Al Takweer

CHAPTER 81

AL-TAKWEER

(Wrapped-up)

(29 VERSES)

VERSES 1 – 29

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Brief Introduction of Al-Takweer (81):

Sura Al-Taqweer (29 verses) was revealed in Makkah.[1] When the sun is Wrapped up [81:1], he said, ‘It would become black dark’. And when the stars are Dimmed [81:2], it is said, ‘Its illumination would be gone’. And when the mountains pass away [81:3]. He said, ‘These would pass away as He^-azwj Said: you reckon them to be solid, and these shall pass away as the passing away of the cloud, [27:88]’. And when the camels are left untended [81:4]. He said, ‘The camels would be untended when the people die, so there would not happen to be anyone to milk them’. And when the oceans overflow [81:6]. He said, ‘The oceans which are around the world all of them would turn into fires’. And when souls are paired [81:7]. He said, ‘With the Maiden Houries’’.

Imam Mohammed Baqir^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: And when souls are paired [81:7], he^-asws said: ‘As for the people of the Paradise, they would be married to good, the beautiful. And as for the people of the Fire, so (paired) with every human being from among them, would be a satan. The Kafirs and the hypocrites would be paired off with the Satans^-la, who they would be their partners’.

Imam Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj is Saying: “I^-azwj will Question you all about the cordiality, the merits of which was Revealed unto you, the cordiality of the relatives (of Rasool-Allah^-saww), for which sin did you kill them^-asws?’’^[2]

From Al-Sadiq^-asws in a Hadeeth of Al-Mi’raj, Rasool Allah^-saww said, So, I^-saww greeted unto him and he returned the greeting unto me^-saww and gave me^-saww the glad tidings with the Paradise. I^-saww said to Jibraeel^-as – and Jibraeel^-as is with the position which Allah^-azwj Described as: Obedient, then trustworthy [81:21] – Can you instruct him to show me^-saww the Fire?’ Jibraeel^-as said to him: ‘O Maalik! Show Muhammad^-saww the Fire!’

So, he uncovered its covering from it, and opened a Door from it, there came out a flame spreading in the sky, and it burst out and rose until I^-saww thought it would take me^-as, from what I^-saww saw. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Tell him to return its covering upon it’. He ordered it saying to it: ‘Return!’ So, it returned to its place which it had come out from’’.^[3]

MERITS

ابن بابويه: بإسناده، عن معاوية بن وهب، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «من قرأ عبس و تولى، و إذا الشمس كورت، كان تحت جناح الله من الجنان، و في ظل الله و كرامته، و في جناته، و لم يعظم ذلك على الله إن شاء الله».

Ibn Babuwayh, by his chain, from Muawiya Bin Wahab,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘One who recites: He frowned and turned around [80:1] (the Chapter 80) and: When the sun is Wrapped up [81:1] (Surah Al-Takweer) would be under the Wing of Allah^-azwj in the Gardens, and in the Shade of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Prestige, and in His^-azwj Gardens, and that is not a big thing for Allah^-azwj, if Allah^-azwj so Desires’.[4]

روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعاذه الله من الفضيحة يوم القيامة حين تنشر صحيفته، و ينظر إلى النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) و هو آمن

And it has been reported from the Prophet^-saww: ‘One who recites this Chapter (Surah Al-Takweer), it would Invoke Allah^-azwj not to Expose him on the Day of Judgement when his book is published, and he would look towards the Prophet^-saww and he would be secure.

و من قرأها على أرمد العين أو مطروفها  أبرأها بإذن الله عز و جل

And the one who recites it upon the infection of the eye or eyelid, he would be cured from it by the Permission of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.[5]

VERSES 1 – 6

إذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ {1}

When the sun is Wrapped-up [81:1]  

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ {2}

And when the stars are Dimmed [81:2]  

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ {3}

And when the mountains pass away [81:3]  

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ {4}

And when the camels are left untended [81:4]  

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ {5}

And when the wild beasts are gathered [81:5]

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ {6}

And when the oceans overflow [81:6]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن موسى بن عمران النخعي، عن عمه الحسين بن يزيد، عن إسماعيل بن مسلم، قال: حدثنا أبو نعيم البلخي، عن مقاتل بن حيان، عن عبد الرحمن بن أبزى، عن أبي ذر الغفاري (رحمه الله)، قال: كنت آخذا بيد النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) و نحن نتماشى [جميعا]، فما زلنا ننظر إلى الشمس حتى غابت، فقلت: يا رسول الله، أين تغيب؟

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Al-Mutawakkil, from Muhammad Bin Abu Ubeydullah Al-Kufy, from Musa Bin Umran Al-Nakha’ie, from his uncle Al-Husayn Bin Yazeed, from Ismail Bin Muslim, from Abu Naeem Al-Balkhy, from MaqatAl-Bin Hayaan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abzy, who has said:

‘Abu Zarr Al-Ghafary^-ra has narrated, ‘I^-ra was hand in hand with the Prophet^-saww, and we were walking together, so we looked at the sun until it disappeared. So I^-ra said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww, where does it disappear to?’

قال: «في السماء، ثم ترفع من سماء إلى سماء حتى ترفع إلى السماء السابعة العليا حتى تكون تحت العرش، فتخر ساجدة، فتسجد معها الملائكة الموكلون بها، ثم تقول: يا رب من أين تأمرني أن أطلع، أمن مغربي أم من مطلعي؟ فذلك قوله عز و جل: وَ الشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَها ذلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ يعني بذلك صنع الرب العزيز في ملكه، العليم بخلقه

He^-saww said: ‘In the sky, then it rises from sky to sky until it rises to the seventh high sky, to the extent that is comes directly below the Throne. So, it pauses in prostration, and the Angels, those who are allocated to it, perform Sajdah along with it. Then it says, ‘O Lord^-azwj! Where do You^-azwj Command me to rise from? From my west or from my emerging?’ So those are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And the sun flows to a term Appointed for it. That is an Ordainment of the Mighty, the Knower [36:38], Meaning, by that what the Mighty Lord^-azwj has Made in His^-azwj kingdom, and the Knower of His^-azwj Creation’.

قال: «فيأتيها جبرئيل بحلة ضوء من نور العرش على مقادير ساعات النهار في طوله في الصيف، أو قصره في الشتاء، أو ما بين ذلك في الخريف و الربيع- قال- فتلبس تلك الحلة كما يلبس أحدكم ثيابه ثم ينطلق بها في جو السماء حتى تطلع من مطلعها

He^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as comes to it with a garment of light from the Light of the Throne as per the hours of daylight regarding its length in the Summer, or less in the Winter, or what is between that in the Autumn and the Spring. It wears that Garment (of Light) just like one of you wears his clothes. Then it goes by it in the atmosphere of the sky until it emerges from where it emerges’.

قال النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله): «و كأني بها قد حبست مقدار ثلاث ليال، ثم لا تكسى ضوءها، و تؤمر أن تطلع من‏ مغربها، فذلك قوله عز و جل: إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ وَ إِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ

The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Then it is as if it has imprisoned the light for a measurement of three nights, then it does not clothe them by its illumination, and it is Commanded to emerge from its west, so that is in the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: When the sun is Wrapped up [81:1] And when the stars are Dimmed [81:2].

