قال: فأخبرني عما كتب عمر وعثمان، أقرآن كله أم فيه ما ليس...

قال: فأخبرني عما كتب عمر وعثمان، أقرآن كله أم فيه ما ليس بقرآن؟ قال عليه السلام: بل هو قرآن كله، إن أخذتم بما فيه نجوتم من النار ودخلتم الجنة، فإن فيه حجتنا وبيان أمرنا وحقنا وفرض طاعتنا Support for the present Quran during our era Talha said, ‘What is your -asws opinion – O Abu Al-Hassan -asws – answer me -asws to what I have asked you about the matter of the Quran, will you -asws be displaying it to the people?’ He -asws said: ‘O Talha, I -asws intentionally held back from answering you’.

He said, ‘So inform me of what was written by Umar and Usman, is it all the Quran, or there is in it which is not the Quran?’ He -asws said, ‘But rather, all of it is the Quran. If you were to take to it with what is in it, you will be rescued from the Fire and will enter the Paradise, for in it are our -asws Proofs, and the explanation of our -asws matters and our -asws rights, and the obligation of obedience to us -asws ’. فقال طلحة: حسبي، أما إذا كان قرآنا فحسبي.

ثم قال طلحة: فأخبرني عما في يديك من القرآن وتأويله وعلم الحلال والحرام، إلى من تدفعه ومن صاحبه بعدك؟ Talha said, ‘It is sufficient if it is the Quran, so it is sufficient for me’. Then Talha said, ‘So, inform me about the Quran which is in your -asws hands, and its explanation, and the knowledge of the Permissible and the Prohibited, to whom will you -asws be handing it over to, and who is your -asws companion after you -asws ?’.

قال عليه السلام: إلى الذي أمرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أن أدفعه إليه. قال: من هو؟ قال: وصيي وأولى الناس بالناس بعدي، ابني هذا الحسن، ثم يدفعه ابني الحسن عند موته إلى ابني هذا الحسين، ثم يصير إلى واحد بعد واحد من ولد الحسين، حتى يرد آخرهم على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله حوضه. وهم مع القرآن والقرآن معهم، لا يفارقونه ولا يفارقهم Ali -asws said: ‘To the one -asws Rasool-Allah -saww has ordered me -asws to hand it over to him -asws ’.

He said, ‘Who is he -asws ?’ He -asws said: ‘My -asws successor and the first of the people to the people after me -asws , this son -asws of mine -asws Al-Hassan -asws , then my -asws son -asws Al-Hassan -asws will hand it over, during his passing away, to this son -asws of mine -asws Al-Husayn -asws , then it will be passed to one after the other from the sons -asws of Al-Husayn -asws , until the last of them -asws will return it to the Messenger of Allah -saww at his -saww Fountain.

And they -asws are with the Quran and the Quran is with them -asws , it will not separate from them -asws nor will they -asws separate from it’.