[90:12] فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ {13} Freeing a neck [90:13] كنز جامع...
[90:12] فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ {13} Freeing a neck [90:13] كنز جامع الفوائد و تأويل الآيات الظاهرة مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَانُ هَلْ بَلَغَكَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ فَقُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ نَحْنُ الْعَقَبَةُ فَلَا يَصْعَدُ إِلَيْنَا إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ مِنَّا (The books) ‘Kunz Jamie Al Fawaid’ and ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Al Husayn Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus Bin Yawqoub, from Yunus Bin Zuheyr, from Aban who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about this Verse: But he does not attempt the uphill road [90:11] , so he -asws said; ‘O Aban!
Has anything reached you about this from anyone?’ So I said, ‘No’. He -asws said: ‘We -asws are ‘the uphill road’, so no one will ascend to us -asws except for the one who is from us -asws ’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَانُ أَ لَا أَزِيدُكَ فِيهَا حَرْفاً خَيْراً لَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ النَّاسُ مَمَالِيكُ النَّارِ كُلُّهُمْ غَيْرَكَ وَ غَيْرَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَفَكَّهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا قُلْتُ بِمَا فَكَّنَا مِنْهَا قَالَ بِوَلَايَتِكُمْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع Then he -asws said: ‘O Aban! Shall I -asws increase a phrase for you being better for you than the world and whatever is in it’. I said, ‘Yes’.
He -asws said: ‘He -asws said: ‘ Freeing a neck [90:13] . The people, all of them, are the slaves of the Fire, apart from you and your companions, for Allah -azwj has Freed them from it’. I said, ‘By what has He -azwj Freed us from it?’ He -asws said: ‘By your being in the Wilayah of Amir-Al-Momineen -asws Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ’’.
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