From him...
From him, from one of our companions, raising it, said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The man evidence upon his intellect by a Book (of Allah -azwj ) and the placement of his insight, and by His -azwj Rasool -saww over his understanding (of Ahadith) and his realisation (his actions)’.
[8] يَا هِشَامُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ دَلِيلٌ وَ دَلِيلُ الْعَاقِلِ التَّفَكُّرُ وَ دَلِيلُ التَّفَكُّرِ الصَّمْتُ وَ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَطِيَّةٌ وَ مَطِيَّةُ الْعَاقِلِ التَّوَاضُعُ وَ كَفَى بِكَ جَهْلًا أَنْ تَرْكَبَ مَا نُهِيتَ عَنْهُ (Imam Musa e Kazim -asws says) O Hisham O Hisham! Everything has its evidence. The evidence of being ‘الْعَاقِلِ’ (the one who has the Aql) is ‘التَّفَكُّرُ’ pondering (over things) and the evidence of pondering is silence.
However, everything has its reflection and the reflection of Aql is in hospitality . And it is sufficient for the ‘Jahil’ (opposite to the Aql) to embark on that for which you are told not to ride. يَا هِشَامُ مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ أَنْبِيَاءَهُ وَ رُسُلَهُ إِلَى عِبَادِهِ إِلَّا لِيَعْقِلُوا عَنِ اللَّهِ فَأَحْسَنُهُمْ اسْتِجَابَةً أَحْسَنُهُمْ مَعْرِفَةً لِلَّهِ وَ أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ أَحْسَنُهُمْ عَقْلًا وَ أَعْقَلُهُمْ أَرْفَعُهُمْ دَرَجَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَة O Hisham!
The main reason beyond Allah -azwj ’s Sending Prophets and Messengers is that people will understand (via Aql) the Commandments of Allah -azwj and His Messengers. The best responsive people will be of the most understanding, the most knowledgeable of Allah -azwj ’s Commands will be those with the most ‘Aql’ (intelligence/wisdom), and the one with most ‘Aql’ then will be the most high-ranking in this world and the world to come.
ِ يَا هِشَامُ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا وَ مَلَكٌ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ فَلَا يَتَوَاضَعُ إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ وَ لَا يَتَعَاظَمُ إِلَّا وَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ O Hisham! For every servant of (Allah -azwj ), there is an angel invested with full Power over him. When that servant shows modesty for the sake of Allah -azwj , the angel will elevate him, and whenever he shows arrogance, the angel will humiliate him.
يَا هِشَامُ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حُجَّتَيْنِ حُجَّةً ظَاهِرَةً وَ حُجَّةً بَاطِنَةً فَأَمَّا الظَّاهِرَةُ فَالرُّسُلُ وَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ وَ أَمَّا الْبَاطِنَةُ فَالْعُقُولُ ي O Hisham! Allah -azwj has two Arguments against people: One is the explicit and the other is implicit. The explicit arguments of Allah -azwj are the Messengers and the Prophets and the Imams.
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