و القمر كذلك من مطلعه و مجراه في أفق السماء و مغربه و ارتفاعه إلى السماء السابعة، و يسجد تحت العرش، ثم يأتيه جبرئيل بالحلة من نور الكرسي، فذلك قوله عز و جل: هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِياءً وَ الْقَمَرَ نُوراً». قال أبو ذر (رحمه الله): ثم اعتزلت مع رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) فصلينا المغرب

And the moon is like that from its emergence and its flowing in the horizons of the sky, and its setting, and its rising to the seventh sky and performs Sajdah beneath the Throne. Then Jibraeel^-as comes to it with a garment of the Light of the Chair (Al-Kursy), so that is in the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: He is the (One) Who Made the sun a brightness and the moon a light [10:5] ’. Abu Zarr^-ra said, ‘Then I^-ra secluded myself^-ra with Rasool-Allah^-saww. So we Prayed the evening (Al-Maghrib) Salat’.[6]

VERSE 7

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ {7}

And when souls are paired [81:7]

ثم قال: و في رواية أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) في قوله: وَ إِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ، قال: «أما أهل الجنة فزوجوا الخيرات الحسان، و أما أهل النار فمع كل إنسان منهم شيطان» قرنت نفوس الكافرين و المنافقين بالشياطين، فهم قرناؤهم

Then said, ‘And in a report of Abu Al-Jaroud, who has said:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: And when souls are paired [81:7], he^-asws said: ‘As for the people of the Paradise, they would be married to good, the beautiful. And as for the people of the Fire, so (paired) with every human being from among them, would be a satan. The Kafirs and the hypocrites would be paired off with the Satans^-la, who they would be their partners’.[7]

VERSES 8 & 9

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ {8}

And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8][8]

ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمُفَضَّلُ يَا مَوْلَايَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ‏^[9] قَالَ يَا مُفَضَّلُ وَ الْمَوْؤُدَةُ وَ اللَّهِ مُحَسِّنٌ‏ لِأَنَّهُ مِنَّا لَا غَيْرُ فَمَنْ قَالَ غَيْرَ هَذَا فَكَذِّبُوهُ

Then Al-Mufazzal said, ‘O my Master^-asws! What are you saying regarding the Words of the Exalted: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘O Mufazzal! And the unborn (Maw’udat’), by Allah^–azwj, it is Mohsin^-asws, because he^-asws is from us^-asws, no other. So, one who says, other than this, belie him!’[10]

بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ {9}

For what sin was it killed [81:9]

The Holy Verse of Quran regarding Syed Mohsin^-asws’s Shahadat:

مَضَى أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ) ثُمَّ يَقُومُ الْحُسَيْنُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) مُخَضَّباً بِدِمَائِهِ فَيُقْبِلُ فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ صِدِّيقٍ كُلُّهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ وَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) وَ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِمْ وَ مَوَالِيهِمْ وَ أَنْصَارِهِمْ وَ كُلُّهُمْ مُضَرَّجُونَ بِدِمَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) فَبَكَتْ أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَ يَقِفُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْحَسَنُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ فَاطِمَةُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَ يُقْبِلُ الْحُسَيْنُ وَ يَضُمُّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ وَ يَقُولُ يَا حُسَيْنُ فَدَيْتُكَ قَرَّتْ عَيْنَاكَ وَ عَيْنَايَ فِيكَ

In a long sermon of Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, as narrated by Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan^-asws bin Ali^-asws bin Muhammad^-asws bin Ali^-asws bin Musa^-asws bin Jaafar^-asws bin Muhammad^-asws bin Ali^-asws bin Al Hussain^-asws bin Ali bin Abi Talib^-asws (peace be upon them) said,… While talking about the gathering of people and martyrs from the Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws ……

وَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْحُسَيْنِ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ أَمَامَهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَ يَأْتِي مُحَسِّنٌ‏ مُخَضَّباً بِدَمِهِ تَحْمِلُهُ خَدِيجَةُ ابْنَةُ خُوَيْلِدٍ وَ فَاطِمَةُ ابْنَةُ أَسَدٍ وَ هُمَا جَدَّتَاهُ وَ جُمَانَةُ عَمَّتُهُ ابْنَةُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ أَسْمَاءُ ابْنَةُ عُمَيْسٍ صَارِخَاتٍ وَ أَيْدِيهِنَّ عَلَى خُدُودِهِنَّ وَ نَوَاصِيهِنَّ مُنْتَشِرَةٌ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَسْتُرُهُنَّ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا وَ أُمُّهُ فَاطِمَةُ تَصِيحُ وَ تَقُولُ هَذَا يَوْمُكُمْ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُوعَدُونَ وَ جَبْرَائِيلُ يَصِيحُ وَ يَقُولُ: مَظْلُومٌ فَانْتَصِرْ

And on the right of Al-Husayn^-asws would be Hamza^-asws Bin Abdul Muttalib^-asws, and on his^-asws left would be Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and in front of him^-asws would be Ubeyda Bin Al-Haris Bin Abdul Muttalib^-asws, and Mohsin^-asws (Ibn Ali^-asws) would be brought dyed in his^-asws blood.

He^-asws (Mohsin^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws) would be carried by (Syeda) Khadeeja^-asws daughter of Khuwaylid^-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima^-asws daughter of Asad^-asws, and they^-asws are both his^-asws grandmothers and his^-asws great aunts, daughter of Abu Talib^-asws, and Asma daughter of Umays^-asws, shrieking, and their hands spread upon their cheeks and their foreheads, and the Angels covering them with their wings, and his^-asws (Mohsin^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws) mother (Syeda) Fatima^-asws would be screaming and saying: ‘This is your day which you had been Promised!’ and (Angel) Jibraeel^–as would be screaming and saying: ‘An oppressed, so she^-asws would be taking her^-asws right’.

فَيَأْخُذُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) محسن‏ [مُحَسِّناً] عَلَى يَدِهِ وَ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ إِلَهِي صَبَرْنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا احْتِسَاباً وَ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ: تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ما عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُحْضَراً وَ ما عَمِلَتْ مِنْ سُوءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَها وَ بَيْنَهُ أَمَداً بَعِيداً

Then Rasool-Allah^–saww would take Mohsin^-asws upon his^–saww hands and he^–saww would raise him^-asws towards the sky and he^–saww would be saying: ‘My^–saww Allah^–azwj! We^-asws were patient in the world measuredly, and this day:  On the Day every soul shall find what it has done of good to be present and what it has done of evil. It will wish that between it and him there was a long duration [3:30]’.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ بَكَى الصَّادِقُ وَ قَالَ: يَا مُفَضَّلُ لَوْ قُلْتُ عَيْناً بَكَتْ مَا فِي الدُّمُوعِ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ وَ إِنَّمَا نَرْجُو إِنْ بَكَيْنَا الدِّمَاءَ أَنْ ثَابَ بِهِ فَبَكَى الْمُفَضَّلُ طَوِيلًا

