وَ لَوْ شاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً واحِدَةً وَ لكِنْ...

وَ لَوْ شاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً واحِدَةً وَ لكِنْ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ. وَ لا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِها يَعْنِي بَعْدَ مَقَالَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فِي عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) وَ تَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِما صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي بِهِ عَلِيّاً ( عليه السلام ) وَ لَكُمْ عَذابٌ عَظِيمٌ .

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! Imams -asws ?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes, by Allah -azwj , Imams -asws ’.

I said, ‘But we are reciting ‘More beneficial’ (أَرْبى)!’ So he -asws said: ‘What is (this word) ‘أَرْبى’?’ And he -asws gestured by his -asws hand, so he -asws discarded them (indicatively) [16:92] But rather, Allah is Testing you by this , Meaning by Ali -asws and He will Clarify to you on the Day of Judgement that which you were differing in [16:93] And had Allah so Desired it He would Make you a single nation, but He Lets err whomsoever He Desires to and Guides whomsoever He Desires to; and you will be Questioned about what you had been doing [16:94] And do not make your oaths a means of deceit between you, lest a foot should slip after its stability Meaning after the words of Rasool-Allah -saww regarding Ali -asws and you would taste evil because you turned away from Allah’s Way Meaning by it ‘Ali -asws ’, and a grievous Punishment would be for you ’ [12] [1] Umar [2] تأويل الآيات 1: 333/ 1 [3] المناقب 3: 72.

[4] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 65 H 1 [5] تأويل الآيات 2: 584/ 3. [6] المناقب 3: 72. [7] معاني الأخبار: 167/ 1. [8] مختصر بصائر الدرجات: 25. [9] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 108 H 91 [10] تفسير القمّي 2: 322.

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