ولو أن الأمة منذ قبض الله نبيه اتبعوني وأطاعوني لأكلوا من...

ولو أن الأمة منذ قبض الله نبيه اتبعوني وأطاعوني لأكلوا من فوقهم ومن تحت أرجلهم رغدا إلى يوم القيامة. Talha said, ‘All things, small or great, or specific or general, has occurred and will be (happening) up to the Day of Judgement, so it is written, and is in your -asws possession?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes, and Rasool-Allah -saww divulged a secret to me -asws during his -saww illness, which opened a thousand doors of the knowledge, each of the doors opened to a thousand (further) doors.

And had the community, since Allah -azwj Captured His -azwj Prophet -saww , had followed me -asws , and had obeyed me -asws , they would have eaten (sustenance) from above them and from under their feet, plentifully, up to the Day of Judgement’. سند القرآن الموجود في زماننا قال طلحة: ما أراك – يا أبا الحسن – أجبتني عما سألتك عنه من أمر القرآن ألا تظهره للناس؟ قال عليه السلام: يا طلحة، عمدا كففت عن جوابك.

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.