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Al-Sadiq^-asws cried, and said: ‘O Mufazzal! If I^-asws were to tell (you) of the Rewards of the eyes crying tears, and rather we hope that we would cry blood, and Rewarded by it’. So Al-Mufazzal cried for a long time.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ يَوْمَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ لَأَعْظَمُ مِنْ يَوْمِ مِحْنَتِكُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ الصَّادِقُ: وَ لَا كَيَوْمِ مِحْنَتِنَا بِكَرْبَلَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ كَيَوْمِ السَّقِيفَةِ وَ إِحْرَاقِ الْبَابِ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ زَيْنَبَ وَ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ وَ فِضَّةَ وَ قَتْلِ مُحَسِّنٍ‏ بِالرَّفْسَةِ لَأَعْظَمُ وَ أَمَرُّ لِأَنَّهُ أَصْلُ يَوْمِ الْفِرَاشِ

Then he (Mufazzal) said, ‘O son^-asws of Rasool-Allah^–saww! Surely your^-asws day regarding the retaliation is greater than the day of your^-asws hard work’. So Al-Sadiq^-asws said to him: ‘And not like our^-asws day of our^-asws hard work at Karbala, and if it was like our day of Al-Saqeefa, and burning of the door upon Amir Al-Momineen^-asws, and Fatima^-asws, and Al-Hassan^-asws, and Al-Hussain^-asws, and (Syeda) Zaynab^-asws, and (Syeda) Umm Kulsoom^-asws, and (Bibi) Fizza^–ra, and murder of (Syed) Mohsin^-asws by the kicking, is more grievous and more bitter, because it is the origin of the day of the foundation (of injustice and atrocity leading to Karbala)’.

قَالَ الْمُفَضَّلُ: يَا مَوْلَايَ أَسْأَلُ قَالَ: اسْأَلْ قَالَ: يَا مَوْلَايَ‏ وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Al-Mufazzal said, ‘O my Master^-asws! Can I ask?’ He^-asws said: ‘Ask’. He said, ‘O my Master^-asws! And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9]’.

‏ قَالَ: يَا مُفَضَّلُ تَقُولُ الْعَامَّةُ إِنَّهَا فِي كُل‏ جَنِينٍ مِنْ أَوْلَادِ النَّاسِ يُقْتَلُ مَظْلُوماً قَالَ الْمُفَضَّلُ: نَعَمْ، يَا مَوْلَايَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ

He^-asws said: ‘O Mufazzal! The general Muslims are saying it is regarding every unborn from the children of the people killed unjustly’. Al-Mufazzal said, ‘Yes, my Master^-asws! That is what most of them are saying’.

قَالَ: وَيْلَهُمْ مِنْ أَيْنَ لَهُمْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ هِيَ لَنَا خَاصَّةً فِي الْكِتَابِ وَ هِيَ مُحَسِّنٌ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) لِأَنَّهُ مِنَّا وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ الْمَوَدَّةِ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ إِلَى كُلِّ جَنِينِ مِنْ أَوْلَادِ النَّاسِ وَ هَلْ فِي الْمَوَدَّةِ وَ الْقُرْبَى غَيْرُنَا يَا مُفَضَّلُ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا مَوْلَايَ ثُمَّ مَا ذَا

He^-asws said: ‘Woe be unto them! From where is this Verse for them? It is for us^-asws in particular in the Book, and it is Mohsin^-asws, because he^-asws is from us^-asws, and Allah^–azwj the Exalted Said: ‘‘I do not ask you for recompense over it, except for the cordiality to be for my relatives’ [42:23], and rather it is from the names of the cordiality (Mawaddat). So, from where is it (attributed) to every unborn from the children of the people, and is there anyone (included) in the cordiality of the relative apart from us^-asws, O Mufazzal?’ He said, ‘You^-asws speak the truth my Master^-asws, then what?’

قَالَ فَتَضْرِبُ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ فَاطِمَةُ يَدَهَا إِلَى نَاصِيَتِهَا وَ تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِزْ وَعْدَكَ وَ مَوْعِدَكَ فِيمَنْ ظَلَمَنِي وَ ضَرَبَنِي وَ جَرَّعَنِي ثُكْلَ أَوْلَادِي

He^-asws said: ‘Then ‘سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ فَاطِمَةُ’ the Chieftess of the women of the world – (Syeda) Fatima^-asws will hit her^-asws hand to her^-asws forehead and she^-asws will say: ‘O Allah^–azwj! Fulfil Your^–azwj Promise and You^–azwj Appointment regarding the ones who oppressed me^-asws, and hit me^-asws, and bereaved me^-asws of my^-asws children!’ ….. (An extract from a long Hadith).^[11]

أبو علي الطبرسي: روي عن أبي جعفر و أبي عبد الله (عليهما السلام): «و إذا المودة سئلت بأي ذنب قتلت» بفتح الميم و الواو و الدال

Abu Ali Al-Tabarsy –

A report from Abu Ja’far^-asws and Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] – It is with the ‘Fatah’ on the (letters) ‘Meem’ and the ‘Waaw’ and the ‘Daal’ (i.e.,) Mawaddat)’.

و كذلك عن ابن عباس (رحمه الله)، و هي المودة في القربى، و إن قاطعها يسأل: بأي‏ ذنب قطعتها؟

And like that it is from Ibn Abbas, ‘And it is the cordiality (Maw’adat) for the near relatives (of the Rasool-Allah^-saww), and if it is cut-off, he would be asked: ‘For what sin was it cut off?’[12]

و عن منصور بن حازم، عن رجل، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: سألته عن قول الله عز و جل: وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ، قال: «هي مودتنا، و فينا نزلت

And from Mansour Bin Haazam, from a man, who has said:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘About the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘The is our^-asws cordiality (Mawaddat), and it was regarding us^-asws that it was Revealed’.[13]

و عنه: عن محمد بن الحسن و غيره، عن سهل، عن محمد بن عيسى، و محمد بن يحيى، و محمد بن الحسين جميعا، عن محمد بن سنان، عن إسماعيل بن جابر، و عبد الكريم بن عمرو، عن عبد الحميد، ابن أبي الديلم، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)- في حديث- قال: «فقال: قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبى ، ثم قال: (و إذا المودة سئلت بأى ذنب قتلت) يقول: اسألكم عن المودة التي أنزلت عليكم فضلها، مودة القربى، بأي ذنب قتلتموهم؟

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, and someone else, from Sahal, from Muhammad Bin Isa, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, and Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn together, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ismail Bin Jabir, and Abdul Kareem Bin Amro, from Abdul Majeed, Ibn Abu Al-Daylam, who has said:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws – in a Hadeeth. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-asws said: ‘‘I do not ask you for recompense over it, except for the cordiality to be for my relatives’ [42:23]. Then He^-azwj Said: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], He^-azwj is Saying: “You will be asked about the cordiality (Mawaddat), the merits of which have been Revealed for you all – the cordiality (Mawaddat) of the near-relatives (of the Rasool-Allah^-saww), for which sin did you all kill them^-asws?’[14]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن إدريس، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد، عن علي بن الحكم، عن أيمن بن محرز، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، في قوله: (و إذا المودة سئلت بأى ذنب قتلت)، قال: «من قتل في مودتنا. و الدليل على ذلك قوله قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبى

Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi), said, ‘It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Ayman Bin Mahraz, from Jabir, who has narrated:

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj words ‘And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘The one killed while being in our^-asws cordiality (Mawaddat). And the evidence upon that are His^-azwj Words: ‘‘I do not ask you for recompense over it, except for the cordiality to be for my relatives’ [42:23]’.[15]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن أحمد بن عيسى، عن علي بن حديد، عن منصور بن يونس، عن منصور بن حازم، عن زيد بن علي (عليه السلام)، قال: قلت له: جعلت فداك، قوله تعالى: وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ؟ قال: «هي و الله مودتنا، و هي و الله فينا خاصة

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Mansour Bin Hazam, who has narrated:

‘Zayd, the son of Ali^-asws says that ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws, (what about the Words of the Exalted: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9]?’ He^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! And this is regarding us^-asws exclusively’.[16]

و عنه، قال: حدثنا علي بن عبد الله، عن إبراهيم بن محمد، عن إسماعيل بن يسار، عن علي بن جعفر الحضرمي، عن جابر الجعفي، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ، قال: «من قتل في مودتنا سئل قاتله عن قتله

And from him, from Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, from Ismail Bin Yasaar, from Ali Bin Ja’far Al-Hazramy, from Jabir Al-Ju’fy who said:

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘The one killed while being in our^-asws cordiality (Mawaddat), his murderer would be questioned about his murder’.[17]

و عنه، عن محمد بن همام، عن عبد الله بن جعفر، عن محمد بن عبد الحميد، عن أبي جميلة، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، أنه قال: وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ، قال: «من قتل في مودتنا

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Hamaam, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abu Jameela, from Jabir:

From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘The one being killed while being in our^-asws cordiality (Mawaddat)’.[18]

و عنه: عن علي بن عبد الله، عن إبراهيم بن محمد الثقفي، عن الحسن بن الحسين الأنصاري، عن عمرو بن ثابت، عن علي بن القاسم، قال: سألت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام)، عن قوله تعالى: وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ، قال: «شيعة آل محمد تسأل: بأي ذنب قتلت؟

And from him, from Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al-Saqafy, from Al-Hassan Bin Al-Husayn Al-Ansary, from Amro bin Sabit, from Ali Bin Al-Qasim who said:

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of the Exalted: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘It is about the Shias of the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww who would be questioned as to which sin, they were killed for?’[19]

و عن محمد بن جمهور، عن محمد بن سنان، عن إسماعيل بن جابر، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: قلت: قوله عز و جل: وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ، قال: « [يعني‏] الحسين (عليه السلام)

And from Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ismail Bin Jabir, who has said:

‘I asked from Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘(What about) the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], he^-asws said: ‘It Means, Al-Husayn^-asws’.[20]

أبو القاسم جعفر بن محمد بن قولويه في (كامل الزيارات)، قال: حدثني أبي، عن سعد بن عبد الله، عن يعقوب بن يزيد و إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن بعض رجاله، عن أبي‏ عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: وَ إِذَا الْمَوْؤُدَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ، قال: «نزلت في الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام)

Abu Al-Qasim Ja’far bin Muhammad Bin Qulaywayh in Kaamil Al-Ziyaaraat said, ‘It has been narrated to me from Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, and Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from one of his men has narrated the following:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And when the cordiality is Questioned about [81:8] For what sin was it killed [81:9], said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws’.[21]

The special case of Al-Husayn^-asws

كما روي عن علي بن محمد بن مهرويه، عن داود بن سليمان قال: حدثني أبو الحسن علي بن موسى الرضا عليه السلام، عن أبيه موسى، عن أبيه جعفر، عن أبيه محمد عن أبيه علي، عن أبيه الحسين، عن أبيه علي بن أبي طالب صلوات الله عليهم قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إن موسى سأل ربه: إن هارون مات، فاغفر له،

Just as it is reported from Ali Bin Muhammad in Mahrawiya, from Dawood Bin Suleyman,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan Ali^-asws Bin Musa Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws Musa^-asws, from his^-asws father Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws Ali^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws Al-Husayn^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Musa^-as asked his^-as Lord^-azwj: ‘If Haroun^-as dies, then Forgive him^-as’.

فأوحى الله إليه: يا موسى لو سألتني في الاولين والآخرين لاجبتك، ما خلا قاتل الحسين، فاني أنتقم [ له ] من قاتله

So, Allah^-azwj Revealed unto him^-as: “O Musa^-as! If you^-as were to ask Me^-azwj regarding the former ones and the latter ones, I^-azwj will Answer you^-as, apart from the killer of Al-Husayn^-asws, for I^-azwj would be Taking revenge for him^-as from his^-as killers!”’.[22]

وروى صاحب عيون الاخبار باسناد يرفعه إلى الصادق عليه السلام قال: إنه قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إن قاتل الحسين عليه السلام في تابوت من نار، عليه نصف عذاب أهل الدنيا [ و ] قد شدت يداه ورجلاه بسلاسل من نار، منكس  في النار، حتى (لا) يقع في قعر جهنم

And the author of (the book) Uyoon Al Akhbar (Sheykh Al Sadouq) reporte by a chain,

‘Raising it to Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The killer of Al-Husayn^-asws would be in a box of fire. Upon him would be half of the Punishment of the people of the world, and his hands and legs would be tied by chains of fire. He would be flung upside down into the Fire, until he falls to the bottom of Hell.

[ و ] له ريح يتعوذ أهل النار إلى ربهم من شدة نتنه وهو فيها خالد ذائق العذاب الاليم، مع جميع من شايع على قتله

And for him would be a stench the inhabitants of the Fire would seek Refuge from it to their Lord^-azwj from the intensity of his stench, and he would be eternally therein tasting the painful Punishment, along with the entirety of the ones who participated upon his^-asws killing.

كلما نضجت جلودهم – بدل الله عزوجل (عليهم) – جلودا غيرها ” ليذوقوا العذاب (الاليم) لا يفتر عنهم ساعة، ويسقون من حميم جهنم، فالويل لهم من عذاب الله في النار

Every time their skins are thoroughly burnt, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic would Replace the skins for other ones, for them to be (re) tasting the painful Punishment. There would not be even a moment’s break for them, and they would be quenching from the scalding water of Hell. Therefore, woe be for them from the Punishment of Allah^-azwj in the Fire’’.[23]

VERSE 10

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ {10}

And when the books are published [81:10]

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَيْهَقِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عُنْوَانُ صَحِيفَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِ حُبُّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

And by this chain, from Ahmad bin Ja’far Al-Bayhaqi, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al-Askary, from Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Abdullah, from Abu Al-No’man Bin Al-Fazl Bin Qudamat, from Muhammad Bin Shihab Al-Zuhry, from Anas who said:

‘The Rasool-Allah^-saww said:

عُنْوَانُ صَحِيفَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِ حُبُّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

