’raaf: And if an evil suggestion from the satan hurts you, then seek refuge with Allah, He is the Hearing, Knowing [7:200]

الأنفال‏ ما كانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ أَسْرى‏ حَتَّى يُثْخِنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تُرِيدُونَ عَرَضَ الدُّنْيا وَ اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ وَ اللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

(Surah) Al Anfaal: It was not for a Prophet that there happen to be captives for him until he triumphs in the land. You are wanting the display of the world and Allah Wants the Hereafter (for you), and Allah is Mighty, Wise [8:67]

لَوْ لا كِتابٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيما أَخَذْتُمْ عَذابٌ عَظِيمٌ‏

Had there not been a preceding Book from Allah, there would have afflicted you a grievous Punishment, with regards to what you took to, [8:68]

التوبة عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْكَ لِمَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَ تَعْلَمَ الْكاذِبِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Tawbah: May Allah Pardon you! Why did you permit for them until it became clear to you, those who were truthful and you came to know the liars? [9:43]

يونس‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَقَدْ جاءَكَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُمْتَرِينَ

(Surah) Yunus^-as: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you. The Truth has come to you from your Lord, therefore do not become from the doubters [10:94]

وَ لا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآياتِ اللَّهِ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ‏

And do not become from those who are belying the Signs of Allah, for you would become from the losers [10:95]

هود فَلا تَكُ فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِمَّا يَعْبُدُ هؤُلاءِ ما يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَما يَعْبُدُ آباؤُهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ إِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ غَيْرَ مَنْقُوصٍ‏

(Surah) Hud^-as: So do not fall into doubt from what these ones worship. They are not worshipping except like what their forefathers worshipped from before, and We will Fulfil their share without deficiency [11:109]

إلى قوله‏ فَاسْتَقِمْ كَما أُمِرْتَ وَ مَنْ تابَ مَعَكَ وَ لا تَطْغَوْا إِنَّهُ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Up to His^-azwj Words: Therefore be steadfast as what you are Commanded to, and the ones with you who repent, and (they) should not transgress. He Sees what you are doing [11:112]

الرعد وَ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْواءَهُمْ بَعْدَ ما جاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ ما لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَ لا واقٍ‏

(Surah) Al Ra’ad: And if you were to follow their whims after what has come to you from the Knowledge, there would neither be for you a Guardian nor a Protector from Allah [13:37]

الإسراء لا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُوماً مَخْذُولًا

(Surah) Al Asra’a: Do not make another god to be with Allah, lest you be seated Condemned, Abandoned [17:22]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ لا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ فَتُلْقى‏ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَلُوماً مَدْحُوراً

And the Exalted Said: and do not Make another god to be with Allah so you will be Thrown into Hell, Blamed, Forsaken [17:39]

و قال سبحانه‏ وَ إِنْ كادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّذِي أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنا غَيْرَهُ وَ إِذاً لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا

And the Glorious Said: And surely they plotted to tempt you away from which We Revealed to you in order to substitute against us someone else, and then they would be taking you as a friend [17:73]

وَ لَوْ لا أَنْ ثَبَّتْناكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئاً قَلِيلًا

And had We not Affirmed you, you would have almost inclined towards them something little [17:74]

إِذاً لَأَذَقْناكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَياةِ وَ ضِعْفَ الْمَماتِ ثُمَّ لا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنا نَصِيراً

Then We would have Made you taste weakness of life and weakness of death, then you would not have found for yourself, a helper against Us [17:75]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ لَئِنْ شِئْنا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِ عَلَيْنا وَكِيلًا

And the Exalted Said: And if We so Desired, We would Take away that which We have Revealed to you, then you will not find for yourself with it, any protector against Us [17:86]

إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُ كانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيراً

except for a Mercy from your Lord – surely His Grace would always be great upon you [17:87]

الحج‏ وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَ لا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا إِذا تَمَنَّى أَلْقَى الشَّيْطانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّتِهِ فَيَنْسَخُ اللَّهُ ما يُلْقِي الشَّيْطانُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ اللَّهُ آياتِهِ وَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

(Surah) Al Hajj: And We did not Send a Rasool or a Prophet before you except whenever he desired, the Satan (also) cast in his desire. But, Allah Abrogated whatever the Satan casted, then Allah Empowered His Signs, and Allah is Knowing, Wise [22:52]

لِيَجْعَلَ ما يُلْقِي الشَّيْطانُ فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَ الْقاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَفِي شِقاقٍ بَعِيدٍ

So He Made what the Satan casted to be a fitna for those in whose hearts was a disease, and their hearts were hard; and surely the unjust ones are in a far-reaching discord [22:53]

وَ لِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَيُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ فَتُخْبِتَ لَهُ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَهادِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِلى‏ صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ‏

And so that those Given the knowledge would know that it is the Truth from your Lord, and they are believing in it, and their hearts would be humbly submissive to it; and surely Allah would Guide those who believe to the Straight Path [22:54]

الشعراء فَلا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Shu’ra: Therefore do not supplicate to another god along with Allah, for you would happen to be from the Punished ones [26:213]

القصص‏ وَ ما كُنْتَ تَرْجُوا أَنْ يُلْقى‏ إِلَيْكَ الْكِتابُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيراً لِلْكافِرِينَ

(Surah) Al Qasas: And you did not request that the Book be Cast unto you, but it was a Mercy from your Lord, therefore do not happen to be a backer of the Kafirs [28:86]

وَ لا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنْ آياتِ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أُنْزِلَتْ إِلَيْكَ وَ ادْعُ إِلى‏ رَبِّكَ وَ لا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

And do not let them block you from the Signs of Allah after when they have been Revealed to you, and invite to your Lord, and do not happen to be among the Polytheists [28:87]

وَ لا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ

And do not supplicate to another god along with Allah. There is no god except Him. [28:88]

الأحزاب‏ وَ إِذْ تَقُولُ لِلَّذِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ زَوْجَكَ وَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ تُخْفِي فِي نَفْسِكَ مَا اللَّهُ مُبْدِيهِ وَ تَخْشَى النَّاسَ وَ اللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَخْشاهُ‏

(Surah) Al Ahzaab: And when you said to the one whom Allah had Favoured upon and you had favoured upon: ‘Withhold your wife to yourself and fear Allah!’, and you concealed within yourself what Allah would be Manifesting, and you feared the people while Allah is more deserving that you fear Him. [33:37]

سبأ قُلْ إِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّما أَضِلُّ عَلى‏ نَفْسِي وَ إِنِ اهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِما يُوحِي إِلَيَّ رَبِّي إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ‏

(Surah) Saba: Say: ‘If I stray, so it would be a straying against myself, and if I follow Guidance, so it would be due to what my Lord Reveals unto me. Surely He is Hearing, Nearby’ [34:50]

الزمر وَ لَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Zumar: And it has been Revealed to you (people) and to those from before you, if you (people) were to associate, your deeds would be Confiscated and you would happen to be from the losers [39:65]

حمعسق‏ أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرى‏ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً فَإِنْ يَشَإِ اللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلى‏ قَلْبِكَ‏

Or are they saying, He has fabricated a lie upon Allah? But if Allah so Desires, He would Seal upon your heart, [42:24]

الزخرف‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Zukhruf: And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools, did We Make from besides the Beneficent, a God they should be worshipping? [43:45]

و قال تعالى‏ قُلْ إِنْ كانَ لِلرَّحْمنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعابِدِينَ‏

And the Exalted Said: Say: ‘If there was a son for the Beneficent, then I would be the first of the worshippers’ [43:81]

الجاثية ثُمَّ جَعَلْناكَ عَلى‏ شَرِيعَةٍ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْها وَ لا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْواءَ الَّذِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُغْنُوا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئاً

(Surah) Al Jaasiyah: Then We have Made you to be upon a Law from the Command, therefore follow it and do not follow the whims of those who do not know [45:18] They will never avail anything from Allah about you, [45:19]

الفتح‏ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ

(Surah) Al Fat’h: For Allah to Forgive you what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed, [48:2]

النجم‏ وَ ما يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوى‏ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحى‏

(Surah) Al Najm: And he does not speak out of (personal) desire [53:3] Surely, it is only a Revelation He Revealed [53:4] 

التحريم‏ يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ ما أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضاتَ أَزْواجِكَ وَ اللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ‏

(Surah) Al Tahreem: O you the Prophet! Do not deny (yourself) what Allah has Permitted for you, seeking pleasure of your wives, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful [66:1] 

عبس‏ عَبَسَ وَ تَوَلَّى أَنْ جاءَهُ الْأَعْمى‏

(Surah) Abasa: He frowned and turned around [80:1] When the blind man came to him [80:2] 

وَ ما يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّى أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرى‏

And what would make you realise, perhaps he would purify himself? [80:3] Or pay heed, so the Zikr would benefit him? [80:4]

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنى‏ فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّى وَ ما عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّى

As for one who (thinks he) is needless [80:5] So you face up to him [80:6] And what is upon you if he does not purify? [80:7]

وَ أَمَّا مَنْ جاءَكَ يَسْعى‏ وَ هُوَ يَخْشى‏ فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّى

And as to one who comes to you striving [80:8] And he is fearing [80:9] So you are distracting yourself away from him [80:10]

كَلَّا إِنَّها تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَنْ شاءَ ذَكَرَهُ‏

Never! It is a Tazkira [80:11] So one who so desires can heed it [80:12]

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روي‏ أن عتبة بن أبي وقاص شجه يوم أحد و كسر رباعيته فجعل يمسح الدم عن وجهه و يقول كيف يفلح قوم خضبوا وجه نبيهم بالدم

It is reported that Utba Bin Abu Waqas injured him^-saww on the day of Ohad and broke one of his^-saww front teeth. He^-saww wiped the blood from his^-saww face and said: ‘How can a people who have dyed the face of their Prophet^-saww with blood, succeed?’

رُوِيَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَرَّ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عِنْدَهُ صُهَيْبٌ وَ خَبَّابٌ وَ بِلَالٌ وَ عَمَّارٌ وَ غَيْرُهُمْ مِنْ ضُعَفَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَ رَضِيتَ بِهَؤُلَاءِ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ أَ فَنَحْنُ نَكُونُ تَبَعاً لِهَؤُلَاءِ اطْرُدْهُمْ عَنْ بَيْتِكَ فَلَعَلَّكَ إِنْ طَرَدْتَهُمْ اتَّبَعْنَاكَ

It is reported from Abdullah Bin Masoud, he said, ‘The notables of Qureysh passed by Rasool-Allah^-saww, and in his^-saww presence were Suheyb, and Khabbab, and Bilal^-ar, and Ammar^-ar and others from the weak Muslims. They said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Are you^-saww pleased with them rather than your^-saww own people? Are we to become like them? Repel them from your^-saww house! Perhaps, if you^-saww were to repel them, we will follow you^-saww’.

فَقَالَ ص‏ ما أَنَا بِطارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ فَقَالُوا فَأَقِمْهُمْ عَنَّا إِذَا جِئْنَا فَإِذَا قُمْنَا فَأَقْعِدْهُمْ مَعَكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ طَمَعاً فِي إِيمَانِهِمْ

He^-saww said: ‘And I am not going to drive away the Momineen [26:114]’. They said, ‘Make them stand away from us when we come to you^-saww. When we stand up (to go away), sit them with you^-saww if you^-saww so like!’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes’ – in eagerness regarding their professing belief’.

رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ لَهُ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى نَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَا يَصِيرُونَ‏ ثُمَّ أَلَحُّوا وَ قَالُوا لِلرَّسُولِ ص اكْتُبْ بِذَلِكَ كِتَاباً فَدَعَا بِالصَّحِيفَةِ فَنَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ وَ اعْتَذَرَ عُمَرُ مِنْ مَقَالَتِهِ

It is reported that Umar said to him^-saww, ‘If only you^-saww could do that until after we see what they have become!’ Then they insisted and said to the Rasool^-saww, ‘write a document with that!’ He^-saww called for the paper, and so the Verse was Revealed, and Umar apologised from his words.

فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ وَ خَبَّابٌ فِينَا نَزَلَتْ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهُ يَقْعُدُ مَعَنَا وَ نَدْنُو مِنْهُ حَتَّى يَمَسَّ رُكَبُنَا رُكْبَتَهُ وَ كَانَ يَقُومُ عَنَّا إِذَا أَرَادَ الْقِيَامَ فَنَزَلَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ اصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ‏

Salman^-ar and Khabab said, ‘It was Revealed regarding us. Rasool-Allah^-saww used to sit with us and draw us closer to him^-saww to the extent that our knees would touch his^-saww knees, and he would arise from us when he^-saww wanted to stand. His^-azwj Words were Revealed: And observe patience yourself [18:28].

فَتَرَكَ الْقِيَامَ عَنَّا إِلَى أَنْ نَقُومَ عَنْهُ وَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُمِتْنِي حَتَّى أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَصْبِرَ نَفْسِي مَعَ قَوْمٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَعَكُمُ الْمَحْيَا وَ مَعَكُمُ الْمَمَاتُ

He^-saww left the standing from us until we would stand from him^-saww, and he^-saww said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who did not Cause me^-saww to die until He^-azwj Commanded me^-saww to be patient with a group of my^-saww community! With you all is the life and with you all is the death!’’

قَالَ ص‏ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيُرَانُ‏ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَ إِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَ اللَّيْلَةِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً

He^-saww said: ‘It was shown (overcome) upon my^-saww heart, (For Allah to Forgive you what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed, [48:2]) and I^-saww tend to seek Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj seventy times during the day and night’.

وَ قَدْ صَحَّ عَنْهُ ص قَوْلُهُ‏ وُضِعَ عَنْ أُمَّتِي مَا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ نَفْسَهَا مَا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهِ أَوْ يَتَكَلَّمْ

And it has been corrected reported from him^-saww, his^-saww words: ‘It has been placed down from my^-saww community whatever they discuss within their own selves for as long as they do not act or speak with it’.

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَطَاءٍ إِنَّ شَيْطَاناً يُقَالُ لَهُ الْأَبْيَضُ أَتَاهُ عَلَى صُورَةِ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع وَ أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ فَقَرَأَهَا فَسَمِعَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ ذَلِكَ وَ أَعْجَبَهُمْ فَجَاءَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع وَ اسْتَعْرَضَهُ فَقَرَأَ السُّورَةَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةِ قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع أَنَا مَا جِئْتُكَ بِهَذِهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي آتٍ عَلَى صُورَتِكَ فَأَلْقَاهُ‏ عَلَى لِسَانِي

Ibn Abbas said in a report by Ata’a, ‘A Satan^-la called Al Abyaz came to him^-saww in the image of Jibraeel^-as and cast this phrase to him^-saww. He^-saww recited it. The Polytheist heard that and it fascinated them. Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww and reviewed it. He^-saww recited the Chapter. When he^-saww reached to that phrase, Jibraeel^-as said: ‘I^-as did not come to you^-saww with this!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘A come had come to me^-as in your^-as image and cast it upon my^-saww tongue’’. (derogatory)

رواه المفضل بن عمر عن الصادق ع قال‏ سأله رجل عن هذه الآية فقال و الله ما كان له ذنب و لكن الله ضمن له أن يغفر ذنوب شيعة علي ع ما تقدم من ذنبهم و ما تأخر

It is reported by Mufazzal Bin Umar from Al Sadiq^-asws, he said, ‘A man asked him^-asws about this Verse (For Allah to Forgive you what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed, [48:2]). He^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! There was no sin for him^-saww! But, Allah^-azwj Guaranteed for him^-saww to He^-azwj would Forgive the sins of the Shias of Ali^-asws, whatever had been forwarded from their sins and whatever have been delayed’.

وَ رَوَى عُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ قَالَ مَا كَانَ لَهُ ذَنْبٌ وَ لَا هَمَّ بِذَنْبٍ وَ لَكِنَّ اللَّهَ حَمَّلَهُ ذُنُوبَ شِيعَتِهِ ثُمَّ غَفَرَهَا لَهُ‏

And it is reported by Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘For Allah to Forgive you what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed [48:2]’. He^-asws said: ‘There was neither any sin for him^-saww, nor did he^-saww thing of sinning, but Allah^-azwj Loaded the sins of his^-saww Shias upon him^-saww, then Forgave these for him^-saww’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا رَأَى عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ قَالَ مَرْحَباً مَرْحَباً لَا وَ اللَّهِ لَا يُعَاتِبُنِي اللَّهُ فِيكَ أَبَداً وَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِيهِ مِنَ اللُّطْفِ حَتَّى كَانَ يَكُفُّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص مِمَّا يَفْعَلُ بِهِ

And it is reported from Al Sadiq^-asws, he^-asws said: ‘Whenever Rasool-Allah^-saww saw Abdullah Ibn Umm Maktoum, he^-saww said: ‘Welcome! Welcome! No, by Allah^-azwj! Allah^-azwj will not Reproach me^-saww regarding you, ever!’ – and he^-saww used to deal with such kindness with him until he refrained from the Prophet^-saww from what he used to do with him^-saww’.

1- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ بِالْحَقِ‏ الْآيَةَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ سَبَبَ نُزُولِهَا أَنَّ قَوْماً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ بَنِي أُبَيْرِقٍ‏ إِخْوَةً ثَلَاثَةً كَانُوا مُنَافِقِينَ بُشَيْرٌ وَ مُبَشِّرٌ وَ بِشْرٌ فَنَقَبُوا عَلَى عَمِّ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ وَ كَانَ قَتَادَةُ بَدْرِيّاً وَ أَخْرَجُوا طَعَاماً كَانَ أَعَدَّهُ لِعِيَالِهِ وَ سَيْفاً وَ دِرْعاً

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – His^-azwj Words: We Revealed the Book to you with the Truth [4:105] – the Verse. The cause for its Revelation was that a group from the Helpers from the clan of Ibreeq, three brothers who were hypocrites – Bashir, and Mubasher, and Bishr, rummaged (hunted) an uncle of Qatadah Bin Al-Numan, and Qatada was a ‘Badariyya’ (a participant in the battle of Badr), and they brought out food which he had prepared for his dependants, and a sword and a shield.

فَشَكَا قَتَادَةُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ قَوْماً أَنْقَبُوا عَلَى عَمِّي وَ أَخَذُوا طَعَاماً كَانَ أَعَدَّهُ لِعِيَالِهِ وَ دِرْعاً وَ سَيْفاً وَ هُمْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ سَوْءٍ وَ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ فِي الرَّأْيِ رَجُلٌ مُؤْمِنٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ لَبِيدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ فَقَالَ بَنُو أُبَيْرِقٍ لِقَتَادَةَ هَذَا عَمَلُ لَبِيدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ

Qatadah complained of that to Rasool-Allah^-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! A group of people have rummaged upon my uncle and seized food which he had prepared for his dependants, and a shield and a sword, and they are of an evil family’; and with them in the opinion of the man was a Momin called Labeed Bin Sahl. The clan of Beyraq said to Qatadah said, ‘This is the work of Labeed Bin Sahl’.

فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ‏ لَبِيداً فَأَخَذَ سَيْفَهُ وَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي أُبَيْرِقٍ أَ تَرْمُونَنِي بِالسَّرَقِ‏ وَ أَنْتُمْ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنِّي وَ أَنْتُمُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ تَهْجُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ تَنْسُبُونَهُ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّ ذَلِكَ أَوْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ سَيْفِي مِنْكُمْ فَدَارُوهُ فَقَالُوا لَهُ‏ ارْجِعْ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ‏ فَإِنَّكَ بَرِي‏ءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

That reached Labeed, and he grabbed his sword and went out against them and said, ‘O clan of Ibreeq! Are you accusing me with the theft and although you are foremost with it than I am? And you are the hypocrites agitating Rasool-Allah^-saww and attributing him^-saww to Qureysh. Explain that or else I will fill my sword from you all’. They encircled him and said to him, ‘Return, may Allah^-azwj have Mercy on you, for you are free from that’.

فَمَشَى بَنُو أُبَيْرِقٍ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ رَهْطِهِمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ وَ كَانَ مِنْطِيقاً بَلِيغاً فَمَشَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ قَتَادَةَ بْنَ النُّعْمَانِ عَمَدَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ مِنَّا أَهْلِ شَرَفٍ وَ حَسَبٍ وَ نَسَبٍ فَرَمَاهُمْ بِالسَّرَقِ وَ أَنَّبَهُمْ‏ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ

The clan of Ibreeq walked to a man from their group called Aseyd Bin Urwa, and he was an eloquent speaker. He walked to Rasool-Allah^-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Qatadah Bin Al Numan deliberate to a family from us, people of nobility, and affiliation and lineage, and accused them of the theft, and slandered them with what isn’t in them’.

فَاغْتَمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ جَاءَ إِلَيْهِ قَتَادَةُ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمَدْتَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِ شَرَفٍ وَ حَسَبٍ وَ نَسَبٍ فَرَمَيْتَهُمْ بِالسَّرِقَةِ فَعَاتَبَهُ‏ عِتَاباً شَدِيداً فَاغْتَمَّ قَتَادَةُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ رَجَعَ إِلَى عَمِّهِ وَ قَالَ لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ وَ لَمْ أُكَلِّمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَدْ كَلَّمَنِي بِمَا كَرِهْتُهُ

Rasool-Allah^-saww was gloomy about that, and Qatadah came to him^-saww, so Rasool-Allah^-saww turned towards him and said: ‘Did you deliberate to the people of a household which is of noble affiliations and lineage and accused them of the theft?’ He^-saww reproached him with severe reproach. Qatadah was gloomy and returned to his uncle and said, ‘If only I had died and Rasool-Allah^-saww had not spoken, for he^-saww has spoken to me with what is disliked’.

فَقَالَ عَمُّهُ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ص‏ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ بِالْحَقِ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ هُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ ما لا يَرْضى‏ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ‏ يَعْنِي الْفِعْلَ فَوَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ مَقَامَ الْفِعْلِ

His uncle said, ‘Allah^-azwj is the Helper’. Allah^-azwj Revealed regarding that unto His^-azwj Prophet: We Revealed the Book to you with the Truth [4:105] – up to His^-azwj Words: and He is with them when they are spending the nights in what does not Please Him from the words; [4:108], meaning the deed, and the word falls in place of the deeds.

ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِ بَرِيئاً لَبِيدَ بْنَ سَهْلٍ

Then said, ‘Then they accused an innocent one with it, Labeed Bin Sahl’. (historical report)

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أُنَاساً مِنْ رَهْطِ بُشَيْرٍ الْأَدْنَيْنَ قَالُوا انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص نُكَلِّمُهُ فِي صَاحِبِنَا وَ نُعْذِرُهُ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا بَرِي‏ءٌ فَلَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ لا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ مَعَهُمْ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَكِيلًا فَأَقْبَلَتْ رَهْطُ بُشَيْرٍ فَقَالُوا يَا بُشَيْرُ اسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ وَ تُبْ‏ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ فَقَالَ وَ الَّذِي أَحْلِفُ بِهِ مَا سَرَقَهَا إِلَّا لَبِيدٌ فَنَزَلَتْ‏ وَ مَنْ يَكْسِبْ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ إِثْماً ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِ بَرِيئاً فَقَدِ احْتَمَلَ بُهْتاناً وَ إِثْماً مُبِيناً

And in a report of Abu Al-Jaroud,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘A people from the tribe of Bashir Al-Adneyn said, ‘Let us go to Rasool-Allah^-saww and speak to him regarding our companions and excuse him, for our companion is innocent’. So, when Allah^-azwj Revealed They are concealing from the people, and they cannot conceal from Allah [4:108] – up to His^-azwj Words their protector? [4:109], they said, ‘O Bashir! Seek Forgiveness from Allah^-azwj and repent to Him^-azwj from the sins. He said, ‘I swear by it none has stolen it except Labeyd’. Then it was Revealed And the one who earns a vice or a sin, then he accuses an innocent one with it, so he has carried a burden of slander and a clear sin [4:112].

ثُمَّ إِنَّ بُشَيْراً كَفَرَ وَ لَحِقَ بِمَكَّةَ وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي النَّفْرِ الَّذِينَ أَعْذَرُوا بُشَيْراً وَ أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ص لِيُعْذِرُوهُ‏ وَ لَوْ لا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَتُهُ لَهَمَّتْ طائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُضِلُّوكَ وَ ما يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ ما يَضُرُّونَكَ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ عَلَّمَكَ ما لَمْ تَكُنْ تَعْلَمُ وَ كانَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ عَظِيماً

Then Bashir disbelieved and attached himself with Makkans, and Allah^-azwj Revealed regarding the ones who forgave Bashir, and came to the Prophet^-saww to forgive him, in His^-azwj Words is: And had it not been for the Grace of Allah upon you and His Mercy, a group of them would have resolved to stray you, and they would not have strayed anyone except for their own selves; and they will not harm you with anything; and Allah Revealed upon you the Book and the Wisdom and Taught you what you did not happen to know; and the Grace of Allah was great upon you [4:113].

فَنَزَلَ‏ فِي بُشَيْرٍ وَ هُوَ بِمَكَّةَ وَ مَنْ يُشاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ما تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدى‏ وَ يَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ ما تَوَلَّى وَ نُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَ ساءَتْ مَصِيراً

It was Revealed regarding while he was at Makkah: And whoever contends the Rasool after the Guidance has clarified to him, and he follows other than the way of the Momineen, We will Turn him to what he had turned towards and he will arrive to Hell; and it is an evil fate [4:115]

وَ فِي تَفْسِيرِ النُّعْمَانِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي فِي كِتَابِ الْقُرْآنِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ قَوْماً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ كَانُوا يُعْرَفُونَ بِبَنِي أُبَيْرِقٍ وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ نَحْواً مِمَّا رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَوَّلًا

And in Tafseer of Al-Numany, by his chain which will be coming in ‘the book of the Quran’, from Amir Al-Momineen^-asws having said: ‘A group from the Helpers were recognising the clan of Ibreeq’ – and continued the Hadeeth to approximately to what Ali Ibn Ibrahim as reported first (above).[46]

2- فس، تفسير القمي فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ وَ إِنْ كانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْراضُهُمْ‏ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُحِبُّ إِسْلَامَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ دَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ جَهَدَ بِهِ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ فَغَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّقَاءُ فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ إِنْ كانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْراضُهُمْ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ نَفَقاً فِي الْأَرْضِ‏ يَقُولُ سَرَباً

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – In a report of Abu Al-Jaroud,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: And if their turning away was grievous upon you, [6:35]. He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww loved (to convert to) Islam, Al-Haris Bin Aamir bin Nowfal Bin Abd Manaf. Rasool-Allah^-saww invited him and he rejected him^-saww (from accepting) Islam and the wretchedness overcame upon him. So that was grievous upon Rasool-Allah^-saww, and Allah^-azwj Revealed: And if their turning away was grievous upon you, so (even) if you could seek a tunnel in the ground [6:35]. He^-azwj is saying (Meaning), their slipping away.[47]

وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ نَفَقاً فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّماً فِي السَّماءِ قَالَ إِنْ قَدَرْتَ أَنْ تَحْفِرَ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ تَصْعَدَ السَّمَاءَ أَيْ لَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ وَ لَوْ شاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى الْهُدى‏ أَيْ جَعَلَهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْجاهِلِينَ‏ مُخَاطَبَةٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص وَ الْمَعْنَى لِلنَّاسِ‏

3- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ لا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَداةِ وَ الْعَشِيِ‏ الْآيَةَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ سَبَبُ نُزُولِهَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَوْمٌ فُقَرَاءُ مُؤْمِنُونَ يُسَمَّوْنَ أَصْحَابَ الصُّفَّةِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَكُونُوا فِي صُفَّةٍ يَأْوُونَ إِلَيْهَا وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَتَعَاهَدُهُمْ بِنَفْسِهِ وَ رُبَّمَا حَمَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ وَ كَانُوا يَخْتَلِفُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَيَقْرَبُهُمْ وَ يَقْعُدُ مَعَهُمْ وَ يُؤْنِسُهُمْ

His^-azwj Words: And do not expel those who are supplicating to their Lord in the morning and the evening [6:52] – the Verse. ‘The reason for its Revelation was that there was a group of people at Al-Medina of poor Momineen referred to as ‘The people of the platform’,[48] and Rasool-Allah^-saww had ordered them that they should happen to be in the platform taking shelter to it, and Rasool-Allah^-saww used to frequently be with them himself^-saww, and sometimes he^-saww would carry over to them what they could eat, and they used to be differing to Rasool-Allah^-saww. He^-saww would draw them near and be seated with them, and be cordial to them.

وَ كَانَ إِذَا جَاءَ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَ الْمُتْرَفُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ينكروا [أَنْكَرُوا] عَلَيْهِ‏ ذَلِكَ وَ يقولوا [يَقُولُونَ‏] لَهُ اطْرُدْهُمْ

And it so happened that when the rich ones and the affluent from his^-saww companions came, they used to criticise that upon him^-saww, and they were saying to him^-saww, ‘Expel them from you^-saww!’

عَنْكَ فَجَاءَ يَوْماً رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ‏ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ قَدْ لَزِقَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُهُ فَقَعَدَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ بِالْبُعْدِ مِنْهُمَا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَقَدَّمْ فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَعَلَّكَ خِفْتَ أَنْ يَلْزَقَ فَقْرُهُ بِكَ

One day a man from the Helpers came to Rasool-Allah^-saww and in his^-saww presence was a man from the companions of the platform, and he had adhered to Rasool-Allah^-saww, and Rasool-Allah^-saww was narrating to him, and the Helper sat remotely from him. Rasool-Allah^-saww said to him: ‘Come forward!’ But he did not do so. Rasool-Allah^-saww said to him: ‘Perhaps you fear that his poverty would get affixed with you!?’

فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ اطْرُدْ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنْكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ لا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ‏ الْآيَةَ

The Helper said, ‘Expel them (the people of the platform) from you^-saww’. Therefore Allah^-azwj Revealed: And do not expel those who are supplicating to their Lord [6:52]’’.[49]

ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ وَ كَذلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ‏ أَيْ اخْتَبَرْنَا الْأَغْنِيَاءَ بِالْغِنَى لِنَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ مُوَاسَاتُهُمْ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَ كَيْفَ يُخْرِجُونَ مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ اخْتَبَرْنَا الْفُقَرَاءَ لِنَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ صَبْرُهُمْ عَلَى الْفَقْرِ وَ عَمَّا فِي أَيْدِي الْأَغْنِيَاءِ لِيَقُولُوا أَيِ الْفُقَرَاءُ أَ هؤُلاءِ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَيْنِنا أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِالشَّاكِرِينَ‏ ثُمَّ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ عَلَى التَّوَّابِينَ الَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا فَقَالَ‏ وَ إِذا جاءَكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآياتِنا فَقُلْ سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلى‏ نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ يَعْنِي أَجِبِ الرَّحْمَةَ لِمَنْ تَابَ وَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ‏ أَنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ سُوءاً بِجَهالَةٍ ثُمَّ تابَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ أَصْلَحَ فَأَنَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ‏

4- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ إِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ نَزْغٌ‏ قَالَ إِنْ عَرَضَ فِي قَلْبِكَ مِنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ وَسْوَسَةٌ

(P.s. – opinion)[50]

5- فس، تفسير القمي فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْكَ لِمَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَ تَعْلَمَ الْكاذِبِينَ‏ يَقُولُ تَعْرِفُ أَهْلَ الْعُذْرِ وَ الَّذِينَ جَلَسُوا بِغَيْرِ عُذْرٍ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – And in a report of Abu Al-Jaroud,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: May Allah Pardon you! Why did you permit for them until it became clear to you, those who were truthful and you came to know the liars? [9:43]. He^-azwj is Telling him^-saww to recognise the people of (valid) excuse, and those who are sitting back without any excuse’’.[51]

6- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الرَّاشِدِيِ‏ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ أَوْحَى‏ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فِي عَلِيٍّ ع‏ مَا أَوْحَى مِنْ شَرَفِهِ وَ عِظَمِهِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَ رُدَّ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ وَ جَمَعَ لَهُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ صَلَّوْا خَلْفَهُ عَرَضَ فِي نَفْسِهِ‏ مِنْ عِظَمِ مَا أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ فِي عَلِيٍّ ع

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Amro Bin Saeed Al Rashidy, from Ibn Muskan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When there was an Ascension (Mi’raj) with Rasool-Allah^-azwj to the sky, and Allah^-azwj Revealed to him^-saww regarding Ali^-asws what He^-azwj Revealed, from his^-asws nobility, and his^-asws greatness in the Presence of Allah^-azwj, passed by Bayt Al-Mamour and the Prophets^-as had gathered for him^-saww, and they^-as prayed Salat behind him^-saww, he^-saww realised within himself^-saww from the greatness of what had been Revealed to him^-saww regarding Ali^-asws.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ يَعْنِي الْأَنْبِيَاءَ فَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ مَا أَنْزَلْنَا فِي كِتَابِكَ‏ لَقَدْ جاءَكَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُمْتَرِينَ وَ لا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآياتِ اللَّهِ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ‏

Allah^-azwj Revealed: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you. [10:94] – meaning the Prophets^-as for it had been Revealed unto them^-as in their^-as Books from his^-asws merits what We^-azwj Revealed in your^-saww Book – The Truth has come to you from your Lord, therefore do not become from the doubters [10:94] And do not become from those who are belying the Signs of Allah, for you would become from the losers [10:95].

فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا شَكَّ وَ لَا سَأَلَ‏

Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! Neither did he^-saww doubt nor questioned’’.[52]

7- فس، تفسير القمي‏ لا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُوماً مَخْذُولًا أَيْ فِي النَّارِ وَ هُوَ مُخَاطَبَةٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص وَ الْمَعْنَى لِلنَّاسِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ الصَّادِقِ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ نَبِيَّهُ بِإِيَّاكِ أَعْنِي وَ اسْمَعِي يَا جَارَهْ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Do not make another god to be with Allah, lest you be seated Condemned, Abandoned [17:22] – i.e., in the Fire, and it is addressed to the Prophet^-saww and it means the people, and it is the word of Al-Sadiq^-asws: ‘Allah^-azwj Sent His^-azwj Prophet^-saww, meaning you and Make others to hear’’.[53]

8- فس، تفسير القمي‏ فَتُلْقى‏ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَلُوماً مَدْحُوراً فَالْمُخَاطَبَةُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص وَ الْمَعْنَى لِلنَّاسِ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ إِنْ كادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّذِي أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنا غَيْرَهُ‏ قَالَ يَعْنِي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ وَ إِذاً لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا أَيْ صَدِيقاً لَوْ أَقَمْتَ غَيْرَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ وَ لَوْ لا أَنْ ثَبَّتْناكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئاً قَلِيلًا إِذاً لَأَذَقْناكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَياةِ وَ ضِعْفَ الْمَماتِ‏ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ

(opinion)[54]

9- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ لَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ‏ فَهَذِهِ مُخَاطَبَةٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص وَ الْمَعْنَى لِأُمَّتِهِ وَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ‏ بَلِ اللَّهَ فَاعْبُدْ وَ كُنْ مِنَ‏ الشَّاكِرِينَ‏ وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ نَبِيَّهُ ص يَعْبُدُهُ وَ يَشْكُرُهُ وَ لَكِنِ اسْتَعْبَدَ نَبِيَّهُ ص بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَيْهِ تَأْدِيباً لِأُمَّتِهِ

حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص‏ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ‏ قَالَ تَفْسِيرُهَا لَئِنْ أَمَرْتَ بِوَلَايَةِ أَحَدٍ مَعَ وَلَايَةِ عَلِيٍّ ع مِنْ بَعْدِكَ‏ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ‏

It is narrated to us by Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Abdul Kareem Bin Abdul Raheem, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Ibn Al Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww: If you (people) were to associate, your deeds would be confiscated and you would happen to be from the losers [39:65]. He^-asws said: ‘It’s interpretation is ‘If you^-saww were to order with the Wilayah of anyone (else) with the Wilayah of Ali^-asws from after you^-saww, your deeds would be confiscated and you (people) would happen to be from the losers [39:65]’’.[55]

10- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ نَافِعٌ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏ مَنِ الَّذِي‏ سَأَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص‏ وَ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ عِيسَى ع خَمْسُمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al Sumaly, from Abu Al Rabie who said,

Nafau asked Abu Ja’far^-asws saying, ‘Inform me about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww: And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools, did We Make from besides the Beneficent, a God they should be worshipping? [43:45]. Who was the one that Muhammad^-saww asked, since there were five hundred years in between him^-saww and Isa^-as?’

قَالَ فَتَلَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بارَكْنا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آياتِنا فَكَانَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي أَرَاهَا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص حِينَ أَسْرَى بِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ أَنْ حَشَرَ اللَّهُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far^-asws recited this Verse: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al Aqsa Which We have Blessed its precincts in order to Show him form Our Signs. [17:1]. It was from the Signs which Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Showed to Muhammad^-saww where He^-azwj was journeyed with to Bayt Al-Maqdas, that Allah^-azwj, Mighty is His^-azwj Mention, Assembled the former ones and the latter ones from the Prophets^-as and the Messengers^-as.

ثُمَّ أَمَرَ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَأَذَّنَ شَفْعاً وَ أَقَامَ شَفْعاً ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي إِقَامَتِهِ حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ

Then He^-azwj Commanded Jibraeel^-as, so he^-as called the Azan pre-emptively and called the Iqamah pre-emptively and said during his^-as Azan (the phrase): ‘Hurry to the best of the deeds! (حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ)’.

ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص فَصَلَّى بِالْقَوْمِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَامَ تَشْهَدُونَ وَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أُخِذَتْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مَوَاثِيقُنَا وَ عُهُودُنَا

Then Muhammad^-saww proceeded and led Salat with the people. When he^-saww had finished, he^-saww asked them: ‘What did you testify to and what did you worship?’ They replied, ‘We testified that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, One with no associates to Him^-azwj, and that you^-saww are the Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and it is upon that, that He^-azwj Took a Covenant from us and the Confirmation’.

قَالَ نَافِعٌ صَدَقْتَ يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ

So Nafa’u said, ‘You^-asws have spoken the truth, O Abu Ja’far^-asws!’’.[56]

11- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قُلْ إِنْ كانَ لِلرَّحْمنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعابِدِينَ‏ يَعْنِي أَوَّلَ الْآنِفِينَ لَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ

(P.s. – opinion)[57]

12- فس، تفسير القمي قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ ثُمَّ جَعَلْناكَ عَلى‏ شَرِيعَةٍ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ لَنْ يُغْنُوا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئاً فَهَذَا تَأْدِيبٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْمَعْنَى لِأُمَّتِهِ‏

(P.s. – opinion)[58]

13- فس، تفسير القمي‏ عَبَسَ وَ تَوَلَّى أَنْ جاءَهُ الْأَعْمى‏ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي عُثْمَانَ وَ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَ كَانَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ مُؤَذِّنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَانَ أَعْمَى وَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عِنْدَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ وَ عُثْمَانُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَدَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَعَبَسَ عُثْمَانُ وَجْهَهُ وَ تَوَلَّى عَنْهُ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – He frowned and turned around [80:1] When the blind man came to him [80:2]. He (Ali Bin Ibrahim) said, ‘It was Revealed regarding Usman and Ibn Am Maktoum. And Ibn Am Maktoum used to be a Muezzin for the Rasool-Allah^-saww, and he was blind. So (one day) he came to the Rasool-Allah^-saww, and in his^-saww presence were his^-saww companions, and Usman was (also) in his^-saww presence. Rasool-Allah^-saww led him (to sit) higher than Usman. Usman frowned his face and turned away from him.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ عَبَسَ وَ تَوَلَّى‏ يَعْنِي عُثْمَانَ‏ أَنْ جاءَهُ الْأَعْمى‏ وَ ما يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّى‏ أَيْ يَكُونُ طَاهِراً أَزْكَى‏ أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ قَالَ يُذَكِّرُهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرى‏

So Allah^-azwj Revealed: He frowned and turned around [80:1] – Meaning Usman. When the blind man came to him [80:2] And what would make you realise, perhaps he would purify himself? [80:3] – i.e. become clean, pure, Or pay heed [80:4]. He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww would remind him, so the Zikr would benefit him? [80:4].

