[23] محمد بن يعقوب...
[23] محمد بن يعقوب: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن موسى بن الحسن، عن سليمان الجعفري، قال: رأيت أبا الحسن (عليه السلام) يقول لابنه القاسم: «قم- يا بني- فاقرأ عند رأس أخيك وَ الصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا حتى تستتمها» فقرأ، فلما بلغ: أَ هُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنا قضى الفتى Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Musa Bin Al-Hassan, from Suleyman Al-Ja’fary who said, ‘I saw Abu Al-Hassan -asws saying to his -asws son Al-Qasim: ‘Arise, O my -asws son, arise and recite at the head of your (deceased) brother: By the ones lined out in rows [37:1] – until you complete it’.
So he started reciting it. When he reached: So ask them, are they stronger as a creation or (other) ones We Created? We Created them from sticky clay [37:11] , the youth expired.
فلما سجي و خرجوا، أقبل عليه يعقوب ابن جعفر، فقال له: كنا نعهد الميت إذا نزل به الموت يقرأ عنده يس وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ فصرت تأمرنا بالصافات؟ فقال: «يا بني، لم تقرأ عند مكروب من موت قط إلا عجل الله راحته When he was covered, and we went out, Yaqoub Ibn Ja’far met him -asws , and said to him -asws , ‘Whenever death descends upon one of us, we used to recite: Ya Seen [36:1] By the Wise Quran [36:2] , so are you -asws (now) ordering us (to recite ) Al-Saffaat (Chapter 37 instead)?’ So he -asws said: ‘O my -asws son!
It does not get recited during the distress of death at all except that Allah -azwj Hastens on his rest’.
[24] VERSES 1 – 4 وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا {1} By the ones lined up (forming lines) in rows [37:1] فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا {2} And the rebuking (Angels) rebuking [37:2] فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا {3} And the reciters of the Zikr [37:3] إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ {4} Surely, your God is One [37:4] فِي نَهْجِ الْبَلَاغَةِ وَ اعْلَمْ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ لِرَبِّكَ شَرِيكٌ لَأَتَتْكَ رُسُلُهُ وَ لَرَأَيْتَ آثَارَ مُلْكِهِ وَ سُلْطَانِهِ وَ لَعَرَفْتَ أَفْعَالَهُ وَ صِفَاتَهُ، وَ لَكِنَّهُ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ كَمَا وَصَفَ نَفْسَهُ لَا يُضَادُّهُ فِي مُلْكِهِ أَحَدٌ وَ لَا يَزُولُ أَبَداً In Nahj Al Balagah – ‘(Amir Al-Momineen -asws said to one of his -asws sons): ‘And know, O my -asws son!
If there was an associate for your Lord -azwj , his messengers would have come to you and you would have seen the traces of his kingdom, and his authority, and you would have recognised his work and his attributes. But God is One just as He -azwj has Described Himself -azwj . There is no adversary of His -azwj in His -azwj Kingdom, nor would He -azwj ever be non-existent’’.
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