Allah -azwj Conveys the Greetings upon you -saww ...
Allah -azwj Conveys the Greetings upon you -saww , and Greets you -saww by this Greeting and Commands you -saww that you -saww greet Ali -asws and his -asws two sons -asws with it!’ قال ابن عباس: فلما صارت في كف رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) هلل ثلاثا و كبر ثلاثا، ثم قالت بلسان ذرب طلق- يعني الجام-: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم طه ما أَنْزَلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقى فاشتمها النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و حيى بها عليا (عليه السلام)، Ibn Abbas said, ‘So when it (red crystal bowl) came to be in the palm of Rasool-Allah -saww , it Extolled the Oneness (There is no god except Allah -azwj ), and extolled the Greatness (Allah -azwj is the Greatest), thrice, then it said in a voluble eloquent tongue, – meaning the bowl, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful!
Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran unto you for you to be distressed [20:2] ’. So, the Prophet -saww smelt it, and passed it on to Ali -asws .
فلما صارت في كف علي (عليه السلام)، قالت: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَ يُؤْتُونَ الزَّكاةَ وَ هُمْ راكِعُونَ فاشتمها علي (صلوات الله عليه)، و حيى بها الحسن (عليه السلام)، When it came to be in the palm of Ali -asws , it said, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful!
But rather, your Guardian is Allah, and His Rasool, and those who are believing, those who are establishing the Salat and are giving the Zakat while they are performing Ruku [5:55] ’. So Ali -asws smelt it, and passed it on to Al-Hassan -asws .
فلما صارت في كف الحسن (عليه السلام)، قالت: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَمَّ يَتَساءَلُونَ عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ فاشتمها الحسن (عليه السلام) و حيى بها الحسين (عليه السلام)، So, when it came to be in the palm of Al-Hassan -asws , it said, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! What are they asking about? [78:1] About the Magnificent News [78:2] Which they are differing in? [78:3] ’.
So Al-Hassan -asws smelt it and passed it on to Al-Husayn -asws . فلما صارت في كف الحسين (عليه السلام)، قالت: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبى وَ مَنْ يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَزِدْ لَهُ فِيها حُسْناً إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورثم ردت إلى النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، When it came to be in the palm of Al-Husayn -asws , it said, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful!
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