Have you every sailed a ship at all?

Have you every sailed a ship at all?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He -asws said: ‘Has it ever broken with you where there is no (other) ship to save you, nor could the swimming (to the shore) suffice you?’ He said, ‘Yes’. قال الصادق (عليه السلام): فهل تعلق قلبك هنالك أن شيئا من الأشياء قادر على أن يخلصك من ورطتك؟ قال: نعم. قال الصادق (عليه السلام): فذلك الشي‏ء هو الله، القادر على الإنجاء حيث لا منجي، و على الإغاثة حيث لا مغيث.

He -asws said: ‘So did your heart attach over there, that there is something from the things which has the ability upon finishing you from your predicament?’ He said, ‘Yes’. Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘So that thing, He -azwj is Allah -azwj , the One Able upon the rescuing when there is no Rescuer, and upon the helping when there is no helper’.

Then Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘And sometimes one of our -asws Shias neglects during the beginning of his affair (saying) بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم, so Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Tests him with an abhorrence in order to alert him upon the thanking Allah -azwj Blessed and High and the Laudation upon Him -azwj , and delete from him the stigma of his shortcoming during his neglect of the words ‘ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ’ .

He -asws said: ‘And a man stood up to Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws and he said, ‘Inform me, what is the meaning of ‘ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ’ ?’ So Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘My -asws father -asws narrated to me -asws , from his -asws brother Al-Hassan -asws , from his -asws father Amir Al-Momineen -asws that a man stood up to him -asws and he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !