Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent the woodworm which...

Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent the woodworm which gnawed away at his -as staff. When it had eaten its middle, the staff broke, and Suleyman -as fell from his -as castle upon his -as face. The Jinn wanted to thank the woodworm upon what it had done. They hurried to it for that, but did not find the woodworm in any place except that there was water and clay.

And these are the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: But when We Decreed death unto him, nothing evidenced them upon his death except an insect of the earth which ate his staff. So when he fell down, it was clear to the Jinn that had they known the unseen, they would not have remained in the abasing torment [34:14] ’.

Then Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘And this Verse was not Revealed like this, but rather it was Revealed as: So, when he fell, it was evident to the humans, if the Jinn had known the unseen, they would not have remained in abasing torment [34:14] ’’. [6] Abu Ja’far -asws (5 th Imam) said: ‘I -asws am presenting to you a Verse and ending to you the address, and I -asws reckon that you have interpreted it upon other than its (correct) aspect.

So if you have done that, so you are destroyed and causing others to be destroyed’. He said to him -asws , ‘What is it?’ The Imam -asws said: ‘What is your view where He -azwj is Saying: And We Made between them and the towns which We had Blessed therein, apparent towns, and We Apportioned the travelling therein: “Travel in these during nights and days in security” [34:18] ? O Hassan! It has reached me that you are issuing Verdicts (Fatwas) to the people’. He said, ‘It is Makkah’.

Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘Then, is there one who goes for Hajj gets his way cut off (by bandits), and is there fear upon the people of Makkah, and does your wealth go away?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He -asws said: ‘So when will they happen to be safe? But, it is with regards to us -asws that Allah -azwj has Given Examples in the Quran. So we -asws are the towns in which Allah -azwj has Blessed, and that is in the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic.

The one who accepts our -asws merits that we -asws are the apparent town between them and their -asws Shias, the town which Allah -azwj has Blessed therein, the apparent town is the Rasool -saww , and the transferring (transmitting of Hadeeth) from us -asws to our -asws Shias, and jurists (narrators of Ahadeeth) of our -asws Shias, to our -asws Shias’.