[14] و عن عبدالرحمن بن الحجاج...

[14] و عن عبدالرحمن بن الحجاج، قال: سمعت أبا عبدالله (عليه السلام) يقول: «ما أبعد عقول الرجال من تفسير القرآن And from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah – asws saying: ‘There is nothing more remote from the intellects of the men than the interpretation (Tafseer) of the Quran?’ [15] عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه، عن علي صلوات الله عليهم قال: سلوني عن كتاب الله، فوالله ما نزلت آية من كتاب الله في ليل ولا نهار، ولا مسير ولا مقام، إلا وقد أقرأنيها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وعلمني تأويلها From Ja’far – asws Bin Muhammad – asws , from his -asws father -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws , from Ali -asws having said: ‘Ask me -asws about the Book of Allah -azwj , for by Allah -azwj , there is no Verse Revealed from the Book of Allah -azwj , neither during the night nor during the day, neither during the travel nor during the pause, except that Rasool-Allah -saww read it out to me -asws and let me -asws know of its explanation’.

فقام ابن الكوا فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين فما كان ينزل عليه وأنت غائب عنه ؟ قال: كان [يحفظ علي] رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ما كان ينزل عليه من القرآن وRأنا غائب حتى أقدم عليه فيقرئنيه ويقول: يا علي أنزل الله بعدك كذا وكذا، وتأويله كذا وكذا فعلمني تأويله وتنزيله Ibn Al-Kawa stood up and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws , so what about that which was Reveled unto him -saww while you -asws were absent from him -saww ?’ He -asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww used to memorise it for me -asws that which was Revealed in my -asws absence, until he -saww would come to me -asws and recite it to me -asws and would say; ‘O Ali -asws !

Allah -azwj Revealed such and such during your -asws absence and its explanation is such and such. So, he -saww would let its explanation be known to me ‑asws along with its revelation’.

[16] Appendix: The conquest of Makkah في مجمع البيان «قصة فتح مكّة» لما صالح رسول اللّه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله قريشا عام الحديبية كان في أشراطهم أنه من أحبّ أن يدخل في عقد رسول اللّه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله دخل فيه In (the book) Majma Al Bayan – story of conquest of Makkah – ‘When Rasool-Allah -saww made the peace treaty with Quraysh in the year of Al-Hudaybiyya, it was in their stipulations that anyone who likes to enter into an agreement (alliance) of Rasool-Allah -saww can enter into it.