[3] وَ قَالَ ع تَمَصُّونَ الرَّوَاضِعَ وَ تَدَعُونَ النَّهَرَ الْعَظِيمَ فَقِيلَ مَا تَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ And he -asws said: ‘You are licking from the puddle and are leaving the mighty river!’ It was said, ‘What do you -asws mean by that?’ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عِلْمَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِأَسْرِهِ وَ عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ مَا لَمْ يُعَلِّمْهُمْ فَأَسَرَّ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قُلْتُ فَيَكُونُ عَلِيٌّ ع أَعْلَمَ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ He -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Revealed to Rasool-Allah -saww Taught the Prophets -as His -azwj Secrets and Allah -azwj Taught him -saww what they -as did not know.
He -saww divulged that, all of it to Amir Al-Momineen -asws ’. I said, ‘So Ali -asws happened to be more knowledgeable than some of the Prophets -as ’.
فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَفْتَحُ مَسَامِعَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ أَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَوَى عِلْمَ جَمِيعِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عَلَّمَهُ [اللَّهُ] مَا لَمْ يُعَلِّمْهُمْ وَ إِنَّهُ جَعَلَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ع فَتَقُولُ عَلِيٌّ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Opens the hearing of the ones He -azwj so Desires to.
I -asws am saying that Rasool-Allah -saww contained the knowledge of entirety of the Prophets -as and Allah -azwj Taught him -saww what they did not know, and he -saww made all of that to be with Ali -asws , and you are saying Ali -asws is more knowledgeable than some of the Prophets -as ?’ ثُمَّ تَلَا قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى قالَ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتابِ ثُمَّ فَرَّقَ أَصَابِعَهُ وَ وَضَعَهَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ عِنْدَنَا وَ اللَّهِ عِلْمُ الْكِتَابِ كُلُّهُ.
Then he -asws recited Words of the Exalted: The one with whom was the knowledge from the Book [27:40] , then separated between his -asws fingers and placed them upon his -asws chest, then said: ‘By Allah -azwj , and with us -asws is knowledge of the Book, all of it!’’ [4] What is the Knowledge?
أحمد بن محمد بن خالد البرقي في ( المحاسن ) عن أبيه ، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن ، عن عمرو بن شمر ، عن جابر ، عن أبي جعفر ( عليه السلام ) ، قال : سارعوا في طلب العلم ، فوالذي نفسي بيده لحديث واحد تأخذه عن صادق ، خير من الدنيا وما حملت من ذهب وفضة . الحديث . Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid Al Barqi in Al Mahaasin from his father, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahmaan, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir who says: Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘Hasten in the seeking of knowledge.