ثُمَّ خَاطَبَ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ‏ أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنى‏ فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّى‏ قَالَ أَنْتَ إِذَا جَاءَكَ غَنِيٌّ تَتَصَدَّى لَهُ وَ تَرْفَعُهُ‏ وَ ما عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّى‏ أَيْ لَا تُبَالِي زَكِيّاً كَانَ أَوْ غَيْرَ زَكِيٍّ إِذَا كَانَ غَنِيّاً ‏

Then He^-azwj Addressed Usman, so He^-azwj Said: As for one who (thinks he) is needless [80:5] So you face up to him [80:6]. He^-asws said: ‘You (Usman), if a rich man comes to you, you address him and appreciate him. And what is upon you if he does not purify? [80:7] – i.e., you (Usman) would not have cared whether he was purified or without purification, if he was rich.

وَ أَمَّا مَنْ جاءَكَ يَسْعى‏ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ‏ وَ هُوَ يَخْشى‏ فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّى‏ أَيْ تَلْهُو وَ لَا تَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِ

And as to one who comes to you striving [80:8] – Meaning Ibn Am Maktoum. And he is fearing [80:9] So you are distracting yourself away from him [80:10], i.e. you play around, and are not turning towards him’’.[59]

14- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَ لا نَبِيٍ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ‏ فَإِنَّ الْعَامَّةَ رَوَوْا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَ قُرَيْشٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ أَ فَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَ الْعُزَّى وَ مَناةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرى‏ أَجْرَى إِبْلِيسُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ فَإِنَّهَا الْغَرَانِيقُ الْعُلَى‏ وَ إِنَّ شَفَاعَتَهُنَّ لَتُرْتَجَى

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – And We did not Send a Rasool or a Prophet before you [22:52] – up to His^-azwj Words: and Allah is Knowing, Wise [22:52]. The general Muslims (Non-Shia) have reported that Rasool-Allah^-saww was in the Salat and he^-saww recited Surah Al Najm, in the Sacred Masjid, and Qureysh were listening to his^-saww recitation. When he^-saww ended up at this Verse: So have you considered Al-Laat and Al-Uzza, [53:19] and Al-Manat, the third, the other? [53:20], Iblees^-la flowed it upon his^-la tongue, ‘These are the first ones to flatter and their intercession you should be hoping for’.

فَفَرِحَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَ سَجَدُوا وَ كَانَ فِي الْقَوْمِ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ وَ هُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ فَأَخَذَ كَفّاً مِنْ حَصًى فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَ قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ قَدْ أَقَرَّ مُحَمَّدٌ بِشَفَاعَةِ اللَّاتِ وَ الْعُزَّى

Qureysh rejoiced and prostrated; and among the people was Al Waleed Bin Al Mugheira Al Mahzoumy, and he was an old man. He grabbed a handful of pebbles and prostrated upon it, and he was seated, and Qureysh said, ‘Muhammad^-saww has accepted with the intercession of Al-Laat, and Al-Uzza (two idols)’.

قَالَ فَنَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَقَالَ لَهُ قَرَأْتَ مَا لَمْ أُنْزِلْ عَلَيْكَ‏ وَ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَ لا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا إِذا تَمَنَّى أَلْقَى الشَّيْطانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّتِهِ فَيَنْسَخُ اللَّهُ ما يُلْقِي الشَّيْطانُ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘Jibraeel^-as descended and said to him^-saww: ‘You^-saww have recited what has not been Revealed unto you^-saww (yet), and it was Revealed unto him^-saww: ‘And We did not Send a Rasool or a Prophet before you except whenever he desired, the Satan (also) cast in his desire. But, Allah Abrogated whatever the Satan casted, [22:52]’.

وَ أَمَّا الْخَاصَّةُ فَإِنَّهُ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَصَابَهُ خَصَاصَةٌ فَجَاءَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ طَعَامٍ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ ذَبَحَ لَهُ عَنَاقاً وَ شَوَاهُ فَلَمَّا أَدْنَاهُ مِنْهُ‏ تَمَنَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ وَ فَاطِمَةُ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع

And as for the special ones (Shias), it is reported from Abu Abdullah^-asws that Rasool-Allah^-saww was hit by poverty, so he^-saww came to a man from the Helpers and said to him: ‘Is there any food with you?’ He said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’, and he slaughtered a neck (sheep) and grilled it. When he^-saww went near it, Rasool-Allah^-saww wished that Ali^-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima^-asws, and Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws be with him^-saww.

فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ ع بَعْدَهُمَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ وَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَ لَا نَبِيٍّ وَ لَا مُحَدَّثٍ‏ إِلَّا إِذَا تَمَنَّى أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّتِهِ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ فَيَنْسَخُ اللَّهُ ما يُلْقِي الشَّيْطانُ‏ يَعْنِي لَمَّا جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ ع بَعْدَهُمَا ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ اللَّهُ آياتِهِ‏ لِلنَّاسِ يَعْنِي يَنْصُرُ اللَّهُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع

Abu Bakr and Umar came, then Ali^-asws came after them, and Allah^-azwj Revealed regarding that: And We did not Send a Rasool or a Prophet, or a Muhaddith before you except whenever he desired, the Satan (also) cast in his desire [22:52] – meaning Abu Bakr and Umar. But, Allah Abrogated whatever the Satan casted – meaning when Ali^-asws came after them, then Allah Empowered His Signs [22:52] – meaning Allah^-azwj Helped Amir Al-Momineen^-asws’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ لِيَجْعَلَ ما يُلْقِي الشَّيْطانُ فِتْنَةً يَعْنِي فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً لِلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَ الْقاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ‏ يَعْنِي إِلَى الْإِمَامِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ

Then He^-azwj Said: So He Made what the Satan casted – meaning so and so, and so and so, to be a fitna for those in whose hearts was a disease, and their hearts were hard [22:53], meaning toward the correct Imam^-asws.

ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ وَ لا يَزالُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْهُ‏ أَيْ فِي شَكٍّ مِنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذابُ يَوْمٍ عَقِيمٍ‏ قَالَ الْعَقِيمُ الَّذِي لَا مِثْلَ لَهُ فِي الْأَيَّامِ ‏

Then He^-azwj Said: And those who commit Kufr will not cease to be in doubt from it – i.e. being in doubt from Amir Al-Momineen^-asws, until the Hour comes to them suddenly, or there comes to them Punishment of a Destructive day [22:55]. He^-asws said: ‘The destructive is that which there is no example for it during the (current) days’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلَّهِ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ وَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَ كَذَّبُوا بِآياتِنا قَالَ وَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِوَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع‏ فَأُولئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ مُهِينٌ

Then He^-azwj Said: The Kingdom on that Day is for Allah. He will Judge between them. So those who believe and are doing righteous deeds will be in Gardens of Bliss [22:56] And those who commit Kufr and belie Our Signs, [22:57]. He^-asws said: ‘And they did not believe in the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and the Imams^-asws, for them would be a humiliating Punishment [22:57]’’.[60]

15- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب قَالَ عَلَمُ الْهُدَى وَ النَّاصِرُ لِلْحَقِّ فِي رِوَايَاتِهِمْ‏ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ أَ فَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَ الْعُزَّى وَ مَناةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرى‏ أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي تِلَاوَتِهِ تِلْكَ الْغَرَانِيقُ الْعُلَى وَ إِنَّ شَفَاعَتَهُنَّ لَتُرْتَجَى فَسَرَّ بِذَلِكَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى السَّجْدَةِ سَجَدَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ مَعاً

لِأَنَّ الْمُفَسِّرِينَ رَوَوْا فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ ما كانَ صَلاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكاءً كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَقَامَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ عَبْدِ الدَّارِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ يَصْفِرَانِ وَ رَجُلَانِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ يُصَفِّقَانِ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا فَيُخَلِّطَانِ‏ عَلَيْهِ صَلَاتَهُ فَقَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعاً بِبَدْرٍ قَوْلُهُ‏ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذابَ‏

وَ رُوِيَ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ قالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَيْ قَالَ رُؤَسَاؤُهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لِأَتْبَاعِهِمْ لَمَّا عَجَزُوا عَنْ مُعَارَضَةِ الْقُرْآنِ‏ لا تَسْمَعُوا لِهذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَ الْغَوْا فِيهِ‏ أَيْ عَارِضُوهُ بِاللَّغْوِ وَ الْبَاطِلِ وَ الْمُكَاءِ وَ رَفْعِ الصَّوْتِ بِالشِّعْرِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ‏ بِاللَّغْوِ

(opinion)[61]

16- ع، علل الشرائع ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى‏ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا شَكَّ وَ لَا أَشُكُ‏

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Ibn Aban, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Hamad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umeyr raising it to,

‘One of the two (5^th or 6^th Imam^-asws having said regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you. [10:94]: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww neither doubt nor do I^-saww question’’.[62]

17- ع، علل الشرائع الْمُظَفَّرُ الْعَلَوِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَيَّاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الدَّارِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْإِذْخِرِيِّ وَ كَانَ مِمَّنْ يَصْحَبُ مُوسَى بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الرِّضَا ع‏ أَنَّ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ أَكْثَمَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ فِيهَا وَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ مَنِ الْمُخَاطَبُ بِالْآيَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمُخَاطَبُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ص‏ أَ لَيْسَ قَدْ شَكَّ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الْمُخَاطَبُ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ فَعَلَى غَيْرِهِ‏ إِذَا أُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابُ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Al Muzaffar Al Alawy, from Ibn Al Ayyashi, from his father, from Ali Bin Abdullah, from Bakr Bin Salih, from Abu Al Khayr, from Muhammad bin Hasan, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Al Dary, from Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Azkhary, and he was from the one who accompanied,

‘Musa Bin Ahmad son of Al-Reza^-asws, that Musa informed him^-asws that Yahya Bin Aksam wrote to him^-asws asking him^-asws about issues. Among these was, ‘Inform me about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you [10:94]. Who is addressed by the Verse? If the Prophet^-saww was Addressed by it, so hadn’t he^-saww doubted regarding what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to him^-saww? And if someone else was Addressed by it, then the Book was Revealed upon someone else?’

قَالَ مُوسَى فَسَأَلْتُ أَخِي عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ فَإِنَّ الْمُخَاطَبَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

Musa said, ‘I asked my brother Ali^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws about that. He^-asws said: ‘As for His^-azwj Words: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you [10:94], the Addressee by that is Rasool-Allah^-saww, and he^-saww did not happen to be in doubt from what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed.

وَ لَكِنْ قَالَتِ الْجَهَلَةُ كَيْفَ لَا يَبْعَثُ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيّاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ غَيْرِهِ فِي الِاسْتِغْنَاءِ عَنِ الْمَأْكَلِ وَ الْمَشْرَبِ‏ وَ الْمَشْيِ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ ص‏ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ بِمَحْضَرٍ مِنَ الْجَهَلَةِ هَلْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولًا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَ يَمْشِي فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ وَ لَكَ بِهِمْ أُسْوَةٌ

But the ignorant ones said, ‘How come a Prophet from the Angels was not Sent to us?’ Surely, there is no difference between him and others regarding the need from the eating and the drinking, and the walking in the markets’. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed: then ask those who have read the Book from before you [10:94], a testimony from the ignorant ones. Has Allah^-azwj Sent any Rasool^-saww before you^-saww except and he^-as ate the food and walked in the markets? And for you there is an example with them^-as.

وَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍ‏ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ‏ وَ لَكِنْ لِيُنْصِفَهُمْ‏ كَمَا قَالَ لَهُ ص‏ فَقُلْ تَعالَوْا نَدْعُ أَبْناءَنا وَ أَبْناءَكُمْ وَ نِساءَنا وَ نِساءَكُمْ وَ أَنْفُسَنا وَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَلْ لَعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكاذِبِينَ‏ وَ لَوْ قَالَ تَعَالَوْا نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَلْ لَعْنَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يُجِيبُونَ لِلْمُبَاهَلَةِ

And rather He^-azwj Said: ‘But if you are in doubt [10:94], and he^-saww did not happen to be so, but for the fairness, just as he^-saww said to him: ‘‘Come, let us call our sons and your sons, and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves, then let us imprecate and make the Curse of Allah to be upon the liars [3:61], and if he^-saww had said: ‘Imprecate and make the Curse of Allah^-azwj to be upon you all’, they would not have answered him^-saww for the imprecation.

وَ قَدْ عَرَفَ أَنَّ نَبِيَّهُ ص مُؤَدٍّ عَنْهُ رِسَالَتَهُ وَ مَا هُوَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ وَ كَذَلِكَ عَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَنَّهُ صَادِقٌ فِيمَا يَقُولُ وَ لَكِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُنْصِفَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ‏

And He^-azwj did Know that His^-azwj Prophet^-saww will fulfil His^-azwj Message from Him^-azwj, and he^-saww is not from the liars, and like that the Prophet^-saww recognised that He^-azwj is Truthful in what He^-azwj is Saying, but he^-saww loved to be fair from himself^-saww’’.[63]

18- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ قَالَ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص فَفَرَغَ مِنْ مُنَاجَاةِ رَبِّهِ رُدَّ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ وَ هُوَ بَيْتٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ بِحِذَاءِ الْكَعْبَةِ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abdul Samad Bin Bashir,

From Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you [10:94]. He^-asws said: ‘When there was Ascension (Mi’raj) with the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww was free from Whispering of his^-saww Lord^-azwj, returned to Bayt Al-Mamour, and it is a house in the fourth sky parallel to the Kabah.

فَجَمَعَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الرُّسُلَ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ وَ أَمَرَ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَأَذَّنَ وَ أَقَامَ وَ تَقَدَّمَ بِهِمْ فَصَلَّى فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ‏ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ‏

Allah^-azwj Gathered the Prophets^-as and the Messengers^-as and the Angels, and Commanded Jibraeel^-as so he^-as proclaimed Azaan and Iqamah, and he^-saww proceeded them^-as and led them^-as in Salat. When he^-saww was free, he^-as said to him^-saww: then ask those who have read the Book from before you [10:94] – up to His^-azwj Words: from the rightly Guided’’.[64]

19- فس، تفسير القمي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بَيَّاعِ السَّابِرِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَوْلُ اللَّهِ فِي كِتَابِهِ‏ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ قَالَ مَا كَانَ لَهُ ذَنْبٌ وَ لَا هَمَّ بِذَنْبٍ وَ لَكِنَّ اللَّهَ حَمَّلَهُ ذُنُوبَ شِيعَتِهِ ثُمَّ غَفَرَهَا لَهُ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Muhammad Bin Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Ali Bin Ayoub, from Umar Bin Yazeed, servant of Al Sabiry who said,

‘I said to Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘The Words of Allah^-azwj in His^-azwj Book: For Allah to Forgive you what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed [48:2]. He^-asws said: ‘There was neither any sin for him^-saww nor did he^-saww even think of a sin, but Allah^-azwj Loaded the sins of his^-saww Shias upon him^-saww, then Forgave these for him^-saww’’.[65]

20- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام تَمِيمٌ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ الْمَأْمُونُ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ‏ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Tameem Al Qarshy, from his father, from Hamdan Bin Suleyman, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al Jahm who said,

‘Al-Mamoun asked Al-Reza^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: For Allah to Forgive you what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed [48:2].

قَالَ الرِّضَا ع لَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ عِنْدَ مُشْرِكِي أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَعْظَمَ ذَنْباً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَ سِتِّينَ صَنَماً فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ بِالدَّعْوَةِ إِلَى كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ كَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَظُمَ وَ قَالُوا أَ جَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلهاً واحِداً إِنَّ هذا لَشَيْ‏ءٌ عُجابٌ وَ انْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ امْشُوا وَ اصْبِرُوا عَلى‏ آلِهَتِكُمْ إِنَّ هذا لَشَيْ‏ءٌ يُرادُ ما سَمِعْنا بِهذا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْآخِرَةِ إِنْ هذا إِلَّا اخْتِلاقٌ‏

Al-Reza^-asws said: ‘There did not happen to be anyone in the presence of the Polytheists of Makkah of greater wrong than Rasool-Allah^-saww, because they were worshipping three hundred and sixty idols from besides Allah^-azwj. When he^-saww came to them with the call to the sincere Word, that was grievous upon them and too much, and they said, ‘Is he making the gods to be One God? Surely this is a strange thing!’ [38:5] And the chiefs from them went (on saying), ‘Walk away and be steadfast upon your gods, this is something aimed against you [38:6] We did not hear of this being in other nations. Surely this is only a fabrication’ [38:7]. 

فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص مَكَّةَ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّا فَتَحْنا لَكَ‏ مَكَّةَ فَتْحاً مُبِيناً لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ عِنْدَ مُشْرِكِي أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِدُعَائِكَ إِلَى تَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيمَا تَقَدَّمَ وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ لِأَنَّ مُشْرِكِي مَكَّةَ أَسْلَمَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَ خَرَجَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ مَكَّةَ وَ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى إِنْكَارِ التَّوْحِيدِ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا دَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَيْهِ

When Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Gave victory of Makkah to his^-saww Prophet^-saww, Said to him^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Surely, We Opened for you – Makkah, a clear victory [48:1] For Allah to Forgive you what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed, [48:2], in the presence of the Polytheists of Makkah with your^-saww calling to the Tawheed of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, regarding what has preceded and what is delayed, because the Polytheists of Makkah, some of them became Muslims, and some of them went out from Makkah, and the ones from them who remained were not able upon denying the Tawheed to him^-saww when he^-saww called the people to it.

فَصَارَ ذَنْبُهُ عِنْدَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مَغْفُوراً بِظُهُورِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ‏

Thus, his^-saww ‘sins’ (wrongs) in their presence during that were forgiven by his^-saww appearance to them’.

فَقَالَ الْمَأْمُونُ لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْكَ لِمَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُمْ‏

Al-Mamoun said, ‘For Allah^-azwj is to Give realisation, O Abu Al-Hassan^-asws! inform me about the Words of Allah^-azwj the Exalted: May Allah Pardon you! Why did you permit for [9:43]?’. Inform me about the Words of Allah^-azwj the Exalted: May Allah Pardon you! Why did you permit for [9:43]?’

قَالَ الرِّضَا ع هَذَا مِمَّا نَزَلَ بِإِيَّاكِ أَعْنِي وَ اسْمَعِي يَا جَارَهْ خَاطَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِذَلِكَ نَبِيَّهُ ص وَ أَرَادَ بِهِ أُمَّتَهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ‏ وَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ لَوْ لا أَنْ ثَبَّتْناكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئاً قَلِيلًا قَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ الْخَبَرَ

Al-Reza^-asws said: ‘This is from what was Revealed to Mean you, and for the neighbours to listen. Allah^-azwj Addresses His^-azwj Prophet^-saww by that, and Intends by it his^-saww community. And similar to that are His^-azwj Words: ‘If you associate (anything with Allah), your deeds would be Confiscated and you would become from the losers [39:65]. And the Words of the Exalted: And had We not Affirmed you, you would have almost inclined towards them something little [17:74]’. He said, ‘You^-asws have spoken the truth, O son^-asws of Rasool-Allah^-saww’ – the Hadeeth’.[66]

21- فر، تفسير فرات بن إبراهيم جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرَوَيْهِ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّازِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ قَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَا الذَّنْبُ الْمَاضِي وَ مَا الذَّنْبُ الْبَاقِي قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ لَيْسَ لَكَ ذَنْبٌ يَغْفِرُهَا [يَغْفِرُهُ‏] لَكَ‏

Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Bashraqiya Al Qatan, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Razy, from Ibn Muskan, from Ibn Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, from Amir Al-Momineen Ali^-asws having said: ‘When it was Revealed unto Rasool-Allah^-saww: For Allah to Forgive your (community) what has preceded from your sins and what is delayed, [48:2], he^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! What are the sins of the past?’ And what are the remaining sins?’ Jibraeel^-as said: ‘There isn’t any sin for you^-saww to be Forgiven for you^-saww’’.[67]

باب 16 سهوه و نومه ص عن الصلاة

CHAPTER 16 – HIS^-saww OMISSION AND HIS^-saww SLEEP FROM THE SALAT

الآيات الأنعام‏ وَ إِذا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آياتِنا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَ إِمَّا يُنْسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطانُ فَلا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرى‏ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ‏

The Verses – (Surah) Al Anaam: And when you see those engaging in vanities regarding Our Signs, turn away from them until they are engaging in another discussion. And as for what the Satan makes you forget, so after remembering, do not sit with the unjust people [6:68]

الكهف‏ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذا نَسِيتَ وَ قُلْ عَسى‏ أَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ‏ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هذا رَشَداً

(Surah) Al Kahf: and mention your Lord when you forget, and say, ‘Perhaps my Lord will Guide me to a right way closer than this’ [18:24]

الأعلى سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلا تَنْسى‏ إِلَّا ما شاءَ اللَّهُ‏

We will Make you read, so you will not forget [87:6] Except what Allah so Desires. [87:7].

1- يب، تهذيب الأحكام الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَذَهَبَ فِي حَاجَتِهِ قَالَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ الصَّلَاةَ قُلْتُ فِيمَا يَرْوِي النَّاسُ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ حَدِيثَ ذِي الشِّمَالَيْنِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يَبْرَحْ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ وَ لَوْ بَرِحَ اسْتَقْبَلَ‏

Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about a man who prays two Units of Salat, then stands and goes away regarding his need. He^-asws said: ‘He should re-commence the Salat’. I said, ‘Among what the people are reporting’, and I mentioned to him the Hadeeth of Zul Shamalayn. He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not leave from his^-saww place, and had he^-saww left, he^-saww would have re-commenced’’.[68]

2- يب، تهذيب الأحكام الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَذَهَبَ فِي حَاجَتِهِ قَالَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ الصَّلَاةَ قُلْتُ فَمَا بَالُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلْ حِينَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يَنْفَتِلْ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ‏

Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat, from Al Husayn Bin Usman, from Sama’at, from Abu Baseer who said,

I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about a man who prays two Units of Salat, then stands and goes away regarding his need. He^-asws said: ‘He should re-commence the Salat’. I said, ‘So, what is the matter Rasool-Allah^-saww did not re-commence when he^-saww had prayed two Units?’ He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not turn from his^-saww place’’.[69]

3- يب، تهذيب الأحكام سَعْدٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّا صَلَّيْنَا الْمَغْرِبَ فَسَهَا الْإِمَامُ فَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَعَدْنَا الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ لِمَ أَعَدْتُمْ أَ لَيْسَ قَدِ انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَتَمَّ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ أَ لَا أَتْمَمْتُمْ‏

Sa’ad, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ja’far Bin Bashir, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘We prayed Al-Maghrib Salat and the prayer leader forgot and greeted (Salaam) during the two Units, so we repeated the Salat’. He^-asws said: ‘Why did you repeat? Didn’t Rasool-Allah^-saww leave during the two Units, then complete with two Units. Why didn’t you (just) complete?’’[70]

4– يب، تهذيب الأحكام سَعْدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص سَهَا فَسَلَّمَ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ حَدِيثَ ذِي الشِّمَالَيْنِ فَقَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَأَضَافَ إِلَيْهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ

Sa’ad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Al Hazramy,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww omitted (forgot) and he^-saww greeted in the two Units, then remembered the Hadeeth of Zul Shamaleyn. Then he^-saww stood up and added two Units to it’’.[71] (Disrespectful)

5– يب، تهذيب الأحكام سَعْدٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الظُّهْرَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ

Sa’ad, from Abu Al Jawza, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan, from Amro Bin Khalid,

‘From Zayd son of Ali (Bin Al-Husayn^-asws), from Ali^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed leading Al-Zohr Salat with us with five Units, then turned. One of the people said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Have anything been added in the Salat?’ He^-saww said: ‘And what is that?’ He said, ‘You^-saww prayed five Units with us’.

ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ زِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَقَالَ وَ مَا ذَاكَ قَالَ صَلَّيْتَ بِنَا خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَالَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَ كَبَّرَ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ لَيْسَ فِيهِمَا قِرَاءَةٌ وَ لَا رُكُوعٌ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ هُمَا الْمُرْغِمَتَانِ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-saww turned towards the Qiblah and exclaimed Takbeer and he^-saww was seated, then did Two Sajdahs, there not being any recitation in these nor any Ruku’u, then greeted (Salaam), and he^-saww said: ‘These two are the two compelling factors’’.[72] (disrespectful)

6– يب، تهذيب الأحكام أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ قَالَ: قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَسِيَ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ذُو الشِّمَالَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَ صَدَقَ ذُو الشِّمَالَيْنِ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ لَمْ تُصَلِّ إِلَّا رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَامَ فَأَتَمَّ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ‏

Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazal, from Abu Jameela, from Zayd Al Shaham who said,

‘The Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj prayed two Units Salat (leading) with the people, then forgot until he^-saww left. Zul Shamaleyn said to him^-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Has anything new occurred (Revealed) regarding the Salat?’ He^-saww O you people! Does Zul Shamaleyn speak the truth?’ They said, ‘Yes, you^-saww did not pray except two Units’. He^-saww stood up and completed whatever had remained from his^-saww Salat’’.[73] (disrespectful)

7– يب، تهذيب الأحكام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْقَمَّاطِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَسْأَلُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ وَجَدَ غَمْزاً فِي بَطْنِهِ أَوْ أَذًى وَ سَاقَهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ ع كُلُّ ذَلِكَ وَاسِعٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ رَجُلٍ سَهَا فَانْصَرَفَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ أَوْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ مِنَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ سَهْوَ النَّبِيِّ ص‏

Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Yahya, from Musa Bin Umra Bin Yazeed, from Ibn Sinan, from Abu Saeed Al Qamat who said,

‘I heard a man asking Abu Abdullah^-asws about a man who found problem in his belly or harm’ – and continued the Hadeeth up to he^-asws said: ‘All that is capacious. But rather, he is at the status of a man who omits and leaves regarding one Cycle or two Units or three from the Prescribed (Salats). But rather, upon him is that he should build upon his Salat’. Then he^-asws mentioned the omission of the Prophet^-saww’’.[74] (disrespectful)

8- يب، تهذيب الأحكام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع هَلْ سَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ قَطُّ فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَا سَجَدَهُمَا فَقِيهٌ‏

Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Mahboub, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abdullah Ibn Bakeyr, from Zurara who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘Did Rasool-Allah^-azwj perform two Sajdahs for the omission (in the Salat) at all?’ He^-saww said: ‘Nor does a scholar do these two’’.[75]

9- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ نَسِيَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الصُّبْحَ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ يُصَلِّيهَا حِينَ يَذْكُرُهَا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص رَقَدَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ صَلَّاهَا حِينَ‏ اسْتَيْقَظَ وَ لَكِنَّهُ تَنَحَّى عَنْ مَكَانِهِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at Bin Mihran who said,

‘I asked him^-asws about a man who forgets to pray the morning Salat until the sun emerges. He^-asws said: ‘He should pray it when he remembers it, for (Allah^-azwj) Made Rasool-Allah^-saww not wake up for Salat Al-Fajr until the sun emerged, then prayed it when he^-saww awoke, but he^-saww isolated from that place of his^-saww until he^-saww prayed’’.[76]  (see the Hadeeth below)

10- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَنِ الصُّبْحِ وَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنَامَهُ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ‏ الشَّمْسُ عَلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِلنَّاسِ أَ لَا تَرَى لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا نَامَ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ لَعَيَّرَهُ النَّاسُ وَ قَالُوا لَا تَتَوَرَّعُ‏ لِصَلَاتِكَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Saeed Al A’raf who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww slept from the morning (Salat), and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Caused him^-saww to sleep until the sun emerged unto him^-saww, and that was a Mercy from your Lord^-azwj to the people. Do you not see, if a man were to sleep until the sun emerges, the people tend to fault him and say, ‘There is no cover for your Salat?’

فَصَارَتْ أُسْوَةً وَ سُنَّةً فَإِنْ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِرَجُلٍ نِمْتَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ قَدْ نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَصَارَتْ أُسْوَةً وَ رَحْمَةً رَحِمَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ بِهَا هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ

It became an example and a Sunnah. If a man were to say to a man, ‘You slept from the Salat’, he can say, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww had slept (as well)’. It became an example and a Mercy. Allah^-azwj the Glorious Mercied by it (upon) this community’’.[77]

11– كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مَنْ حَفِظَ سَهْوَهُ فَأَتَمَّهُ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ سَجْدَتَا السَّهْوِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ الظُّهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَهَا فَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ذُو الشِّمَالَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ نَزَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَقَالَ وَ مَا ذَلِكَ‏ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا صَلَّيْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَ تَقُولُونَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ قَالُوا نَعَمْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at Ibn Mihran who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘One who remembers his omission and completes it, then there wouldn’t be two Sajdah of the omission upon him, for Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed (Salat) Al-Zohr with the people, two Units, then omitted, and greeted (Salaam). Zul Shamaleyn said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Has anything been Revealed regarding the Salat?’ He^-saww said: ‘And what is that?’ He said, ‘But rather you^-saww prayed two Units (instead of four)’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Are you all saying like his word?’ They said, ‘Yes’.

فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَأَتَمَّ بِهِمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَ سَجَدَ بِهِمْ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ

Rasool-Allah^-saww stood up and completed the Salat with them and performed two Sajdahs of the omission with them’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ مَنْ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُمَا أَرْبَعاً فَسَلَّمَ وَ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بَعْدَ مَا ذَهَبَ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَالَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ الصَّلَاةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘What is your view of the one who prays two Units and thinks that these are four, so he greets (Salaam) and leaves, then he remembers after having gone that he rather prayed two Units’. He^-asws said: ‘He should re-commence the Salat from its beginning’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا بَالُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الصَّلَاةَ وَ إِنَّمَا أَتَمَّ بِهِمْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يَبْرَحْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَبْرَحْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ فَلْيُتِمَّ مَا نَقَصَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْ حَفِظَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘What is the matter Rasool-Allah^-saww did not re-commence the Salat and rather completed with them whatever had remained from his^-saww Salat?’ He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww had not moved from his^-saww sitting, so if one has not moved from his sitting, then let him complete whatever was deficient from his^-saww Salat, when he has already preserved the first two Units’’.[78] (disrespectful)

12- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ ع أَ سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَ حَالُهُ حَالُهُ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُفَقِّهَهُمْ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Al Barqy, from Mansour Bin Al Abbas, from Amro Bin Saeed, from Al Hassan Ibn Sadaqah who said,

‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan^-asws the 1^st, ‘Did Rasool-Allah^-saww perform Salaam in the two first Units?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And his^-saww state is his^-saww state?’ He^-asws said: ‘But rather, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Wanted to Make them understand’’[79]

13- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَسَأَلَهُ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَالَ وَ مَا ذَاكَ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا صَلَّيْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَ كَذَاكَ يَا ذَا الْيَدَيْنِ وَ كَانَ يُدْعَى ذَا الشِّمَالَيْنِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ibn Isa, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Saeed Al A’araj who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww then performed Salaam in the two Units, so someone from behind him^-saww asked him^-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Has anything new occurred (been Revealed) regarding the Salat?’ He^-saww said: ‘And what is that?’ They said, ‘But rather you^-saww prayed two Units’. He^-saww said: ‘Was it like that O Zul Yadayn?’ And he used to be called Zul Shamaleyn. He said, ‘Yes’.

فَبَنَى عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ فَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ أَرْبَعاً وَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْسَاهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْأُمَّةِ أَ لَا تَرَى لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا صَنَعَ هَذَا لَعُيِّرَ وَ قِيلَ مَا تُقْبَلُ صَلَاتُكَ فَمَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ ذَاكَ قَالَ قَدْ سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ صَارَتْ أُسْوَةً وَ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ لِمَكَانِ الْكَلَامِ‏

He^-saww built upon his^-saww Salat and completed the Salat as four, and said: ‘Allah^-azwj, He^-azwj is the One^-azwj Who Made him^-saww forget as a Mercy for the community. Do you not see, if a man were to do this he would be faulted? And it is said, ‘Your Salat is not Acceptable’. So, the one who enters upon that today can say, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww had done that and it has become an example, and he^-saww performed two Sajdah in place of the speech’’.[80]

14- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام تَمِيمٌ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ الْهَرَوِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ع يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ فِي الْكُوفَةِ قَوْماً يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمْ يَقَعْ عَلَيْهِ السَّهْوُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ الَّذِي لَا يَسْهُو هُوَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْخَبَرَ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Tameem Al Qarshy, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Ansary, from Al Harwy who said,

‘I said to Al-Reza^-asws, ‘O son^-asws of Rasool-Allah^-saww! In Al-Kufa there are people who are claiming that the Prophet^-saww, the omission did not occur upon him^-saww in his^-saww Salat’. He^-asws said: ‘May Allah^-azwj Curse them! The One Who does not Omit, He^-azwj is Allah^-azwj, there is no god except He^-azwj’ – the Hadeeth’.[81]

15- سن، المحاسن جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ص صَلَاةً وَ جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ هَلْ أَسْقَطْتُ شَيْئاً فِي الْقُرْآنِ‏

Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ash’as, from Ibn Al Qadah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww prayed a Salat and was loud in it with the recitation of (Surah) Al-Baqarah. When he^-saww finished, said to his^-saww companions: ‘Did I^-saww drop anything in the reading?’’

قَالَ فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَ فِيكُمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ فَقَالَ هَلْ أَسْقَطْتُ فِيهَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا

He^-asws said: ‘The people were silent, so the Prophet^-saww said: ‘Is there Abay Bin Ka’ab among you?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He^-saww said: ‘Did I^-saww drop anything in it?’ He said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah^-saww! It was such and such’.

فَغَضِبَ ص ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فَلَا يَدْرُونَ مَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ‏ مِنْهُ وَ لَا مَا يُتْرَكُ هَكَذَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حَضَرَتْ أَبْدَانُهُمْ وَ غَابَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ صَلَاةَ عَبْدٍ لَا يَحْضُرُ قَلْبُهُ مَعَ بَدَنِهِ‏

He^-saww got angry, then said: ‘What is the matter with a people, the Book of Allah^-azwj is recited to them but they do not know what is being recited to them from it nor being left out? This is how the children of Israel were destroyed! Their bodies were present but their hearts were absent, and Allah^-azwj will not Accept the Salat of any servant whose heart is not present along with his body’’.[82]

16- ير، بصائر الدرجات الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: يَا مُفَضَّلُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص خَمْسَةَ أَرْوَاحٍ رُوحَ الْحَيَاةِ فِيهِ دَبَّ وَ دَرَجَ‏ وَ رُوحَ الْقُوَّةِ فِيهِ نَهَضَ وَ جَاهَدَ وَ رُوحَ الشَّهْوَةِ فِيهِ أَكَلَ وَ شَرِبَ وَ أَتَى النِّسَاءَ مِنَ الْحَلَالِ وَ رُوحَ الْإِيمَانِ فِيهِ أَمَرَ وَ عَدَلَ وَ رُوحَ الْقُدُسِ فِيهِ حَمَلَ النُّبُوَّةَ

‘Basaaer Al Darajaat’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moala, from Abdullah Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘O Mufazzal! Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Made five spirits to be for the Prophet^-saww – Spirit of life wherein is the crawling and walking; and spirit of strength wherein is the arising and struggling; and spirit of desire wherein is eating and drinking and going to the women from the Permissible; and spirit of the Eman wherein is order and the justice; and the Holy Spirit wherein is the bearing of the Prophet-hood.

فَإِذَا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ص انْتَقَلَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ فَصَارَ فِي الْإِمَامِ وَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ لَا يَنَامُ وَ لَا يَغْفُلُ وَ لَا يَلْهُو وَ لَا يَسْهُو وَ الْأَرْبَعَةُ الْأَرْوَاحِ تَنَامُ وَ تَلْهُو وَ تَغْفُلُ وَ تَسْهُو وَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ ثَابِتٌ يَرَى بِهِ مَا فِي شَرْقِ الْأَرْضِ وَ غَرْبِهَا وَ بَرِّهَا وَ بَحْرِهَا

When the Prophet^-saww passed away, the Holy Spirit was transferred and came to be in the Imam^-asws, and the Holy Spirit neither sleeps, nor is heedless, nor plays, nor makes mistakes, while the other four spirits sleep, and play, and are heedless, and make mistakes; and the Holy Spirit is affirmed, one can see by it in the east of the earth and its west, and its land and its sea’.

قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَتَنَاوَلُ الْإِمَامُ مَا بِبَغْدَادَ بِيَدِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ مَا دُونَ الْعَرْشِ‏

I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! The Imam^-asws can attain what is in Baghdad by his^-asws hands?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes, and whatever is below the Throne’’.[83]

17- يه، من لا يحضر الفقيه الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الرِّبَاطِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ‏أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَنَامَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَبَدَأَ فَصَلَّى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ وَ أَسْهَاهُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ

Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al Rabaty, from Saeed Al A’araj who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Caused Rasool-Allah^-saww to sleep from Al-Fajr Salat until the sun emerged. Then he^-saww stood up and prayed two Units, those which are before (Salat) Al-Fajr, then he^-saww prayed Al-Fajr, and omitted in his^-saww Salat, and he^-saww performed Salaam in the two Units’.

ثُمَّ وَصَفَ مَا قَالَهُ ذُو الشِّمَالَيْنِ وَ إِنَّمَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ بِهِ رَحْمَةً لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ لِئَلَّا يُعَيَّرَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ إِذَا هُوَ نَامَ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِ أَوْ سَهَا فِيهَا فَقَالَ قَدْ أَصَابَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص

Then he^-asws described what Zul Shamaleyn said to him^-saww, and rather that was Done with him^-saww as a Mercy for this community, lest the Muslim man would be faulted when he sleeps from his Salat, or omits in it. He can say, ‘That had hit Rasool-Allah^-saww (as well)’’.[84]

Translator’s note – Kindly note that most of these disrespectful reports are regarding one incident reported regarding the person named as Zul Shamaleyn.

رَوَى زُرَارَةُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقْتُ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ فَلَا صَلَاةَ نَافِلَةً حَتَّى يُبْدَأَ بِالْمَكْتُوبَةِ

It is reported by Zurara in the correct Hadeeth from Abu Ja’far^-asws who said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When the time of a Prescribed Salat enters, there is no optional Salat until one begins with the Prescribed’.

قَالَ فَقَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُ الْحَكَمَ بْنَ عُتَيْبَةَ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَقَبِلُوا ذَلِكَ مِنِّي فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْقَابِلِ لَقِيتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَرَّسَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ وَ قَالَ مَنْ يَكْلَؤُنَا فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ أَنَا

He said, ‘I proceeded to Al-Kufa and informed Al Hakam Bin Uteyba and his companions. They accepted that from me. When it was during the following year, I met Abu Ja’far^-asws. He^-asws narrated to me: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww paused in one of his^-saww journeys and said: ‘Who will guard (watch over) us?’ Bilal^-ar said, ‘I will!’

فَنَامَ بِلَالٌ وَ نَامُوا حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ يَا بِلَالُ مَا أَرْقَدَكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِيَ الَّذِي أَخَذَ بِأَنْفَاسِكُمْ

Bilal^-ar slept and they slept until the sun emerged. He^-saww said: ‘O Bilal^-ar! What made you sleep?’ He^-ar said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! It seized me^-ar that which seized your souls!’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قُومُوا فَتَحَوَّلُوا عَنْ مَكَانِكُمُ الَّذِي أَصَابَكُمْ فِيهِ الْغَفْلَةُ وَ قَالَ يَا بِلَالُ أَذِّنْ فَأَذَّنَ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ وَ أَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَصَلَّوْا رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمُ الصُّبْحَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww saod: ‘Arise and move from your places in which the heedlessness overcame you!’ And he^-saww said: ‘O Bilal^-ar, proclaim Azaan!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed two units Salat of Al Fajr and instructed his^-saww companions, so they prayed two units Al Fajr Salat. Then he^-saww stood up and prayed the morning Salat with them. 

ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ نَسِيَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ‏ وَ أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ لِذِكْرِي

Then he^-saww said: ‘Whoever forgot something from the Salat, let him pray it when he remembers it, for Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: and establish the Salat to My Zikr [20:14]’.

‏ قَالَ زُرَارَةُ فَحَمَلْتُ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى الْحَكَمِ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ نَقَضْتَ حَدِيثَكَ الْأَوَّلَ

Zurara said, ‘I carried the Hadeeth to Al Hakam and his companions. He said, ‘It contradicts your first Hadeeth!’

فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا قَالَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ يَا زُرَارَةُ أَلَّا أَخْبَرْتَهُمْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ فَاتَ الْوَقْتَانِ جَمِيعاً وَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ قَضَاءً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

I went to Abu Ja’far^-asws and informed him^-asws of what the group had said. He^-asws said: ‘O Zurara! Shall I^-asws inform you that both the timings had been missed, and that was a payback from Rasool-Allah^-saww (of the missed Salat)’’.

وَ قَدْ رَوَى الْعَامَّةُ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ فِي هَذِهِ الصُّورَةِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص أَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَأَذَّنَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ فَأَقَامَ فَصَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ انْتَهَى‏

And it has been reported by the general Muslims, from Abu Qatada and a group of companions regarding this Chapter, ‘The Proplet^-saww instructed Bilal^-ar so he^-ar proclaimed Azaan. He^-saww prayed two units of Al Fajr Salat, then instructed him^-ar. He^-ar prays Salat Al Fajr’ – end.

وَ سَيَأْتِي فِي تَفْسِيرِ النُّعْمَانِيِّ فِي كِتَابِ الْقُرْآنِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي بَيَانِ صِفَاتِ الْإِمَامِ قَالَ: فَمِنْهَا أَنْ يُعْلَمَ الْإِمَامُ الْمُتَوَلِّي عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ مَعْصُومٌ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كُلِّهَا صَغِيرِهَا وَ كَبِيرِهَا لَا يَزِلُّ فِي الْفُتْيَا وَ لَا يُخْطِئُ فِي الْجَوَابِ وَ لَا يَسْهُو وَ لَا يَنْسَى وَ لَا يَلْهُو بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا

And it shall come in Tafseer Al Numani in ‘Kitab Al Quran’, by his chain from Ismail Bin Jabir, from Al Sadiq^-asws, from Amir Al Momineen^-asws in explanation of description of the Imam^-asws. He^-asws said: ‘From it is that it should be known by the ones the Imam^-asws rules upon that he^-asws is infallible from the sins, all of them, their minor and the major, does nor err in the verdicts, nor makes mistakes in the answering, nor omits, nor forgets, nor gets distracted by anything from matters of the world.

وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ الطَّوِيلَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ عَدَلُوا عَنْ أَخْذِ الْأَحْكَامِ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مِمَّنْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ طَاعَتَهُمْ‏ مِمَّنْ لَا يَزِلُّ وَ لَا يُخْطِئُ وَ لَا يَنْسَى‏

And he^-asws continued the lengthy Hadeeth up to he^-asws said: ‘And they (people) turned away from taking the rulings from its (rightful) people, from the ones Allah^-azwj had Obligated obedience to them^-asws, from the ones who neither err, nor make mistakes, nor forget!’’

رَوَاهُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَ سَجَدَ

It is reported by Abu Hureyra about the Prophet^-saww. He said, ‘Then he^-saww exclaimed Takbeer and performed Sajdah’.

ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمْ يَسْجُدْ لِلسَّهْوِ قَطُّ

Ibn Bukeyr, ‘The Prophet^-saww did not perform any Sajdah of Omission at all!’

أَنَّهُ رُوِيَ فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ أَنَّ ذَا الْيَدَيْنِ قَالَ أَ قَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ أَمْ نَسِيتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ

It is reported in this Hadeeeth, ‘Zul Yadayn said, ‘Did you^-saww shorten the Salat or forgot, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘All that did not happen’.

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ ص قَالَ: إِنَّمَا السَّهْوُ لَكُمْ

And it is reported that he^-saww said: ‘But rather, the omissions are for you all!’

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَمْ أَنْسَ وَ لَمْ تَقْصُرِ الصَّلَاةُ

And it is reported that he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww did not forget and did not shorten the Salat’.

وَ رَوَى الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ فِي شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ‏ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ فَسَلَّمَ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ

And it is reported by Al Husayn Bin Masoud, from scholars of the adversaries in ‘Sharh Al Sunnah’, by his chain from Dawood Bin Al-Huseyn, from Abu Sufyan who said, ‘I heard Abu Hureyra saying, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed Salat Al-Asr. He^-saww performed ‘Salaam’ in two units.

فَقَامَ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَ قَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ أَمْ نَسِيتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَقَالَ قَدْ كَانَ بَعْضُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَ صَدَقَ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ

Zul Yadayn stood up. He said, ‘Did you^-saww shorten the Salat or forgot, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘All that did not happen’. He said, ‘Some of that did happen, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww turned toward the people. He^-saww said: ‘Does Zul Yadayn speak the truth?’ They said, ‘Yes!’

فَأَتَمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ

Rasool-Allah^-saww completed what had remained from his^-saww Salat. Then he^-saww performed two Sajdahs after the ‘Salaam’, while he^-saww was seated’.

وَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِحْدَى صَلَاتَيِ الْعَشِيِّ قَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَ لَكِنْ نَسِيتُ

And by the chain from Ibn Sireen, from Abu Hureyra who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed one of the two evening Salats’. Ibn sireen said, ‘Abu Hureyra had named it but I forgot’.

أَنَا قَالَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَقَامَ إِلَى خَشَبَةٍ مَعْرُوضَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَاتَّكَأَ عَلَيْهَا كَأَنَّهُ غَضْبَانُ وَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى وَ شَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَ وَضَعَ خَدَّهُ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ كَفِّهِ‏ الْيُسْرَى

He said, ‘He^-saww prayed two units with us, then performed Salaam. He^-saww stood up to go to a plank placed horizontally in the Masjid. He^-saww leant upon it as if he^-saww was angry, and placed his^-saww right hand upon the left and intertwined his^-saww fingers and placed his^-saww right cheek upon the back of his^-saww left hand.

وَ خَرَجَتِ السَّرَعَانُ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالُوا أَ قَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ فَهَابَاهُ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَاهُ وَ فِي الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ فِي يَدِهِ طُولٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ نَسِيتَ أَمْ قَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ

And they all quickly went out from the doors of the Masjid. They said, ‘Has the Salat been shortened?’; and among the people were Abu Bakr and Umar. They feared speaking to him^-saww, and among the people was a man with long hands, called Zul Yadayn. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Did you^-saww forget or has the Salat been shortened?’

فَقَالَ لَمْ أَنْسَ وَ لَمْ تَقْصُرْ فَقَالَ أَ كَمَا قَالَ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww did not forget and did not shorten the Salat!’ He^-saww said: ‘Or was it like whatZul Yadayn has said?’ They said, ‘Yes!’

فَتَقَدَّمَ فَصَلَّى مَا تَرَكَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَ سُجُودُهُ مِثْلُ سُجُودِهِ أَوْ أَطْوَلُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ

He^-saww went forward and prayed what he had been left out, then performed Salaam, then exclaimed Takbeer, and his^-saww Sajdahs were like his^-saww (usual) Sajdahs, or longer. Then he^-saww raised his^-saww head and exclaimed Takbeer’.

فَرُبَّمَا سَأَلُوهُ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَيَقُولُ نُبِّئْتُ أَنَّ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ

Sometimes they would ask him, ‘Then he^-saww performed Salaam’. He said, ‘I have been informed that Imran Bin Huseyn said, ‘Then he^-saww performed Salaam’.

عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ‏ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ فَسَلَّمَ فِي ثَلَاثِ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْخِرْبَاقُ وَ كَانَ فِي يَدِهِ طُولٌ فَقَالَ أَ قَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ

From Imran Bin Huseyn, ‘The Prophet^-saww prayed Al Asr. He^-saww perfomed in three units, then entered his^-saww house. A man called Al Khirbaq stood up to him^-saww, and his hands were long. He said, ‘Has the Salat been shortened?’

فَخَرَجَ مُغْضَباً يَجُرُّ رِدَاءَهُ فَقَالَ أَ صَدَقَ هَذَا قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ‏ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ

He^-saww came out angered dragging his^-saww robe. He^-saww said: ‘Is this one speaking the truth?’ They said, ‘Yes!’ He^-saww prayed one unit, then performed Salaam, then performed Sajdah, two Sajdahs, then performed Salaam’.

وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْوَجْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: قَالَ مُوسَى ع‏ لا تُؤاخِذْنِي بِما نَسِيتُ‏ يَقُولُ بِمَا تَرَكْتُ مِنْ عَهْدِكَ

And this aspect has been reported from Ibn Abbas, from Ubay Bin Ka’ab, from Rasool-Allah^-saww. He^-saww said: ‘Musa^-as said: ‘ ‘Do not seize me with what I forgot [18:73]’. He^-as is saying, due to what I^-as have neglected of Your^-azwj Covenant’.

رَوَاهُ فِي شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حِينَ قَفَلَ مِنْ‏ خَيْبَرَ أَسْرَى‏ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ عَرَّسَ‏ وَ قَالَ لِبِلَالٍ اكْلَأْ لَنَا الصُّبْحَ

It is reported in ‘Sharh Al Sunnah’, by his chain from Saeed Bin Al Musayyab, ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww was returning from Khyber, he^-saww travelled until when it was end of the night, he^-saww stopped to rest and said to Bilal^-ar, ‘Watch out for the morning for us!’

وَ نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَصْحَابُهُ وَ كَلَأَ بِلَالٌ مَا قَدَرَ لَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَنَدَ إِلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ وَ هُوَ مُقَابِلُ الْفَجْرِ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنَاهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَيْقِظْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ لَا بِلَالٌ وَ لَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرَّكْبِ حَتَّى ضَرَبَتْهُمُ الشَّمْسُ

And Rasool-Allah^-saww and his^-saww companions slepts while Bilal^-ar kept watch whatever he^-ar was able to. Then he^-ar leant upon his^-ar riding animal and he^-ar was facing the dawn. His^-ar eyes overcame him^-ar. Neither Rasool-Allah^-saww, nor Bilal^-ar, nor anyone of the riders woke up until the sun struck them.

فَفَزِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ يَا بِلَالُ فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِيَ الَّذِي أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِكَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww was alarmed. He^-saww said: ‘O Bilal^-ar!’ Bilal^-ar said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I^-ar was overcome by that which overcame you^-saww!’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ اقْتَادُوا فَبَعَثُوا رَوَاحِلَهُمْ فَاقْتَادُوا شَيْئاً ثُمَّ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِلَالًا فَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمُ الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ قَالَ حِينَ قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ مَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ‏ أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ لِذِكْرِي‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Lead them on!’ They led them one a bit. Then Rasool-Allah^-saww instructed Bilal^-ar, so he^-ar established the Salat. He^-saww prayed the morning Salat with them, then said when he^-saww had fulfilled the Salat: ‘One who forgets the Salat, let him pray it when he remembers it, for Allah^-azwj Says: and establish the Salat to My Zikr [20:14]’.

و قد قال‏ إن عيني تنامان و لا ينام قلبي

And he^-saww had said: ‘My^-saww eyes sleep and my^-saww heart does not sleep’.

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا صَلَاةَ لِمَنْ عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةٌ – يريد أنه لا نافلة لمن عليه فريضة

From the Prophet^-saww, he^-saww said: ‘There is no Salat for the one having (outstanding) Salat upon him’ – intending that there is no optional Salat for the one having a Prescribed Salat upon him.

باب 17 علمه ص و ما دفع إليه من الكتب و الوصايا و آثار الأنبياء ع و من دفعه إليه و عرض الأعمال عليه و عرض أمته عليه و أنه يقدر على معجزات الأنبياء عليه و عليهم السلام‏

CHAPTER 17 – HIS^-saww KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT WAS HANDED OVER TO HIM^-saww FROM THE BOOKS, AND THE BEQUESTS, AND THE AHADEETH OF THE PROPHETS^-as, AND FROM THE HANDING OVER TO HIM^-saww AND PRESENTATION OF THE DEEDS TO HIM^-saww, AND PRESENTATION OF HIS^-saww COMMUNITY TO HIM^-saww, AND HE^-saww IS ABLE UPON THE MIRACLE OF THE PROPHETS^-as

1- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ ما يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ‏ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَفْضَلُ الرَّاسِخِينَ فِي الْعِلْمِ قَدْ عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَمِيعَ مَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ التَّنْزِيلِ وَ التَّأْوِيلِ وَ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً لَمْ يُعَلِّمْهُ تَأْوِيلَهُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Ali, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya,

‘From one of the two (5^th or 6^th Imam^-asws) regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: but none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge [3:7]: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww is the most superior of the ones firmly rooted in the knowledge. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Taught him^-saww the entirety of what had been Sent down upon him^-saww from the Revelation, and it was not so that Allah^-azwj would Reveal something unto him^-saww and not Teach him^-saww its interpretation.

وَ أَوْصِيَاؤُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ يَعْلَمُونَهُ كُلَّهُ وَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِذَا قَالَ الْعَالِمُ فِيهِمْ بِعِلْمٍ فَأَجَابَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِقَوْلِهِ‏ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّنا وَ الْقُرْآنُ خَاصٌّ وَ عَامٌّ وَ مُحْكَمٌ وَ مُتَشَابِهٌ وَ نَاسِخٌ وَ مَنْسُوخٌ فَالرَّاسِخُونُ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَعْلَمُونَهُ‏

And his^-saww successors^-asws from after him^-saww knew all of it, and others do not know its interpretation, when the scholar said regarding them with knowledge, so Allah^-azwj Answered them with His^-azwj Words: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord; and none do (would) mention except those having understanding [3:7]. And the Quran (has Verses which are) Particular, and General, and Decisive, and Allegorical, and Abrogating, and Abrogated. The ones^-asws firmly rooted in the knowledge are knowing it (all).[85]

2- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ‏ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمُتَوَسِّمَ وَ أَنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي الْمُتَوَسِّمُونَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Aslam, from Ibrahim Bin Ayoub, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘Regarding the Words of the Exalted: Surely, in that are Signs for the distinguishers [15:75]. He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww is the distinguisher, and I^-asws from after him^-saww, and the Imams^-asws from my^-asws offspring are the distinguishers’’.[86]

3- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: تُعْرَضُ الْأَعْمَالُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَعْمَالُ الْعِبَادِ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ أَبْرَارُهَا وَ فُجَّارُهَا فَاحْذَرُوهَا وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ اعْمَلُوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَ رَسُولُهُ‏ وَ سَكَتَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The deeds get presented to Rasool-Allah^-saww, the deeds of the servants, every morning, of its righteous ones and its immoral ones, therefore be cautious of it, and it is the Word of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: ‘Work, for Allah will See your work and (so will) His Rasool [9:105]’, and he^-asws was silent’’.[87]

4- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ الْأَعْمَالَ تُعْرَضُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَبْرَارَهَا وَ فُجَّارَهَا

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa who said,

‘I heard Al-Reza^-asws saying: ‘The deeds are presented to Rasool-Allah^-saww, of its righteous ones and its immoral ones.[88]

5- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ مَا لَكُمْ تَسُوءُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ كَيْفَ نَسُوءُهُ فَقَالَ أَ مَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَعْمَالَكُمْ تُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا رَأَى فِيهَا مَعْصِيَةً سَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ فَلَا تَسُوءُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ سُرُّوهُ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘‘What is the matter with you all that you are displeasing Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ A man said to him^-asws, ‘How do we displease him^-saww?’ He^-asws said: ‘Do you not know that your deeds are presented him^-saww. When he^-saww sees disobedience in it, that displeases him^-saww. Therefore, do not displease Rasool-Allah^-saww, and make him^-saww happy’’.[89]

6- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ‏ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَمَصُّونَ الثِّمَادَ وَ يَدَعُونَ النَّهَرَ الْعَظِيمَ قِيلَ لَهُ وَ مَا النَّهَرُ الْعَظِيمُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْعِلْمُ الَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَمَعَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص سُنَنَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ آدَمَ ع وَ هَلُمَّ جَرّاً إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Ali Bin Al Numan,

raising it from Abu Ja’far^-asws, said: ‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘They (people) are sucking the moisture and are leaving the magnificent river’. It was said to him^-asws, ‘And what is the magnificent river?’ He^-saww said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww and the Knowledge which Allah^-azwj Granted him^-saww. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Gathered for Muhammad^-saww, the Sunnah of the Prophets^-as, from Adam^-as and brought forwards flowing up to Muhammad^-saww’.

قِيلَ لَهُ وَ مَا تِلْكَ السُّنَنُ قَالَ عِلْمُ‏ النَّبِيِّينَ بِأَسْرِهِ وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص صَيَّرَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع

It was said to him^-asws, ‘And what is that Sunnah?’ He^-asws said: ‘Knowledge of the Prophets^-as in its entirety, and that Rasool-Allah^-saww rendered that, all of it with Amir Al-Momineen^-asws’’.[90]

7- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ جَمِيعُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ نَبِيٍ‏ وَ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ نَبِيٍّ مِنْهُمْ خَمْسَةٌ أُولُو الْعَزْمِ نُوحٌ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى وَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ إِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع كَانَ هِبَةَ اللَّهِ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ وَرِثَ عِلْمَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ عِلْمَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The first successor^-as upon the face of the earth was Hibtullah Bin Adam^-as, and there is none from a Prophet^-as of the past except that for him^-as was a successor^-as, and the entirety of the Prophets were one hundred and twenty thousand Prophets. From them^-as, five were Determined Ones (Ul Al-Azam) – Noah^-as, and Ibrahim^-as, and Musa^-as, and Isa^-as and Muhammad^-saww, and that Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws was the Hibtullah^-as of Muhammad^-saww, and an inheritor of the Knowledge of the successors^-as, and the knowledge of the ones who were before him^-as’.

أَمَا إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً وَرِثَ عِلْمَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

As for Muhammad^-saww, he^-saww inherited the knowledge of the ones^-as who were before him^-saww from the Prophets^-as and the Rasools^-as’’.[91]

8- كا، الكافي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْحَدَّادِ عَنْ ضُرَيْسٍ الْكُنَاسِيِّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ دَاوُدَ ع وَرِثَ عِلْمَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ إِنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ ع وَرِثَ دَاوُدَ ع وَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً ص وَرِثَ سُلَيْمَانَ ع‏ وَ إِنَّا وَرِثْنَا مُحَمَّداً ص وَ إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا صُحُفَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ أَلْوَاحَ مُوسَى

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Shuayb Al Haddad, from Zureys Al Kunasy who said,

‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah^-asws and with him^-asws was Abu Baseer. So Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Dawood^-as inherited the Knowledge of the Prophets^-as, and that Suleyman^-as inherited Dawood^-as, and that Muhammad^-saww inherited Suleyman^-as, and we^-asws inherited Muhammad^-saww, and that with us^-asws are the Parchments of Ibrahim^-as, and the Tablets of Musa^-as’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْعِلْمُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ لَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ الْعِلْمَ‏ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ مَا يَحْدُثُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ يَوْماً بِيَوْمٍ وَ سَاعَةً بِسَاعَةٍ

Abu Baseer said, ‘This Tablet, it is the Knowledge’ So he^-asws said: ‘O Abu Baseer! This is not the Knowledge. But rather, the Knowledge is what occurs by the night and the day, day by day, and moment by moment’’.[92]

9- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يُعْطِ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ شَيْئاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ أَعْطَاهُ مُحَمَّداً ص قَالَ وَ قَدْ أَعْطَى مُحَمَّداً ص جَمِيعَ مَا أَعْطَى الْأَنْبِيَاءَ ع وَ عِنْدَنَا الصُّحُفُ الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ صُحُفِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَ مُوسى‏ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هِيَ الْأَلْوَاحُ قَالَ نَعَمْ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘He^-asws said to me: ‘O Abu Muhammad! Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Give anything to the Prophets^-as except and He^-azwj Gave it to Muhammad^-saww (as well). And He^-azwj Gave Muhammad^-saww the entirety of what He^-azwj Gave to the Prophets^-as, and with us^-asws are the Parchments which Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said are [87:19] The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! These are the Tablets?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes’’.[93]

مِنْهُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Abu Zahir, or someone else, from Muhammad Bin Hammad, from his father Ahmad Bin Hammad, from Ibrahim, from his father,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan^-asws the 1^st, said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! Inform me about the Prophet^-saww. Did he^-saww inherit the Prophets^-as, all of them^-as?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘From Adam^-as until it ended to himself^-saww?’ He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj did not Send a Prophet^-saww except that Muhammad^-saww was more knowledgeable than him^-as’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ ع كَانَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ وَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ع كَانَ يَفْهَمُ مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقْدِرُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَنَازِلِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Isa^-as Ibn Maryam^-as used to revive the dead by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’. He^-asws said: ‘You speak the truth’. (I said), ‘And Suleyman^-as Bin Dawood^-as used to understand the speech of the bird, and was Rasool-Allah^-saww able to be upon this status?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ دَاوُدَ ع قَالَ لِلْهُدْهُدِ حِينَ فَقَدَهُ وَ شَكَّ فِي أَمْرِهِ فَقَالَ‏ ما لِيَ لا أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كانَ مِنَ الْغائِبِينَ‏ حِينَ فَقَدَهُ فَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ‏ لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذاباً شَدِيداً أَوْ لَأَذْبَحَنَّهُ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّي بِسُلْطانٍ مُبِينٍ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Suleyman^-as Bin Dawood^-as said to the Hoopoe (bird) when he^-as missed it and doubted regarding its matter, so he^-as said: What is the matter that I cannot see the hoopoe or is it from the absentees? [27:20], when he^-as missed it. He^-as was angry upon it, so he^-as said: ‘I will punish it with a severe punishment, or slaughter it, or it brings to me a clear authorisation (for its absence) [27:21]’.

وَ إِنَّمَا غَضِبَ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدُلُّهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَهَذَا وَ هُوَ طَائِرٌ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ مَا لَمْ يُعْطَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَ قَدْ كَانَتِ الرِّيحُ وَ النَّمْلُ وَ الْجِنُّ وَ الْإِنْسُ وَ الشَّيَاطِينُ وَ الْمَرَدَةُ لَهُ طَائِعِينَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ الْمَاءَ تَحْتَ الْهَوَاءِ وَ كَانَ الطَّيْرُ يَعْرِفُهُ

And rather, he^-as was angry because it used to navigate for him upon the waters. So, this one, and it was a bird, and it had been Given what Suleyman^-as had not been Given. And it was so that the wind, and the ant, and the humans, and the jinn, and the Satans^-la were chained to him^-asws in obedience, and he^-as did not happen to recognise the water beneath the atmosphere, and the bird used to recognise it.

وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ‏ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ قُرْآناً سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الْأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتى‏ وَ قَدْ وَرِثْنَا نَحْنُ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ الَّذِي فِيهِ مَا تُسَيَّرُ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ وَ تُقَطَّعُ بِهِ الْبُلْدَانُ وَ تُحْيَا بِهِ الْمَوْتَى وَ نَحْنُ نَعْرِفُ الْمَاءَ تَحْتَ الْهَوَاءِ

And Allah^-azwj is Saying in His^-azwj Book: And even if there were a Quran by which the mountains were made to pass away, or the earth were travelled over by it, or the dead were made to speak thereby [13:31], and we^-asws have inherited this Quran wherein is what the mountains can be made to passed with, and the cities be made to travel with, and the dead to be revived with, and we^-asws know the water beneath the atmosphere.

وَ إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَآيَاتٍ مَا يُرَادُ بِهَا أَمْرٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَعَ مَا قَدْ يَأْذَنُ اللَّهُ مِمَّا كَتَبَهُ الْمَاضُونَ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ لَنَا فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ‏ وَ ما مِنْ غائِبَةٍ فِي السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِي كِتابٍ مُبِينٍ‏

And in the Book of Allah^-azwj there are Verses what a matter can be intended with except that Allah^-azwj has Permitted with it, along with what Allah^-azwj had Permitted from what He^-azwj had Prescribed the past ones with. Allah^-azwj has Made it to be for us in the Mother of the Book (Umm Al-Kitab). Allah^-azwj is Saying: [27:75]  And there is nothing concealed in the sky and the earth but it is in a Clarifying Book.

ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتابَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنا مِنْ عِبادِنا فَنَحْنُ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَانَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَوْرَثَنَا هَذَا الَّذِي فِيهِ تِبْيَانُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ

Then He^-azwj Said: Then We Gave the Book as an inheritance to those whom We Chose from among Our servants. So we^-asws are those whom Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Chosen and Made us^-asws to inherit this (Quran) wherein is an explanation of everything’’.[94]

11- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْقُمِّيِّ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَمْ أَحْفَظْ اسْمَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ ع أُعْطِيَ حَرْفَيْنِ كَانَ يَعْمَلُ بِهِمَا وَ أُعْطِيَ مُوسَى ع أَرْبَعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ وَ أُعْطِيَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ع ثَمَانِيَةَ أَحْرُفٍ وَ أُعْطِيَ نُوحٌ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ حَرْفاً وَ أُعْطِيَ آدَمُ خَمْسَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ حَرْفاً وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَمَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص‏ وَ إِنَّ اسْمَ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمَ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَ سَبْعُونَ حَرْفاً أَعْطَى‏ مُحَمَّداً ص اثْنَيْنِ وَ سَبْعِينَ حَرْفاً وَ حُجِبَ عَنْهُ حَرْفٌ وَاحِدٌ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed and Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Zakariyya Bin Imran Al Qummy, from Haroun Bin Al Jahm,

‘From a man from the companions of Abu Abdullah^-asws, his name was not preserved, who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as was Given two letters. He^-as used to work with these two; and Musa^-as was Given four letters, and Ibrahim^-as was Given eight letter, and Nuh^-as was given fifteen letters, and Adam^-as was Given twenty-five letters, and that Allah^-azwj Gathered all of it for Muhammad^-saww, and that the Magnificent Name of Allah^-azwj are seventy three letters. Muhammad^-saww was Given seventy-two letters, and one letter was Veiled from him^-saww’’.[95]

12- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْهُ ع‏ مِثْلَهُ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Muhammad Al Barqy, from Fazalah, from Abdul Samad Bin Bashir, ‘From him^-asws – Similar to it’’.[96]

13 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّرَّاجِ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ وَرِثَ عِلْماً أَوْ غَيْرَهُ فَقَدِ انْتَهَى إِلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Abu Ismail Al Saraj, from Bashir Bin Ja’far, from Mufazzal Bin Umar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘All Prophets^-as inherited knowledge or something else, so it has ended up to the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww.[97]

14- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْحَرِيشِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَكَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ تَنَزُّلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ فِيهَا إِلَى الْأَوْصِيَاءِ يَأْتُونَهُمْ بِأَمْرٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ عَلِمَهُ أَوْ يَأْتُونَهُمْ بِأَمْرٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَعْلَمُهُ وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ إِلَّا وَ عَلِيٌّ ع لَهُ وَاعٍ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah, and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, form Ahmad bin Muhammad altogether, from Al Hassan Bin Al Abbas Bin Al Hareysh,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws the 2^nd having said: ‘A man said to Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘He said, ‘Will you^-asws consider your^-asws words regarding The Night of Pre-determination (Laylat Al-Qadr), that the Angels and the Spirit descend during it unto the successors^-asws. Are they coming to them^-asws with the matters which Rasool-Allah^-saww did not happen to have its knowledge, or are they coming to them^-asws with matters which Rasool-Allah^-saww did have the knowledge of it? And I know that Rasool-Allah^-saww passed away and there wasn’t anything from his^-saww knowledge except that Ali^-asws was a retainer of it’.

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع مَا لِي وَ لَكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ وَ مَنْ أَدْخَلَكَ عَلَيَّ قَالَ أَدْخَلَنِي عَلَيْكَ الْقَضَاءُ لِطَلَبِ الدِّينِ قَالَ فَافْهَمْ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ لَمْ يَهْبِطْ حَتَّى أَعْلَمَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ عِلْمَ مَا قَدْ كَانَ وَ مَا سَيَكُونُ وَ كَانَ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ ذَلِكَ جُمَلًا يَأْتِي تَفْسِيرُهَا فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَدْ عَلِمَ جُمَلَ الْعِلْمِ وَ يَأْتِي تَفْسِيرُهُ فِي لَيَالِي الْقَدْرِ كَمَا كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘What is it to me^-asws and to you, O man! And who made you come over to me^-asws?’ He Said, ‘The Ordainment made me come over to you seeking the Religion’. He^-asws said: ‘Then understand what I^-asws am saying to you. When Rasool-Allah^-saww was ascended with, he^-saww did not come back down until Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Mention Taught him^-saww whatever had happened, and what will be happening, and a lot of his^-saww knowledge of that in total, its interpretation came to him^-saww during the Night of Pre-determination (Laylat Al-Qadr). And similar to that was Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws had known the totality of the knowledge, and its interpretation came during a Night of Pre-determination (Laylat Al-Qadr), just as was the case with Rasool-Allah^-saww’.

قَالَ السَّائِلُ أَ وَ مَا كَانَ فِي الْجُمَلِ تَفْسِيرٌ قَالَ بَلَى وَ لَكِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِي بِالْأَمْرِ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فِي لَيَالِي الْقَدْرِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ إِلَى الْأَوْصِيَاءِ افْعَلْ كَذَا وَ كَذَا لِأَمْرٍ كَانُوا قَدْ عَلِمُوهُ أُمِرُوا كَيْفَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِيهِ قُلْتُ فَسِّرْ لِي هَذَا قَالَ لَمْ يَمُتْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَّا حَافِظاً لِجُمْلَةِ الْعِلْمِ وَ تَفْسِيرِهِ

The questioner said, ‘Or was there no interpretation for the whole of it?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes, but, rather it came with the Commands from Allah^-azwj the Exalted during the Nights of the Pre-determination unto the Prophet^-saww and unto the successors^-asws: “Do such and such for a matter”. They^-asws did have its knowledge. Its Command was how they^-asws should be doing it’. He said, ‘Explain this to me’. He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not pass away except having preserved the totality of the knowledge and its interpretation’.

قُلْتُ فَالَّذِي كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي لَيَالِي الْقَدْرِ عِلْمُ مَا هُوَ قَالَ الْأَمْرُ وَ الْيُسْرُ فِيمَا كَانَ قَدْ عَلِمَ

I said, ‘So the knowledge which he^-saww was Given during the Nights of Pre-determination, what was it?’ He^-asws said: ‘The Command and the ease regarding what he^-saww had already known’.

وَ الْخَبَرُ طَوِيلٌ أَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ مَوْضِعَ الْحَاجَةِ

And the Hadeeth is long. We have taken from it the needed subject matter’’.[98]

15- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي زَاهِرٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ يُوسُفَ الْأَبْزَارِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ‏ قَالَ لِي قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَ كَانَ لَا يُكَنِّينِي‏ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ يَا بَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ إِنَّ لَنَا فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ سُرُوراً قُلْتُ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ وَ مَا ذَاكَ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ الْجُمُعَةِ وَافَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْعَرْشَ وَ وَافَى الْأَئِمَّةُ ع مَعَهُ وَ وَافَيْنَا مَعَهُمْ فَلَا تُرَدُّ أَرْوَاحُنَا إِلَى أَبْدَانِنَا إِلَّا بِعِلْمٍ مُسْتَفَادٍ وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَأَنْفَدْنَا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Abu Zahir, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al kufy, from Yusuf Al Abzary, from Al Mufazzal who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said to me one day, and he^-asws had not teknonymed me before that: ‘O Abu Abdullah!’ I said, ‘At your^-asws service!’. He^-asws said: ‘For us^-asws, during every night of Friday, there is joyfulness’. I said, ‘May Allah^-azwj Increase that for you^-asws! And what is that (joy)?’ He^-asws said: ‘Whenever it is a night of Friday, Rasool-Allah^-saww performs Tawaf of the Throne and the Imams^-asws perform Tawaf of the Throne along with him^-saww, and we^-asws perform Tawaf along with them^-asws. We^-asws do not return back to our^-asws bodies except with beneficial knowledge, and had it not been for that, it would deplete from us^-asws’’.[99]

16- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‏ لَوْ لَا أَنَّا نَزْدَادُ لَأَنْفَدْنَا قَالَ قُلْتُ تَزْدَادُونَ شَيْئاً لَا يَعْلَمُهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ عُرِضَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ ثُمَّ انْتَهَى الْأَمْرُ إِلَيْنَا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Nasr, from Sa’alba, from Zurara who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws saying: ‘Had we^-asws not been increased, we^-asws would run out’. I said, ‘Are you^-asws being increased with something which Rasool-Allah^-saww did not know of?’ He^-asws said: ‘But, if it was that, it would be presented to Rasool-Allah^-saww (first), then to the Imams^-asws, then the matter would end up to us^-asws’’.[100]

17- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُمَا فَأَكَلَ وَاحِدَةً وَ كَسَرَ الْأُخْرَى بِنِصْفَيْنِ فَأَعْطَى عَلِيّاً ع نِصْفَهَا فَأَكَلَهَا فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ أَمَّا الرُّمَّانَةُ الْأُولَى الَّتِي أَكَلْتُهَا فَالنُّبُوَّةُ لَيْسَ لَكَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ أَمَّا الْأُخْرَى فَهُوَ الْعِلْمُ فَأَنْتَ شَرِيكِي فِيهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Azina, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Jibraeel^-as descended unto Rasool-Allah^-saww with two pomegranates from Paradise. He^-as gave him^-saww these two. He^-saww ate one and broke the other one into two halves, and gave Ali^-asws half of it, so he^-asws ate it, and he^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! As for the first pomegranate which I^-saww ate, so it is the Prophet-hood, there isn’t a share for you in it. And as for the other, so it is the knowledge, so You^-asws are my^-saww associate in it’’.[101]

18- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ الْأَئِمَّةُ يُحْيُونَ الْمَوْتَى وَ يُبْرِءُونَ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ وَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from Muhammad Bin Al Fazeyl, from Al Sumaly,

‘From Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘Can the Imams^-asws revive the dead, and cure the blind, and the leper, and walk upon the water?’

قَالَ مَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً شَيْئاً قَطُّ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ أَعْطَاهُ مُحَمَّداً ص وَ أَعْطَاهُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُمْ الْخَبَرَ

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj did not Give a Prophet^-saww anything except and He^-azwj Gave it to Muhammad^-saww and Gave him^-saww what did not happen to be with them^-as’ – the Hadeeth’.[102]

19- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْوَرَّاقِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فَمَرَّ بِنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَسَأَلَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الْيَمَنِ فَأَقْبَلَ يُحَدِّثُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع هَلْ تَعْرِفُ دَارَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ رَأَيْتُهَا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ali Bin Khalid, from Ibn Yazeed, from Abbas Al Waraq, from Usman Bin Isa, from Ibn Muskan, from Lays Al Murady, from Sadeyr who said,

‘I was in the presence of Abu Ja’far^-asws when a man from the people of Yemen passed by, so Abu Ja’far^-asws asked him about Yemen. He went on to narrate. Abu Ja’far^-asws said to him: ‘Do you recognise such and such house?’ He said, ‘Yes, and I have seen it’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع هَلْ تَعْرِفُ صَخْرَةً عِنْدَهَا فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ رَأَيْتُهَا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَعْرَفَ بِالْبِلَادِ مِنْكَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘Do you recognise a rock by it in such and such place?’ He said, ‘Yes, and I have seen it’. Then the man said, ‘I have not seen any man more knowing with a city than you^-asws are’.

فَلَمَّا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ تِلْكَ الصَّخْرَةُ الَّتِي غَضِبَ‏ مُوسَى فَأَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ فَمَا ذَهَبَ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ الْتَقَمَتْهُ الصَّخْرَةُ فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ أَدَّتْهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ هِيَ عِنْدَنَا

When the man arose, Abu Ja’far^-asws said to me: ‘O Abu Al-Fazl! That is the rock when Musa^-as was angry and threw the Tablets, and whatever went from the Torah, the rock swallowed. When Allah^-azwj Sent His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, fulfilled (brought it out) to him^-saww, and it is with us^-asws’’.[103]

20- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْقَمَّاطِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: عِنْدَنَا صُحُفُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ مُوسَى وَرِثْنَاهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – From Abu Khalid Al Qamat,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘With us^-asws are the Parchments of Ibrahim^-as, and Musa^-as, and we^-asws inherited from Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.[104]

21- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: فِي الْجَفْرِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ أَلْوَاحَ مُوسَى ع أَنْزَلَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَ فِيهَا تِبْيَانُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ كَانَ وَ هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Abu Muhammad, from Imran Bin Musa, from Musa Bin Ja’far, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Muhammad Al Fazeyl, from Al Sumaly,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘In (the book) Al-Jafr – when Allah^-azwj the Exalted Sent down the Tablets, Sent them upon him^-as, and therein was explanation of all things which had transpired, and would be transpiring up to the establishment of the Hour.

فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ مُوسَى أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ اسْتَوْدِعِ الْأَلْوَاحَ وَ هِيَ زَبَرْجَدَةٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَبَلَ فَأَتَى مُوسَى الْجَبَلَ فَانْشَقَّ لَهُ الْجَبَلُ فَجَعَلَ فِيهِ الْأَلْوَاحَ مَلْفُوفَةً فَلَمَّا جَعَلَهَا فِيهِ انْطَبَقَ الْجَبَلُ عَلَيْهَا فَلَمْ تَزَلْ فِي الْجَبَلِ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص

When the days of Musa^-as expired, Allah^-azwj Revealed to him^-saww to deposit the Tablets to a mountain, and these were of aquamarine from Paradise. The mountain split for him^-as and he^-as made the Tablets to be in it, wrapped up. When he^-as placed them in it, the mountain layered upon it. These did not cease to be in the mountain until Allah^-azwj Sent His^-azwj Prophet^-saww Muhammad^-saww.

فَأَقْبَلَ رَكْبٌ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ يُرِيدُونَ النَّبِيِّ ص فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى الْجَبَلِ انْفَرَجَ الْجَبَلُ وَ خَرَجَتِ الْأَلْوَاحُ مَلْفُوفَةً كَمَا وَضَعَهَا مُوسَى ع فَأَخَذَهَا الْقَوْمُ فَلَمَّا وَقَعَتْ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ أُلْقِيَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ أَنْ لَا يَنْظُرُوا إِلَيْهَا وَ هَابُوهَا حَتَّى يَأْتُوا بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ جَبْرَئِيلَ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ص فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِأَمْرِ الْقَوْمِ وَ بِالَّذِي أَصَابُوا

Riders came from Yemen intending the Prophet^-saww. When they ended up to the mountain, the mountain split up and the Tablets were thrown out, wrapped just as Musa^-as had placed these. The group took these. When it fell in their hands, it occurred in their hearts that they should not be looking into these and were awed by it until they came with it to Rasool-Allah^-saww; and Allah^-azwj Send Jibraeel^-as down unto His^-azwj Prophet^-saww and Informed him^-saww with the affair of the group, and with that which they had come across.

فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص ابْتَدَأَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ص فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَمَّا وَجَدُوا فَقَالُوا وَ مَا عِلْمُكَ بِمَا وَجَدْنَا فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ رَبِّي وَ هِيَ الْأَلْوَاحُ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَأَخْرَجُوهَا فَدَفَعُوهَا إِلَيْهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا وَ قَرَأَهَا وَ كِتَابُهَا بِالْعِبْرَانِيِّ

When they proceeded unto the Prophet^-saww, the Prophet^-saww initiated them and asked them about what they had found. They said, ‘And what made you^-saww know of what we have found?’ He^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Informed me^-saww, and these are the Tablets’. They said, ‘We testify that you^-saww are a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj’. They brought these out and handed them over to him^-saww. He^-saww looked into these, and read them, and they were written in Hebrew.

ثُمَّ دَعَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ دُونَكَ هَذِهِ فَفِيهَا عِلْمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ عِلْمُ الْآخِرِينَ وَ هِيَ أَلْوَاحُ مُوسَى ع وَ قَدْ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي أَنْ أَدْفَعَهَا إِلَيْكَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَسْتُ أُحْسِنُ قِرَاءَتَهَا قَالَ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ آمُرَكَ أَنْ تَضَعَهَا تَحْتَ رَأْسِكَ لَيْلَتَكَ هَذِهِ فَإِنَّكَ تُصْبِحُ وَ قَدْ عُلِّمْتَ قِرَاءَتَهَا

Then he^-saww called Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and said: ‘Do you^-asws know (how precious is) this? In it is the knowledge of the former ones and knowledge of the latter ones, and these are the Tablets of Musa^-as; and my^-saww Lord^-azwj Commanded me^-saww to hand these over to you^-asws’. He^-asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I^-asws am not good at reading it’. He^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as instructed me^-saww to instruct you^-saww to place these beneath your^-asws head during this night of yours^-asws, and in the morning you will know its recitation’.

قَالَ فَجَعَلَهَا تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ وَ قَدْ عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فِيهَا فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يَنْسَخَهَا فَنَسَخَهَا فِي جِلْدِ شَاةٍ وَ هُوَ الْجَفْرُ وَ فِيهِ عِلْمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ هُوَ عِنْدَنَا وَ الْأَلْوَاحُ وَ عَصَا مُوسَى عِنْدَنَا وَ نَحْنُ وَرِثْنَا النَّبِيَّ ص‏

He^-asws said: ‘He^-asws made these to be beneath his^-asws head, and Allah^-azwj Taught him^-asws all things which were in it. Rasool-Allah^-saww instructed him^-asws to copy it, and he^-asws copied it in a skin of a sheep, and it is the (book) ‘Jafr’, and in it is the knowledge of the former ones, and the latter ones, and it is with us^-asws, and the Tablets and the staff of Musa^-as are with us^-asws, and we^-asws inherited the Prophet^-saww (all) things’.

شي، تفسير العياشي‏ مِثْلَهُ وَ زَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع تِلْكَ الصَّخْرَةُ الَّتِي حَفِظَتْ أَلْوَاحَ مُوسَى ع تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فِي وَادٍ يُعْرَفُ بِكَذَا

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – Similar to it, and there is an addition in another ones, he (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘That rock which preserved the Tablets of Musa^-as is beneath a tree in a valley, recognised by such and such.[105]

22- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَصِيرَةَ عَنْ حَبَّةَ الْعُرَنِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ يُوشَعَ بْنَ نُونٍ ع كَانَ وَصِيَّ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ع وَ كَانَتْ أَلْوَاحُ مُوسَى مِنْ زُمُرُّدٍ أَخْضَرَ فَلَمَّا غَضِبَ مُوسَى ع أَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَمِنْهَا مَا تَكْسِرُ وَ مِنْهَا مَا بَقِيَ وَ مِنْهَا مَا ارْتَفَعَ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Musa Bin Sa’dan, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, from Sabah Al Muzny, from Al Haris Bin Haseyra, from Habat Al Arny who said,

‘I heard Amir Al-Momineen^-asws saying: ‘Yoshua Bin Noon^-as was the successor^-as of Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as, and the Tablets of Musa^-as were of green emeralds. When Musa^-as was angry, he^-as threw the Tablets from his^-as hands. From these is what is broken, and from these is what remains, and from these is what has been Raised (to the sky).

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ مُوسَى ع الْغَضَبُ قَالَ يُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ أَ عِنْدَكَ تِبْيَانُ مَا فِي الْأَلْوَاحِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَتَوَارَثُونَهَا رَهْطٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ رَهْطٍ حَتَّى وَقَعَتْ فِي أَيْدِي أَرْبَعَةِ رَهْطٍ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ وَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص بِتِهَامَةَ وَ بَلَغَهُمُ الْخَبَرُ

When the anger had gone away from Musa^-as, Yoshua^-as Bin Noon^-as said: ‘Is there with you^-as an explanation of what is in the Tablets?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes’. It did not cease to be inherited by a group from after a group, until these fell into the hands of a group of four from Yemen, and Allah^-azwj Sent Muhammad^-saww at Tahama and the news reached them.

فَقَالُوا مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ قِيلَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَ الزِّنَا وَ يَأْمُرُ بِمَحَاسِنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَ كَرَمِ الْجِوَارِ فَقَالُوا هَذَا أَوْلَى بِمَا فِي أَيْدِينَا مِنَّا فَاتَّفَقُوا أَنْ يَأْتُوهُ فِي شَهْرِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى جَبْرَئِيلَ ائْتِ النَّبِيَّ فَأَخْبِرْهُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً وَرِثُوا أَلْوَاحَ مُوسَى ع‏ وَ هُمْ يَأْتُونَكَ فِي شَهْرِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فِي لَيْلَةِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا

They said, ‘What is this Prophet^-saww saying?’ It was said, ‘He^-saww forbids wine and adultery, and enjoins with the good manners and honouring the neighbour’. They said, ‘This is the first of what is in our hands, from us, therefore fear from going to him in such and such a month’. Allah^-azwj Revealed to Jibraeel^-as: “Go to the Prophet^-saww and Inform him^-saww’. He^-as came to him^-saww and said: ‘So and so, and so and so, and so and so, and so and so inherited the Tablets of Musa^-as, and they would be coming to you^-saww in such and such month, during such and such night!”

فَسَهَرَ لَهُمْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَجَاءَ الرَّكْبُ فَدَقُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْبَابَ وَ هُمْ يَقُولُونَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ وَ يَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ وَ يَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ وَ يَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ أَيْنَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي تَوَارَثْتُمُوهُ مِنْ يُوشَعَ بْنِ نُونٍ وَصِيِّ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ

He^-saww stayed awake for them on that night. The riders came and knocked the door to him^-saww, and they said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww!’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes, O so and so son of so and so (naming all four of them)! Where is the Book which you have come across from Yoshua^-as Bin Noon^-as, successor^-as of Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as?’

قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّكَ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ اللَّهِ مَا عَلِمَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ مُنْذُ وَقَعَ عِنْدَنَا قَبْلَكَ

They said, ‘We testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him^-azwj, and you^-saww Muhammad^-saww, are a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj. By Allah^-azwj! No one before you^-saww knew of it at all since it fell into our hands’.

قَالَ فَأَخَذَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص فَإِذَا هُوَ كِتَابٌ بِالْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ دَقِيقٌ‏ فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَيَّ وَ وَضَعْتُهُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِي فَأَصْبَحْتُ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَ هُوَ كِتَابٌ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ جَلِيلٌ فِيهِ عِلْمُ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مُنْذُ قَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ إِلَى أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ فَعَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ‏

He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww took it and there was written in superfine Hebrew, and handed it over to me^-asws, and I^-asws placed it by my^-asws head. In the morning, it was in Arabic writing wherein was knowledge of what Allah^-azwj Created since the standing of the skies and the earth up to the establishment of the Hour. I^-asws did that.[106]

23- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حُكَيْمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبِ‏ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ يَا يَمَانِيُّ أَ تَعْرِفُ شِعْبَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muawiya Bin Hakeem, from Muhammad Bin Shuayb Bin Gazwan, from a man,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘A man from the people of Yemen came to him^-asws, and he^-asws said: ‘Do you know of such a such cave?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He^-asws said to him: ‘Do you know of such a such tree in the cave, its description is such and such?’ He said to him^-asws, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ لَهُ تَعْرِفُ شَجَرَةً فِي الشِّعْبِ صِفَتُهَا كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ لَهُ نَعَمْ قَالَ لَهُ تَعْرِفُ صَخْرَةً تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ قَالَ لَهُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَتِلْكَ الصَّخْرَةُ الَّتِي حَفِظَتْ أَلْوَاحَ مُوسَى ع عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص‏

He^-asws said to him: ‘Do you know of a rock beneath the tree?’ He said to him^-asws, ‘Yes’. He^-asws said: ‘That is the rock which preserved the Tablets of Musa^-as to (for) Muhammad^-saww’’.[107]

24- ك، إكمال الدين أَبِي وَ ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ مَعاً عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا الْكُوفِيِّينَ عَنِ ابْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ الْوَاسِطِيِ‏ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ مَحْجُوجاً بِآبِي قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنَّهُ كَانَ مُسْتَوْدَعاً لِلْوَصَايَا فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ

‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – My father, and Ibn al Waleed both together from Sa’ad, from a group of our companions of Kufa, from ibn Yazie, from Ameet Bin Ali, from Dorost Al Wasity,

‘He asked Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws, ‘Was Rasool-Allah^-saww cautioned by Aby?’ He^-asws said: ‘No, but he (Aby) was a depository for the bequest and it was handed over to him^-saww’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مَحْجُوجٌ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ مَحْجُوجاً بِهِ لَمَا دَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَصَايَا قُلْتُ‏ فَمَا كَانَ حَالُ آبِي قَالَ أَقَرَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص وَ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ وَ دَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَصَايَا وَ مَاتَ آبِي مِنْ يَوْمِهِ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Was it handed over to him^-saww that he^-saww would be cautioned with it?’ He^-asws said: ‘If he^-saww was to be cautioned by it, the bequest would not have been handed over to him^-saww’. I said, ‘What was the state of Aby?’ He^-asws said: ‘He acknowledged with the Prophet^-saww and with whatever he^-saww had come with, and the bequest was handed over to him^-saww, and Aby passed away on the day’’.[108]

25- ك، إكمال الدين أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ وَ ابْنِ يَزِيدَ وَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: الَّذِي تَنَاهَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَصِيَّةُ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ع يُقَالُ لَهُ آبِي‏

‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Abu Al Khatab, and Ibn Yazeed and Ahmad Ibn Al Hassan altogether, from Ibn Fazal, from Ibn Bakeyr,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The one to whom the bequest of Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as ended up to, was called Aby’’.[109]

26- ك، إكمال الدين ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ وَ سَعْدٍ مَعاً عَنِ ابْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ آخِرَ أَوْصِيَاءِ عِيسَى ع رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ بالط

‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Safar and Sa’ad both together, from Ibn Yazeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from the one who narrated it from our companions,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The last of the successors^-as of Isa^-as was a man called Balat’’.[110]

27- ك، إكمال الدين أَبِي وَ ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ مَعاً عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ النَّهْدِيِّ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ مَعاً عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ الْوَاسِطِيِّ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَدْ أَتَى غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَ كَانَ آخِرُ مَنْ أَتَى آبِيَ فَمَكَثَ عِنْدَهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ النَّبِيُّ ص قَالَ آبِي يَا سَلْمَانُ إِنَّ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي [تَطْلُبُهُ‏] قَدْ ظَهَرَ بِمَكَّةَ فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ سَلْمَانُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهِ‏

‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – My father and Ibn Al Waleed both together, from Sa’ad, from Al Nahdy and Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar both together, from Ismail Bin Sahl, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Dorost Al Wasity, and someone else,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Salman Al-Farsy^-ra had come to someone else from the scholars and the last one he^-ra came to was Aby. It (bequest) remained with him for as long as Allah^-azwj Desired. When the Prophet^-saww appeared, Aby said, ‘O Salman^-ra! Your^-ra companion, is the one who has appeared at Makkah’. Salman^-ra headed towards him^-saww.[111]

28- سن، المحاسن أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْخَفَّافُ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ الَّذِي تَنَاهَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَصَايَا عِيسَى ع آبِيَ

‘Al Mahasin’ – Abu Is’haq Al Khafaf, from the one who mentioned it,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The one to whom the bequest of Isa^-as ended up to was Aby’’.

وَ رَوَاهُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ وَ زَادَ فِيهِ‏ فَلَمَّا أَنْ أَتَاهُ سَلْمَانُ قَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ الْيَوْمَ بِمَكَّةَ فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ

And it is reported from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Dorost, and there is an increase in it – ‘When Salman^-ar came to him, he said to him^-ar: ‘The one whom you^-ar are seeking has appeared today at Makkah, so go to him^-saww!’ [112]

29- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ وَ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الدَّيْلَمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَوْصَى مُوسَى ع إِلَى يُوشَعَ بْنِ نُونٍ ع وَ أَوْصَى يُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ ع إِلَى وُلْدِ هَارُونَ ع وَ لَمْ يُوصِ إِلَى وُلْدِهِ وَ لَا إِلَى وُلْدِ مُوسَى ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ الْخِيَرَةُ يَخْتَارُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِمَّنْ يَشَاءُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Al Husayn and someone else, from Sahl, from Muhammad Bin Isa and Muhammad Bin Yahya and Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, altogether from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ismail Bin Jabir and Abdul Kareem Bin Amro, from Abdul Hameed Bin Abu Al Daylam,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Musa^-as bequeathed to Yoshua^-as Bin Noon^-as, and Yoshua^-as Bin Noon^-as bequeathed to a son of Haroun^-as and did not bequeath to his^-as own son, nor to a son of Musa^-as. Allah^-azwj the Exalted Gave him^-as the choice that he^-as can choose the one whom he^-as so desires to, from the ones he^-as so desires to.

وَ بَشَّرَ مُوسَى وَ يُوشَعُ بِالْمَسِيحِ ع فَلَمَّا أَنْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ الْمَسِيحَ ع قَالَ الْمَسِيحُ ع لَهُمْ إِنَّهُ سَوْفَ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي نَبِيٌّ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ مِنْ وُلْدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَجِي‏ءُ بِتَصْدِيقِي وَ تَصْدِيقِكُمْ وَ عُذْرِي وَ عُذْرِكُمْ وَ جَرَتْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فِي الْحَوَارِيِّينَ فِي الْمُسْتَحْفَظِينَ وَ إِنَّمَا سَمَّاهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْمُسْتَحْفَظِينَ لِأَنَّهُمُ اسْتُحْفِظُوا الِاسْمَ الْأَكْبَرَ وَ هُوَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي يُعْلَمُ بِهِ عِلْمُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ الَّذِي كَانَ مَعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ

And Musa^-as and Yoshua^-as gave glad tidings of the Messiah^-as. When Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent the Messiah^-as, the Messiah^-as said to them: ‘There would be soon coming a Prophet^-saww after me^-as whose name is Ahmad^-saww, from the children of Ismail^-as. He^-saww would come ratifying me^-as and ratifying you, and my^-as justifications and your justifications’. And there flowed from after him^-as among the disciples, among the preservers, and rather Allah^-azwj Named them as ‘preservers’ because they preserved the Great Name, and it is the ‘Book’ through which one can find out the knowledge of everything which was with the Prophets^-as.

يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنا رُسُلًا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ وَ أَنْزَلْنا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتابَ وَ الْمِيزانَ‏ الْكِتَابُ الِاسْمُ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ إِنَّمَا عُرِفَ مِمَّا يُدْعَى الْكِتَابَ التَّوْرَاةُ وَ الْإِنْجِيلُ وَ الْفُرْقَانُ فِيهَا كِتَابُ نُوحٍ ع وَ فِيهَا كِتَابُ صَالِحٍ وَ شُعَيْبٍ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع فَأَخْبَرَ اللَّهُ‏ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِنَّ هذا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولى‏ صُحُفِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَ مُوسى‏ فَأَيْنَ صُحُفُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّمَا صُحُفُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع الِاسْمُ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ صُحُفُ مُوسَى ع الِاسْمُ الْأَكْبَرُ

Allah^-azwj the Exalted is Saying: Certainly We sent Our Rasools with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the Scale [57:25]. The Book is the Great Name, and rather it is recognised from what He^-azwj is Called in the Books, the Torah and the Evangel and the Criterion (Quran). Therein is the Book of Noah^-as, and therein is the Book of Salih^-as and Shuayb^-as and Ibrahim^-as. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Informed: Most surely this is in the earlier Scriptures, [87:19] The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa [87:18]. So where is the Scripture of Ibrahim^-as? But rather, the Scripture of Ibrahim^-as is ‘الِاسْمُ الْأَكْبَرُ’ the Great Name, and the Scripture of Musa^-as is ‘الِاسْمُ الْأَكْبَرُ’ the Great Name.

فَلَمْ تَزَلِ الْوَصِيَّةُ فِي عَالِمٍ بَعْدَ عَالِمٍ حَتَّى دَفَعُوهَا إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُحَمَّداً أَسْلَمَ لَهُ الْعَقِبَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَحْفَظِينَ وَ كَذَّبَهُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَ دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ‏

The bequest did not cease to be in a scholar after a scholar until it was handed over to Muhammad^-saww. When Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent Muhammad^-saww, the descendants from the ‘preservers’ submitted to him^-saww and the Children of Israel belied him^-saww and they (the descendants of the preservers) called to Allah^-azwj and fought in His^-azwj Way’.

إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ بِطُولِهِ وَ سَيَأْتِي فِي أَبْوَابِ النُّصُوصِ عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ ع

Up to the end of the Hadeeth with its length, and I (Majlisi) shall come with it in the chapters of the links to the Imams^-asws’’.[113]

30- ع، علل الشرائع الْمُظَفَّرُ الْعَلَوِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَيَّاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ‏ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّرَّاجِ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُفَضَّلٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ أَ تَدْرِي مَا كَانَ قَمِيصُ يُوسُفَ ع قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع لَمَّا أُوقِدَتْ لَهُ النَّارُ أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع بِثَوْبٍ مِنْ ثِيَابِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَلْبَسَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمْ يَضُرَّهُ مَعَهُ رِيحٌ وَ لَا بَرْدٌ وَ لَا حَرٌّ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Al Muzaffar Al Alawy, from Ibn Al Ayyash, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Nusayr, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Marouf, from Ibn Mahziyar, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Abu Ismail Al Saraj, from Bishr Bin Ja’far, from Mufazzal Al Jufy,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘Do you know what was the shirt of Yusuf^-as?’ I said, ‘No’. He^-asws said: ‘Ibrahim^-as, when the fire was ignited for him^-as, Jibraeel^-as came to him^-as with a cloth from the clothes of Paradise and put it on him^-as. Neither any wind, nor cold nor heat harmed him^-as.

فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع الْمَوْتُ جَعَلَهُ فِي تَمِيمَةٍ وَ عَلَّقَهُ عَلَى إِسْحَاقَ ع وَ عَلَّقَهُ إِسْحَاقُ ع عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ ع فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ لِيَعْقُوبَ ع يُوسُفُ عَلَّقَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَكَانَ فِي عَضُدِهِ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا كَانَ فَلَمَّا أَخْرَجَ يُوسُفُ ع الْقَمِيصَ مِنَ التَّمِيمَةِ وَجَدَ يَعْقُوبُ ع رِيحَهُ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى‏ إِنِّي لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْ لا أَنْ تُفَنِّدُونِ‏ فَهُوَ ذَلِكَ الْقَمِيصُ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ بِهِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ

When the death presented to Ibrahim^-as, he^-as made it to be in an amulet and hung it upon Is’haq^-as, and Is’haq^-as hung it upon Yaqoub^-as. When Yusuf^-as was born to Yaqoub^-as, he^-as hung it upon him^-as. It was in his^-as upper arm until it transpired from his^-as matter what transpired. When Yusuf^-as brought out the shirt from the amulet, Yaqoub^-as found its aroma, and it is the Word of the Exalted: Surely I find the aroma of Yusuf, unless you deem me to be weak minded’ [12:94]. So, it is that shirt which had descended from Paradise.

قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَإِلَى مَنْ‏ صَارَ هَذَا الْقَمِيصُ قَالَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ وَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ وَرِثَ عِلْماً أَوْ غَيْرَهُ فَقَدِ انْتَهَى إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ‏

I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! To whom has this shirt come to be?’ He^-asws said: ‘To its rightful ones, and every Prophet^-as inherited knowledge or something else, and it has (all) ended up to Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww Progeny^-asws’’.[114]

31- ير، بصائر الدرجات ابْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ ع عَنْ عِلْمِ النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ عِلْمُ النَّبِيِّ ص عِلْمُ جَمِيعِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عِلْمُ مَا كَانَ وَ عِلْمُ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ibn Marouf, from Hamad, from Hareyz, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Ali^-asws was asked about the knowledge of the Prophet^-saww, so he^-asws said: ‘Knowledge of the Prophet^-saww is the knowledge of the entirety of the Prophets^-as, and knowledge of what has happened, and knowledge of what will be happening up to the establishment of the Hour’’.[115]

أَقُولُ رَوَى السَّيِّدُ فِي سَعْدِ السُّعُودِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ مِنْ تَفْسِيرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ رُشَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَرَّجَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِ‏ أَنَّ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَدِدْتُ أَنَّكَ عُمِّرْتَ فِينَا عُمُرَ نُوحٍ ع

I (Majlisi) say, ‘It is reported by Al Seyyid in ‘Sa’ad Al Saoud’, from Muhammad Bin Al Abbas Bin Marwan in his Tafseer, from Abdullah Bin Al A’la, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Usman Bin Rusheyd, from Al Hassan Bin Abdullah Al Arjany, from Abu Haroun Al Abdy, from Abu Saeed Al Khudry,

‘Ammar Bin Yasser^-ar said to Rasool-Allah^-saww, ‘I^-ar would love it if you^-saww could spend your^-saww life among us, the lifespan of Noah^-as!’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا عَمَّارُ حَيَاتِي خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَ وَفَاتِي لَيْسَ بِشَرٍّ لَكُمْ أَمَّا فِي حَيَاتِي فَتُحْدِثُونَ وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لَكُمْ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O Ammar^-ar! My^-saww lifetime is better for you all, and my^-saww expiry isn’t with any evil for you all! As for my^-saww life, you innovate, and I^-saww seek Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj for you!

وَ أَمَّا بَعْدَ وَفَاتِي فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَحْسِنُوا الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ إِنَّكُمْ تُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيَّ بِأَسْمَائِكُمْ وَ أَسْمَاءِ آبَائِكُمْ وَ أَنْسَابِكُمْ وَ قَبَائِلِكُمْ فَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَيْراً حَمِدْتُ اللَّهَ وَ إِنْ يَكُنْ سِوَى ذَلِكَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ اللَّهَ لَكُمْ

And as for after my^-saww expiry, fear Allah^-azwj and better the Salawaat upon me^-saww and upon People^-asws of my^-saww Household, and you will be presented to me^-saww with your names and names of your fathers, and your lineages, and your tribes. If goodness has happened, I^-saww shall praise Allah^-azwj, and if other than that has happened, I^-saww shall seek Forgiven for you all!’

فَقَالَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَ الشُّكَّاكُ وَ الَّذِينَ فِي قَلْبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الْأَعْمَالَ تُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ بِأَسْمَاءِ الرِّجَالِ وَ أَسْمَاءِ آبَائِهِمْ وَ أَنْسَابِهِمْ إِلَى قَبَائِلِهِمْ إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْإِفْكُ

The hypocrites and the doubters and those who had sickness in their hears said, ‘He^-saww alleges that the deeds will be presented to him^-saww after his^-saww expiry with names of the men, and names of their fathers, and their lineages to their tribes! Surely this is a blatant life!’

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ قُلِ اعْمَلُوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ‏ فَقِيلَ لَهُ وَ مَنِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Allah^-azwj the Exalted Revealed: And say: ‘Work, for Allah will See your work and (so will) His Rasool and the Momineen [9:105]. It was said to him^-saww, ‘And who are the Momineen?’

قَالَ عَامَّةٌ وَ خَاصَّةٌ أَمَّا الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ‏ فَهُمْ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ وَ سَتُرَدُّونَ إِلى‏ عالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِما كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ‏^[116] مِنْ طَاعَةٍ وَ مَعْصِيَةٍ

He^-saww said: ‘General and special. As for thos for whom Allah^-azwj Said: and the Momineen [9:105], they are Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww. Then He^-azwj Said: and you shall be Returned to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you were doing’ [9:105] – from (acts of) obedience and disobedience’. [117]

32- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ سَيْفٍ التَّمَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: وَ رَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ وَ رَبِّ الْبَيْتِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَوْ كُنْتُ بَيْنَ مُوسَى وَ الْخَضِرِ ع لَأَخْبَرْتُهُمَا أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُمَا وَ لَأَنْبَأْتُهُمَا بِمَا لَيْسَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمَا لِأَنَّ مُوسَى وَ الْخَضِرَ ع‏أُعْطِيَا عِلْمَ مَا كَانَ وَ لَمْ يُعْطَيَا عِلْمَ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hamad, from Sayf Al Tammar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘By the Lord^-azwj of the Kabah, and by the Lord^-azwj of the House!’ – three times – If I^-asws were in-between Musa^-as and Al-Khizr^-as, I^-asws would have informed them^-as both than I^-asws am more knowledgeable than them^-as, and informed them^-as with what wasn’t in their^-as hands, because Musa^-as and Al-Khizr^-as were both Given the knowledge of what had happened, and were not Given the knowledge of what would be happening.

وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أُعْطِيَ عِلْمَ مَا كَانَ وَ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَوَرِثْنَاهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وِرَاثَةً

And Rasool-Allah^-saww was Given knowledge of what had happened and what would be happening up to the Day of Qiyamah, and we^-asws inherited from Rasool-Allah^-saww and (it is in our^-asws) inheritance’’.[118]

33- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ‏ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْيَمَانِيِ‏ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ أُولِي الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَ فَضَّلَهُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ وَ أَوْرَثَنَا عِلْمَهُمْ وَ فَضَّلَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي عِلْمِهِمْ وَ عَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا وَ عَلَّمَنَا عِلْمَ الرَّسُولِ وَ عِلْمَهُمْ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Hamdan Bin Suleyman, from Ubeydullah Bin Muhammad Al Yamani, from Muslim Bin Al Hajjaj, from Yunus, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Created the Determines ones (Ul Al-Azm) from the Rasools^-as, and Merited them with the knowledge, and we^-asws inherited their^-as knowledge and are Merited over them^-as regarding their^-as knowledge and knowledge of Rasool-Allah^-saww what they^-as did not know, and we^-asws know the knowledge of Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.[119]

34- ير، بصائر الدرجات الْيَقْطِينِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ السَّمَّانِ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ الشِّيعَةُ فِي عَلِيٍّ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى ع قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مِنْ أَيِّ الْحَالاتِ تَسْأَلُنِي قَالَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْعِلْمِ فَأَمَّا الْفَضْلُ فَهُمْ سَوَاءٌ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Al Yaqteeny, from Muhammad Bin Umar, from Abdullah Bin Al Waleed Al Saman who said,

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said to me: ‘O Abdullah! What are the Shias saying regarding Ali^-asws, and Musa^-as and Isa^-as?’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! And of which of the states are you^-asws asking me?’ He^-asws said: ‘I^-asws am asking you about the knowledge. As for the merits, they^-as are equal’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَمَا عَسَى أَنْ أَقُولَ فِيهِمْ فَقَالَ هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُمَا

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! What is that I should be saying regarding them^-as?’ He^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! He^-asws is more knowledgeable than both of them^-as’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَ لَيْسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ لِعَلِيٍّ مَا لِلرَّسُولِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَخَاصِمْهُمْ فِيهِ

Then he^-asws said: ‘O Abdullah! Aren’t they (Shias) saying, ‘For Ali^-asws is whatever was from the knowledge for the Rasool^-saww?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^-asws said: ‘Contend them regarding it’.

قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَالَ لِمُوسَى‏ وَ كَتَبْنا لَهُ فِي الْأَلْواحِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَأَعْلَمَنَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَهُ الْأَمْرَ كُلَّهُ

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said to Musa^-as: And We Prescribed to him in the Tablets, Advice from all things and detail of everything: [7:145]. So, we know that all of the matters were not explained to him^-as.

وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص‏ وَ جِئْنا بِكَ عَلى‏ هؤُلاءِ شَهِيداً وَ نَزَّلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ تِبْياناً لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ

And Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said to Muhammad^-saww: and We shall Come with you as a witness upon these (witnesses). And We Revealed the Book unto you as a clarification of all things, [16:89]’’.[120]

35- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: أَعْطَى اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَى آدَمَ ع فَمَنْ دُونَهُ مِنَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ كُلِّهِمْ يَا جَابِرُ هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَلِكَ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ibn Sinan, from Amar Bin Marwan, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Gave Muhammad^-saww similar to what He^-azwj Gave to Adam^-as, and from the ones besides him^-as, from the successors^-as, all of them’. O Jabir! Do you understand that?’’.[121]

36- ختص، الإختصاص ابْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ الْهَجَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع كَانَ هِبَةَ اللَّهِ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص وَرِثَ عِلْمَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ عِلْمَ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ أَمَا إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً وَرِثَ عِلْمَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ‏

‘Al Ikhtisas’ – Ibn Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abdullah Bin Bakeyr Al Hijry,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws was ‘Hibtullah’ (Gift of Allah^-azwj – successor^-as of Adam^-as) of Muhammad^-saww, and he^-asws inherited the knowledge of the successors^-as and knowledge of what happened before him^-asws. As for Muhammad^-saww, he^-saww inherited the knowledge of the ones from the Prophets^-as and the Messengers^-as who were before him^-saww’’.[122]

37- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ وَ كَذلِكَ نُرِي إِبْراهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِنِينَ‏ قَالَ كُشِطَ لَهُ‏ عَنِ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَ عَنِ السَّمَاءِ وَ مَا فِيهَا وَ الْمَلَكِ الَّذِي يَحْمِلُهَا وَ الْعَرْشِ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهِ وَ فُعِلَ ذَلِكَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ibn Marar, from Yunus, from Hisham,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: And like that We Showed Ibrahim the Kingdoms of the skies and the earth and for he to become from the convinced ones [6:75]. He^-asws said: ‘It was uncovered for Ibrahim^-as from the earth and the ones upon it, and from the sky and whatever is in it, and the Angels who carry it, and the Throne and the one^-asws upon it, and that was (also) Done with Rasool-Allah^-saww and Amir Al-Momineen^-asws’’.[123]

38- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ كَذلِكَ نُرِي إِبْراهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِنِينَ‏ قَالَ كُشِطَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ع السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَى مَا فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ وَ كُشِطَ لَهُ الْأَرْضُ حَتَّى رَأَى مَا فِي الْهَوَاءِ وَ فُعِلَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ص مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَ إِنِّي لَأَرَى صَاحِبَكُمْ وَ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ قَدْ فُعِلَ بِهِمْ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Ibn Al Mugheira, from Ibn Muskan who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘And like that We Showed Ibrahim the Kingdoms of the skies and the earth and for he to become from the convinced ones [6:75]. He^-asws said: ‘The seven skies were uncovered for Ibrahim^-as until he^-as looked at what was above the Throne, and the earth was uncovered for him^-as until he^-as saw what was in the air, and similar to that was Done with Muhammad^-saww, and I^-asws see your Master^-asws and the Imams^-asws from after him^-asws, similar to that has been Done with them^-asws’’.[124]

39- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع هَلْ رَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ ص مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ كَمَا رَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ وَ صَاحِبُكُمْ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Barqy, from Al Nazar, from Yahya Al Halby, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘Did Muhammad^-saww see the kingdoms of the skies and the earth just as Ibrahim^-as saw?’ He^-asws said: ‘As so did your Master^-asws’’.[125]

40- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ‏ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ فِي يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى كِتَابٌ وَ فِي يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى كِتَابٌ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Muhammad bin Al Fazeyl, from Abu Al Sabah Al Kanany,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww came out to us and there was a book in his^-saww right hand, and there was a book in his^-saww left hand.

فَنَشَرَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي فِي يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَقَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ كِتَابٌ لِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَ أَسْمَاءِ آبَائِهِمْ لَا يُزَادُ فِيهِمْ وَاحِدٌ وَ لَا يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُمْ وَاحِدٌ

He^-saww spread out the book which was in the right hand and read: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent the Merciful. (This is) a book of the people of Paradise with their names and the names of their fathers. Not one will increase among them nor will anyone be reduced from them’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ نَشَرَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَقَرَأَ كِتَابٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَ أَسْمَاءِ آبَائِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ لَا يُزَادُ فِيهِمْ وَاحِدٌ وَ لَا يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُمْ وَاحِدٌ

He^-asws said: ‘Then he^-saww spread out that which was in the left hand and read: ‘(This is) a book from Allah^-azwj the Beneficent the Merciful of the people of the Fire with their names and the names of their fathers and their tribes. Not one will increase in them nor will anyone will be reduced from them’’.[126]

41- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: انْتَهَى النَّبِيُّ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ انْتَهَى إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى قَالَ فَقَالَتِ السِّدْرَةُ مَا جَازَنِي‏ مَخْلُوقٌ قَبْلَكَ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abdul Samad Bin Bashir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww ended up to the seventh sky and ended up to the Lote Tree (Sidral Al-Muntaha). The Lote Tree said, ‘No creature has been in my vicinity before you^-asws’.

ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ فَأَوْحى‏ قَالَ فَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ كِتَابَ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ وَ كِتَابَ أَصْحَابِ الشِّمَالِ فَأَخَذَ كِتَابَ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ بِيَمِينِهِ وَ فَتَحَهُ وَ نَظَرَ فِيهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ أَسْمَاءُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَسْمَاءُ آبَائِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ

Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9] And He Revealed [53:10]. He^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj Handed over to him^-saww the book of the companions of the right and the book of the companions of the left. He^-saww took the book of the companions of the right in his^-saww right hand, and opened it and looked into it, and therein were the names of the people of Paradise and the names of their fathers and their tribes.

قَالَ وَ فَتَحَ كِتَابَ أَصْحَابِ الشِّمَالِ وَ نَظَرَ فِيهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ أَسْمَاءُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَ أَسْمَاءُ آبَائِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ وَ مَعَهُ الصَّحِيفَتَانِ فَدَفَعَهُمَا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏

He^-asws said: ‘And he^-saww opened the book of the companions of the left and looked into it, and therein were the names of the people of the Fire and the names of their fathers and their tribes. Then he^-saww descended and the two parchments were with him^-saww, and he^-saww handed these over to Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’’.[127]

42- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَلَوِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ ظُهَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى‏ عَنْ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَقُولُ‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ‏ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَعْرِفُ الْخَلْقَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ وَ أَنَا بَعْدَهُ الْمُتَوَسِّمُ وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي الْمُتَوَسِّمُونَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Abu Al Fazal Al Alawy, from Saeed Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Al Hakam Bin Zaheer, from his father, from Shareek Bin Abdullah, from Abdul A’ala, from Abu Waqas,

‘From Salman Al-Farsy^-ra who said, ‘I heard Amir Al-Momineen^-asws saying regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Surely, in that are Signs for the distinguishers [15:75]. Rasool-Allah^-saww used to distinguish the people with their markings, and I^-asws am a distinguisher after him^-saww, and the Imams^-asws from my^-asws offspring are the distinguishers up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.[128]

43- لي، الأمالي للصدوق ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ أَنَا سَيِّدُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ وَصِيِّي سَيِّدُ الْوَصِيِّينَ وَ أَوْصِيَائِي سَادَاتُ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ

Ibn Al Mutawakkal, from Al Himeyri, from Ibn Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Maqatal Bin Suleyman,

‘From Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am the Chief of the Prophets^-as, and my^-saww successor^-asws is the Chief of the successors^-as, and my^-saww successors^-asws are the Chiefs of the successors^-as.

إِنَّ آدَمَ ع سَأَلَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُ وَصِيّاً صَالِحاً فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ أَنِّي أَكْرَمْتُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ ثُمَّ اخْتَرْتُ خَلْقِي وَ جَعَلْتُ خِيَارَهُمُ الْأَوْصِيَاءَ

Adam^-as asked Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Make a righteous successor^-as to be for him^-as, so Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to him^-as: “I^-azwj Honoured the Prophets^-as with the Prophet-hood, then I^-azwj Selected My^-azwj creatures and Made the best of them as the successors^-as”.

ثُمَّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ يَا آدَمُ أَوْصِ إِلَى شَيْثٍ ع فَأَوْصَى آدَمُ ع إِلَى شَيْثٍ ع وَ هُوَ هِبَةُ اللَّهِ بْنُ آدَمَ وَ أَوْصَى شَيْثٌ ع إِلَى ابْنِهِ شَبَّانَ وَ هُوَ ابْنُ نَزْلَةَ الْحَوْرَاءِ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَى آدَمَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَزَوَّجَهَا ابْنَهُ شَيْثاً

Then Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to him^-as: “O Adam^-as! Bequeath to Shees^-as”. So, Adam^-as bequeathed to Shees^-as, and he^-as is (called) Hibtullah^-as Bin Adam^-as, and Shees^-as bequeathed to his^-as son^-as Shaban^-as and he^-as of the descended Houried whom Allah^-azwj Sent down unto Adam^-as from Paradise, and he^-as got his^-as son Shees^-as to be married to her.

وَ أَوْصَى شَبَّانُ إِلَى محلثَ‏ وَ أَوْصَى محلثُ إِلَى محوقَ وَ أَوْصَى محوقُ إِلَى عميشَا وَ أَوْصَى عميشَا إِلَى أَخْنُوخَ وَ هُوَ إِدْرِيسُ النَّبِيُّ ع وَ أَوْصَى إِدْرِيسُ ع إِلَى نَاحُورَ وَ دَفَعَهَا نَاحُورُ إِلَى نُوحٍ النَّبِيِّ ع وَ أَوْصَى نُوحٌ إِلَى سَامٍ وَ أَوْصَى سَامٌ إِلَى عَثَامِرَ وَ أَوْصَى عَثَامِرُ إِلَى بَرْعَيْثَاشَا

And Shaban^-as bequeathed to Mahlas^-as, and Mahlas^-as bequeathed to Mahouq^-as, and Mahouq bequeathed to Ameysha^-as, and Ameysha^-as bequeathed to Akhnoukh^-as, and he^-as is the Prophet Idrees^-as, and Idrees^-as bequeathed to Nahour^-as, and Nahour^-as handed it over to Noah^-as, and Noah^-as bequeathed to Saam^-as, and Saam^-as bequeathed to Asaamir^-as, and Asaamir^-as bequeathed to Baraysasha^-as.

وَ أَوْصَى برعيثَاشَا إِلَى يَافِثَ وَ أَوْصَى يَافِثُ إِلَى بَرَّةَ وَ أَوْصَى بَرَّةُ إِلَى جفيسةَ وَ أَوْصَى جفيسةُ إِلَى عِمْرَانَ وَ دَفَعَهَا عِمْرَانُ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَلِيلِ ع وَ أَوْصَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ ع إِلَى ابْنِهِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ع وَ أَوْصَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ إِلَى إِسْحَاقَ ع وَ أَوْصَى إِسْحَاقُ إِلَى يَعْقُوبَ ع وَ أَوْصَى يَعْقُوبُ ع إِلَى يُوسُفَ ع وَ أَوْصَى يُوسُفُ ع إِلَى بثريَا وَ أَوْصَى بثريَا إِلَى شُعَيْبٍ ع

And Baraysasha^-as bequeathed to Yafas^-as, and Yafas^-as bequeathed to Barah^-as, and Barah^-as bequeathed to Jafeysa^-as, and Jafeysa^-as bequeathed to Imran^-as, and Imran^-as handed over to Ibrahim^-as the Friend (of the Beneficent), and Ibrahim^-as bequeathed to his^-as son^-as Ismail^-as, and Ismail^-as bequeathed to Is’haq^-as, and Is’haq^-as bequeathed to Yaqoub^-as, and Yaqoub^-as bequeathed to Yusuf^-as, and Yusuf^-as bequeathed to Basreya^-as, and Basreya^-as bequeathed to Shuayb^-as.

وَ دَفَعَهَا شُعَيْبٌ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ وَ أَوْصَى مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ إِلَى يُوشَعَ بْنِ نُونٍ وَ أَوْصَى يُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ إِلَى دَاوُدَ ع وَ أَوْصَى دَاوُدُ ع إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ ع وَ أَوْصَى سُلَيْمَانُ ع إِلَى آصَفَ بْنِ بَرْخِيَا وَ أَوْصَى آصَفُ بْنُ بَرْخِيَا إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا ع وَ دَفَعَهَا زَكَرِيَّا إِلَى عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ع وَ أَوْصَى عِيسَى ع إِلَى شَمْعُونَ بْنِ حَمُّونَ الصَّفَا ع وَ أَوْصَى شَمْعُونُ ع إِلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا ع وَ أَوْصَى يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا إِلَى مُنْذِرٍ وَ أَوْصَى مُنْذِرٌ إِلَى سُلَيْمَةَ وَ أَوْصَى سُلَيْمَةُ إِلَى بُرْدَةَ

And Shuayn^-as handed over to Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as, and Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as bequeathed to Yoshua^-as Bin Noon^-as, and Yoshua^-as Bin Noon^-as bequeathed to Dawood^-as, and Dawood^-as bequeathed to Suleyman^-as, and Suleyman^-as bequeathed to Aasif^-as Bin Barkhiya^-as, and Aasif^-as Bin Barkhiya^-as bequeathed to Zakariyya^-as, and Zakariyya^-as handed over to Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as, and Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as bequeathed to Shamoun Bin Hmoun Al-Safa^-as, and Shamoun^-as bequeathed to Yahya^-as Bin Zakariyya^-as, and Yahya^-as Bin Zakariyya^-as bequeathed to Manzar^-as, and Manzar^-as bequeathed to Saleema^-as, and Saleema^-as bequeathed to Baradah’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ ص وَ دَفَعَهَا إِلَيَّ بُرْدَةُ وَ أَنَا أَدْفَعُهَا إِلَيْكَ يَا عَلِيُّ وَ أَنْتَ تَدْفَعُهَا إِلَى وَصِيِّكَ وَ يَدْفَعُهَا وَصِيُّكَ إِلَى أَوْصِيَائِكَ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ وَاحِدٍ بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ حَتَّى يَدْفَعَ إِلَى خَيْرِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَكَ وَ لَتَكْفُرَنَّ بِكَ الْأُمَّةُ وَ لَتَخْتَلِفَنَّ عَلَيْكَ اخْتِلَافاً شَدِيداً الثَّابِتُ عَلَيْكَ كَالْمُقِيمِ مَعِي وَ الشَّاذُّ عَنْكَ فِي النَّارِ وَ النَّارُ مَثْوًى لِلْكَافِرِينَ

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘And Baradah^-as handed over to me^-saww, and I^-saww am handing it over to you^-asws, O Ali^-asws, and you^-asws should hand it over to your^-asws successor^-asws, and your^-asws successor^-asws should hand it over to your^-asws successors^-asws from your^-asws sons^-asws, and one after one until it is handed over to the best of the people of the earth after you^-asws; and the community will disbelieve in you^-asws and will be differing upon you^-asws with severe differing. The one who is steadfast upon you^-asws is like the one standing with me^-saww, and the one deviating from you^-asws would be in the Fire, and the Fire is the abode for the Kafirs’’.[129]

44- فس، تفسير القمي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أَعْمَالَ الْعِبَادِ تُعْرَضُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ أَبْرَارَهَا وَ فُجَّارَهَا فَاحْذَرُوا فَلْيَسْتَحْيِ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يُعْرَضَ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ الْعَمَلُ الْقَبِيحُ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – From Muhammad Bin Al Hasan Al Saffar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The deeds of the servants are presented unto Rasool-Allah^-saww every morning, of its righteous ones and its immoral ones, therefore let every one of you be cautious of the embarrassment of these ugly deeds being presented to his Prophet^-saww’.

عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَمُوتُ أَوْ كَافِرٍ يُوضَعُ فِي قَبْرِهِ حَتَّى يُعْرَضَ عَمَلُهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ هَلُمَّ جَرّاً إِلَى آخِرِ مَنْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ طَاعَتَهُ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ قُلِ اعْمَلُوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ‏

From him^-asws having said: ‘There is none from a Momin who dies or a Kafir placed in his grave until his deeds are presented unto Rasool-Allah^-saww and to Amir Al-Momineen^-asws, and so on and so forth up to the last of the one^-asws the obedience to whom Allah^-azwj has Obligated, and that is His^-azwj Word: And say: ‘Work, for Allah will See your work and (so will) His Rasool and the Momineen; [9:105]’’.[130]

45- مع، معاني الأخبار عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُذَكِّرُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الطَّبَرِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ خِرَاشٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَوْلَايَ أَنَسٌ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ حَيَاتِي خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَ مَوْتِي خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ أَمَّا حَيَاتِي فَتُحَدِّثُونِّي وَ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ وَ أَمَّا مَوْتِي فَتُعْرَضُ عَلَيَّ أَعْمَالُكُمْ عَشِيَّةَ الْإِثْنَيْنِ وَ الْخَمِيسِ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ حَمِدْتُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ سَيِّئٍ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ اللَّهَ لَكُمْ‏

‘Ma’any Al akhbaar’ – Ali Bin Abdullah Al Mazkar, from Ali Bin Ahmad Al Tabary, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Zakariya, from Kharash who said, ‘It was narrated to us by my master Anas (well-known fabricator) who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww being alive is better for you all, and my^-saww being dead is better for you all. As for my^-saww being alive, so you are discussing with me^-saww and I^-saww am discussing with you, and as for my^-saww death, your deeds will be presented to me^-saww in the evenings of Mondays and Thursdays. Whatever will be from the righteous deeds, I^-saww shall praise Allah^-azwj upon it, and whatever will be from the evil deeds, I^-saww shall seek Forgiveness for you’’.[131]

46- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ حَنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مُقَامِي بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ‏ وَ ما كانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ‏ وَ أَنْتَ فِيهِمْ‏ وَ مُفَارَقَتِي إِيَّاكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Hamam, from his father Sadeyr,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww stay in your midst is better for you all for Allah^-azwj is Saying: And Allah was not going to Punish them while you were among them [8:33], and my^-saww separation from you is better for you all’.

فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مُقَامُكَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا خَيْرٌ لَنَا فَكَيْفَ تَكُونُ مُفَارَقَتُكَ خَيْراً لَنَا

They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Your^-saww staying in our midst is better for us, but how can your^-saww separation be better for us?’

قَالَ إِنَّمَا مُفَارَقَتِي‏ إِيَّاكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ فَإِنَّ أَعْمَالَكُمْ تُعْرَضُ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ خَمِيسٍ وَ إِثْنَيْنِ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ حَمِدْتُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهَا وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ اللَّهَ لَكُمْ

He^-saww said: ‘But rather my^-saww separating from you is better for you because your deeds will be presented to me^-saww every Thursday and Monday. So, whatever will be from the good deeds, I^-saww shall praise Allah^-azwj upon these, and whatever will be from evil deeds, I^-saww shall seek Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj for you’’.[132]

47- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ‏ عَنْ أَعْمَالِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ قَالَ مَا مِنْ صَبَاحٍ يَمْضِي إِلَّا وَ هِيَ تُعْرَضُ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ أَعْمَالُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Abdul Al Hameed, from Al Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Zayd Al Shaham who said,

I asked him^-asws about the deeds of this community. He^-asws said: ‘There is none from a morning passing by except that the deeds of this community are presented unto the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj.[133]

48- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْأَهْوَازِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْبَطَائِنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ أَبَا الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص تُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ أَعْمَالُ أُمَّتِهِ كُلَّ خَمِيسٍ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Ahwzy, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Al Batainy, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘Abu Al-Khattab was saying that Rasool-Allah^-saww gets presented with the deeds of his^-saww community every Thursday’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَيْسَ هُوَ هَكَذَا وَ لَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص تُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ أَعْمَالُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ أَبْرَارُهَا وَ فُجَّارُهَا فَاحْذَرُوا وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ اعْمَلُوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ‏

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘It isn’t like that, but the deeds of this community get presented to Rasool-Allah^-azwj every morning, of its righteous ones and its immoral ones, and it is the Word of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: ‘Work, for Allah will See your work and (so will) His Rasool and the Momineen [9:105]’’.[134]

49- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ الْأَعْمَالَ تُعْرَضُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَبْرَارَهَا وَ فُجَّارَهَا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa who said,

‘I heard Al-Reza^-asws saying: ‘The deeds are presented to Rasool-Allah^-saww, of its righteous ones and its immoral ones.[135]

50- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: الْأَعْمَالُ تُعْرَضُ كُلَّ خَمِيسٍ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ali Bin Ismail, from Hamad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Al Mukhtar, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘The deeds are presented to Rasool-Allah^-saww every Thursday’’.[136]

51- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْأَهْوَازِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ وَ فَضَالَةَعَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أَعْمَالَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص تُعْرَضُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كُلَّ خَمِيسٍ فَلْيَسْتَحْيِ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يُعْرَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَبِيحُ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Ahwazy, from Ja;far and Fazalah, from Saeed, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The deeds of the community of Muhammad^-saww are presented to Rasool-Allah^-saww every Thursday, therefore let everyone be embarrassed from Rasool-Allah^-saww of the ugly deeds being presented unto him^-saww.[137]

52- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ الْأَبْزَارِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ‏ إِنَّ لَنَا فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ سُرُوراً قُلْتُ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ وَ مَا ذَاكَ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Musa, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Malik, from Yusuf Al Abzary, from Al Mufazzal who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said to me one day: ‘There is cheerfulness for us^-asws during every night of Friday’. I said, ‘May Allah^-azwj Increase you^-asws, and what is that?’

قَالَ إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ الْجُمُعَةِ وَافَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْعَرْشَ وَ وَافَى الْأَئِمَّةُ ع مَعَهُ وَ وَافَيْنَا مَعَهُمْ فَلَا تُرَدُّ أَرْوَاحُنَا إِلَى أَبْدَانِنَا إِلَّا بِعِلْمٍ مُسْتَفَادٍ وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَنَفِدَ مَا عِنْدَنَا

He^-asws said: ‘Whenever it is the night of Friday, Rasool-Allah^-azwj comes to the Throne, and the Imams^-asws come with him^-saww, and we^-asws come with them^-asws. Our^-asws souls do not return to our^-asws bodies except with beneficial knowledge, and had it not been that, it would deplete whatever is with us^-asws.[138]

53- ير، بصائر الدرجات الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ‏ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ مَلِيحٍ وَ حَدَّثَنِي الْخَضِرُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْكَاهِلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ‏ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ يَا أَبَا يَحْيَى لَنَا فِي لَيَالِي الْجُمُعَةِ لَشَأْنٌ مِنَ الشَّأْنِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا ذَلِكَ الشَّأْنُ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Muawiya, from Musa Bin Sa’dan, from Abdullah Bin Abu Ayoub, from Shareek, from Abu Yahya Al Sana’any,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘O Abu Yahya! There is an occupation from the occupations for us^-asws during the night of Friday’. I said to him^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! And what is that occupation?’

قَالَ يُؤْذَنُ لِأَرْوَاحِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمَوْتَى وَ أَرْوَاحِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ الْمَوْتَى وَ رُوحِ الْوَصِيِّ الَّذِي بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ‏ يُعْرَجُ بِهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى تُوَافِيَ عَرْشَ رَبِّهَا فَتَطُوفُ بها [بِهِ‏] أُسْبُوعاً وَ تُصَلِّي عِنْدَ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ مِنْ قَوَائِمِ الْعَرْشِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّ إِلَى الْأَبْدَانِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ فِيهَا

He^-asws said: ‘Permission is Given to the souls of the deceased Prophets^-as and the souls of the deceased successors^-asws, and the souls of the successor^-asws who is in your midst. He^-asws is ascended to the sky until he^-asws comes to the Throne of his^-asws Lord^-azwj. He^-asws performs Tawaaf of it and prays two units of salat by every Pillar from the Pillars of the Throne, then they are returned to the bodies which they used to be in.

فَتُصْبِحُ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ قَدْ مُلِئُوا وَ أُعْطُوا سُرُوراً وَ يُصْبِحُ الْوَصِيُّ الَّذِي بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ وَ قَدْ زِيدَ فِي عِلْمِهِ مِثْلُ جَمِّ الْغَفِيرِ

In the morning, the Prophets^-as and the successors^-as are filled up and Given the cheerfulness, and in the morning the successor^-asws who is in your midst, there is an immense increase in his^-asws knowledge’’.[139]

54- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَرِيشٍ‏ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّ أَرْوَاحَنَا وَ أَرْوَاحَ النَّبِيِّينَ تُوَافِي الْعَرْشَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ وَ قَدْ زِيدَ فِي عِلْمِهِمْ مِثْلُ جَمِّ الْغَفِيرِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ‏

‘Basaair al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Sa’ad, from Al Hassan Bin Abdullah Bin Jareysh,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Our^-asws souls and the souls of the Prophets^-as come to the Throne during every night of Friday. In the morning the successors^-asws are filled upon with immense knowledge’’.[140]

55- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَيْفٍ‏ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص النَّاسَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى قَابِضاً عَلَى كَفِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا فِي كَفِّي قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ فِيهَا أَسْمَاءُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَسْمَاءُ آبَائِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Hassan Bin Sayf, from his father, from the one who mentioned it,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww addressed the people, then raised his^-saww right hand gripping his^-saww palm, then said: ‘O you people! What is in my^-saww palm?’ They said, ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww are more knowing’He^-saww said: ‘In it are the names of the inhabitants of Paradise and the names of their fathers and their tribes, up to the Day of Qiyamah’.

ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَهُ الشِّمَالَ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَ تَدْرُونَ مَا فِي كَفِّي قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ أَسْمَاءُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَ أَسْمَاءُ آبَائِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

Then he^-saww raised his^-saww left hand and he^-saww said: ‘O you people! Do you know what is in my^-saww palm?’ They said, ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww are more knowing’. He^-saww said: ‘The names of the inhabitants of the Fire, and the names of their fathers and their tribes, up to the Day of Qiyamah’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ حَكَمَ اللَّهُ وَ عَدَلَ حَكَمَ اللَّهُ وَ عَدَلَ حَكَمَ اللَّهُ وَ عَدَلَ‏ فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ فَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِ

Then he^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Judged and was Just! Allah^-azwj Judged and was Just! A party in Paradise and a party in the Blazing Fire’’.[141]

56- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مُثِّلَ لِي أُمَّتِي فِي الطِّينِ وَ عُلِّمْتُ الْأَسْمَاءَ كَمَا عُلِّمَ آدَمُ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا وَ رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَ الرَّايَاتِ فَكُلَّمَا مَرَرْتُ بِكَ يَا عَلِيُّ وَ بِشِيعَتِكَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَكُمْ‏

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ali Bin Hashim, from Muhammad Bin Ubeydullah Ibn Abu Rafie, from his grandfather who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww community was resembled for me^-saww in the clay, and I^-saww was Taught the names just as Adam^-as was Taught, all of them, and I^-saww saw the companions of the flags. Every time they passed by you^-asws and your^-asws Shias O Ali^-asws, they sought Forgiveness for your (Shias)’’.[142]

57- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَبَّادُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ مُقَاتِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مُثِّلَتْ لَهُ أُمَّتُهُ فِي الطِّينِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَ أَسْمَاءِ آبَائِهِمْ وَ أَخْلَاقِهِمْ وَ حُلَاهُمْ‏

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Abad Bin Suleyman, from Sa’ad Bin Sa’ad, from Maqatal Bin Maqatal,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza^-asws having said:’ Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, his^-saww community was resembled for him^-saww in the clay (realm of the particles), and he^-saww was introduced to them by their names and the names of their fathers, and their manners and their states’.

قَالَ قُلْنَا لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ جَمِيعُ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ هَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘We said to him^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! The community from its beginning up to its end ones?’ He^-asws said: ‘That is how Abu Ja’far^-asws said it’’.[143]

58- ير، بصائر الدرجات يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ أُمَّتِيَ الْبَارِحَةَ لَدَى هَذِهِ الْحُجْرَةِ أَوَّلُهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Al-Jaroud who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww community was presented unto me^-saww last night near to this chamber, its first ones up to its last ones’.

قَالَ قَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْكَ مَنْ خُلِقَ أَ رَأَيْتَ مَنْ لَمْ يُخْلَقْ

A speaker said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! There has been presented to you the ones who have been Created. Did you^-saww see the one who have yet to be Created?’

فَقَالَ صُوِّرَ لِي وَ الَّذِي يَحْلِفُ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي الطِّينِ حَتَّى لَأَنَا أَعْرَفُ بِهِمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّكُمْ‏ بِصَاحِبِهِ‏

He^-saww said: ‘They were imaged for me^-saww by the One^-azwj Whom Rasool-Allah^-saww swore by, in the clay (realm of the particles) until we^-asws recognise them, ones who love you (Shias) with his Master^-asws’’.[144]

59- ير، بصائر الدرجات ابْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مَعْرُوفِ بْنِ خَرَّبُوذَ عَنْ أَبِي‏ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِيٍّ إِنَّ رَبِّي مَثَّلَ لِي أُمَّتِي فِي الطِّينِ وَ عَلَّمَنِي أَسْمَاءَهُمْ كُلَّهَا كَمَا عَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْماءَ كُلَّها ‏

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Ibn Marouf, from Hamad, from Hareyz, from Maroug, from Kharbouz,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said to Ali^-asws: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Resembled my^-saww community for me^-saww in the clay (realm of the particles), and Taught me^-saww their names, all of them, just as He^-azwj Taught Adam^-as the names, all of them.

فَمَرَّ بِي أَصْحَابُ الرَّايَاتِ فَاسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَكَ وَ لِشِيعَتِكَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ رَبِّي وَعَدَنِي فِي شِيعَتِكَ خَصْلَةً

The companions of the flags passed by me^-saww, and sought Forgiveness for you^-asws and for your^-asws Shias. O Ali^-asws! My^-saww Lord^-azwj Promised me^-saww a quality regarding your^-asws Shias’.

قُلْتُ وَ مَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْمَغْفِرَةُ لِمَنْ آمَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَ اتَّقَى لَا يُغَادِرُ مِنْهُمْ صَغِيرَةً وَ لَا كَبِيرَةً وَ لَهُمْ تَبَدُّلُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ

I said, ‘And what is it, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ Forgiveness is for the ones from them who believes, neither leaving from them a minor sin nor a major sin, and for them would be a replacement of their evil deeds by good deeds’’.[145]

60 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مِثْلَهُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad, from Ibn Fazal, from Abu Jameela, from Muhammad al Halby,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws – similar to it’’.[146]

61- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّ رَبِّي مَثَّلَ لِي أُمَّتِي فِي الطِّينِ وَ عَلَّمَنِي أَسْمَاءَ أُمَّتِي كَمَا عَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْماءَ كُلَّها فَمَرَّ بِي أَصْحَابُ الرَّايَاتِ فَاسْتَغْفَرْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ وَ شِيعَتِهِ

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhamad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from one of our companions, from Hanan Ibn Sadeyr,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Resembled my^-saww community for me^-saww in the clay (realm of the particles), and Taught me^-saww the names of my^-saww community just as Adam^-as was Taught the names, all of them. The companions of the flags passed by me and sought Forgiveness for Ali^-asws and his^-asws Shias’’.[147]

62- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّ أُمَّتِي عُرِضَ‏ عَلَيَّ فِي الْمِيثَاقِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِي عَلِيٌّ وَ هُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَدَّقَنِي حِينَ بُعِثْتُ‏ وَ هُوَ الصِّدِّيقُ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ الْفَارُوقُ يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَ الْبَاطِلِ

From Ibn Muskan, from one of his companions,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww community was presented to me^-saww during the Covenant. The first one to believe in me^-saww was Ali^-asws, and he^-asws is the first one who ratified me^-saww when I^-saww was Sent, and he^-saww is the greatest truthful and the differentiator between the Truth and the falsehood’’.[148]

باب 18 فصاحته و بلاغته ص‏

CHAPTER 18 – HIS^-saww FLUENCY AND HIS^-saww ELOQUENCE

1- مع، معاني الأخبار عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ‏ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الضَّرِيرِ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الْمُهَلَّبِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَنَشَأَتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص هَذِهِ سَحَابَةٌ نَاشِئَةٌ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ قَوَاعِدَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَنَهُ وَ أَشَدَّ تَمَكُّنَهَا قَالَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ بَوَاسِقَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَا أَحْسَنَهَا وَ أَشَدَّ تَرَاكُمَهَا

‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar’ – Abdul Hameed Bin Abdul Rahman Al Neysaboury, from his father, from Ubeydullah Bin Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Abu Umar and Al Zareyr, from Abaad Bin Abaad Al Mahalby, from Musa Bin Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Taymi, from his father who said,

‘We were in the presence of Rasool-Allah^-saww and a cloud raised. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! This cloud has emerged?’ He^-saww said: ‘How do you see its foundation?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! It is not good and it is severely powerful’. He^-saww said: ‘How do you see its counterpart?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! It is not good, and intense is its bulk’.

قَالَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ جَوْنَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَنَهُ وَ أَشَدَّ سَوَادَهُ قَالَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ رَحَاهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَنَهَا وَ أَشَدَّ اسْتِدَارَتَهَا قَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ بَرْقَهَا أَ خَفْواً أَمْ وَمِيضاً أَمْ شَقَ‏ شَقّاً قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَلْ يَشُقُّ شَقّاً

He^-saww said: ‘How do you see its shield?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! It is not good, and it is severely dark’. He^-saww said: ‘How do you see its winds?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Not good, and severe is its rotation’. He^-saww said: ‘How do you see its lightning, is it hidden, or flashing, or in small breaks?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! But it is in small breaks’.

قَالَ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْحَيَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَفْصَحَكَ وَ مَا رَأَيْنَا الَّذِي هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنْكَ فَقَالَ وَ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ بِلِسَانِي نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ‏ بِلِسانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The life’. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! What is your^-saww eloquence? We have not seen one who is more eloquent than you^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘And what prevents me^-saww from that, and with my^-saww tongue the Quran descended, in the clear Arabic language’.[149]

2- ختص، الإختصاص عَنْ بَعْضِ الْهَاشِمِيِّينَ رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيّاً أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ يُدَالِكُ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا كَانَ مُلْفَجاً فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَدَّبَكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَدَّبَنِي وَ أَنَا أَفْصَحُ الْعَرَبِ مَيْدَ أَنِّي مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَ رُبِّيتُ فِي الْفَخْرِ مِنْ هَوَازِنِ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ

‘Al-Ikhtisaas’ – From one of the Hashimites raising the Hadeeth to Rasool-Allah^-saww: ‘A Bedouin came to him^-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Can the man be supported by his wife?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes, when he was desperate’. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Who Educated you^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Educated me^-saww, and I^-saww am the most eloquent of the Arabs. My^-saww linage is from Qureysh, and I^-saww was raised among the pride of (the tribe of) Hawazin of the clan of Sa’ad Bin Bakr’.

وَ نَشَأَتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَقَالُوا هَذِهِ سَحَابَةٌ قَدْ أَظَلَّتْنَا فَقَالَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ قَوَاعِدَهَا فَقَالُوا مَا أَحْسَنَهَا وَ أَشَدَّ تَمَكُّنَهَا قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ رَحَاهَا فَقَالُوا مَا أَحْسَنَهَا وَ أَشَدَّ اسْتِدَارَتَهَا قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ الْبَرْقَ فِيهَا وَمِيضاً أَمْ خَفْواً أَمْ شَقَّ شَقّاً

And a cloud rose, and they said, ‘This cloud has emerged to us’. He^-saww said: ‘How is its foundation?’ They said, ‘It is not good, and severe is in its power’. He^-saww said: ‘And how is it wind?’ They said, ‘It is not good, and severe is its rotation’. He^-saww said: ‘And how do you see the lightning in it, flashy or hidden or in small pieces?’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الْحَيَاءُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا أَفْصَحَ مِنْكَ قَالَ وَ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي وَ أَنَا أَفْصَحُ الْعَرَبِ وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ بِلُغَتِي وَ هِيَ أَفْضَلُ اللُّغَاتِ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The life has come to you’. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! We have not seen anyone more eloquent that you^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘And what prevents me^-saww, and I^-saww am the most eloquent of the Arabs, and Allah^-azwj Revealed the Quran in my^-saww language, and it is the most superior of the languages.

بَيْدَ أَنِّي رُبِّيتُ فِي بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍبيد و ميد لغتان و فيه ثلاث لغات في معنى سوى أني من قريش و إلا أني من قريش و في معنى غير أني من قريش‏

However, I^-saww was raised among the clan of Sa’ad Bin Bakr (who were speaking in) two languages, and in it are (emergence of) three languages – in meaning, but with little variations. ‘I^-saww am from Qureysh’, otherwise ‘I^-saww am (not) from Qureysh’, and in meaning it is other than ‘I^-saww am from Qureysh’.[150]

أبواب معجزاته ص‏

CHAPTERS ON MIRACLES

باب 1 إعجاز أم المعجزات القرآن الكريم و فيه بيان حقيقة الإعجاز و بعض النوادر

CHAPTER 1 – (CONTINUOUS) MIRACLE OR (ONE-OFF) MIRACLE – THE HONOURABLE QURAN, AND IN IT IS THE EXPLANATION OF REALITIES OF THE CONTINUOUS MIRACLE, AND SOME OF THE MISCELLANEOUS

الآيات البقرة إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَواءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَ أَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏

The Verses – (Surah) Al Baqarah: Surely those who are disbelieving, it is the same to them, whether you warn them or you do not warn them, they will not be believing [2:6]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنا عَلى‏ عَبْدِنا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ وَ ادْعُوا شُهَداءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَ لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا

And the Exalted Said: And if you are in doubt as to that which We Revealed unto Our servant, then come with a Chapter like it and call on your witnesses from besides Allah if you were truthful [2:23] But if you do not do it, and you will never be doing it, [2:24]

و قال سبحانه‏ وَ ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ وَ الْمَسْكَنَةُ

And the Glorious Said: And there was struck upon them, the disgrace, and the destitution, [2:61]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِذا خَلا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلى‏ بَعْضٍ قالُوا أَ تُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ بِما فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ‏

And the Exalted Said: and when they are alone with each other they are saying: ‘Are you narrating them with what Allah has Disclosed upon you [2:76]

و قال تعالى‏ قُلْ إِنْ كانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خالِصَةً مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ

And the Exalted Said: Say: ‘If the house of the Hereafter with Allah was for you especially from besides the (other) people, then wish for death if you are truthful’ [2:94] 

وَ لَنْ يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَداً بِما قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ‏

And they will never be wishing for it, ever, due to what account of what their hands have sent forward; and Allah is a Knower of the unjust [2:95]

و قال تعالى‏ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتانُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتابَ عَلَيْكُمْ

And the Exalted Said: Allah knows you were deceiving yourselves, but He still Turned towards you [2:187]

‏ آل عمران‏ قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَ تُحْشَرُونَ إِلى‏ جَهَنَّمَ وَ بِئْسَ الْمِهادُ

(Surah) Aal-e-Imraan: Say to those who are committing Kufr: ‘You shall be vanquished and Driven to Hell; and it is the evil settling place’ [3:12]

و قال تعالى‏ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشاءُ الآية

And the Exalted Said: Say: ‘O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! You Give the Kingdom to whomsoever You so Desire to [3:26]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ قالَتْ طائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتابِ آمِنُوا بِالَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَجْهَ النَّهارِ وَ اكْفُرُوا آخِرَهُ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: And a group from the People of the Book say: ‘We believe in that which has been Revealed to those who believe, in the first part of the day, and disbelieve at the end of it, perhaps they would be returning (to our Qiblah)’ [3:72]

و قال تعالى‏ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْراةِ فَاتْلُوها إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ‏

And the Exalted Said: Say: ‘So come with the Torah and recite it, if you are truthful!’ [3:93]

و قال سبحانه‏ لَنْ يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّا أَذىً وَ إِنْ يُقاتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ الْأَدْبارَ ثُمَّ لا يُنْصَرُونَ

And the Glorious Said: They will never (be able to) harm you except for an annoyance; and if they fight you, they would be turning their backs, then they shall not be helped [3:111]

ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ ما ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ حَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ باؤُ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَسْكَنَةُ

Disgrace would be struck upon them wherever they are found, except (when) with a Rope from Allah and a Rope from the people, and they are drawing Wrath from Allah, and destitution would be struck upon them; [3:112]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِذا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَنامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ إلى قوله تعالى‏ لا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِما يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ

And the Exalted Said: And when they are alone, they are biting the fingertips out of rage [3:119] – up to the Words of the Exalted: their plots will not harm you anything; Allah Encompasses with what they are doing [3:120]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ لَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ‏

And the Exalted: And certainly Allah Made His promise to be true [3:152]

النساء وَ يَقُولُونَ طاعَةٌ فَإِذا بَرَزُوا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ بَيَّتَ طائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ غَيْرَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ وَ اللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ ما يُبَيِّتُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Nisaa: And they are saying: ‘Obedience’. But when they are going out from your presence, a group from them spends the night in other than which they were saying; and Allah Records what they are spending the night in, [4:81]

و قال تعالى‏ أَ فَلا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَ لَوْ كانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلافاً كَثِيراً

And the Exalted Said: Are they not then pondering on the Quran? And if it was from anyone other than Allah, they would have found in it a lot of discrepancies [4:82]

و قال سبحانه‏ سَتَجِدُونَ آخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَ يَأْمَنُوا قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّما رُدُّوا إِلَى الْفِتْنَةِ أُرْكِسُوا فِيها

And the Glorious Said: You will be finding others wanting to be safe from you and be safe from their people. Every time they return to the strife, they go back into it. [4:91]

و قال عز و جل‏ يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ لا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ ما لا يَرْضى‏ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَ كانَ اللَّهُ بِما يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطاً

And the Mighty and Majestic Said: They are concealing from the people, and they cannot conceal from Allah, and He is with them when they are spending the nights in what does not Please Him from the words; and Allah was always Encompassing with what they were doing [4:108]

المائدة يا أَهْلَ الْكِتابِ قَدْ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيراً مِمَّا كُنْتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتابِ وَ يَعْفُوا عَنْ كَثِيرٍ

(Surah) Al Maidah: O People of the Book! There has come to you Our Rasool Clarifying to you a lot of what you were concealing from the Book, and excusing about a lot. [5:15]

و قال تعالى‏ فَعَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِالْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَيُصْبِحُوا عَلى‏ ما أَسَرُّوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ نادِمِينَ‏

And the Exalted Said: But perhaps Allah would either Come with the victory or a Command from Him, so they would become regretful upon what they are hastening regarding themselves in regret [5:52]

و قال سبحانه‏ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِي اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَ يُحِبُّونَهُ‏ الآية

And the Glorious Said: then soon Allah would Come with a people He would be Loving them and they would be loving Him [5:54] – the Verse.

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِذا جاؤُكُمْ قالُوا آمَنَّا وَ قَدْ دَخَلُوا بِالْكُفْرِ وَ هُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا بِهِ وَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِما كانُوا يَكْتُمُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: And when they come to you, they are saying, ‘We believe!’ And they have entered with the Kufr and they have exited with it; and Allah is more Knowing with what they were concealing [5:61]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ أَلْقَيْنا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَداوَةَ وَ الْبَغْضاءَ إِلى‏ يَوْمِ الْقِيامَةِ كُلَّما أَوْقَدُوا ناراً لِلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا اللَّهُ‏

And the Exalted Said: And We Cast upon them the enmity and the hatred up to the Day of Qiyamah. Every time they kindle the fire for the war, Allah Extinguishes it [5:64]

و قال عز و جل‏ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ‏

And the Mighty and Majestic Said: and Allah will Protect you from the people. [5:67]

الأنعام‏ وَ قالُوا لَوْ لا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ قُلْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قادِرٌ عَلى‏ أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ آيَةً وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Anaam: And they are saying, ‘Why hasn’t a Sign descended unto him from his Lord?’ Say: ‘Surely Allah is Able upon Sending down a Sign, but most of them are not knowing’ [6:37]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ هذا كِتابٌ أَنْزَلْناهُ مُبارَكٌ مُصَدِّقُ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ‏

And the Exalted Said: And this Book, We Revealed it as a Blessing, verifying which was (Revealed) before it [6:92]

و قال سبحانه‏ وَ مَنْ قالَ سَأُنْزِلُ مِثْلَ ما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏

And the Glorious Said: and the one who says, ‘I can Reveal similar to what Allah Revealed’ [6:93]

و قال سبحانه‏ وَ لَوْ أَنَّنا نَزَّلْنا إِلَيْهِمُ الْمَلائِكَةَ وَ كَلَّمَهُمُ الْمَوْتى‏ وَ حَشَرْنا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قُبُلًا ما كانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا إِلَّا أَنْ يَشاءَ اللَّهُ‏

And the Glorious Said: And even if We had Sent down to them the Angels, and the dead had spoken to them, and We had Gathered all things in front of them, they would not have believed except if Allah had so Desired, [6:111]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ الَّذِينَ آتَيْناهُمُ الْكِتابَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِ‏

And the Exalted Said:, and those We have Given the Book are knowing that it is a revelation from your Lord with the Truth, [6:114]

الأعراف‏ سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ آياتِيَ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَ إِنْ يَرَوْا كُلَّ آيَةٍ لا يُؤْمِنُوا بِها

(Surah) Al A’raaf: I will Turn away from My Signs those who are being arrogant in the earth without right; and even if they were to see every Sign they would not be believing in it, [7:146]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلى‏ يَوْمِ الْقِيامَةِ مَنْ يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذابِ‏

And the Exalted Said: And when your Lord Proclaimed that He would Send upon them, up to the Day of Qiyamah, ones who would subject them to evil punishment, [7:167]

الأنفال‏ وَ إِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ اللَّهُ إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّها لَكُمْ‏

(Surah) Al Anfaal: And when Allah Promised you one of the two parties that it shall be yours, s [8:7]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِذا تُتْلى‏ عَلَيْهِمْ آياتُنا قالُوا قَدْ سَمِعْنا لَوْ نَشاءُ لَقُلْنا مِثْلَ هذا إِنْ هذا إِلَّا أَساطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ‏

And the Exalted Said: And when Our Verses are recited to them, they are saying, ‘We heard. Had we so desired we would say similar to this. Surely these are only stories of the former ones’ [8:31]

و قال سبحانه‏ فَسَيُنْفِقُونَها ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَ‏

And the Glorious Said: So they will be spending it, then it would become a regret upon them, then they would be overcome [8:36]

براءة يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُطْفِؤُا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْواهِهِمْ وَ يَأْبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْكافِرُونَ

(Surah) Bara’at: They are intending to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths, and Allah Refused except that He would Complete His Light, and even though the Kafirs dislike it [9:32]

هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدى‏ وَ دِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ‏

He is the One Who Sent His Rasool with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth in order to prevail it upon all the Religions, and even if the Polytheists dislike it [9:33]

و قال تعالى‏ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ ما قالُوا وَ لَقَدْ قالُوا كَلِمَةَ الْكُفْرِ وَ كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِسْلامِهِمْ وَ هَمُّوا بِما لَمْ يَنالُوا

And the Exalted Said: They are swearing by Allah that they did not say it, and they have said the word of Kufr, and they committed Kufr after their Islam and they planned with what they could not attain; [9:74]

و قال سبحانه‏ فَقُلْ‏ لَنْ تَخْرُجُوا مَعِيَ أَبَداً وَ لَنْ تُقاتِلُوا مَعِيَ عَدُوًّا إلى قوله‏ قُلْ لا تَعْتَذِرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبارِكُمْ‏

And the Glorious Said: Say to them: ‘You will never go out with me, ever, and will never fight an enemy with me. [9:83] – up to His^-azwj Words: Say: ‘Do not make excuses. We will never believe you. Allah has Informed us of your news, [9:94]

و قال سبحانه‏ وَ لَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنا إِلَّا الْحُسْنى‏ وَ اللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكاذِبُونَ‏

And the Glorious Said: and they are swearing, ‘We only wanted the good’. And Allah Testifies that they are liars [9:107]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِذا ما أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلى‏ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَراكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا

And the Exalted Said: And whenever a Chapter is Revealed, they look at each other (and say), ‘Did anyone see you?’ Then they disperse. [9:127]

يونس‏ وَ إِذا تُتْلى‏ عَلَيْهِمْ آياتُنا بَيِّناتٍ قالَ الَّذِينَ لا يَرْجُونَ لِقاءَنَا ائْتِ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هذا أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ قُلْ ما يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أُبَدِّلَهُ مِنْ تِلْقاءِ نَفْسِي إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا ما يُوحى‏ إِلَيَّ إِنِّي أَخافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

(Surah) Yunus^-as: And when Our clear Verses are recited to them, those who are not wishing for meeting Us say, ‘Come with a Quran other than this one or replace him’. Say: ‘It cannot happen for me that I would replace him from myself. I only follow what is Revealed unto me. I fear the Punishment of a Mighty Day if I disobey my Lord [10:15]

قُلْ لَوْ شاءَ اللَّهُ ما تَلَوْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ لا أَدْراكُمْ بِهِ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُراً مِنْ قَبْلِهِ أَ فَلا تَعْقِلُونَ‏

Say: ‘If Allah had so Desired I would not have recited it to you nor made you recognise him, and I have lived a lifetime among you all from before it, are you not understanding?’ [10:16]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ ما كانَ هذَا الْقُرْآنُ أَنْ يُفْتَرى‏ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَ لكِنْ تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ تَفْصِيلَ الْكِتابِ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ

And the Exalted Said: And this Quran was not such as could be forged by the ones besides Allah, but it is a Verification of those (Books) which were before it, and (it is) the detailed Book. There is no doubt it is from the Lord of the worlds [10:37]

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَراهُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِثْلِهِ وَ ادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ‏

Or are they saying he has fabricated it? Say: ‘Then bring a Chapter like it and call the ones you can from besides Allah, if you were truthful’ [10:38]

هود أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَراهُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِثْلِهِ مُفْتَرَياتٍ وَ ادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ

(Surah) Hud^-as: Or, are they saying, ‘He has fabricated it?’ Say: ‘Then come with ten fabricated chapters like it and call upon ones you can from besides Allah, if you were truthful [11:13]

فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّما أُنْزِلَ بِعِلْمِ اللَّهِ وَ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ‏

But if they are not responding to you then know, rather Allah it is a Revelation with Knowledge of Allah and that there is no god except Him, so will you be submitting?’ [11:14]

و قال تعالى‏ تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنْباءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيها إِلَيْكَ ما كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُها أَنْتَ وَ لا قَوْمُكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ هذا فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ الْعاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ‏

And the Exalted Said: These are from the News of the unseen which We Reveal unto you. You did not know it nor did your people from before this. Therefore be patient, surely the end result is for the pious” [11:49]

الرعد وَ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ لا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ إِنَّما أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هادٍ

(Surah) Al Ra’ad: And those who commit Kufr are saying, ‘Why has not a Sign been Sent down upon him from his Lord?’ But rather, you are a Warner, and for every people there is a Guide [13:7]

الحجر وَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنْكُمْ وَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Hijr: And We Knew of the preceding ones from you and We Know of the delayed ones [15:24]

النحل‏ وَ إِذا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ما ذا أَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قالُوا أَساطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Nahl: And when it is said to them: ‘What is it that your Lord Revealed?’ They say, ‘Stories of the former ones’ [16:24]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِذا بَدَّلْنا آيَةً مَكانَ آيَةٍ وَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِما يُنَزِّلُ قالُوا إِنَّما أَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ

And the Exalted Said: And whenever We Replace a Verse in place of a Verse, and Allah is more Knowing with what He Reveals, they are saying, ‘But rather, you are a fabricator!’ But most of them do not know [16:101]

قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ هُدىً وَ بُشْرى‏ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ

Say: ‘The Holy Spirit Revealed it from your Lord with the Truth in order to Affirm those who are believing and as a Guidance and Glad Tidings for the submitters’ [16:102]

وَ لَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّما يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ لِسانُ الَّذِي يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَ هذا لِسانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُبِينٌ‏

And We have Known they are saying, ‘But rather a person teaches him’. The language of the one they are referring to is foreign, and this is clear Arabic language [16:103]

أسرى‏ وَ ما مَنَعَنا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآياتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ‏

(Surah) Isra’a: And nothing prevented Us to Send (a Rasool) with the Signs except that the formers ones belied these. [17:59]

و قال سبحانه‏ قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ عَلى‏ أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هذَا الْقُرْآنِ لا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَ لَوْ كانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيراً

And the Glorious Said: Say: ‘If the humans and the jinn were to combine together to come with the like of this Quran, they would not (be able to) come with the like of it, and even if they were backers of each other [17:88]

الكهف‏ وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِوَجاً قَيِّماً

(Surah) Al Kahf: and did not Make any crookedness to be for it [18:1] Straight [18:2]

الأنبياء وَ أَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا هَلْ هذا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ أَ فَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ وَ أَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

(Surah) Al-Anbiya: and they consulted in secret, those who are unjust, ‘Is this one except a human being like you all? Will you be going to the sorcery while you are seeing?’ [21:3]

قالَ رَبِّي يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِي السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

He said: ‘My Lord Knows the speech in the sky and the earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing’ [21:4]

بَلْ قالُوا أَضْغاثُ أَحْلامٍ بَلِ افْتَراهُ بَلْ هُوَ شاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنا بِآيَةٍ كَما أُرْسِلَ الْأَوَّلُونَ

But, they said, ‘Confused dreams. But, he fabricated it. But, he is a poet. So let him come to us with a Sign just as the former ones were Sent (with)’ [21:5]

ما آمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْناها أَ فَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ‏

There did not believe before them a town We Destroyed. So will they believe? [21:6]

الفرقان‏ وَ قالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَذا إِلَّا إِفْكٌ افْتَراهُ وَ أَعانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ آخَرُونَ فَقَدْ جاؤُ ظُلْماً وَ زُوراً

(Surah) Al Furqan: And those who commit Kufr are saying, ‘Surely, this is only a lie. He fabricated it and he is being assisted upon it by other people, so they have come with injustice and falsehood’ [25:4]

وَ قالُوا أَساطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَها فَهِيَ تُمْلى‏ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَ أَصِيلًا

And they are saying, ‘Stories of the former ones! He had these written out, and these are being dictated to him (in the) morning and evening’ [25:5]

قُلْ أَنْزَلَهُ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ كانَ غَفُوراً رَحِيماً

Say: ‘He Revealed it, the One Who Knows the secrets in the skies and the earth. He was always Forgiving, Merciful [25:6]

و قال تعالى‏ وَ قالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ لا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً واحِدَةً كَذلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤادَكَ وَ رَتَّلْناهُ تَرْتِيلًا

And the Exalted Said: And those who are committing Kufr say, ‘Why wasn’t the Quran Revealed unto him all at once?’ Like that, We Affirmed your heart with it, and We Arranged it (to be Revealed) gradually [25:32]

الشعراء وَ إِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ

(Surah) Al Shoara: And surely it is a Revelation from Lord of the Worlds [26:192]

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ

The Trustworthy Spirit descended with it [26:193]

عَلى‏ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ

Upon your heart for you to become from the warners [26:194]

بِلِسانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ

In clear Arabic language [26:195]

وَ إِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

And surely it is in the Scriptures of the former ones [26:196]

أَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَماءُ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ

Or does it not happen to be a Sign for them that the scholars of the Children of Israel knew of it [26:197]

وَ لَوْ نَزَّلْناهُ عَلى‏ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ

And had We Revealed it unto one of the non-Arabs [26:198]

فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ما كانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

So he would have recited it to them, they would not have been believers in it [26:199]

كَذلِكَ سَلَكْناهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

Like that, We Inserted it into the hearts of the criminals [26:200]

لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذابَ الْأَلِيمَ‏

They will not believe in it until they see the painful Punishment [26:201]

النمل‏ قُلْ عَسى‏ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذِي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Naml: Say: ‘It may happen to be close by, that which you are hastening’ [27:72]

و قال تعالى‏ إِنَّ هذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَقُصُّ عَلى‏ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ أَكْثَرَ الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: Surely, this Quran Narrates to the Children of Israel most of what they are differing in [27:76]

القصص‏ إِنَّ الَّذِي فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لَرادُّكَ إِلى‏ مَعادٍ

(Surah) Al Qasas: Surely the One Who Imposed the Quran upon you would Take you back to the Return. [28:85]

العنكبوت‏ وَ ما كُنْتَ تَتْلُوا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنْ كِتابٍ وَ لا تَخُطُّهُ بِيَمِينِكَ إِذاً لَارْتابَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Ankabout: And you did not recite any (other) Book from before it nor did you transcribe it with your right hand, for then the falsifiers would have doubted [29:48]

الروم‏ الم غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ

Alif Lam Meem [30:1] The Romans are defeated [30:2]

فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَ هُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ

In a nearby land, and they (Persians), after their victory, would be defeated [30:3]

فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ‏

Within a few years. For Allah is the Command from before and from afterwards, and on that day the Momineen shall rejoice [30:4]

بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

With the Help of Allah. He Helps ones He so Desires to, and He is the Mighty, the Merciful [30:5]

وَعْدَ اللَّهِ لا يُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لا يَعْلَمُونَ‏

A Promise of Allah! Allah will not Break His Promise, but most people do not know [30:6]

سبأ وَ يَرَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَ‏

(Surah) Saba: And those Given the Knowledge do see that which is Revealed unto you from your Lord, as being the Truth [34:6]

الزمر اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتاباً مُتَشابِهاً مَثانِيَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ‏

(Surah) Al Zumar: Allah has Revealed the best Hadeeth, a Book resembling its double. The skins of those who fear their Lord shivers from it. [39:23]

و قال تعالى‏ قُرْآناً عَرَبِيًّا غَيْرَ ذِي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: An Arabic Quran without any crookedness, perhaps they would fear [39:28]

السجدة وَ إِنَّهُ لَكِتابٌ عَزِيزٌ لا يَأْتِيهِ الْباطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ لا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ‏

(Surah) Al Sajdah: and it is a Mighty Book [41:41] Neither did the falsehood come from before it, nor (would it come) from after it. [41:42]

إلى قوله تعالى‏ وَ لَوْ جَعَلْناهُ قُرْآناً أَعْجَمِيًّا لَقالُوا لَوْ لا فُصِّلَتْ آياتُهُ ءَ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَ عَرَبِيٌ‏

– Up to His^-azwj Words: And if We had made it a Quran in a foreign language, they would have said, ‘If only its Verses had been explained in detail. A foreign language and an Arabian (Rasool)?’  [41:44] 

الدخان‏ فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّماءُ بِدُخانٍ مُبِينٍ

(Surah) Al Dukhan: So watch out for the day the sky would come with evident smoke [44:10]

يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هذا عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Overwhelming the people. (They would say), ‘This is a painful Punishment! [44:11]

رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

Our Lord! Remove the Punishment from us, we are Momineen!’ [44:12]

أَنَّى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرى‏ وَ قَدْ جاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ

How can there be the Zikr for them and a clarifying Rasool had already come to them [44:13]

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَ قالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ

Then they turned away from him and said, ‘One taught (by others), a madman’ [44:14]

إِنَّا كاشِفُوا الْعَذابِ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ عائِدُونَ

We would be Removing the Punishment a little, (but) you will be returning (to evil) [44:15]

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرى‏ إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ‏

On the Day when We will Seize (them) with a mighty Seizure, We will be Taking Revenge [44:16] 

الفتح‏ سَيَقُولُ لَكَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ الْأَعْرابِ شَغَلَتْنا أَمْوالُنا وَ أَهْلُونا فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَنا يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ ما لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ‏

(Surah) Al Fat’h: Those Bedouins who stayed behind will be saying to you, ‘Our wealth and our families pre-occupied us, therefore seek Forgiveness for us’. They are saying with their tongues what isn’t in their hearts. [48:11]

إلى قوله تعالى‏ سَيَقُولُ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ إِذَا انْطَلَقْتُمْ إِلى‏ مَغانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوها ذَرُونا نَتَّبِعْكُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُبَدِّلُوا كَلامَ اللَّهِ قُلْ لَنْ تَتَّبِعُونا كَذلِكُمْ قالَ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنا بَلْ كانُوا لا يَفْقَهُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

– Up to His^-azwj Words: The ones staying behind would be saying to you when you go to spoils of war in order to take these, ‘Leave us to follow you’, intending to change the Speech of Allah. Say: ‘You will never follow us! Like that, Allah has Said from before’. So they would be saying, ‘But you are envying us’. But they were not understanding except a little [48:15] 

و قال تعالى‏ وَ أُخْرى‏ لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْها قَدْ أَحاطَ اللَّهُ بِها وَ كانَ اللَّهُ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيراً

And the Exalted Said: And others you were not able upon, Allah had Encompassed these, and Allah would always be Able upon all things [48:21]

و قال تعالى‏ لَقَدْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ الرُّؤْيا بِالْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرامَ إِنْ شاءَ اللَّهُ آمِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُؤُسَكُمْ وَ مُقَصِّرِينَ لا تَخافُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: Allah has Validated the dream of His Rasool with the Truth – You will be entering the Sacred Masjid in safety if Allah so Desires, your heads being shaven and (others) with hair-cut, not fearing. [48:27]

الطور أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ بَلْ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ

(Surah) Al Toor: Or are they saying, ‘He made it up himself’? But they are not believing [52:33] 

فَلْيَأْتُوا بِحَدِيثٍ مِثْلِهِ إِنْ كانُوا صادِقِينَ‏

Then let them come with a Hadeeth (Verse) similar to it, if they were truthful [52:34] 

و قال تعالى‏ وَ إِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا عَذاباً دُونَ ذلِكَ وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ‏

And the Exalted Said: And surely for those who are unjust there would be Punishment besides that, but most of them do not know [52:47]

القمر سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ يُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ

(Surah) Al Qamar: The gathering would soon be defeated, and they will turn back [54:45] 

الصف‏ يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِؤُا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْواهِهِمْ وَ اللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ

(Surah) Al Saff: They are intending to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths but Allah will Complete His Light, and even if the Kafirs abhor it [61:8]

الْكافِرُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدى‏ وَ دِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ‏

He is the One Who Sent His Rasool with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth in order to prevail it upon all the Religions, and even if the Polytheists abhor it [61:9]

الجمعة وَ لا يَتَمَنَّوْنَهُ أَبَداً بِما قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Jummah: And they will never wish it, ever, due to what their hands have sent ahead, and Allah is Knowing of the unjust ones [62:7]

الحاقة إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

(Surah) Al Haaqah: Surely, it is a word of an honourable Rasool [69:40] 

وَ ما هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا ما تُؤْمِنُونَ

And it is not the word of a poet. Little is what you are believing in [69:41]

وَ لا بِقَوْلِ كاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا ما تَذَكَّرُونَ‏

Nor the word of a soothsayer. Little is what you are heeding [69:42] 

المرسلات‏ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Mursilaat: So in which Hadeeth after it will they believe? [77:50]

الكوثر إِنَّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوْثَرَ إلى قوله‏ إِنَّ شانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ

(Surah) Al Kawser: Indeed, We Gave you Al-Kausar [108:1] – up to His^-azwj Words: Surely your adversary, he is the one without posterity [108:3]

تبت‏ سَيَصْلى‏ ناراً ذاتَ لَهَبٍ

(Surah) Tabbat: He shall be arriving at a Fire with flames [111:3].

Notes –

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع‏ لَا أُبَالِي سَقَطْتُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ أَوْ سَقَطَ الْمَوْتُ عَلَيَّ

Ali^-asws said: ‘I^-asws don’t care whether I^-asws fall upon the death or the death falls upon me^-asws!’

وَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص‏ لَوْ تَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لَغَصَّ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ بِرِيقِهِ فَمَاتَ مَكَانَهُ وَ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ يَهُودِيٌ

And from the Prophet^-saww: ‘If they (Jews) had wished for death, every person would have chocked by his own saliva and died in his place, and there would not have remained any Jew upon the surface of the earth’.

النَّبِيِّ ص‏ لَوْ بَاهَلُونِي‏ لَرَجَعُوا لَا يَجِدُونَ أَهْلًا وَ لَا مَالًا

The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Had they (Christians of Najran) imprecated with me^-saww, they would have returned and would have neither found any family nor wealth’.

قَالَ الطَّبْرِسِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قِيلَ لَمَّا فَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَكَّةَ وَ وَعَدَ أُمَّتَهُ مُلْكَ فَارِسَ وَ الرُّومِ قَالَتِ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَ الْيَهُودُ هَيْهَاتَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ مُلْكُ فَارِسَ وَ الرُّومِ أَ لَمْ تَكْفِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ وَ مَكَّةُ حَتَّى طَمِعَ فِي الرُّومِ وَ فَارِسَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ- عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَ أَنَسٍ

Al Tabarsy said, ‘It is said, when Rasool-Allah^-saww conquered Makkah and promised his^-saww community the kingdom of Persia and Rome, the hypocrites and the Jews said, ‘Far bet it! From where can be for Muhammad^-saww the kingdom of Persia and Rome? Doesn’t Al-Medina and Makkah suffice him^-saww until he^-saww is wishing regarding Rome and Persia?’ So this Verse was Revealed. – From Ibn Abbas and Anas (well-known fabricator)

وَ قِيلَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص خَطَّ الْخَنْدَقَ عَامَ الْأَحْزَابِ وَ قَطَعَ لِكُلِّ عَشَرَةٍ أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعاً فَاحْتَجَّ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ فِي سَلْمَانَ وَ كَانَ رَجُلًا قَوِيّاً فَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ سَلْمَانُ مِنَّا وَ قَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ سَلْمَانُ مِنَّا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص سَلْمَانُ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ

And it is said that the Prophet^-saww marked out the trench in the battle of Al Ahzaab and cut out forty cubits for every ten (men to dig). The Emigrants and the Helpers argued regarding Salman^-ar, and he^-ar was a strong man. The Emigrants said, ‘Salman^-ar is from us!’ And the Helpers said, ‘Salman^-ar is from us!’ The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Salman^-ar is from us, People^-asws of the Household!’

فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْفٍ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ سَلْمَانُ وَ حُذَيْفَةُ وَ النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ مُقَرِّنٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ وَ سِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعاً فَحَفَرْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِجُبٍّ ذِي بَابٍ‏ أَخْرَجَ اللَّهُ مِنْ بَاطِنِ الْخَنْدَقِ صَخْرَةً مَرْوَةً كَسَرَتْ حَدِيدَنَا وَ شَقَّتْ عَلَيْنَا

Amro Bin Awf said, ‘I, and Salman^-ar, and Huzeyfa^-ar, and Al Numan Bin Muqarrin Al Muzanny, and six from the Helpers were in forty cubits (to dig). We dug until we were at an opening (in the ground). Allah^-azwj Brought out a solid rock from the interior of the trench breaking our irons, and it was grievous upon us.

فَقُلْنَا يَا سَلْمَانُ ارْقَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَخْبِرْهُ خَبَرَ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِمَّا أَنْ نَعْدِلَ‏ عَنْهَا فَإِنَّ الْمَعْدِلَ قَرِيبٌ وَ إِمَّا أَنْ يَأْمُرَنَا فِيهِ بِأَمْرِهِ فَإِنَّا لَا نُحِبُّ أَنْ نُجَاوِزَ خَطَّهُ

We said, ‘O Salman^-ar! Go to Rasool-Allah^-saww and inform him^-saww the news of this rock! Either we turn away from it, for turning away is near (easier), or he^-saww instructs us regarding it with his^-saww instructions, for we do not like to surpass his line marking!’

قَالَ فَرَقِيَ سَلْمَانُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ ضَارِبٌ عَلَيْهِ قُبَّةً تُرْكِيَّةً فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا صَخْرَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ مَرْوَةٌ مِنْ بَطْنِ الْخَنْدَقِ فَكَسَرَتْ حَدِيدَنَا وَ شَقَّتْ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى مَا يَحْتَكُّ مِنْهَا قَلِيلٌ وَ لَا كَثِيرٌ فَمُرْنَا فِيهَا بِأَمْرِكَ فَإِنَّا لَا نُحِبُّ أَنْ نَتَجَاوَزَ خَطَّكَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Salman^-ar went to Rasool-Allah^-saww while he^-saww was striking a Turkish tent upon himself^-saww. He^-ar said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! A white solid rock has emerged to us from interior of the trench and broke our irons, and it is difficult upon us, until nothing can be achieved from it, neither little nor more, so instruct us with your^-saww instructions for we do not like to surpass your^-saww maked line!’

قَالَ فَهَبَطَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَعَ سَلْمَانَ الْخَنْدَقَ وَ التِّسْعَةُ عَلَى شَفَةِ الْخَنْدَقِ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمِعْوَلَ مِنْ يَدِ سَلْمَانَ فَضَرَبَهَا بِهِ ضَرْبَةً صَدَعَهَا وَ بَرَقَ مِنْهَا بَرْقٌ أَضَاءَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا حَتَّى لَكَأَنَّ مِصْبَاحاً فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتٍ مُظْلِمٍ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَكْبِيرَةَ فَتَحٍ وَ كَبَّرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww descended into the trench with Salman^-ar, and nine men stood at the edge of the trench. Rasool-Allah^-saww took the pickaxe from the hand of Salman^-ar and struck it with it a strike cracking it. A flash of lightning came forth from it and illuminated the area between its two cracks, so that it was as though there were a lamp inside a dark house. Rasool-Allah^-saww exclaimed Takbeer, a Takbeer of victory, and the Muslims exclaimed Takbeer(s).

ثُمَّ ضَرَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثَانِيَةً فَبَرَقَ مِنْهَا بَرْقٌ أَضَاءَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا حَتَّى لَكَأَنَّ مِصْبَاحاً فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتٍ مُظْلِمٍ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَكْبِيرَةَ فَتَحٍ وَ كَبَّرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww struck it for a second time. A flash flashed from it illumination was is between its cracks until it was as if it was a lamp in a dark house. Rasool-Allah^-saww exclaimed Takbeer, a Takbeer of victory, and the Muslims exclaimed Takbeer(s).

ثُمَّ ضَرَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثَالِثَةً فَكَسَرَهَا وَ بَرَقَ مِنْهَا بَرْقٌ أَضَاءَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا حَتَّى لَكَأَنَّ مِصْبَاحاً فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتٍمُظْلِمٍ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَكْبِيرَةَ فَتَحٍ وَ كَبَّرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ سَلْمَانَ فرقا [فَرَقِيَ‏]

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww struck it for a third time. A flash flashed from it illumination was is between its cracks until it was as if it was a lamp in a dark house. Rasool-Allah^-saww exclaimed Takbeer, a Takbeer of victory, and the Muslims exclaimed Takbeer(s), and he^-saww held a hand of Salman^-ar and ascended.

فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ مِنْكَ شَيْئاً مَا رَأَيْتُهُ مِنْكَ قَطُّ

Salman^-ar said: ‘May my^-ar father and my^-ar mother be (sacrificed for) you^-saww O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I^-ar have seen something from you^-saww what I^-ar have not seen from you^-saww at all!’

فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى الْقَوْمِ وَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُمْ مَا يَقُولُ سَلْمَانُ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ

Rasool-Allah^-saww turned to the people and said: ‘Have you seen what Salman^-ar said?’ They said, ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبَتِيَ الأول [الْأُولَى‏] فَبَرَقَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمْ أَضَاءَتْ لِي مِنْهُ قُصُورُ الْحِيرَةِ وَ مَدَائِنُ كِسْرَى كَأَنَّهَا أَنْيَابُ الْكِلَابِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَنَّ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرَةٌ عَلَيْهَا

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww struck my^-saww first strike, and it flashed which you saw illuminating for me^-saww from it the castles of Al Heera and the cities of Choroe. It was as if these were canines of dogs. Jibraeel^-as informed me^-saww that my^-saww community will prevail over these!

ثُمَّ ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبَتِيَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَبَرَقَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمْ أَضَاءَتْ لِي مِنْهُ قُصُورُ الْحُمْرِ مِنْ أَرْضِ الرُّومِ فَكَأَنَّهَا أَنْيَابُ الْكِلَابِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَنَّ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرَةٌ عَلَيْهَا

Then I^-saww struck my^-saww second strike, and it flashed which you saw illuminating for me^-saww from it the red castles from the land of Rome. It was as if these were canines of dogs. Jibraeel^-as informed me^-saww that my^-saww community will prevail over these!

ثُمَّ ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبَتِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَبَرَقَ لِي مَا رَأَيْتُمْ أَضَاءَتْ لِي مِنْهُ قُصُورُ صَنْعَاءَ كَأَنَّهَا أَنْيَابُ الْكِلَابِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَنَّ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرَةٌ عَلَيْهَا فَأَبْشِرُوا

Then I^-saww struck my third strike, and it flashed for me^-saww what you saw illuminating for me^-saww from it the castles of Sana’a (Al Yemen). It was as if these were canines of dogs. Jibraeel^-as informed me^-saww that my^-saww community will prevail overe these, so rejoice!’

فَاسْتَبْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَ قَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَوْعِدُ صِدْقٍ وَعَدَنَا النَّصْرَ بَعْدَ الْحَصْرِ

The Muslims rejoiced and said, ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj, Truthful of Promise. He^-saww Promised us victory after the siege!’

فَقَالَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ أَ لَا تَعْجَبُونَ يُمَنِّيكُمْ وَ يَعِدُكُمُ الْبَاطِلَ وَ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ أَنَّهُ يُبْصِرُ مِنْ يَثْرِبَ قُصُورَ الْحِيرَةِ وَ مَدَائِنَ كِسْرَى وَ أَنَّهَا تُفْتَحُ لَكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ إِنَّمَا تَحْفِرُونَ الْخَنْدَقَ مِنَ الْفَرَقِ‏ وَ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ تَبْرُزُوا

They hypocrites said, ‘Are you not astonished? He^-saww is making you which and is promising you falshoods and letting you know that he^-saww can see the casltes of Al Heera, and the cities of Chosroe from Yasrib, and these will be conquered for you, and rather you are digging the trench our of fear (panic) and not being able to more forward!’

فَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ‏ إِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنافِقُونَ وَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ ما وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُوراً وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مالِكَ الْمُلْكِ‏ الْآيَةَ

The Quran was Revealed: And when the hypocrites and those who had a sickness in their hearts were saying, ‘Allah and His Rasool did not promise us except to deceive!’ [33:12]; and Allah^-azwj Exalted Revealed regarding this story: Say: ‘O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! [3:26] – the Verse.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ قَالَ لِحُرَّاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ كَانُوا يَحْرُسُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ سَعْدٌ وَ حُذَيْفَةُ الْحَقُوا بِمَلَاحِقِكُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ عَصَمَنِي مِنَ النَّاسِ

And it is reported that the Prophet^-saww, when this Verse was Reveaked, said to the watchguards from his^-saww companions who were watching out, from them were Sa’ad and Huzeyfa: ‘Go back to your posts, for Allah^-azwj the Glorious will Protect me^-saww from the people!’

قوله تعالى‏ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ ما قالُوا قال الطبرسي رحمه الله اختلف فيمن نزلت فيه هذه الآية فقيل إن رسول الله ص كان جالسا في ظل حجرته‏ فقال إنه سيأتيكم إنسان فينظر إليكم بعين شيطان‏ فلم يلبثوا أن طلع رجل أزرق فدعاه رسول الله ص فقال علام تشتمني أنت و أصحابك فانطلق الرجل فجاء بأصحابه

The Words of the Exalted: They are swearing by Allah that they did not say it [9:74] – Al Tabrsee said, ‘There is differing regarding the ones this Verse was Revealed. It is said that Rasool-Allah^-saww was seated in the shade of his^-saww room (tree). He^-saww said: ‘A human with an eye of Satan^-la will be coming to you’. It was not long before a blu-eyed man emerged. Rasool-Allah^-saww called him. He^-saww said: ‘Why are you and your companions reviling me^-saww?’

فحلفوا بالله ما قالوا فأنزل الله هذه الآية- عن ابن عباس‏

The man went and came with his companions. They swore by Allah^-azwj they had not said it, so Allah^-azwj Revealed this Verse’ – from Ibn Abbas.

و قيل خرج المنافقون مع رسول الله ص إلى تبوك فكانوا إذا خلا بعضهم ببعض سبوا رسول الله ص و أصحابه و طعنوا في الدين فنقل ذلك حذيفة إلى رسول الله ص فقال لهم ما هذا الذي بلغني عنكم فحلفوا بالله ما قالوا شيئا من ذلك- عن الضحاك‏

And it is said, ‘They hypocrites went out with Rasool-Allah^-saww to (military expedition of) Tabuk. Whenever they were alone with each other they reviled Rasool-Allah^-saww and his^-saww companions, and they taunted regarding the religion. Huzeyfa conveyed that to Rasool-Allah^-saww. He^-saww said to them: ‘What is this which has reached me from you all?’ They swore by Allah^-azwj they had not said anything of that’ – From Al Zahak.

و قيل نزلت في الجلاس بن سويد بن الصامت و ذلك أن رسول الله ص خطب ذات يوم بتبوك و ذكر المنافقين فسماهم رجسا و عابهم فقال الجلاس و الله لئن كان محمد صادقا فيما يقول فنحن شر من الحمير

And it is said it was Revealed regarding Al Jalas Bin Suweyd Bin Al Samit, and that is, one day Rasool-Allah^-saww addressed at Tabuk and mentioned the hypocrites. He^-saww named them as uncleanness and faulted them. Al Jalas said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! If Muhammad^-saww was truthful in what he^-saww is saying, then we are eviler than the donkeys!’

فسمعه عامر بن قيس فقال أجل و الله إن محمدا صادق و أنتم شر من الحمير

Aamir Bin Qays heard him. He said, ‘Yes, by Allah^-azwj! Muhammad^-saww is truthful and you are indeed eviler than the donkeys!’

فلما انصرف رسول الله ص إلى المدينة أتاه عامر بن قيس فأخبره بما قال الجلاس فقال الجلاس كذب يا رسول الله

When Rasool-Allah^-saww left to go to Al-Medina, Aamir Bin Qays came to him^-saww and informed him^-saww with what Al Jalas had said. Al Jalas said, ‘He is lying, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’

فأمرهما رسول الله أن يحلفا عند المنبر فقام الجلاس عند المنبر فحلف بالله ما قاله ثم قام عامر فحلف بالله لقد قاله ثم قال اللهم أنزل على نبيك الصادق منا الصدوق‏ فقال رسول الله و المؤمنون آمين

Rasool-Allah^-saww ordered them both to sweat by the pulpit. Al Jalas stood by the pulpit and swore by Allah^-azwj he had not said it. Then Aamir stood and swore by Allah^-azwj he (Al Jalas) had said it. Then he said, ‘O Allah^-azwj! Send down a verification upon Your^-azwj Prophet^-saww, is the truthful from us!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww and the believers said, ‘Ameen!’

فنزل جبرئيل ع قبل أن يتفرقا بهذه الآية حتى بلغ‏ فَإِنْ يَتُوبُوا يَكُ خَيْراً لَهُمْ‏ فقام الجُلَاس فقال يا رسول الله اسمع الله قد عرض علي التوبة صدق عامر بن قيس فيما قال لك لقد قلته و أنا أستغفر الله و أتوب‏

Before they had even separated, Jibraeel^-as descended with this Verse until he^-saww delivered: So if they were to repent, it would be better for them [9:74]. Al Jalas stood up. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I hear that Allah^-azwj has Presented the repentance to me. Aamir Bin Qays speaks the truth regarding what he said to you^-saww. I had said it, and I seek Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj and repent!’

و قيل نزلت في أهل العقبة في أنهم ائتمروا في أن يغتالوا رسول الله ص في عقبة مرجعهم‏ من تبوك و أرادوا أن يقطعوا أنساع راحلته ثم ينخسوا فأطلعه تعالى على ذلك و كان من جملة معجزاته لأنه لا يمكن معرفة ذلك إلا بوحي من الله

And it is said it was Revealed regarding the people of Al Aqaba when they had conspired in assiasinating Rasool-Allah^-saww in Aqaba when they return from Tabuk, and they intended to cut the straps of his^-saww riding animal, then prick it. Allah^-azwj the Exalted Notified him^-saww upon that, and it was from the totality of his^-saww miracles because it was not possible to know that except by Revelation from Allah^-azwj.

فسار رسول الله ص في العقبة وحده و عمار و حذيفة معه أحدهما يقود ناقته و الآخر يسوقها و أمر الناس كلهم بسلوك بطن الوادي و كان الذين هموا بقتله اثني عشر رجلا أو خمسة عشر رجلا على الخلاف فيه عرفهم رسول الله ص و سماهم بأسمائهم واحدا واحدا- عن الزجاج و الواقدي و الكلبي‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww travelled in Al Aqaba alone, and Ammar^-ar and Huzeyfa^-ar were with him^-saww. One of them was leading his^-saww she-camel and the other one was ushering it, and he^-saww had ordered the people, all of them, to travell in the interior (bottom) of the valley, while those who had thought of killing him^-saww were twelve men, or fifteen men (upon the differing). Rasool-Allah^-saww recognised them and named them with their names, one by one. – from Al Zajaj and Al Waqiddy, and Al Kalby.

و قال الباقر ع‏ كانت ثمانية منهم من قريش و أربعة من العرب

And Al Baqir^-asws said: ‘Eight of them were from Qureysh and four from the Arabs (Bedouins)’.

و قال الطبرسي رحمه الله إن رسول الله ص دعا على قومه لما كذبوه فقال اللهم سني‏ [سنين‏] كسني يوسف فأجدبت الأرض فأصابت قريشا المجاعة و كان الرجل لما به من الجوع يرى بينه و بين السماء كالدخان و أكلوا الميتة و العظام

And Al Tabarsee said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww supplicated against his^-saww people when they belied him^-saww. He^-saww said: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Years like the years of Yusuf^-as!’ The land dried up and Qureysh were afflicted with the hunger, and it so happened that whenever a man had hnger with him, he would see like the smoke between him and the sky, and they ate the dead and the bones.

ثم جاءوا إلى النبي ص و قالوا يا محمد جئت تأمرنا بصلة الرحم و قومك قد هلكوا

Then they came to the Prophet^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww have come to us instructing us to maintain the kinship while your^-saww people are perishing!’

فسأل الله تعالى لهم بالخصب و السعة فكشف عنهم ثم عادوا إلى الكفر- عن ابن مسعود و الضحاك‏

He^-saww asked Allah^-azwj the Exalted for them for the fertility and the abndance, so it was Removed from them. Then they returned to Al Kufr’. – from Ibn Masoud and Al Zahak.

و أما قوله‏ إِنَّ شانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ فروي أنها نزلت في العاص بن وائل السهمي و ذلك أنه رأى رسول الله ص يخرج من المسجد فالتقيا عند باب بني سهم و تحدثا و أناس من صناديد قريش جلوس في المسجد

Andd as for His^-azwj Words: Surely your adversary, he is the one without posterity [108:3], it is reported that it was Revealed regarding Al Aas Bin Waail Al Sahmy, and that is because he saw Rasool-Allah^-saww emerge from the Masjid. They leaned at the door of the clan of Sahm and discussed, and some of the important people of Qureysh were seated in the Masjid.

فلما دخل العاص قالوا من الذي كنت تحدث معه قال ذاك الأبتر و كان قد توفي قبل ذلك عبد الله بن رسول الله ص و هو من خديجة و كانوا يسمون من ليس له ابن أبتر فسمته قريش عند موت ابنه أبتر و صنبورا- كذا روي عن ابن عباس‏

When Al Aas entered, they said, ‘Who is the one you have been discussing with?’ He said, ‘That is ‘Al Abtar’ – and Abdullah^-as, son of Rasool-Allah^-saww had died, and he^-as was from Khadeeja^-as, and they used to name the one who had not son for him as ‘Abtar’ (one without posterity). At the death of his^-saww son, they named him^-saww as ‘Abtar’ and ‘Sanbour’ (weak, humiliated, without family or posterity or helper). – and like it has been reported from Ibn Abbas.

1- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ‏ أَيْ فِي شَكٍ‏ وَ ادْعُوا شُهَداءَكُمْ‏ يَعْنِي الَّذِينَ عَبَدُوهُمْ وَ أَطَاعُوهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ

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2- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَتُغْلَبُونَ‏ فَإِنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ بَعْدَ بَدْرٍ لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ بَدْرٍ أَتَى بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ وَ هُمْ بِنَادِيهِمْ‏ وَ كَانَ بِهَا سُوقٌ يُسَمَّى سُوقَ النَّبَطِ فَأَتَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْيَهُودِ قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا نَزَلَ بِقُرَيْشٍ وَ هُمْ أَكْثَرُ عَدَداً وَ سِلَاحاً وَ كُرَاعاً مِنْكُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – ‘(The Words of the Exalted): Say to those who are committing Kufr [3:12] – it was Revealed after Badr, when Rasool-Allah^-saww returned from Badr, the clan of Qanaqa came and he^-saww was calling out to them, and over there was a market called Al-Nabt market. Rasool-Allah^-saww came to them and said: ‘O group of Jews! You have known what befell with the Qureysh and (although) they were more in number and weaponry and rides that you all are, therefore enter into (the fold of) Al-Islam’.

فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّكَ تَحْسَبُ حَرْبَنَا مِثْلَ حَرْبِ قَوْمِكَ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ لَقِيتَنَا لَلَقِيتَ رِجَالًا

They said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww reckon you^-saww can battle us like the battle of your^-saww people? By Allah^-azwj! If you^-saww meet us (in battle), we will meet men (fighters)’.

فَنَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الْآيَةَ

Jibraeel^-as descended unto him^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Say to those who are committing Kufr [3:12] – the Verse’’.[152]

3- فس، تفسير القمي‏ سَتَجِدُونَ آخَرِينَ‏ الْآيَةُ نَزَلَتْ فِي عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ حِصْنٍ‏ الْفَزَارِيِّ أَجْدَبَتْ بِلَادُهُمْ فَجَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ وَادَعَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يُقِيمَ بِبَطْنِ نَخْلٍ وَ لَا يَتَعَرَّضَ لَهُ وَ كَانَ مُنَافِقاً مَلْعُوناً وَ هُوَ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْأَحْمَقَ الْمُطَاعَ فِي قَوْمِهِ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – ‘(The Words of the Exalted): You will be finding others [4:91] – the Verse. It was Revealed regarding Ayaynah Ibn Hasan Al Fazary. Their city had become barren, so he came to Rasool-Allah^-saww and reconciled with him^-saww upon that he would stay at the bottom of the palm tree and not expose to him^-saww, and he was a hypocrite, accursed, and he is the one whom Rasool-Allah^-saww named at ‘the idiotic plague among his people.[153]

4- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيراً الْآيَةَ قَالَ يُبَيِّنُ النَّبِيُّ ص مَا أَخْفَيْتُمُوهُ مِمَّا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ مِنْ أَخْبَارِهِ وَ يَدَعُ كَثِيراً لَا يُبَيِّنُهُ

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5- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ قالُوا لَوْ لا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ‏ أَيْ هَلَّا أُنْزِلَ‏ وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ‏ قَالَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الْآيَةَ إِذَا جَاءَتْ وَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَا يهلكوا [لَهَلَكُوا]

(opinion)

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قادِرٌ عَلى‏ أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ آيَةً وَ سَيُرِيكَ‏ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ آيَاتٍ مِنْهَا دَابَّةُ الْأَرْضِ وَ الدَّجَّالُ وَ نُزُولُ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ع وَ طُلُوعُ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا

And in a report by Abu Al-Jaroud, from Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: ‘Surely Allah is Able upon Sending down a Sign, [6:37]: ‘And He^-azwj will be Showing you Signs in the end times – from it are ‘Walker of the earth’, and Al-Dajjal^-la, and descent of Isa^-as Ibn Maryam^-as, and emergence of the sun from its west’. [155]

6- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ مُصَدِّقُ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ‏ يَعْنِي التَّوْرَاةَ وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ وَ الزَّبُورَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ لِيَقُولُوا دَرَسْتَ‏ قَالَ كَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَقُولُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ الَّذِي تُخْبِرُنَا بِهِ مِنَ الْأَخْبَارِ تَتَعَلَّمُهُ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ الْيَهُودِ وَ تَدْرُسُهُ‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ قُبُلًا أَيْ عِيَاناً قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى‏ سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ آياتِيَ‏ يَعْنِي أَصْرِفُ الْقُرْآنَ عَنِ‏ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِ‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ مَنْ يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذابِ‏ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْيَهُودِ لَا تَكُونُ لَهُمْ دَوْلَةٌ أَبَداً قَوْلُهُ‏ إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ‏ قَالَ الْعِيرُ أَوْ قُرَيْشٌ‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ فَسَيُنْفِقُونَها قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي قُرَيْشٍ لَمَّا وَافَاهُمْ ضَمْضَمٌ وَ أَخْبَرَهُمْ بِخُرُوجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي طَلَبِ الْعِيرِ فَأَخْرَجُوا أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَ حَمَلُوا وَ أَنْفَقُوا وَ خَرَجُوا إِلَى مُحَارَبَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِبَدْرٍ فَقُتِلُوا وَ صَارُوا إِلَى النَّارِ وَ كَانَ مَا أَنْفَقُوا حَسْرَةً عَلَيْهِمْ‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ ما قالُوا قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الَّذِينَ تَحَالَفُوا فِي الْكَعْبَةِ أَنْ لَا يَرُدُّوا هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ فَهِيَ كَلِمَةُ الْكُفْرِ ثُمَّ قَعَدُوا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي الْعَقَبَةِ وَ هَمُّوا بِقَتْلِهِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ هَمُّوا بِما لَمْ يَنالُوا قَوْلُهُ‏ نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلى‏ بَعْضٍ‏ يَعْنِي الْمُنَافِقِينَ‏ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا أَيْ تَفَرَّقُوا صَرَفَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ‏ عَنِ الْحَقِّ إِلَى الْبَاطِلِ بِاخْتِيَارِهِمُ الْبَاطِلَ عَلَى الْحَقِ‏ قَوْلُهُ‏ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هذا فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشاً قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ائْتِنَا بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هَذَا فَإِنَّ هَذَا شَيْ‏ءٌ تَعَلَّمْتَهُ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى‏ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُراً مِنْ قَبْلِهِ‏ أَيْ قَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ لَمْ آتِكُمْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أُوحِيَ إِلَيَ‏

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7- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ إِذا بَدَّلْنا آيَةً مَكانَ آيَةٍ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا نُسِخَتْ آيَةٌ قَالُوا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏ أَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ‏ قُلْ‏ لَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِ‏ يَعْنِي جَبْرَئِيلَ ع

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ‏ قَالَ الرُّوحُ هُوَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع وَ الْقُدُسُ الطَّاهِرُ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُمْ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ

And in a report of Abu Al-Jaroud, ‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: The Holy Spirit [16:102]. He^-asws said: ‘The Spirit, it is Jibraeel^-as, and the ‘Holy’ is the clean, in order to Affirm those who are believing, they^-asws are the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww.

قَوْلُهُ‏ لِسانُ الَّذِي يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِيٌ‏ هُوَ لِسَانُ أَبِي فُهَيْكَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ كَانَ أَعْجَمِيَّ اللِّسَانِ وَ كَانَ قَدِ اتَّبَعَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ وَ آمَنَ بِهِ وَ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ

His^-azwj Words: The language of the one they are referring to is foreign, [16:103], it is the language of Abu Faheyqa, a slave of Ibn Al-Hazramy. He was of a foreign tongue, and he had followed the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj and believed in him^-saww, and he was from the People of the Book.

فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَ اللَّهِ‏ يُعَلِّمُ مُحَمَّداً عِلْمَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ‏ وَ هذا لِسانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُبِينٌ‏

Qureysh said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! Muhammad^-saww learnt his^-saww knowledge by his tongue. Allah^-azwj Said: and this is clear Arabic language [16:103]’’.[157]

8- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِوَجاً قَيِّماً قَالَ هَذَا مُقَدَّمٌ وَ مُؤَخَّرٌ لِأَنَّ مَعْنَاهُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ قَيِّماً وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِوَجاً فَقَدْ قَدَّمَ حَرْفاً عَلَى حَرْفٍ‏

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9- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ لَوْ نَزَّلْناهُ عَلى‏ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ‏ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع لَوْ نُزِّلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى الْعَجَمِ مَا آمَنَتْ بِهِ الْعَرَبُ وَ قَدْ نُزِّلَ عَلَى الْعَرَبِ فَآمَنَتْ بِهِ الْعَجَمُ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – And had We Revealed it unto one of the non-Arabs [26:198] – Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘If the Quran had been Revealed upon the non-Arabs, the Arabs would not have believed in it, however, it has been Revealed upon the Arabs, the non-Arabs are believing in it’’.[159]

10- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ ما كُنْتَ تَتْلُوا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنْ كِتابٍ‏ هُوَ مَعْطُوفٌ‏ عَلَى قَوْلِهِ فِي سُورَةِ الْفُرْقَانِ‏ فَهِيَ تُمْلى‏ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَ أَصِيلًا فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ يَدَّعُونَ أَنَّ الَّذِي تَقْرَؤُهُ أَوْ تُخْبِرُ بِهِ تَكْتُبُهُ عَنْ غَيْرِكَ وَ أَنْتَ‏ ما كُنْتَ تَتْلُوا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنْ كِتابٍ وَ لا تَخُطُّهُ بِيَمِينِكَ إِذاً لَارْتابَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ‏ أَيْ شَكُّوا

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11- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ الم غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel, from Abu Ubeydah,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj: Alif Lam Meem [30:1] The Romans are defeated [30:2] In a nearby land, [30:3].

قَالَ يَا بَا عُبَيْدَةَ إِنَّ لِهَذَا تَأْوِيلًا لَا يَعْلَمُهُ‏ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ‏ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع

O Abu Ubeyda! Surely, for this is an interpretation (which) no one knows except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge [3:7], from the Imams^-asws.

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَ قَدْ ظَهَرَ الْإِسْلَامُ كَتَبَ إِلَى مَلِكِ الرُّومِ كِتَاباً وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولًا يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ كَتَبَ إِلَى مَلِكِ فَارِسَ كِتَاباً وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولًا يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ

When Rasool-Allah^-saww emigrated to Al-Medina and manifested Al-Islam, he^-saww wrote a letter to the king of Rome and sent it to him along with a messenger inviting him to Al-Islam, and he^-saww (also) wrote a letter to the king of Persia inviting him to Al-Islam, and he^-saww sent it to him along with a messenger inviting him to Islam.

فَأَمَّا مَلِكُ الرُّومِ فَإِنَّهُ عَظَّمَ كِتَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ أَكْرَمَ رَسُولَهُ وَ أَمَّا مَلِكُ فَارِسَ فَإِنَّهُ مَزَّقَ كِتَابَهُ وَ اسْتَخَفَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

As for the king of Rome, he respected the letter and honoured his^-saww messenger, and as for the king of Persia, he belittled the letter of the Rasool-Allah^-saww, and tore it up and belittled Rasool-Allah^-saww.

وَ كَانَ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يُقَاتِلُ مَلِكَ الرُّومِ وَ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَهْوَوْنَ أَنْ يَغْلِبَ مَلِكُ الرُّومِ مَلِكَ فَارِسَ وَ كَانُوا لِنَاحِيَةِ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ أَرْجَى مِنْهُمْ لِمَلِكِ فَارِسَ فَلَمَّا غَلَبَ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ مَلِكَ الرُّومِ كَبَا لِذَلِكَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَ اغْتَمُّوا

And it was so that the king of Persia in those days was at war with the king of Rome, and the Muslims were desirous that the king of Rome should overcome the king of Persia, and they were siding with him, wishing (victory over) the king of Persia. When the king of Persia overcame the king of Rome, the Muslims disliked it and were gloomy due to it.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ الم غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ‏ يَعْنِي غَلَبَتْهَا فَارِسُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَ هِيَ الشَّامَاتُ وَ مَا حَوْلَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ فَارِسُ‏ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ‏ الرُّومَ‏ سَيُغْلَبُونَ فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ قَوْلُهُ‏ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ‏ أَنْ يَأْمُرَ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ بِمَا يَشَاءُ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشاءُ

Therefore Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed Quran (Verses) along with that letter: Alif Lam Meem [30:1] The Romans are defeated [30:2] In a nearby land [30:3] – Meaning, Persia has overcome it in a nearby land, and it is the Syrian lands and what surrounds it, and they meaning, and Persians, after their victory – over the Romans, would be defeated [30:3] – by the Muslims, Within a few years. For Allah is the Command from before and from afterwards, and on that day the Momineen shall rejoice [30:4] With the Help of Allah. He – the Mighty and Majestic, Helps ones He so Desires to [30:5].

قُلْتُ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ‏ فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ‏ وَ قَدْ مَضَى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ سِنُونَ كَثِيرَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ فِي إِمَارَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ إِنَّمَا غلبت [غَلَبَ‏] الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَارِسَ فِي إِمَارَةِ عُمَرَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Isn’t Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Saying: Within a few years [30:4], although many years had passed by with Rasool-Allah^-saww, and during the rule of Abu Bakr, and rather the Momineen overcame Persia during the rule of Umar?’

قَالَ أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّ لِهَذَا تَأْوِيلًا وَ تَفْسِيراً وَ الْقُرْآنُ يَا بَا عُبَيْدَةَ نَاسِخٌ وَ مَنْسُوخٌ أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ قَوْلَهُ‏ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ يَعْنِي إِلَيْهِ الْمَشِيَّةُ فِي الْقَوْلِ أَنْ‏ يُؤَخِّرَ مَا قَدَّمَ وَ يُقَدِّمَ‏ مَا أَخَّرَ إِلَى يَوْمٍ يَحْتِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِنُزُولِ النَّصْرِ فِيهِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

He^-asws said: ‘Did I^-asws not say to you that for this, there is an explanation and an interpretation? O Abu Ubeyda! The Quran (Verses) Abrogates and gets Abrogated. Have you not heard the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: For Allah is the Command from before and from afterwards [30:4]? Meaning, to Him^-azwj is the Desire in the (final) Word, that He^-azwj can Delay what is forward and Bring forward what is to be delayed in the (final) Word for the Ordainment of the Judgement with the Descent of the Help upon the Momineen with regards to it.

وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشاءُ

Thus, these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: and on that day the Momineen shall rejoice [30:4] With the Help of Allah. He Helps ones He so Desires to [30:5] – i.e., on the day the Judgment is Ordained (to occur) with the Help’’.

كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ هِيَ الشَّامَاتُ وَ مَا حَوْلَهَا يَعْنِي وَ فَارِسُ‏ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ‏ الرُّومَ سَيُغْلَبُونَ يَعْنِي يَغْلِبُهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ‏ فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ‏ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشاءُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلَمَّا غَزَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَارِسَ وَ افْتَتَحُوهَا فَرِحَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and the number, from Sahl altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Abu Ubeyda,

‘Up to his^-asws words: ‘and it is Syria and what is around it, and they, meaning Persia from after having overcome Rome will be overcoming, meaning the Muslims would be overcoming, “Within a few years. Allah’s is the command before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice [30:4] With the help of Allah; He helps whom He pleases” [30:5] and He^-azwj is Mighty and Majestic. When the Muslims invaded Persia and conquered it, the Muslims were happy with the Help of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ‏ فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ‏ وَ قَدْ مَضَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ سِنُونَ كَثِيرَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ فِي إِمَارَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ إِنَّمَا غَلَبَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَارِسَ فِي إِمَارَةِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ لِهَذَا تَأْوِيلًا وَ تَفْسِيراً

I said, ‘Does not Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Say: “Within a few years [30:4]”, whereas the Believers spent many years with the Rasool-Allah^-saww, and in the rule of Abu Bakr. But rather, the Believers overcame Persia during the rule of Umar’. He^-asws said: ‘Did I^-asws not say to you that this is the explanation and the interpretation?

وَ الْقُرْآنُ يَا بَا عُبَيْدَةَ نَاسِخٌ وَ مَنْسُوخٌ أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ يَعْنِي إِلَيْهِ الْمَشِيَّةُ فِي الْقَوْلِ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ مَا قَدَّمَ وَ يُقَدِّمَ مَا أَخَّرَ فِي الْقَوْلِ إِلَى يَوْمٍ يَحْتِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِنُزُولِ النَّصْرِ فِيهِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ‏ أَيْ يَوْمَ يَحْتِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِالنَّصْرِ

O Abu Ubeyda! And the Quran has Abrogating (verses) and Abrogated (Verses). Have you not heard the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: “Allah’s is the command before and after”? It means the Decision is His^-azwj in the Words whether He^-azwj Delays what was to happen first, or to bring forward that which was Delayed in the Words up to the Day the matter has been Ordained to occur by the Descent of the Help upon the Believers with regards to it. That is the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “and on that day the believers shall rejoice [30:5] With the help of Allah, yes, the day on which the Help has been Ordained to occur’’.[161]

12- فس، تفسير القمي‏ لا يَأْتِيهِ الْباطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ‏ قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيهِ الْبَاطِلُ مِنْ قِبَلِ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ لَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الزَّبُورِ وَ أَمَّا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ‏ لَا يَأْتِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ كِتَابٌ يُبْطِلُهُ قَوْلُهُ‏ ءَ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَ عَرَبِيٌ‏ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ أَعْجَمِيّاً لَقَالُوا كَيْفَ نَتَعَلَّمُهُ وَ لِسَانُنَا عَرَبِيٌّ وَ أَتَيْتَنَا بِقُرآنٍ أَعْجَمِيٍّ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يُنَزَّلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ وَ فِيهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسانِ قَوْمِهِ‏

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13- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَالَ قُرَيْشٌ قَدِ اجْتَمَعْنَا لِنَنْتَصِرَ وَ نَقْتُلَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ أَمْ يَقُولُونَ‏ يَا مُحَمَّدُ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ يُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ يَعْنِي يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ حِينَ هَزَمُوا وَ أُسِرُوا وَ قُتِلُوا

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14- فس، تفسير القمي‏ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوْثَرَ قَالَ الْكَوْثَرُ نَهَرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَعْطَى‏ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً عِوَضاً مِنِ ابْنِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ‏ وَ الْحَكَمِ‏ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو يَا بَا الْأَبْتَرِ وَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلَدٌ يُسَمَّى أَبْتَرَ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Indeed, We Gave you Al-Kausar [108:1], he (Ali Bin Ibrahim) said, ‘Al-Kawser is a river in Paradise. Allah^-azwj Gave it to Muhammad^-saww instead of his^-saww son^-asws Ibrahim^-asws. Amro Bin Al-Aas and Al-Hakam Ibn Abu Al-Aas came to Rasool-Allah^-saww, ‘O father of Al-Abtar!’ In the pre-Islamic period, a man without a son was called ‘Abtar’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ عَمْرٌو إِنِّي لَأَشْنَأُ مُحَمَّداً أَيْ أُبْغِضُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ص‏ إِنَّ شانِئَكَ‏ أَيْ مُبْغِضَكَ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ‏ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ يَعْنِي لَا دِينَ لَهُ وَ لَا نَسَبَ‏

Then Amro said, ‘I am an adversary of Muhammad^-saww’ – i.e., ‘I hate him^-saww’. Allah^-azwj Revealed unto His^-azwj Rasool^-saww: Surely your adversary, [108:3] – i.e. ‘the one who hates you^-saww, Amro Bin Al-Aas, he is the one without posterity [108:3], meaning there is neither any Religion for him nor a lineage’’.[164]

15- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّيَّارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ السِّكِّيتِ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع لِمَا ذَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ ع بِالْعَصَا وَ يَدِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَ آلَةِ السِّحْرِ وَ بَعَثَ عِيسَى ع بِآلَةِ الطِّبِّ وَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً ص عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بِالْكَلَامِ وَ الْخُطَبِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Sayyari, from Abu Yaqoub Al Baghday who said,

‘Ibn Al-Sikeet said to Abu Al-Hassan^-asws, ‘Why did Allah^-azwj Send Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as with the (miracles of) the staff and the white hand and means of the magic, and Sent Isa^-as with the means of the medicine, and Sent Muhammad^-saww and upon the entirety of the Prophets^-as with the words and the speech’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَّا بَعَثَ مُوسَى ع كَانَ الْغَالِبُ عَلَى أَهْلِ عَصْرِهِ السِّحْرَ فَأَتَاهُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ بِمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي وُسْعِهِمْ مِثْلُهُ وَ مَا أَبْطَلَ بِهِ سِحْرَهُمْ وَ أَثْبَتَ بِهِ الْحُجَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ

Abu Al-Hassan^-asws said: ‘(The reason) for what Allah^-azwj Sent Musa^-as, it was so that the magic was predominant upon the people of his^-as era. He^-as came to them from the Presence of Allah^-azwj with what was not in their capabilities for the likes of it, and what he^-as could invalidate their magic with, and by it he^-as could affirm the Proof upon them.

وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ عِيسَى ع فِي وَقْتٍ قَدْ ظَهَرَتْ فِيهِ الزَّمَانَاتُ وَ احْتَاجَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الطِّبِّ فَأَتَاهُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ بِمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُمْ مِثْلُهُ وَ بِمَا أَحْيَا لَهُمُ الْمَوْتَى وَ أَبْرَأَ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ أَثْبَتَ بِهِ الْحُجَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ

And Allah^-azwj Sent Isa^-as during a time in which chronic illnesses had appeared, and the people were needy to the medicine. He^-as came to them from the Presence of Allah^-azwj with what did not happen to be with them, something similar to it, and with what he^-as revived the dead for them and cured the ones blinded at birth, and the leprosy, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj, and affirmed by it the Divine Authority upon them.

وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً ص فِي وَقْتٍ كَانَ الْغَالِبُ عَلَى أَهْلِ عَصْرِهِ الْخُطَبَ وَ الْكَلَامَ وَ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ الشِّعْرَ فَأَتَاهُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ مِنْ مَوَاعِظِهِ وَ أَحْكَامِهِ مَا أَبْطَلَ بِهِ قَوْلَهُمْ وَ أَثْبَتَ بِهِ الْحُجَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ

And Allah^-azwj Sent Muhammad^-saww during a time when the prose and the speech were predominant upon the people of his^-saww era’, and I think he^-asws said, ‘The poetry (as well)’. ‘So he^-asws came to them from the Presence of Allah^-azwj, from His^-azwj Advice and His^-azwj Wisdom what he^-saww could invalidate their speeches with, and affirm the Proof by it upon them’’.

فَقَالَ ابْنُ السِّكِّيتِ تَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَكَ قَطُّ

Ibn Al-Sikeet said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! I have not seen the like of you^-asws at all![165]

16- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام الْبَيْهَقِيُّ عَنِ الصَّوْلِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: ذَكَرَ الرِّضَا ع يَوْماً الْقُرْآنَ فَعَظَّمَ الْحُجَّةَ فِيهِ وَ الْآيَةَ الْمُعْجِزَةَ فِي نَظْمِهِ فَقَالَ هُوَ حَبْلُ اللَّهِ الْمَتِينُ وَ عُرْوَتُهُ الْوُثْقَى وَ طَرِيقَتُهُ الْمُثْلَى الْمُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَ الْمُنْجِي مِنَ‏ النَّارِ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al Bayhaqi, from Al Sowly, from Muhammad Bin Musa Al Razy, from his father who said,

‘One day Al-Reza^-asws mentioned the Quran, and he^-asws revered the Verses in it and the miracles in its arrangement. He^-asws said: ‘It is the Strong Rope of Allah^-azwj, and His^-azwj firmest Handhold, and His^-azwj exemplary pathway, and leading to Paradise, and the rescuer from the Fire.

لَا يَخْلُقُ‏ مِنَ الْأَزْمِنَةِ وَ لَا يَغِثُّ عَلَى الْأَلْسِنَةِ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُجْعَلْ لِزَمَانٍ دُونَ زَمَانٍ بَلْ جُعِلَ دَلِيلَ الْبُرْهَانِ وَ حُجَّةً عَلَى كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ‏ لا يَأْتِيهِ الْباطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ لا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ

Neither does it wear off from the passage of time, nor does it erode from the erosion of the languages, because it has not been Made for a (particular) era besides an era, but it is Made to be a proving evidence, and an Argument upon every human being. Neither did the falsehood come before it nor will it come from after it. It is a Revelation from the Wise, Praised’’.[166]

17- عم، إعلام الورى‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا يَكُفُّ عَنْ عَيْبِ آلِهَةِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا شِعْرُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ يَقُولُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ هُوَ كِهَانَةٌ وَ يَقُولُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ هُوَ خُطَبٌ

‘Ilal Al Wara’ – Rasool-Allah^-saww did not refrain from faulting the gods of the Polytheists and he^-saww recited the Quran to them, and they said, ‘This is poetry of Muhammad^-saww’, and some of them said, ‘But he^-saww is a soothsayer’, and some of them said, ‘But he^-saww is a speaker’.

وَ كَانَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ شَيْخاً كَبِيراً وَ كَانَ مِنْ حُكَّامِ الْعَرَبِ يَتَحَاكَمُونَ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْأُمُورِ وَ يُنْشِدُونَهُ الْأَشْعَارَ فَمَا اخْتَارَهُ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ كَانَ مُخْتَاراً وَ كَانَ لَهُ بَنُونَ لَا يَبْرَحُونَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ وَ كَانَ لَهُ عَبِيدٌ عَشَرَةٌ عِنْدَ كُلِّ عَبْدٍ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ يَتَّجِرُ بِهَا وَ مَلِكَ الْقِنْطَارَ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَ الْقِنْطَارُ جِلْدُ ثَوْرٍ مَمْلُوٌّ ذَهَباً وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَانَ عَمَّ أَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ

And Al-Waleed Bin Al-Mugheira was an aged old man and was one of the wisest of the Arabs. They used to come to him to judge regarding the matters, and they would prose the poems to him, and whatever he chose from the poems, would be proud; and there were sons for him who did not depart from Makkah, and there were ten slaves for him and with each slave was a thousand Dinars he was trading with, and he owned the ‘Qantar’ during that time, and the ‘Qantar’ was an oxen skin filled with gold, and he was from the ones who mocked Rasool-Allah^-saww, and was an uncle of Abu Jahl^-la son of Hashim^-as.

فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا بَا عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي يَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ أَ سِحْرٌ أَمْ كِهَانَةٌ أَمْ خُطَبٌ فَقَالَ دَعُونِي أَسْمَعْ كَلَامَهُ فَدَنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْحِجْرِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْشِدْنِي مِنْ شِعْرِكَ قَالَ مَا هُوَ بِشِعْرٍ وَ لَكِنَّهُ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي بِهِ بَعَثَ أَنْبِيَاءَهُ وَ رُسُلَهُ

He said to him, ‘O Abu Abdul Shams! What is this which Muhammad^-saww is saying? Is it sorcery or soothsaying or speech?’ He said, ‘Leave me to hear his^-saww speech’. He went closer to Rasool-Allah^-saww while he^-saww was seated in the chamber, and said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Can you^-saww prose to me from your^-saww poetry?’ He^-saww said: ‘It is not poetry, but it is Speech of Allah^-azwj Which He^-azwj Sends His^-azwj Prophets^-as and His^-azwj Messengers^-as with’.

فَقَالَ اتْلُ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الرَّحْمَنَ اسْتَهَزَأَ فَقَالَ تَدْعُو إِلَى رَجُلٍ بِالْيَمَامَةِ يُسَمَّى الرَّحْمَنَ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنِّي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ

He said, ‘Recited to me from it’. Rasool-Allah^-saww recited: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent the Merciful’. When he heard (the word) ‘Al Rahman’ (The Beneficent), he ridiculed and said, ‘You^-saww are calling to a man at Yamamah named as Al Rahman’. He^-saww said: ‘No, but I^-saww am calling to Allah^-azwj, and He^-azwj is the Beneficent the Merciful’.

ثُمَّ افْتَتَحَ سُورَةَ حم السَّجْدَةِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنْذَرْتُكُمْ صاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صاعِقَةِ عادٍ وَ ثَمُودَ وَ سَمِعَهُ اقْشَعَرَّ جِلْدُهُ‏ وَ قَامَتْ كُلُّ شَعْرَةٍ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَ لِحْيَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ وَ مَضَى إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ

Then he^-saww began Surah Fussilat. When he^-saww reached to His^-azwj Words: But if they turn aside, then say: ‘I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt (which struck the people of) Aad and Samood [41:13]. When he heard it, his hair stood on his skin, and so did every hair in his head and his beard. Then he stood up and went to his house and did not return to Qureysh.

فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ يَا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ صَبَا أَبُو عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ إِلَى دِينِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَ مَا تَرَاهُ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيْنَا وَ قَدْ قَبِلَ قَوْلَهُ وَ مَضَى إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَاغْتَمَّتْ قُرَيْشٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ غَمّاً شَدِيداً وَ غَدَا عَلَيْهِ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ يَا عَمِّ نَكَّسْتَ بِرُءُوسِنَا وَ فَضَحْتَنَا قَالَ وَ مَا ذَاكَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِ قَالَ صَبَوْتَ إِلَى دِينِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Qureysh said, ‘O Abu Al Hakam (Abu Jahl^-la)! Abu Abdul Shams has inclined towards the Religion of Muhammad^-saww. As you can see, he did not return to us and has accepted his^-saww words and went to his house’. Qureysh were gloomy from that with severe gloom, and in the morning Abu Jahl^-la went to him and said, ‘O uncle! You have lowered our heads and shamed us’. He said, ‘And what is that, O Son of brother?’ He^-la said, ‘You have inclined to the Religion of Muhammad^-saww’.

قَالَ مَا صَبَوْتُ وَ إِنِّي عَلَى دِينِ قَوْمِي وَ آبَائِي وَ لَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ كَلَاماً صَعْباً تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ الْجُلُودُ قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ أَ شِعْرٌ هُوَ قَالَ مَا هُوَ بِشِعْرٍ قَالَ فَخُطَبٌ هِيَ قَالَ لَا إِنَّ الْخُطَبَ كَلَامٌ مُتَّصِلٌ وَ هَذَا كَلَامٌ مَنْثُورٌ وَ لَا يُشْبِهُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً لَهُ طُلَاوَةٌ قَالَ فَكِهَانَةٌ هِيَ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَمَا هُوَ قَالَ دَعْنِي أُفَكِّرُ فِيهِ

He said, ‘I have not inclined, and I am upon the religion of my people, and my forefathers, but I heard such difficult speech, the skins shiver from it’. Abu Jahl^-la said, ‘Is it poetry?’ He said, ‘It is not poetry’. He^-la said, ‘Is it a sermon?’ He said, ‘No. The sermon is a connected speech, and this is a scattered speech, and part of it does not resemble a part. It has charm for it’. He^-la said, ‘It is soothsaying?’ He said, ‘No’. He^-la said, ‘So, what is it?’ He said, ‘Leave me to think about it’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ قَالُوا يَا بَا عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ قُولُوا هُوَ سِحْرٌ فَإِنَّهُ آخِذٌ بِقُلُوبِ النَّاسِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِ‏ ذَرْنِي وَ مَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيداً وَ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مالًا مَمْدُوداً وَ بَنِينَ شُهُوداً إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ عَلَيْها تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

When it was the morning, they said, ‘O Abdul Shams! What are you saying?’ He said, ‘(Keep) saying it is sorcery, for it tends to grab the hearts of the people’. So Allah^-azwj the Exalted Revealed regarding it: Leave Me and the one I Created as Al-Waheed [74:11] And Made extensive wealth to be for him [74:12] And boys as witnesses [74:13] – up to His^-azwj Words: Upon it are nineteen [74:30]’’.

وَ فِي حَدِيثِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ: جَاءَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ الْإِحْسانِ وَ إِيتاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ يَنْهى‏ عَنِ الْفَحْشاءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الْبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ‏

And in a Hadeeth of Hamad Bin Zayd, from Ayoub, from Ikrimah (Non-Shia) who said,

‘Al-Waleed Bin Al-Mugheira came to Rasool-Allah^-saww and said to him^-saww, ‘Recite to me!’ He^-saww recited to him: Surely Allah Commands with the justice, and the kindness, and giving to the near of kin, and Forbids from the immoralities, and the evil, and the tyranny. He Advises you, perhaps you would be mindful [16:90].

فَقَالَ أَعِدْ فَأَعَادَ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لَهُ لَحَلَاوَةً وَ إِنَّ عَلَيْهِ لَطُلَاوَةً إِنَّ أَعْلَاهُ لَمُثْمِرٌ وَ إِنَّ أَسْفَلَهُ لَمُعْذِقٌ وَ مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا بَشَرٌ

He said, ‘Repeat!’ He^-saww repeated. He said, ‘There is sweetness to it, and there is charm upon it. Its top part is fruitful, and its lower part is tasteful, and what this mortal is saying’’.[167]

18- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام الْبَيْهَقِيُّ عَنِ الصَّوْلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا بَالُ الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَزْدَادُ عَلَى النَّشْرِ وَ الدَّرْسِ إِلَّا غَضَاضَةً فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ لِزَمَانٍ دُونَ زَمَانٍ وَ لَا لِنَاسٍ دُونَ نَاسٍ فَهُوَ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ جَدِيدٌ وَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ قَوْمٍ غَضٌّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al Bayhaqi, from Al Sowly, from Abu Zakwan, from Ibrahim Bin Al Abbas,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws: ‘A man asked Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘What is the matter that the Quran does not increase upon the publicising and the teaching except freshness?’ He^-asws said: ‘Because Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted did not Make it for a (particular) time period besides (other) time periods, nor for a people besides (other) people, therefore it is new in every time period, and green (fresh) in the presence of every people up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.[168]

19- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ ابْنَ أَبِي الْعَوْجَاءِ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الدَّهْرِيَّةِ اتَّفَقُوا عَلَى أَنْ يُعَارِضَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ رُبُعَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ كَانُوا بِمَكَّةَ عَاهَدُوا عَلَى أَنْ يَجِيئُوا بِمُعَارَضَتِهِ فِي الْعَامِ الْقَابِلِ فَلَمَّا حَالَ الْحَوْلُ وَ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَيْضاً

It is reported that Ibn Abu Al-Awja’a and three persons from the eternalists pondered upon that each one of them would find contradictions in a quarter of the Quran, and they had made a pact at Makkah upon that they would come with its contradictions in the coming year. When the year passed and they gathered by the standing place of Ibrahim^-as again.

قَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ إِنِّي لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ قَوْلَهُ‏ وَ قِيلَ يا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي ماءَكِ وَ يا سَماءُ أَقْلِعِي وَ غِيضَ الْماءُ كُفِفْتُ عَنِ الْمُعَارَضَةِ وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ وَ كَذَا أَنَا لَمَّا وَجَدْتُ قَوْلَهُ‏ فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْأَسُوا مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا نَجِيًّا أَيِسْتُ مِنَ الْمُعَارَضَةِ

One of them said, ‘When I saw His^-azwj Words: And it was Said: “O earth, swallow down your water, and O sky, clear away!” And the water abated [11:44], I refrained from the contradictions’. And the other said, ‘And when I found His^-azwj Words: So when they had despaired from him, they concluded whispering. [12:80], I despaired from the contradictions’.

وَ كَانُوا يُسِرُّونَ بِذَلِكَ إِذْ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّادِقُ ع فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ‏ قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ عَلى‏ أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هذَا الْقُرْآنِ لا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ‏ فَبُهِتُوا

And they were being secretive with that they Al-Sadiq^-asws passed by them, and he^-asws turned towards them and recited to them: Say: ‘If the humans and the jinn were to combine together to come with the like of this Quran, they would not (be able to) come with the like of it, [17:88]’. They were amazed (dazzled)’’.[169]

20- م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام‏ وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنا عَلى‏ عَبْدِنا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكافِرِينَ‏

‘Tafseer of the Imam Hassan Al-Askari^-asws’ – And if you are in doubt as to that which We Revealed unto Our servant, [2:23] – up to the Words of the Exalted: (it is) prepared for the unbelievers [2:24].

قَالَ الْعَالِمُ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَلَمَّا ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ الْمُجَاهِرِينَ الدَّافِعِينَ لِنُبُوَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ وَ النَّاصِبِينَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ الدَّافِعِينَ مَا قَالَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ فِي أَخِيهِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ الدَّافِعِينَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَا قَالَهُ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ هِيَ آيَاتُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ مُضَافَةً إِلَى آيَاتِهِ الَّتِي بَيَّنَهَا لِعَلِيٍّ ع بِمَكَّةَ وَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَ لَمْ يَزْدَادُوا إِلَّا عُتُوّاً وَ طُغْيَاناً

The scholar Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Struck the examples for the unbelievers who were outspoken against the Prophet-hood of Muhammad^-saww and the Nasibis (Hostile ones) who were hypocritical towards Rasool-Allah^-saww, who were against whatever Muhammad^-saww said regarding his^-saww brother Ali^-asws, and against whatever he^-saww said on behalf of Allah^-azwj, and these are the Signs Given to Muhammad^-saww and His^-azwj miracles for Muhammad^-saww in addition to His^-azwj Verses which were clearly for Ali^-asws in Mecca and Medina, and it did not increase them in anything except insolence and tyranny.

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِمَرَدَةِ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ وَ عُتَاةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنا عَلى‏ عَبْدِنا حَتَّى تَجْحَدُوا أَنْ يَكُونَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا الْمُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ كَلَامِي مَعَ إِظْهَارِي عَلَيْهِ بِمَكَّةَ الْبَاهِرَاتِ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ كَالْغَمَامَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُظِلُّهُ فِي أَسْفَارِهِ وَ الْجَمَادَاتِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ وَ الصُّخُورِ وَ الْأَحْجَارِ وَ الْأَشْجَارِ وَ كَدِفَاعِهِ قَاصِدِيهِ بِالْقَتْلِ عَنْهُ وَ قَتْلِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ وَ كَالشَّجَرَتَيْنِ الْمُتَبَاعِدَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَلَاصَقَتَا فَقَعَدَ خَلْفَهُمَا لِحَاجَتِهِ ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعَتَا إِلَى أَمْكِنَتِهِمَا كَمَا كَانَتَا وَ كَدُعَائِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَجَاءَتْهُ مُجِيبَةً خَاضِعَةً ذَلِيلَةً ثُمَّ أَمْرِهِ لَهَا بِالرُّجُوعِ فَرَجَعَتْ سَامِعَةً مُطِيعَةً

Allah^-azwj Said to apostates of Mecca and the hardened ones of Al-Medina: And if you are in doubt as to that which We Revealed unto Our servant [2:23]  to the extent that you are denying that Muhammad^-saww happens to be Rasool-Allah^-azwj and that which has been Revealed unto him^-saww is My^-azwj Speech, and what I^-azwj had made Apparent to him^-saww in Mecca, the clear Signs (miracles), like the cloud which used to give him^-saww shade during his^-saww journeys, and the rocks which used to greet upon him^-saww, from the mountains and the stones and the trees, and like the dispelled those that tried to kill him^-saww, and them being killed instead, and like when the two trees which were separate came to be joined together from which he^-saww sat behind them to fulfil his^-saww need and then the trees returned back to as they used to be, and like when he^-saww beckoned the tree to come to him^-saww and it came to him^-saww like an obedient and humble (servant), and then ordered it to go back and so it returned upon hearing obediently.

فَأْتُوا يَا مَعَاشِرَ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْيَهُودِ وَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّوَاصِبِ الْمُنْتَحِلِينَ الْإِسْلَامَ‏ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْهُ بُرَآءُ وَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ الْفُصَحَاءَ الْبُلَغَاءَ ذَوِي الْأَلْسُنِ‏ بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ‏ مِنْ مِثْلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص مِنْ مِثْلِ رَجُلٍ‏ مِنْكُمْ لَا يَقْرَأُ وَ لَا يَكْتُبُ وَ لَمْ يَدْرُسْ كِتَاباً وَ لَا اخْتَلَفَ إِلَى عَالِمٍ وَ لَا تَعَلَّمَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَهُ فِي أَسْفَارِهِ وَ حَضَرِهِ بَقِيَ كَذَلِكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ أُوتِيَ جَوَامِعَ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى عَلِمَ عِلْمَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ

Then bring O group of Qureysh and the Jews (and O group of Nasibis) the imposters of Al-Islam, those who are disavowed from it, and O group of Arabs eloquent in your speeches, a Chapter like it like the one brought by Muhammad^-saww, a man from among you who did not read or write in any school (being established by people), nor did he disagree with a teacher nor learn from anyone, and you know about him^-saww in his^-saww journeys and in his^-saww presence, and he^-saww remained like that for forty years. Then he^-saww gave you comprehensive knowledge, to the extent he^-saww taught the knowledge of the former ones and the latter ones.

فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ فَأْتُوا مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلَامِ لِيُبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ كَاذِبٌ كَمَا تَزْعُمُونَ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَسَيُوجَدُ لَهُ نَظِيرٌ فِي سَائِرِ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ

And if you are in doubt [2:23] of these signs, so come the likes of this Speech to clarify that he^-saww is untruthful as you are alleging, because whatever was from the presence of other than Allah^-azwj, so you would not be (able to find) a match for it among the rest of the creatures of Allah^-azwj.

وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَعَاشِرَ قُرَّاءِ الْكُتُبِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا جَاءَكُمْ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ شَرَائِعِهِ وَ مِنْ نَصْبِهِ أَخَاهُ سَيِّدَّ الْوَصِيِّينَ وَصِيّاً بَعْدَ أَنْ أَظْهَرَ لَكُمْ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ الَّتِي مِنْهَا أَنْ كَلَّمَتْهُ الذِّرَاعُ الْمَسْمُومَةُ وَ نَاطَقَهُ ذِئْبٌ وَ حَنَّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُودُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَ دَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ السَّمَّ الَّذِي دَسَّتْهُ الْيَهُودُ فِي طَعَامِهِمْ وَ قَلَبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَلَاءَ وَ أَهْلَكَهُمْ بِهِ وَ كَثَّرَ الْقَلِيلَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ‏

And if you are a group reciting the Books from the Jews and the Christians, are in doubt from what Muhammad^-saww has come with from his^-saww Legislation, and his^-saww appointing his^-saww brother^-asws as the chief of the successors^-as, as a successor^-asws, after having had manifested to you all his^-saww miracles from which are – the speech of the poisoned arm (of the sheep), and the speaking wolf, and the wailing of the trunk while he^-saww was upon the Pulpit, and Allah^-azwj Repelling the poison from him^-saww which the Jews mixed in his^-saww meal, and the affliction overturned upon them and destroyed them with it, and the abundance of the little food.

فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ‏ يَعْنِي مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الزَّبُورِ وَ صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ الْكُتُبِ الْأَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَجِدُونَ فِي سَائِرِ كُتُبِ اللَّهِ سُورَةً كَسُورَةٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ كَلَامُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُتَقَوِّلِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سَائِرِ كَلَامِ اللَّهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى

Then bring a Chapter like it – Meaning the like of this Quran, from the Torah and the Evangel and the Psalms and the Parchments of Ibrahim^-as and the fourteen Books, for you will not find in the rest of the Books of Allah^-azwj a Chapter like the Chapters from this Quran. And how can the speech of Muhammad^-saww be higher than the rest of the Speech of Allah^-azwj in the rest of His Books, O group of Jews and Christians?

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِجَمَاعَتِهِمْ‏ وَ ادْعُوا شُهَداءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ‏ ادْعُوا أَصْنَامَكُمُ الَّتِي تَعْبُدُونَهَا أَيُّهَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَ ادْعُوا شَيَاطِينَكُمْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْيَهُودُ وَ النَّصَارَى وَ ادْعُوا قُرَنَاءَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُلْحِدِينَ يَا مُنَافِقِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنَ النُّصَّابِ لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيِّبِينَ وَ سَائِرَ أَعْوَانِكُمْ عَلَى آرَائِكُمْ‏ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ‏ أَنَ‏ مُحَمَّداً تَقَوَّلَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ لَمْ يُنْزِلُهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَنَّ مَا ذَكَرَهُ مِنْ فَضْلِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أُمَّتِهِ وَ قَلَّدَهُ سِيَاسَتَهُمْ لَيْسَ بِأَمْرِ أَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ

Then (Allah^-azwj) Said to these groups: And call on your witnesses from besides Allah– Call your idols, which you are worshipping, O you Polytheists! And call upon your Satans^-la, O you Christians and Jews! And call upon your partners from the apostates, O hypocrites from the Nasibis (Hostile ones) to the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww, the goodly, and the rest of your aiders upon your intentions if you were truthful that Muhammad^-saww is saying this Quran from his^-saww own self Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has not Revealed it upon him^-saww, and that whatever he^-saww is mentioning from the merits of Ali^-asws upon the entirety of his^-saww community and collaring him^-asws with their politics isn’t by the Command of the Wisest of the wise ones!

ثُمَّ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا أَيْ لَمْ تَأْتُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُقَرَّعُونَ بِحُجَّةِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ‏ وَ لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا أَيْ وَ لَا يَكُونُ هَذَا مِنْكُمْ أَبَداً فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا حَطَبُهَا النَّاسُ وَ الْحِجارَةُ تُوقَدُ تَكُونُ عَذَاباً عَلَى أَهْلِهَا أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكافِرِينَ‏ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ لِكَلَامِهِ وَ نَبِيِّهِ النَّاصِبِينَ الْعَدَاوَةَ لِوَلِيِّهِ وَ وَصِيِّهِ

Then the Mighty and Majestic Said: But if you do not do it [2:24] – i.e., if you are not coming, O you faulters of a Proof of the Lord^-azwj of the worlds and you will never be doing it, i.e. and this will not be happening from you, ever, then fear the Fire the fuel – and its firewood – of which are the people and stones, ignited to become a Punishment upon its inhabitants (it is) prepared for the unbelievers, beliers of His^-azwj Speech and His^-azwj Prophet^-saww, the establishers of hostility to His^-azwj Guardian, and his^-saww successor^-asws.

قَالَ فَاعْلَمُوا بِعَجْزِكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ‏ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ لَوْ كَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ لَقَدَرْتُمْ عَلَى مُعَارَضَتِهِ‏ فَلَمَّا عَجَزُوا بَعْدَ التَّقْرِيعِ وَ التَّحَدِّي‏ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ عَلى‏ أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هذَا الْقُرْآنِ لا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَ لَوْ كانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيراً

He^-asws said: ‘Know from your frustrations about that, it is from Allah^-azwj the Exalted, and had it been from the creatures, they would have been abled upon opposing it. So when they were frustrated after the scorn and the defiance, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said Say: If humans and jinn get together in order to be coming with the like of this Quran, they would not (be able to) come with the like of it, even though they were aiders of each other’ [17:88]’.

وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع‏ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ‏ أَيُّهَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَ الْيَهُودُ وَ سَائِرَ النَّوَاصِبِ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فِي تَفْضِيلِهِ‏ عَلِيّاً أَخَاهُ الْمُبَرِّزَ عَلَى الْفَاضِلِينَ الْفَاضِلَ عَلَى الْمُجَاهِدِينَ الَّذِي لَا نَظِيرَ لَهُ فِي نُصْرَةِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَمْعِ الْفَاسِقِينَ وَ إِهْلَاكِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَ بَثِّ دِينِ اللَّهِ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ‏

Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws said: ‘And those are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic And if you were [2:23] – O you polytheists and Jews and the rest of the Nasibis (Hostile ones) from the beliers to Muhammad^-saww regarding the Quran, and in his^-saww preferring his^-saww brother Ali^-asws, the most outstanding upon the meritorious ones, and the most superior upon the Holy warriors in which there is no match for him^-asws in the helping of the pious ones and repressing the immoral ones, and destroying the unbelievers, and the disseminating of the Religion of Allah^-azwj in the worlds.

إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنا عَلى‏ عَبْدِنا فِي إِبْطَالِ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَ فِي النَّهْيِ عَنْ مُوَالاةِ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ مُعَادَاةِ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ فِي الْحَثِّ عَلَى الِانْقِيَادِ لِأَخِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ اتِّخَاذِهِ إِمَاماً وَ اعْتِقَادِهِ فَاضِلًا رَاجِحاً لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِيمَاناً وَ لَا طَاعَةً إِلَّا بِمُوَالاتِهِ

And if you are in doubt as to that which We Revealed unto Our servant [2:23] regarding the invalidation of the worship of idols from besides Allah^-azwj, and regarding the prohibition of friendship with the enemies of Allah^-azwj and the enmity of the friends of Allah^-azwj, and the urging of the obedience to the brother^-asws of Rasool-Allah^-saww and taking him^-asws as an Imam^-asws, and believe in his^-asws preference over others. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic will not Accept the Eman nor the obedience except with his^-asws Wilayah.

وَ تَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً تَقَوَّلَهُ‏ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَ نَسَبَهُ‏ إِلَى رَبِّهِ‏ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ‏ مِثْلِ‏ مُحَمَّدٍ أُمِّيٍّ لَمْ يَخْتَلِفْ قَطُّ إِلَى أَصْحَابِ كُتُبٍ وَ عِلْمٍ وَ لَا تَلْمَذَ لِأَحَدٍ وَ لَا تَعَلَّمَ مِنْهُ وَ هُوَ مَنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمُوهُ فِي حَضَرِهِ وَ سَفَرِهِ لَمْ يُفَارِقْكُمْ قَطُّ إِلَى بَلَدٍ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ مِنْكُمْ جَمَاعَةٌ يُرَاعُونَ أَحْوَالَهُ وَ يَعْرِفُونَ أَخْبَارَهُ

And you are thinking that Muhammad^-saww is speaking it from his^-saww own self and attributing it to his^-saww Lord^-azwj – so if it was as you are thinking – then bring a Chapter like it – from a person like Muhammad^-saww, Ummy never having interchanged at all with the people of the Books and learnt, nor been an apprentice for anyone, nor learnt from him; and he^-saww is one whom you all knew him^-as during his^-saww presence and his^-saww travels. He^-saww did not separate from you at all to a city, there not being a group of you with him^-saww seeing his^-saww situations, and recognising his^-saww news.

ثُمَّ جَاءَكُمْ بَعْدُ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ الْمُشْتَمِلِ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْعَجَائِبِ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَقَوِّلًا كَمَا تَزْعُمُونَهُ‏ فَأَنْتُمُ الْفُصَحَاءُ وَ الْبُلْغَاءُ وَ الشُّعَرَاءُ وَ الْأُدَبَاءُ الَّذِينَ لَا نَظِيرَ لَكُمْ فِي سَائِرِ الْأَدْيَانِ وَ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ

Then he^-saww came to you all afterwards, with this Book, comprising upon all these wonders. If he^-saww was a speaker, just as you are thinking, then you all are the eloquent, and the rhetoricians, and the poets, and the writers, those there being no match for you in the rest of the cities and the religions, and from the rest of the communities.

فَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِباً فَاللُّغَةُ لُغَتُكُمْ وَ جِنْسُهُ جِنْسُكُمْ وَ طَبْعُهُ طَبْعُكُمْ‏ وَ سَيَتَّفِقُ لِجَمَاعَتِكُمْ أَوْ لِبَعْضِكُمْ مُعَارَضَةُ كَلَامِهِ هَذَا بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ أَوْ مِثْلِهِ لِأَنَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْبَشَرِ لَا عَنِ اللَّهِ فَلَا يَجُوزُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ‏ فِي الْبَشَرِ مَنْ يَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ فَأْتُوا بِذَلِكَ لِتَعْرِفُوهُ وَ سَائِرُ النُّظَّارِ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي أَحْوَالِكُمْ أَنَّهُ مُبْطِلٌ مُكَذِّبٌ‏ عَلَى اللَّهِ‏

If he^-saww was a liar, then the language is your language, and his^-saww genus is your genus, and his^-saww nature is your nature, and there would be a precedent in your groups or for one of you to oppose this speech of his^-saww, with something more superior than it or the like of it, because if it was from the mortal, not being from Allah^-azwj, then it would not be allowed except that there happens to be among the mortals, someone who is able upon the like of it. Therefore, come with that so that he would be recognised, and (so would) the rest of the counterparts, to you all in their conditions, that he^-saww is false, a liar, lying upon Allah^-azwj.

وَ ادْعُوا شُهَداءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ‏ الَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ بِزَعْمِكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ مُحِقُّونَ وَ أَنَّ مَا تَجِيئُونَ بِهِ نَظِيرٌ لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ شُهَدَاءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ شُهَدَاءُكُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لِعِبَادَتِكُمْ لَهَا وَ تَشْفَعُ لَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ‏ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ‏ فِي قَوْلِكُمْ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً تَقَوَّلَهُ

and call on your witnesses from besides Allah – Those that will be testifying with your thinking that you all are right, and that whatever you are coming with is a match to what Muhammad^-saww has come with; and your witnesses, those who are thinking that they are your witnesses in the Presence of the Lord^-azwj of the world for it, and can intercede for you all to Him^-azwj if you are truthful in your words that Muhammad^-saww has said it’’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا هَذَا الَّذِي تَحَدَّيْتُكُمْ بِهِ‏ وَ لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا أَيْ وَ لَا يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ مُبْطِلُونَ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً الصَّادِقُ الْأَمِينُ الْمَخْصُوصُ بِرِسَالَةِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الْمُؤَيَّدُ بِالرُّوحِ الْأَمِينِ وَ بِأَخِيهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ سَيِّدِ الْوَصِيِّينَ فَصَدِّقُوهُ فِيمَا يُخْبِرُ بِهِ عَنِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوَامِرِهِ وَ نَوَاهِيهِ وَ فِيمَا يَذْكُرُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِ عَلِيٍّ وَصِيِّهِ وَ أَخِيهِ‏

Then the Mighty and Majestic Said: But if you do not do it [2:24] – this which you have been challenged with and you will never be doing it – i.e., – nor are you able upon it, then know that you are false and that Muhammad^-saww is the truthful, the trustworthy, the one particularized with the Message of the Lord^-azwj of the world, the one assisted by the Trustworthy Spirit, and by his^-saww brother^-asws, the Emir of the Momineen, and the chief of the successors^-as. Therefore, ratify him^-saww regarding what he^-saww is informing you with from Allah^-azwj, or His^-azwj Commands and His^-azwj Prohibitions, and regarding what he^-saww is mentioning from the merits of Ali^-asws, his^-saww successor^-asws and his^-saww brother^-asws.

فَاتَّقُوا بِذَلِكَ عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا حَطَبُهَا النَّاسُ وَ الْحِجارَةُ حِجَارَةُ الْكِبْرِيتِ أَشَدُّ الْأَشْيَاءِ حَرّاً أُعِدَّتْ‏ تِلْكَ النَّارُ لِلْكافِرِينَ‏ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ الشَّاكِّينَ فِي نُبُوَّتِهِ وَ الدَّافِعِينَ لِحَقِّ عَلِيٍّ أَخِيهِ وَ الْجَاحِدِينَ لِإِمَامَتِهِ‏

then fear– that Punishment the Fire, the fuel of which – and its firewood – are the people and stones sulphuric stones being the most intense of the things in heat (it is) prepared that Fire for the unbelievers in Muhammad^-saww and the doubters of his Prophet-hood, and those denying the right of his^-saww brother Ali^-asws and the rejecters of his^-asws Imamate’’.[170]

21- م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام‏ الم ذلِكَ الْكِتابُ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ‏

‘Tafseeer of the Imam Hassan Al-Askari^-asws’ – Alif Lam Meem [2:1] That is the Book. There is no doubt in it [2:2]

قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع كَذَّبَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَ الْيَهُودُ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَ قَالُوا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ تَقَوَّلَهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ الم ذلِكَ الْكِتابُ‏ أَيْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتُهُ عَلَيْكَ هُوَ بِالْحُرُوفِ الْمُقَطَّعَةِ الَّتِي مِنْهَا أَلِفٌ لَامٌ مِيمٌ‏ وَ هُوَ بِلُغَتِكُمْ وَ حُرُوفِ هِجَائِكُمْ فَأْتُوْا بِمِثْلِهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ وَ اسْتَعِينُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِسَائِرِ شُهَدَائِكُمْ

The Imam (Hassan Al-Askari^-asws) said: ‘The Qureysh and the Jews belied the Quran and they said, ‘It is clear magic you^-saww are saying it’. So Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Alif Lam Meem [2:1] That is the Book. There is no doubt in it (and it) is Guidance for the pious [2:2] – i.e., O Muhammad^-saww! This Book which is Revealed unto you^-saww, it is of the abbreviated letters, from which are: – Alif, Lam, Meem, and it is in your language and letters of your Alphabet, so come with the like of it if you are truthful, and seek assistance upon that with the rest of your witnesses.

ثُمَّ بَيَّنَ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِقَوْلِهِ‏ قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ عَلى‏ أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هذَا الْقُرْآنِ لا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَ لَوْ كانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيراً

Then He^-azwj Clarified that they would not be able upon it, by His^-azwj Words Say: If the humans and jinn should combine together to bring the like of this Quran, they would not (be able to) bring the like of it, even though they were aiders of each other [17:88].

ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ الم‏ هُوَ الْقُرْآنُ الَّذِي افْتُتِحَ بِالم هُوَ ذلِكَ الْكِتابُ‏ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُ بِهِ مُوسَى وَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ أَخْبَرُوا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنِّي سَأُنْزِلُهُ‏ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كِتَاباً عَرَبِيّاً عَزِيزاً لا يَأْتِيهِ الْباطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ لا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ

Then the Exalted Said: Alif Lam Meem “[2:1] – He^-asws (Ali^-asws) is the Quran which begins with Alif Lam Meem [2:1] – He^-asws (Ali^-asws) is that Book which Musa^-as was informed with, and the ones after him^-as from the Prophets^-as, and they^-as informed the Children of Israel that I^-azwj would be Revealing unto you^-saww – O Muhammad^-saww – an Arabic Book ‘Falsehood has not come to it from before it nor (would it come) from after it; (it is) a Revelation from the Wise, the Praised One” [41:42].

لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ‏ لَا شَكَّ فِيهِ لِظُهُورِهِ عِنْدَهُمْ كَمَا أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنْبِيَاؤُهُمْ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابُ لَا يَمْحُوهُ الْمَاءُ يَقْرَؤُهُ هُوَ وَ أُمَّتُهُ عَلَى سَائِرِ أَحْوَالِهِمْ‏

There is no doubt therein [2:2] – There is no doubt in it that it would be appearing in your presence just as their Prophets^-as had informed them: ‘Muhammad^-saww, such a Book would be Revealed unto him^-saww that the falsehood would not (be able to) obliterate it. He^-saww and his^-saww community would be reciting it upon all their situations.

هُدىً‏ بَيَانٌ مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ‏ الَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ وَ يَتَّقُونَ تَسْلِيطَ السَّفَهِ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى إِذَا عَلِمُوا مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ عِلْمُهُ عَمِلُوا بِمَا يُوجِبُ لَهُمْ رِضَا رَبِّهِمْ

A Guidance – and explanation from the straying for the pious who are fearing the grave sins, and are fearing the domination of the foolishness upon themselves until when they learn what is Obligatory upon them to learn, learning what would Obligated the Pleasure of their Lord^-azwj for them.

قَالَ وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ ثُمَّ الْأَلِفُ حَرْفٌ مِنْ حُرُوفِ قَوْلِكَ اللَّهُ دُلَّ بِالْأَلِفِ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ اللَّهُ وَ دُلَّ بِاللَّامِ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ الْمَلِكُ الْعَظِيمُ الْقَاهِرُ لِلْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ دُلَّ بِالْمِيمِ عَلَى أَنَّهُ الْمَجِيدُ الْمَحْمُودُ فِي كُلِّ أَفْعَالِهِ

Then he^-asws said: ‘And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The ‘Alif’ is a letter from the letters of the Words of Allah^-azwj. It is indicated by the ‘Alif’ upon your speech, ‘Allah^-azwj’; and it is indicated by the ‘Laam’ upon your speech, ‘The Magnificent King, the Compeller to the creatures altogether’; and it is indicated by the ‘Meem’ upon that He^-azwj the Glorious, the Praised One in every Deed of His^-azwj.

وَ جُعِلَ هَذَا الْقَوْلُ حُجَّةً عَلَى الْيَهُودِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَّا بَعَثَ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ ع ثُمَّ مَنْ بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُهُودَ وَ الْمَوَاثِيقَ لَيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِمُحَمَّدٍ الْعَرَبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ الْمَبْعُوثِ بِمَكَّةَ الَّذِي يُهَاجِرُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ يَأْتِي بِكِتَابٍ بِالْحُرُوفِ الْمُقَطَّعَةِ افْتِتَاحَ بَعْضِ سُوَرِهِ يَحْفَظُهُ أُمَّتُهُ‏ فَيَقْرَءُونَهُ قِيَاماً وَ قُعُوداً وَ مُشَاةً وَ عَلَى كُلِّ الْأَحْوَالِ يُسَهِّلُ اللَّهُ حِفْظَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ

And this Word (Alif Lam Meem [2:1]) is Made to be a proof upon the Jews, and that is because Allah^-azwj, when He^-azwj Sent Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as, then the Prophets^-as from after him^-as to the Children of Israel, there did not happen to be any people among them except that they^-as took the pact and the covenant upon them, that they would be believing in Muhammad^-saww, the Arab, and the one (to be) Sent at Makkah, who would be emigrating to Al-Medina, would be Given the Book with the abbreviated letters to beginning some of its Chapters. His^-saww community would preserve it and they would be reciting it standing, and sitting, and walking, and upon every state. Allah^-azwj would Ease its memorisation upon them.

وَ يَقْرِنُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ أَخَاهُ وَ وَصِيَّهُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْآخِذَ عَنْهُ عُلُومَهُ الَّتِي عَلَّمَهَا وَ الْمُتَقَلِّدَ عَنْهُ الْأَمَانَةَ الَّتِي قَلَّدَهَا وَ مُذَلِّلَ كُلِّ مَنْ عَانَدَ مُحَمَّداً بِسَيْفِهِ الْبَاتِرِ وَ مُفْحِمَ كُلِّ مَنْ جَادَلَهُ وَ خَاصَمَهُ بِدَلِيلِهِ الْقَاهِرِ يُقَاتِلُ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِ كِتَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص‏ حَتَّى يَقُودَهُمْ إِلَى قَبُولِهِ طَائِعِينَ وَ كَارِهِينَ‏

And He^-azwj Paired Muhammad^-saww with his^-saww brother, his^-saww successor Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, the taker of his^-saww knowledge from him^-saww which he^-saww had learnt it, and the one collared from him^-saww with the Imamate which he^-saww collared him^-asws with, and he^-asws humiliated everyone who was inimical to Muhammad^-saww by his^-asws sharply cutting sword, and made to understand everyone who argued with him^-asws debated with him^-asws with the evidence of the Compeller. He^-saww fought the enemies of Allah^-azwj upon the Revelation of the Book of Allah^-azwj until he^-saww seated them to its acceptance, willing and/or unwillingly.

ثُمَّ إِذَا صَارَ مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَى رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ وَ ارْتَدَّ كَثِيرٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ أَعْطَاهُ ظَاهِرَ الْإِيمَانِ وَ حَرَّفُوا تَأْوِيلَاتِهِ‏ وَ غَيَّرُوا مَعَانِيَهُ وَ وَضَعُوهَا عَلَى خِلَافِ وُجُوهِهَا قَاتَلَهُمْ بَعْدُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى تَأْوِيلَاتِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ إِبْلِيسُ الْغَاوِي بِهِمْ هُوَ الْخَاسِئَ الذَّلِيلَ الْمَطْرُودَ الْمَغْلُولَ

Then, when Muhammad^-saww went to the Pleasure of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and most of the ones who had obeyed him^-saww manifesting the Eman reneged, and altered its explanation, and changed its meanings, and placed it upon its different perspectives, he^-asws fought against them after him^-saww, upon its explanation, until Iblees^-la was the seducer for them, and he^-la is the loser, the disgraced, the rejected, the overcome.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص وَ أَظْهَرَهُ بِمَكَّةَ ثُمَّ سَيَّرَهُ مِنْهَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَ أَظْهَرَهُ بِهَا ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ وَ جَعَلَ افْتِتَاحَ سُورَتِهِ الْكُبْرَى بِ الم‏ يَعْنِي‏ الم ذلِكَ الْكِتابُ‏ وَ هُوَ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُ أَنْبِيَائِيَ السَّالِفِينَ أَنِّي سَأُنْزِلُهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ‏

He^-asws said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Sent Muhammad^-saww, and he^-saww appeared at Makkah, then he^-saww travelled from it to Al-Medina and appeared at it, then He^-azwj Sent the Book unto him^-saww and Made the beginning of its big Chapter with [2:1] Alif Lam Meem – meaning Alif Lam Meem [2:1] that is the Book [2:2]  – Which I^-azwj Informed My^-azwj Prophets^-as, the ancient ones, that I^-azwj would be Revealing unto you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww, there is no doubt therein [2:3].

فَقَدْ ظَهَرَ كَمَا أَخْبَرَهُمْ بِهِ أَنْبِيَاؤُهُمْ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابٌ مُبَارَكٌ لَا يَمْحُوهُ الْمَاءُ يَقْرَؤُهُ هُوَ وَ أُمَّتُهُ عَلَى سَائِرِ أَحْوَالِهِمْ‏

It has become apparent – just as I^-azwj had Informed their Prophets^-as with it – that Muhammad^-saww, the Blessed Book would be Revealed unto him^-saww. The falsehood would not obliterate it. He^-saww and his^-saww community would be reciting it upon all of their states.[171]

22- م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام‏ سَواءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَ أَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏ قَالَ الْإِمَامُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَخْبَرَ عَنْ عِلْمِهِ فِيهِمْ وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ قَدْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ‏ أَنَّهُمْ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏

‘Tafseer of the Imam Hassan Al-Askari^-asws’ – It is the same to them, whether you warn them, or you do not warn them they will not be believing. The Imam (Hassan Al-Askari)^-asws said: He^-azwj Informed about His^-azwj Knowledge regarding them, and they are those whom Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Known that they will not be believing’’.[172]

23- م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام‏ وَ إِذا خَلا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلى‏ بَعْضٍ‏ قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع لَمَّا بَهَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هَؤُلَاءِ الْيَهُودَ بِمُعْجِزَتِهِ وَ قَطَعَ مَعَاذِيرَهُمْ بِوَاضِحِ دَلَالَتِهِ لَمْ يُمْكِنْهُمْ مُرَاجَعَتُهُ فِي حُجَّتِهِ وَ لَا إِدْخَالُ التَّلْبِيسِ عَلَيْهِ فِي مُعْجِزَتِهِ قَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَدْ آمَنَّا بِأَنَّكَ الرَّسُولُ الْهَادِي الْمَهْدِيُّ وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَخَاكَ‏ هُوَ الْوَصِيُّ وَ الْوَلِيُّ

‘Tafseer of the Imam Hassan Al-Askari^-asws’ – and when they are alone with each other [2:76]. The Imam^-asws said: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww had dazzled those Jews by his^-saww miracles, and cut off their excuses by clear evidences, they were not able to respond regarding his^-saww proofs, nor deceive regarding his^-saww miracles. They said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! We have believed that you^-saww are the Rasool^-saww, the guide, the Guided, and that Ali^-asws your^-saww brother, he^-asws is the successor^-asws and the (rightful) guardian’.

وَ كَانُوا إِذَا خَلَوْا بِالْيَهُودِ الْآخَرِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ إِنَّ إِظْهَارَنَا لَهُ الْإِيمَانَ بِهِ أَمْكَنُ لَنَا مِنْ مَكْرُوهِهِ‏ وَ أَعْوَنُ لَنَا عَلَى اصْطِلَامِهِ‏ وَ اصْطِلَامِ أَصْحَابِهِ لِأَنَّهُمْ عِنْدَ اعْتِقَادِهِمْ أَنَّنَا مَعَهُمْ يَقِفُونَنَا عَلَى أَسْرَارِهِمْ وَ لَا يَكْتُمُونَنَا شَيْئاً فَنُطْلِعُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ فَيَقْصِدُونَ أَذَاهُمْ بِمُعَاوَنَتِنَا وَ مُظَاهَرَتِنَا فِي أَوْقَاتِ اشْتِغَالِهِمْ وَ اضْطِرَابِهِمْ وَ أَحْوَالِ تَعَذُّرِ الْمُدَافَعَةِ وَ الِامْتِنَاعِ مِنَ الْأَعْدَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ

And when they were alone with the other Jews, they were saying to them, ‘Our display to him^-saww of the Eman with him^-saww enables us (to be safe) from his^-saww dislikes, and would assist us upon eradicating him^-saww and eradicating his^-saww companions, because they believe we are with them, they would let us in upon their secrets, and they would not conceal anything from us. We would notify their enemies against them, and they would aim for them when they would be with our aides and our apparent display (of support) – during their preoccupation and disorder, and during a state when it is impossible to defect and prevent from their enemies upon them’.

وَ كَانُوا مَعَ ذَلِكَ يُنْكِرُونَ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْيَهُودِ الْإِخْبَارَ لِلنَّاسِ عَمَّا كَانُوا يُشَاهِدُونَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِهِ وَ يُعَايِنُونَ‏ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ فَأَظْهَرَ مُحَمَّداً ص عَلَى سُوءِ اعْتِقَادِهِمْ وَ قُبْحِ دَخِيلَاتِهِمْ‏ وَ عَلَى إِنْكَارِهِمْ عَلَى مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ بِمَا شَاهَدَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ وَاضِحَاتِ بَيِّنَاتِهِ وَ بَاهِرَاتِ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ‏

And they were, along with that, denying upon the rest of the Jews informing the people about what they had witnessed from his^-saww signs, and had observed from his^-saww miracles. Allah^-azwj the Exalted Exposed their evil beliefs to Muhammad^-saww, His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and their ugly mannerisms and their hidden (intentions), and upon their denial upon acknowledging with, what they had witnessed from the Signs of Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww clear proofs, and his^-saww dazzling miracles.[173]

24- م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام‏ قُلْ إِنْ كانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ الْآيَاتِ

‘Tafseer of the Imam Hassan Al-Askari^-asws’ – Say: ‘If the house of the Hereafter [2:94] – the Verse.

قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا وَبَّخَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْيَهُودَ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَطَعَ مَعَاذِيرَهُمْ وَ أَقَامَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحُجَجَ الْوَاضِحَةَ بِأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً سَيِّدُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ خَيْرُ الْخَلَائِقِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً سَيِّدُ الْوَصِيِّينَ وَ خَيْرُ مَنْ يَخْلُفُهُ بَعْدَهُ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أَنَّ الطَّيِّبِينَ مِنْ آلِهِ هُمُ الْقُوَّامُ بِدِينِ اللَّهِ وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ لِعِبَادِ اللَّهِ وَ انْقَطَعَتْ مَعَاذِيرُهُمْ وَ هُمْ لَا يُمْكِنُهُمْ إِيرَادُ حُجَّةٍ وَ لَا شُبْهَةٍ

The Imam (Hassan Al-Askari^-asws) said: ‘Al-Hassan^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj the Exalted, when He^-azwj Rebuked those Jews upon the tongue of His^-azwj Rasool^-saww Muhammad^-saww, and Cut-off their excuses, and Established the clear proofs upon them that Muhammad^-saww is the Chief of the Prophets^-as and the best of the creatures altogether, and that Ali^-asws is the Chief of the successors^-as and the best one to replace him^-saww after him^-saww among the Muslims, and that the goodly ones from his^-saww Progeny^-asws, they are the custodians of the Religion of Allah^-azwj and the Imams^-asws for the servants of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and they were not able to bring an argument nor a compromise.

فَلَجَئُوا إِلَى أَنْ كَابَرُوا فَقَالُوا لَا نَدْرِي مَا تَقُولُ وَ لَكِنَّا نَقُولُ إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ خَالِصَةٌ لَنَا مِنْ دُونِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ دُونِ عَلِيٍّ وَ دُونِ أَهْلِ دِينِكَ‏ وَ أُمَّتِكَ فَإِنَّا بِكُمْ مُبْتَلَوْنَ مُمْتَحَنُونَ وَ نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصُونَ وَ عِبَادُهُ الْخَيِّرُونَ وَ مُسْتَجَابٌ دُعَاؤُنَا غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ عَلَيْنَا شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ سُؤَالِنَا

They came until they were arrogant, and they said, ‘We don’t know what you^-saww are saying, but, we are saying that Paradise is especially for us besides you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww, and besides Ali^-asws, and besides the people of your^-saww Religion and your^-saww community, and we are being Tried and Examined, and we are the sincere friends of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj best worshippers, and our supplications get Answered without being returned upon us with anything from our asking (our Lord^-azwj)’.

فَلَمَّا قَالُوا ذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِنَبِيِّهِ ص‏ قُلْ‏ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِهَؤُلَاءِ الْيَهُودِ إِنْ كانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ الْجَنَّةُ وَ نَعِيمُهَا خالِصَةً مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ‏ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَ سَائِرِ الْأَصْحَابِ وَ مُؤْمِنِي الْأُمَّةِ وَ أَنَّكُمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ مُمْتَحَنُونَ وَ أَنَّ دُعَاءَكُمْ مُسْتَجَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ‏ لِلْكَاذِبِينَ‏ مِنْكُمْ وَ مِنْ مُخَالِفِيكُمْ

When they said that, Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww: “Say: – O Muhammad^-saww, to these Jews, Say: ‘If the house of the Hereafter with Allah was for you – Paradise and its Bounties, especially from besides the (other) people – Muhammad^-saww, and Ali^-asws and the Imams^-asws, and the rest of the companions and the Momineen of the community, and you are being Examined by Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww offspring, and that your supplication get Answered without being rejected, then wish for death – to be for the beliers from you and from your adversaries.

فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّداً وَ عَلِيّاً وَ ذَوِيهِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَهُمْ فِي دِينِهِمْ وَ هُمُ الْمُجَابُ دُعَاؤُهُمْ فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَعَاشِرَ الْيَهُودِ كَمَا تَدَّعُونَ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لِلْكَاذِبِ مِنْكُمْ وَ مِنْ مُخَالِفِيكُمْ‏ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ‏ أَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمُ الْمُحِقُّونَ الْمُجَابُ دُعَاؤُكُمْ عَلَى مُخَالِفِيكُمْ

For Muhammad^-saww and Ali^-asws and those with them^-asws are saying, they are the friends of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic from besides the people, those who are opposing them in their^-asws Religion, and they get Answered in their supplication.  If you, O group of Jews, were just as you are claiming, then wish for death – whether among you or among your opponents, if you are truthful’ [2:94] that you are the rightful ones, your supplications get Answered upon your adversaries’.

فَقُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ أَمِتِ الْكَاذِبَ مِنَّا وَ مِنْ مُخَالِفِينَا لِيَسْتَرِيحَ مِنْهُ الصَّادِقُونَ‏ وَ لِيَزْدَادَ حُجَّتُكَ وُضُوحاً بَعْدَ أَنْ قَدْ صَحَّتْ وَ وَجَبَتْ

Therefore, you should be saying, ‘O Allah^-azwj! Cause to die, the liars from us and from our adversaries’, in order for the truthful ones to get rest from it, and in order to increase your proofs clearly after it has been proven true and Answered.   

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَعْدَ مَا عَرَضَ هَذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَا يَقُولُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا غَصَّ بِرِيقِهِ فَمَاتَ مَكَانَهُ وَ كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَالِمِينَ‏ بِأَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً وَ عَلِيّاً وَ مُصَدِّقِيهِمَا هُمُ الصَّادِقُونَ فَلَمْ يَجْسُرُوا أَنْ يَدْعُوا بِذَلِكَ لِعِلْمِهِمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ إِنْ دَعَوْا فَهُمُ الْمَيِّتُونَ

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww said to them after having presented this upon them: ‘Not one of you would be saying it except his saliva would get stuck in his throat, and he would die in his place’. And it was so that the Jews knew full well that they are the liars, and that Muhammad^-saww and Ali^-asws would be ratified that they are the truthful. So they were not daring to be supplicating with that, due to their knowledge that if they were to supplicate, they would be the ones dying.

فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ وَ لَنْ يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَداً بِما قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ‏ يَعْنِي الْيَهُودُ لَنْ يَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِهِ وَ نَبِيِّهِ وَ صَفِيِّهِ وَ بِعَلِيٍّ أَخِي نَبِيِّهِ وَ وَصِيِّهِ وَ بِالطَّاهِرِينَ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْمُنْتَجَبِينَ ‏

Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said And they will never be wishing for it ,ever, due to what account of what their hands have sent forward – meaning the Jews will never be wishing for the death due to what their hands have sent forward, from their Kufr with Allah^-azwj, and with Muhammad^-saww as Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Prophet^-saww and His^-azwj Elite, and with Ali^-asws as brother of His^-azwj Prophet^-saww and his^-saww successor^-asws, and with the Pure ones from the Imams^-asws, the Chosen ones.

فَقَالَ تَعَالَى‏ وَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ‏ يَعْنِي الْيَهُودَ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَجْسُرُونَ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لِلْكَاذِبِ لِعِلْمِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ وَ لِذَلِكَ أَمَرْتُكَ‏ أَنْ تَبْهَرَهُمْ‏ بِحُجَّتِكَ وَ تَأْمُرَهُمْ أَنْ يَدْعُوا عَلَى الْكَاذِبِ لِيَمْتَنِعُوا مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ وَ يَتَبَيَّنَ لِلضُّعَفَاءِ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ

Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said: and Allah is a Knower of the unjust [2:95] – The Jews, they are not daring to be wishing for the death to the liars, due to their knowledge that they (themselves) are the liars, and due to that I^-saww Commanded you^-saww that you^-saww dazzle them with your^-saww arguments and instruct them that they should be supplicating upon the liars, so that they would be refraining from the supplication and it would clarify for the weak ones that they are the liars’’.[174]

[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 1

[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 2

[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 3

[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 4

[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 5

[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 6

[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 7

[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 8

[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 9

[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 10

[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 11

[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 12

[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 13

[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 14

[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 15

[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 16

[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 17

[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 18

[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 19

[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 20

[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 21

[22] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 22

[23] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 23

[24] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 24

[25] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 25

[26] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 26

[27] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 27

[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 28

[29] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 13 H 29

[30] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 1

[31] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 2

[32] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 3

[33] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 4

[34] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 5

[35] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 6

[36] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 7

[37] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 8

[38] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 9

[39] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 10

[40] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 11

[41] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 12

[42] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 13

[43] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 14

[44] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 15

[45] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 14 H 16

[46] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 1

[47] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 2

[48] The people living on a raised platform which was used by the Prophet^-saww as a welcoming point for newcomers or destitute people. It was part of his^-saww Masjid.

[49] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 3

[50] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 4

[51] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 5

[52] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 6

[53] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 7

[54] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 8

[55] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 9

[56] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 10

[57] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 11

[58] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 12

[59] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 13

[60] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 14

[61] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 15

[62] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 16

[63] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 17

[64] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 18

[65] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 19

[66] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 20

[67] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 15 H 21

[68] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 1

[69] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 2

[70] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 3

[71] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 4

[72] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 5

[73] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 6

[74] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 7

[75] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 8

[76] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 9

[77] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 10

[78] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 11

[79] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 12

[80] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 13

[81] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 14

[82] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 15

[83] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 16

[84] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 16 H 17

[85] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 1

[86] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 2

[87] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 3

[88] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 4

[89] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 5

[90] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 6

[91] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 7

[92] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 8

[93] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 9

[94] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 10

[95] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 11

[96] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 12

[97] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 13

[98] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 14

[99] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 15

[100] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 16

[101] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 17

[102] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 18

[103] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 19

[104] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 20

[105] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 21

[106] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 22

[107] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 23

[108] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 24

[109] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 25

[110] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 26

[111] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 27

[112] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 28

[113] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 29

[114] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 30

[115] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 31

[116] ( 4) التوبة: 105.

[117] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 31

[118] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 32

[119] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 33

[120] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 34

[121] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 35

[122] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 36

[123] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 37

[124] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 38

[125] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 39

[126] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 40

[127] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 41

[128] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 42

[129] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 43

[130] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 44

[131] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 45

[132] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 46

[133] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 47

[134] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 48

[135] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 49

[136] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 50

[137] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 51

[138] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 52

[139] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 53

[140] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 54

[141] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 55

[142] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 56

[143] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 57

[144] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 58

[145] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 59

[146] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 60

[147] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 61

[148] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 17 H 62

[149] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 18 H 1

[150] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 18 H 2

[151] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 1

[152] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 2

[153] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 3

[154] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 4

[155] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 5

[156] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 6

[157] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 7

[158] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 8

[159] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 9

[160] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 10

[161] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 11

[162] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 12

[163] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 13

[164] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 14

[165] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 15

[166] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 16

[167] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 17

[168] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 18

[169] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 19

[170] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 20

[171] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 21

[172] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 22

[173] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 23

[174] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 17, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 2 Ch 1 H 24