فَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُمْ مَنْ يَنْفُذُ قَوْلُهُ وَ هُوَ...

فَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُمْ مَنْ يَنْفُذُ قَوْلُهُ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ‏ سَنُرِيهِمْ‏ آياتِنا فِي‏ الْآفاقِ‏ وَ فِي‏ أَنْفُسِهِمْ‏ فَأَيُّ آيَةٍ فِي الْآفَاقِ غَيْرِنَا أَرَاهَا اللَّهُ أَهْلَ الْآفَاقِ- وَ قَالَ‏ ما نُرِيهِمْ مِنْ آيَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِها فَأَيُّ آيَةٍ أَكْبَرُ مِنَّا So, when there does not happen to be with them one who can implement His -azwj Words and He -azwj is Saying: We will be Showing them Our Signs in the horizons and within their own selves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the Truth [41:53] , so which Sign in the horizons apart from us -asws would Allah -azwj Show the people of the horizons?

And He -azwj Said: And We did not Show them a Sign but it was greater than its counterpart [43:48] . So which Sign is greater than us -asws ?

وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ قُرَيْشاً لَتَعْرِفُ مَا أَعْطَانَا اللَّهُ وَ لَكِنَّ الْحَسَدَ أَهْلَكَهُمْ كَمَا أَهْلَكَ إِبْلِيسَ وَ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْتُونَنَا إِذَا اضْطُرُّوا وَ خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَيَسْأَلُونَّا فَنُوَضِّحُ لَهُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُونَ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا رَأَيْنَا أَضَلَّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَ يَقْبَلُ مَقَالَتَهُمْ By Allah -azwj !

The Clan of Hashim -asws and Quraysh do recognise what Allah -azwj has Given us -asws , but the envy destroyed them, just as it destroyed Iblees -la , and they come to us -asws when they are desperate and fear upon themselves, so they are asking us, and we -asws clarify for them, and they are saying, ‘We testify that you -asws are the people of the knowledge’.

Then they are going out, so they are saying, ‘We have not seen anyone more straying than the ones who follow them -asws and accept their -asws words’. قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع لَوْ نُبِشَ كَانُوا يَجِدُونَ فِي قَبْرِهِ شَيْئاً قَالَ يَا ابْنَ بَكْرٍ مَا أَعْظَمَ مَسَائِلَكَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع مَعَ أَبِيهِ وَ أُمِّهِ وَ أَخِيهِ الْحَسَنِ فِي مَنْزِلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يُحْبَوْنَ كَمَا يُحْبَى وَ يُرْزَقُونَ كَمَا يُرْزَقُ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !

Inform me about Al-Hussain -asws . If we were to dig, would we find anything in his -asws grave?’ He -asws said: ‘O Ibn Bakr! How grievous is your question. Al-Hussain -asws , along with his -asws father -asws and his -asws mother -asws , and his -asws brother -asws Al-Hassan -asws are in the house of Rasool-Allah -saww , being Granted just as he -saww is Granted, and being Sustained just as he -asws is being Sustained.

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