ثم قال...

ثم قال: كَلَّا و هو رد عليهم سَيَعْلَمُونَ سيعرفون خلافته إذ يسألون عنها في قبورهم، فلا يبقى يومئذ أحد في شرق الأرض و لا غربها، و لا في بر و لا بحر، إلا و منكر و نكير يسألانه عن ولاية أمير المؤمنين و خلافته بعد الموت، يقولان للميت: من ربك؟ و ما دينك؟ و من نبيك؟ و من إمامك؟ Then He -azwj Said: Ineed! [78:4] – and it is a rebuttal against them, they shall soon come to know – they will come to recognise his -asws Caliphate when they are questioned about it in their graves.

So, there will not remain anyone on that day, neither in the east of the earth nor in the west of it, neither in the land nor in the sea, except that the Munkar and Nakeer (two questioning Angels) would question him about the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineen -asws and his -asws Caliphate, after the death. The two (Angels) would say to the dead one: ‘Who is your Lord -azwj ? And what is your Religion?

And who is your Prophet -saww ?’ And who is your Imam -asws ?’ [13] و ذكر صاحب (النخب) بإسناده إلى علقمة: أنه خرج يوم صفين رجل من عسكر الشام، و عليه سلاح، و فوقه مصحف، و هو يقرأ: عَمَّ يَتَساءَلُونَ عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ فأردت البراز إليه، فقال لي علي (عليه السلام): «مكانك The author of Al-Nakhab has mention by his chain going up to Al-Qama, who has narrated: A man went out on the day of (battle of) Siffeen from the Syrian forces, and he had a weapon on him, and on top of it was the Parchment (Quran), and he was reciting: What are they asking about?

[78:1] About the Magnificent News, [78:2] , so I wanted to go for a duel towards him, but Ali -asws said to me: ‘(Stay in) your place!’ و خرج بنفسه فقال له: «أ تعرف النبأ العظيم الذي هم فيه مختلفون؟». قال: لا And he -asws went out himself -asws and said to him: ‘Do you recognise: the Magnificent News, [78:2] Which they are differing in? [78:3] ’ He said, ‘No’.

فقال له علي (عليه السلام): «أنا- و الله- النبأ العظيم الذي فيه اختلفتم، و على ولايته تنازعتم، و عن ولايتي رجعتم بعد ما قبلتم، و ببغيكم هلكتم بعد ما بسيفي نجوتم، و يوم الغدير قد علمتم، و يوم القيامة تعلمون ما علمتم So Ali -asws said to him: ‘By Allah -azwj !

I -asws am the Magnificent News about whom they are differing, and upon the Wilayah of whom they are disputing, and it was about my -asws Wilayah that you turned back after having accepted it, and by this rebellion of yours you were destroyed after having been rescued by my -asws sword, and of the Day of Ghadeer you have known, and on the Day of Judgement you will come to know what you already knew’’.

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