‘The ‘Heading’ of the book of the Momin is ‘The love of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.[24]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ الدَّوَاوِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثَلَاثَةٌ دِيوَانٌ فِيهِ النِّعَمُ وَ دِيوَانٌ فِيهِ الْحَسَنَاتُ وَ دِيوَانٌ فِيهِ السَّيِّئَاتُ فَيُقَابَلُ بَيْنَ دِيوَانِ النِّعَمِ وَ دِيوَانِ الْحَسَنَاتِ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Sahl Bin Ziyad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Yunus Bin Ammar who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘The registers on the Day of Judgment would be three registers – a register in which are (recorded) the Bounties, and a register in which are (recorded) the good deeds, and a register in which are (recorded) the evil deeds’. [25]

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَعِظُ النَّاسَ وَ يُزَهِّدُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ يُرَغِّبُهُمْ فِي أَعْمَالِ الْآخِرَةِ بِهَذَا الْكَلَامِ فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ حُفِظَ عَنْهُ وَ كُتِبَ

Narrated to me Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father altogether from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Ghalib Al-Asady from his father, from Saeed Bin Al-Musayyab who said:

‘Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws used to advise the people and to make them to be ascetic in this world and incline them towards the deeds for the Hereafter by this speech in every Friday in the Masjid of the Rasool-Allah^-saww which was preserved and written down.

اعْلَمُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الشِّرْكِ لَا يُنْصَبُ لَهُمُ الْمَوَازِينُ وَ لَا يُنْشَرُ لَهُمُ الدَّوَاوِينُ وَ إِنَّمَا يُحْشَرُونَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ زُمَراً وَ إِنَّمَا نَصْبُ الْمَوَازِينِ وَ نَشْرُ الدَّوَاوِينِ لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ

(Among what he^-asws said was): ‘Know, O servants of Allah^-azwj, that the people of the Polytheism will not have a Balance set up for them nor will their Register (of deeds) be published and they will be herded to Hell in groups, but rather the Balance and the publishing of the Register (of deeds) will be for the people of Al-Islam’. [26]

VERSES 11 – 14

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ {11}

And when the sky is Stripped away  [81:11]

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ {12}

And when the Blazing Fire is Inflamed [81:12]

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ {13}

And when the Paradise is brought forward [81:13]

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ {14}

(Every) soul shall know what it has brought [81:14]

The companions of the accursed agreement are in the Fire of Hell

فقال علي عليه السلام: لست بقائل غير شيئ واحد. أذكركم بالله أيها الأربعة – يعنيني وأبا ذر والزبير والمقداد -: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: إن تابوتا من نار فيه اثنا عشر رجلا، ستة من الأولين وستة من الاخرين، في جب في قعر جهنم في تابوت مقفل، على ذلك الجب صخرة. فإذا أراد الله أن يسعر جهنم كشف تلك الصخرة عن ذلك الجب فاستعرت جهنم من وهج ذلك الجب ومن حره

(Salman Al-Farsy^-ra said), ‘Ali^-asws said: ‘I^-asws am not going to say apart from one thing. I^-asws remind you four (people)’ – meaning myself (Salman^-ra), and Abu Zarr^-ra, and Al-Zubeyr and Al-Miqdad^-ra – ‘I^-asws heard Rasool-Allah^-saww say: ‘There is a coffin of Fire in which will be twelve men, six from the former ones and six from the later ones in a pit in the bottom of Hell inside a locked coffin, on top of which is a rock. Whenever Allah^-azwj Intends to increase the heat of Hell, He^-azwj will Remove that rock from that pit. Hell will be inflamed from the glow of that pit and its heat’.

قال علي عليه السلام: فسألت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عنهم – وأنتم شهود به – عن الأولين، فقال: أما الأولون فابن آدم الذي قتل أخاه، وفرعون الفراعنة، والذي حاج إبراهيم في ربه، ورجلان من بني إسرائيل بدلا كتابهم وغيرا سنتهم، أما أحدهما فهود اليهود والاخر نصر النصارى، وإبليس سادسهم

Ali^-asws said: ‘I^-asws asked Rasool-Allah^-saww about them – and you four are witness to it – about the former ones, he^-saww said: ‘But as for the former ones, it is the son^-as of Adam^-as who killed his brother^-as, and Pharaoh^-la of the Pharaohs, and the one who argued with Ibrahim^-as about his^-as Lord^-azwj, and two men from the Children of Israel who altered their Books and replaced their ways, for one of them made the Jews to be Jews (Samiri), and the other one made the Christians to be Christians (Paul), and Iblees^-la is the sixth of them.

وفي الاخرين الدجال وهؤلاء الخمسة أصحاب الصحيفة والكتاب وجبتهم وطاغوتهم الذي تعاهدوا عليه وتعاقدوا على عداوتك يا أخي، وتظاهرون عليك بعدي، هذا وهذا حتى سماهم وعدهم لنا

And regarding the later ones, it included these five, the companions of the agreement and the writing, and are their obligors and their tyrants who made their vows and held on to their beliefs on being inimical to you^-asws O my^-saww brother, and they will make appear to you^-asws after me^-saww, this one and this one, until he^-saww named them and counted them for us.

قال سلمان: فقلنا: صدقت، نشهد أنا سمعنا ذلك من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله

Salman^-ra said, ‘We said, ‘You^-asws have spoken the truth. We testify that we have heard that from Rasool-Allah^-saww’.[27]

الكافي بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ 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

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – By his chain from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: 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 Judgment of what they had been doing. Surely Allah is Knower of all things [58:7].

قَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ وَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَ سَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ حَيْثُ كَتَبُوا الْكِتَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ تَعَاهَدُوا وَ تَوَافَقُوا لَئِنْ مَضَى مُحَمَّدٌ ص لَا تَكُونُ الْخِلَافَةُ فِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ لَا النُّبُوَّةُ أَبَداً فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهِمْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ

He^-asws said; ‘This was Revealed regarding so and so and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar), and Abu Ubeyda Ibn Al-Jarrah, and Abdul Rahman Ibn Awf, and Saalim Mawla Abu Huzeyfa, and Al-Mugheira Bin Sho’ba, when they wrote the agreement in between them and took a pledge and agreed that if Muhammad^-saww were to pass away, they would not let the Caliphate to be in the Clan of Hashim^-asws, nor the Prophet-hood ever. So, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed this Verse with regards to them.

قَالَ قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ أَمْ أَبْرَمُوا أَمْراً فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَ نَجْواهُمْ بَلى‏ وَ رُسُلُنا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ‏ قَالَ وَ هَاتَانِ الْآيَتَانِ نَزَلَتَا فِيهِمْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Or are they (trying to) conclude a matter? But We are the Concluders [43:79] Or are they reckoning that We cannot Hear their secrets and their whisperings? Yes! And our Messengers (who are) with them, are recording [43:80]. He^-asws said: ‘And these two Verse were (also) Revealed regarding them on that day’.

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَوْمٌ يُشْبِهُ يَوْمَ كُتِبَ الْكِتَابُ إِلَّا يَوْمَ قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع وَ هَكَذَا كَانَ فِي سَابِقِ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الَّذِي أَعْلَمَهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ إِذَا كُتِبَ الْكِتَابُ قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع وَ خَرَجَ الْمُلْكُ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ‏ فَقَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ الْحَدِيثَ‏

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Hopefully you will see that it was a day resembling the day of the writing of the agreement except for the day Al-Husayn^-asws was martyred, and thus it had preceded in the Knowledge of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic which He^-azwj Made known to the Rasool-Allah^-saww that when the agreement is written down, Al-Husayn^-asws would be martyred, and the kingdom would exit from the Clan of Hashim^-asws. All of that did take place’’.^[28]

VERSES 15 – 18

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ {15}

But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15][29]

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ {16}

The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16]

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ {17}

And the night when it darkens [81:17]

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ {18}

And the morning when it brightens [81:18]  

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Musa Bin Ja’far Al Naghdady, from Wahab Bin Shazan, from Al Hassan Bin Abu Al Rabie, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Umm Hany who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj the Exalted: But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16].

قَالَتْ فَقَالَ إِمَامٌ يَخْنِسُ سَنَةَ سِتِّينَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَظْهَرُ كَالشِّهَابِ يَتَوَقَّدُ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الظَّلْمَاءِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتِ زَمَانَهُ قَرَّتْ عَيْنُكِ

She (Umm Hany)[30] said, ‘So he^-asws said: ‘The Imam^-asws would be in concealment in the year two hundred and sixty (260), then he^-asws would appear like the meteor shooting in the dark night. So, if you were to come across his^-asws time, it would delight your eyes’.[31]

في كتاب كمال الدين وتمام النعمة باسناده إلى ابراهيم بن عطية عن ام هاني الثقفية قال: غدوت على سيدى محمد بن على الباقر عليهما السلام فقلت: يا سيدى آية من كتاب الله عزوجل ” فلا اقسم بالخنس الجوار الكنس

In the book KamaAl-Al-Deen Wa Tamaam Al-Ne’mat, by his chain going up to Ibrahim Bin Atiya, from Umm Hany Al-Saqafy who said:

‘I came to my Chief Muhammad Bin Ali^-asws Al-Baqir^-asws, so I said, ‘O my Chief! (Explain for me) a Verse from the Book of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic:  But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16]’.

قال: نعم المسألة سئلتنى يا ام هاني هذا مولود في آخر الزمان هو المهدى من هذه العترة، يكون له حيرة و غيبة يضل فيها قوم ويهتدى فيها قوم، فيا طوبى لك ان ادركتيه ويا طوبى لمن أدركه

He^-asws said: ‘Yes, the question which you have asked me^-asws, O Umm Hany, this is a coming (which will take place) during the end of times. He^-asws is Al-Mahdi^-asws from this Family^-asws, about whom^-asws there will be confusion during his^-asws absence. A people would go astray with regards to it, and a people would be guided with regards to it. So beatitude is for you if you come across him^-asws, and beatitude would be for the one who comes across him^-asws’.[32]

محمد بن يعقوب: عن عدة من أصحابنا، عن سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن الحسن، عن عمر ابن يزيد، عن الحسن بن الربيع  الهمداني، قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسحاق، عن أسيد بن ثعلبة، عن أم هانئ، قالت: لقيت أبا جعفر محمد بن علي (عليهما السلام)، فسألته عن هذه الآية فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ، قال: «الخنس: إمام يخنس في زمانه عند انقطاع من علمه عند الناس سنة ستين و مائتين، ثم يبدو كالشهاب الثاقب في ظلمة الليل، فإن أدركت ذلك قرت عينك

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from a number of our companions, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan, from Umar Ibn Yazeed, from Al Hassan Bin Al Rabi’e Al Hamdany, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Aseyd Bin Sa’alba, from Umm Hany who said,

‘I met Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws, and I asked him^-asws about these Verses: But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16]. He^-asws said: ‘The concealed one – Imam^-asws who would be concealed during his^-asws era during the cutting-off from his^-asws knowledge in the presence of the people, in the year two hundred and sixty (260). Then he^-asws would appear like the brilliant meteor during the dark night. So if you were to come across him^-asws, it would delight your eyes’’.[33]

محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن العلاء، عن محمد بن الحسن بن شمون، عن عثمان‏ ابن أبي شيبة، عن الحسين بن عبد الله الأرجاني، عن سعد بن طريف، عن الأصبغ بن نباتة، عن علي (عليه السلام)، قال: سأله ابن الكواء، عن قوله عز و جل: فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ، قال: «إن الله لا يقسم بشي‏ء من خلقه، فأما قوله: بِالْخُنَّسِ فإنه ذكر قوما خنسوا علم الأوصياء و دعوا الناس إلى غير مودتهم، و معنى خنسوا: ستروا

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Usman Ibn Abu Shayba, from Al-Husayn Bin Abdullah Al-Arjany, from Sa’d Bin Tareyf, from Asbag Bin Nabata, who has said:

‘Ibn Al-Kawa asked Ali^-asws about the Words of the Mighty and Majestic:  But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16], he^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj did not Swear by anything from His^-azwj creatures, so, as for His^-azwj Words (Al-Khunnas), so it is a Mention of a people who hid the Knowledge of the successors^-asws and called the people to the cordiality (Mawaddat) of others. And the meaning of ‘Khannasu’ is to conceal’.

فقال له: الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ؟ قال: «يعني الملائكة، جرت بالعلم إلى رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) فكنسه عن الأوصياء من أهل بيته لا يعلم به أحد غيرهم، و معنى كنسه: رفعه و توارى به

So he (Ibn Al-Kawa) said to him^-asws, ‘(What about) ‘Al-Kunnas’?’ He^-asws said: ‘It means the Angels, flowing with the Knowledge to the Rasool-Allah^-saww, so they raise (the matter) with the successors^-asws from the People^-asws of his^-saww Household, no one knows about it apart from them^-asws. And the meaning of ‘Kanasahu’ is to raise it and go into hiding with it’.

قال: فقوله وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا عَسْعَسَ [قال: «يعني ظلمة الليل،] و هذا ضربه الله مثلا لمن ادعى الولاية لنفسه و عدل عن ولاة الأمر

He (Ibn Al-Kawa) said, ‘(What about) His^-azwj Words: And the night when it darkens [81:17]’. He^-asws said: ‘It Means the darkness of the night, and this is the example Struck by Allah^-azwj for the one who leaves Al-Wilayah for himself, and decided against the Master^-asws of the Command (Wali Al-Amr)’.

فقال: وَ الصُّبْحِ إِذا تَنَفَّسَ؟ قال: «يعني بذلك الأوصياء، يقول: إن علمهم أنور و أبين من الصبح إذا تنفس

So he (Ibn Al-Kawa) said, ‘(What about): And the morning when it brightens [81:18]?’ He^-asws said: ‘It Means by that, the successors^-asws, their^-asws Knowledge is more illuminating and is clearer than the morning when it brightens [81:18]’.[34]

يَوْمَ الْآزِفَةِ إِذِ الْقُلُوبُ لَدَى الْحَناجِرِ كاظِمِينَ ما لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَ لا شَفِيعٍ يُطاعُ‏ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ ما أَحْضَرَتْ فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا عَسْعَسَ وَ الصُّبْحِ إِذا تَنَفَّسَ‏ ص

And warn them of the Doomsday when the hearts would be choked at the throats. There would neither be a friend for the unjust one nor an intercessor who complies [40:18] (Every) soul shall know what it has brought [81:14] But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16] And the night when it darkens [81:17] And the morning when it brightens [81:18].

وَ الْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي عِزَّةٍ وَ شِقاقٍ‏ شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ وَ عَمِيَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ وَ كَلَّتِ الْأَلْسُنُ

Saad! By the Quran with the Zikr [38:1] But, those who commit Kufr are in pride and discord [38:2]. Faces will be paled! Faces will be paled! Faces will be paled, and the sights will be blinded, and the tongues will be silenced!

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ خَيْرَهُمْ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِمْ وَ شَرَّهُمْ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِمْ وَ خَاتَمَ سُلَيْمَانَ بَيْنَ أَكْتَافِهِمْ‏ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ‏ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

O Allah^-azwj! Make their goodness in front of them and their evil beneath their feet, and seal of Suleyman between their shoulders! And Allah will Suffice you against them, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing [2:137], and may Allah^-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww Progeny^-asws in their entirety!’’^[35]

VERSES 19 – 21

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ {19}

It is certainly the world of an honourable Messenger [81:19]

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ {20}

The processor of strength, distinguished, in the Presence of the Possessor of the Throne [81:20]

مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ {21}

Obedient, then trustworthy [81:21]

ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم: حدثنا جعفر بن أحمد، قال: حدثنا عبيد الله بن موسى، عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبيه، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله تعالى: ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ، قال: «يعني جبرئيل

Then Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi) said,‘It has been narrated to us by Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from his father, from Abu Baseer,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: The processor of strength, distinguished, in the Presence of the Possessor of the Throne [81:20], he^-asws said: ‘It Means Jibraeel^-as’.

قلت: مُطاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ؟ قال: «يعني رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، هو المطاع عند ربه، الأمين يوم القيامة

I said, ‘(What about): Obedient, then trustworthy [81:21]?’ He^-asws said: ‘It Means, the Rasool-Allah^-saww, he^-saww is the obedient one in the Presence of his^-saww Lord^-azwj, the trustworthy on the Day of Judgement’. [36]

VERSES 22 – 25

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ {22}

And your companion is not insane [81:22]  

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ {23}

And he had seen him in the clear horizon [81:23]  

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ {24}

And He (Allah) is not a withholder of the unseen [81:24]  

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ {25}

And it is not a speech of the Pelted Satan [81:25]

ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم: حدثنا جعفر بن أحمد، قال: حدثنا عبيد الله بن موسى، عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبيه، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله تعالى: وَ ما صاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ؟ قال: «يعني رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، ما هو بمجنون في نصبه أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) علما للناس

Then Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi) said,‘It has been narrated to us by Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from his father, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, regarding the Words of the Exalted: And your companion is not insane [81:22] And your companion is not insane [81:22], he^-asws said: ‘It means Rasool-Allah^-saww, he^-saww was not with madness in his nomination of Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws as a ‘Flag’ (Guide) for the people’.

قلت: قوله تعالى: وَ ما هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ قال: «و ما هو تبارك و تعالى على نبيه (صلى الله عليه و آله) بغيبه بضنين عليه

I said, ‘(What about) the Words of the Exalted: And he is not a withholder of the unseen [81:24]. He^-asws said: ‘And He^-azwj Blessed and Exalted is not a Withholder of the unseen from His^-azwj Prophet^-saww’.

قلت: قوله تعالى: وَ ما هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطانٍ رَجِيمٍ، قال: «يعني الكهنة الذين كانوا في قريش، فنسب كلامهم إلى كلام الشياطين الذين كانوا معهم يتكلمون على ألسنتهم، فقال: وَ ما هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطانٍ رَجِيمٍ مثل أولئك

I said, ‘(What about) the Words of the Exalted: And it is not a speech of the Pelted Satan [81:25], he^-asws said: ‘It means the soothsayers, those who were among the Quraysh. So He^-azwj Linked their speech with the speech of the satans, those who were with them, speaking upon their tongues, therefore He^-azwj Said: And it is not a speech of the Pelted Satan [81:25], like theirs’. [37]

 VERSES 26 – 28

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ {26}

So where are you going? [81:26]

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ {27}

Surely, he is only a Zikr for the worlds [81:27]

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ {28}

For ones from you who desires to go straight [81:28]  

ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم: حدثنا جعفر بن أحمد، قال: حدثنا عبيد الله بن موسى، عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبيه، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قوله تعالى: فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعالَمِينَ؟ قال: «أين تذهبون في علي (عليه السلام)، يعني ولايته، أين تفرون منها؟ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعالَمِينَ لمن أخذ الله ميثاقه على ولايته

Then Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi) said,‘It has been narrated to us by Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from his father, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, regarding the Words of the Exalted: So where are you going? [81:26] Surely he is only a Zikr for the worlds [81:27]. He^-asws said: ‘Where are you going with regards to Ali^-asws, meaning his^-asws Wilayah, where are you fleeing to from it? Surely he is only a Zikr for the worlds [81:27], for the one from whom Allah^-azwj Took the Covenant upon his^-asws Wilayah’.

قلت: قوله تعالى: لِمَنْ شاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ؟ قال: «في طاعة علي (عليه السلام) و الأئمة من بعده

I said, ‘(What about) His^-azwj Words: For ones from you who desires to go straight [81:28]?’ He^-asws said: ‘In the obedience to Ali^-asws and the Imams^-asws from after him^-asws’’.[38]

Zikr – A name for Rasool-Allah^-saww

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين بن شاذويه المؤدب و جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور (رضي الله عنهما)، قالا: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أبيه، عن الريان بن الصلت، قال: حضر الرضا (عليه السلام) مجلس المأمون بمرو و قد اجتمع في مجلسه جماعة من علماء العراق و خراسان، و ذكر الحديث إلى أن قال فيه الرضا (عليه السلام): «نحن أهل الذكر الذين قال الله في كتابه: فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَ فنحن أهل الذكر، فاسألونا إن كنتم لا تعلمون

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘Ali Bin Al Husayn Bin Shazawiya Al Mo’dab and Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masroor narrated to us, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Humeyri, from his father, from Al Rayaan Bin Al Salt who said,

‘Al-Reza^-asws was present at a gathering of Al-Mamoun at Merv, and there had gathered in his gathering, from the scholars of Al Iraq and Khurasan’, and he mentioned the Hadeeth until Al Reza^-asws said: ‘We^-asws are the People^-asws of the Zikr whom Allah^-azwj has Mentioned in His^-azwj Book: therefore ask the people of Al Zikr if you don’t know [16:43]. So we^-asws are the People^-asws of the Zikr, and you all should be asking us^-asws if you do not know’.

فقالت العلماء: إنما عنى الله بذلك اليهود و النصارى. فقال أبو الحسن (عليه السلام): «سبحان الله، و هل يجوز ذلك؟ إذن يدعونا إلى دينهم، و يقولون: هو أفضل من دين الإسلام

The scholars said, ‘But rather, what Allah^-azwj has Meant by that are the Jews and the Christians!’ So Abu Al-Hassan^-asws said: ‘Glory be to Allah^-azwj! And is that possible? Then we all are being called to their Religions, and they would be saying that it is higher than the Religion of Al-Islam!’

فقال المأمون: فهل عندك في ذلك شرح بخلاف ما قالوا، يا أبا الحسن؟

Al-Mamoun said, ‘So is there an explanation with you^-asws which is different from what they are saying, O Abu Al-Hassan^-asws?’

فقال (عليه السلام): «نعم، الذكر: رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) و نحن أهله، و ذلك بين في كتاب الله تعالى حيث يقول في سورة الطلاق: فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يا أُولِي الْأَلْبابِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْراً رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ آياتِ اللَّهِ مُبَيِّناتٍ فالذكر: رسول الله، و نحن أهله

He^-asws said: ‘Yes. The Zikr (الذكر) is Rasool-Allah^-saww, and we^-asws are its People^-asws. And that is explained in the Book of Allah^-azwj where He^-azwj is Saying in Surah Al Talaaq: therefore fear Allah, O ones of understanding, those who are believing! Allah has Sent down to you a Reminder [65:10] A Rasool [65:11]. So the Zikr is Rasool-Allah^-saww, and we^-asws are its People^-asws’.[39]

حدثنا ابراهيم بن هاشم عن اعمش بن عيسى عن حماد الطيافى عن الكلبى عن ابى عبد الله عليه السلام قال قال لى كم لمحمد اسم في القرآن قال قلت اسمان أو ثلث فقال يا كلبى له عشرة اسماء

It has been narrated to us by Ibrahim Bin Haashim, from A’amsh Bin Isa, from Hamaad Al-Taaafi, from Al-Kalby, who has narrated:

Abu Abdullah^-asws said to me: ‘How many names are there in the Quran for (name of) Muhammad^-saww?’ I said, ‘Two names or three’. He^-asws said: ‘O Kalby, for him^-saww there are ten names.

وما محمد الا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسل

And Muhammad is not except for a Rasool; the Rasools have already passed away before him [3:144].

ومبشرا برسول يأتي من بعدى اسمه احمد

And: giving glad tidings of a Rasool to come after me, his name being Ahmad’. [61:6]

ولما قام عبد الله كادوا يكونون عليه لبدا

And: surely when Abdullah stood supplicating to Him, they almost became crowding upon him [72:19]

وطه ما انزلنا عليك القرآن لتشقى

And: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran unto you for you to be distressed [20:2]

ويس والقرآن الحكيم انك لمن المرسلين على صراط مستقيم

And: Ya Seen [36:1] By the Wise Quran [36:2] You are one of the Rasools [36:3] Upon a Straight Path [36:4] 

ون والقلم وما يسطرون وما انت بنعمة ربك بمجنون

And: Noon! By the Pen, and what they will be writing! [68:1] By the Grace of your Lord you are not insane! [68:2]

ويا ايها المزمل

And: O Muzzammil! [73:1]

ويا ايها المدثر

And: O Muddasar! [74:1]

وانا انزلنا ذكرا رسولا فالذكر اسم من اسماء محمد صلى الله عليه وآله نحن اهل الذكر فسئل يا كلبي عما بدا لك

And: Allah has Sent down to you a Zikr [65:10] A Rasool [65:11]. So the ‘Zikr’ is a name from the names of Muhammad^-saww. We^-asws are the ‘Ahl Al-Zikr’ (Family of Zikr), therefore ask, O Kalby, about whatever comes to you’.

قال فانسيت والله القرآن كله فما حفظت منه حرفا اسئله عنه

He (the narrator) said, ‘But I forgot, by Allah^-azwj, the Quran, all of it, and I could not recall a sentence I could ask him^-asws about’’.[40]

VERSE 29

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ {29}

And you (Imams) are not desiring except if Allah so Desires, Lord of the worlds [81:29][41]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد، عن أحمد بن‏ محمد السياري، عن فلان، عن أبي الحسن (عليه السلام)، قال: «إن الله عز و جل جعل قلوب الأئمة موردا لإرادته، فإذا شاء الله شيئا شاءوه، و هو قوله: وَ ما تَشاؤُنَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعالَمِينَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al-Sayyari, from someone,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Made the hearts of the Imams^-asws as a resource for His^-azwj Intentions. So if Allah^-azwj Desires something, they^-asws desire it (same desire), and these are His^-azwj Words: And you (Imams) are not desiring except if Allah so Desires, Lord of the worlds [81:29]’’.[42]

[1] تفسير القمي، ج‏2، ص: 407

[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 6, The book of Justice, S 3, Ch 11 H 38

[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 8, The book of Justice, S 3, Ch 24 H 30

[4] (ثواب الأعمال: 121)

[5] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11400

[6] التوحيد: 280/ 7

[7] (تفسير القمّي 2: 407.)

[8] Most Muslims have translated it as When the buried girl is asked for what offence she has been killed – 81:8-9

[9] ( 3) التكوير: 8.

[10] بحار الأنوار (ط – بيروت)، ج‏53، ص: 23

[11] الهداية الكبرى، ص: 327,

[12] (مجمع البيان 10: 671)

[13] (تأويل الآيات 2: 2: 766/ 5.)

[14] (الكافي 1: 233/ 3)

[15] (تفسير القمّي 2: 407)

[16] (تأويل الآيات 2: 766/ 6)

[17] (تأويل الآيات 2: 766/ 7)

[18] (تأويل الآيات 2: 767/ 8)

 (تأويل الآيات 2: 767/ 9)

[20] (تأويل الآيات 2: 767/ 10)

[21] (كامل الزيارات: 63/ 3)

[22] Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira – H 11

[23] Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira – H 14

[24] Bihar Al Anwaar – V 39 CH 87 H 73

[25] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Merits of the Quran CH 1 H 12 (Extract)

[26] Al Kafi – V 8 H 14477 (Extract)

[27] Kitaab Sulaym Bin Qays Al Hilali – H 4

[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 28, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 3 H 6

[29] Most Muslims translate it as – So I swear by the planets

[30] Umm Hany^-as, daughter^-as of Abu Talib^-asws and sister of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws –  Bihar Al-Anwaar V 71 – The book of relationships – Ch 10 H 31

[31] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 80 H 22

[32] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn – CH 81 H 18

[33] الكافي 276/ 23

[34] (تأويل الآيات 2: 769/ 15)

[35] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 91 – The Book of Zikr (Chapters on supplication) – Ch 52 H 2

[36] (تفسير القمّي 2: 408)

[37] (تفسير القمّي 2: 408)

[38] (تفسير القمّي 2: 408)

[39] عيون أخبار الرّضا (عليه السّلام) 1: 228/ 1

[40] Basaair Al Darajaat – P 10 Ch 18 H 26

[41] Mostly Muslims have translated (81:29) as ‘You do not will except what Allah Wills’

[42] (تفسير القمّي 2: 409)