[2] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said...

[2] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘ And none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge. [3:7] . We -asws know it’’. [3] I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It has passed in argumentation by Al-Hassan -asws Bin Ali -asws and his -asws companions against Muawiya.

He -asws said: ‘We -asws , People -asws of the Household, are saying that the Imams -asws are from us -asws , and that the caliphate cannot be correct except among us -asws , and that Allah -azwj has Made us to be its rightful in His -azwj Book and Sunnah of His -azwj Prophet -saww , and that the knowledge is among us -asws , and we -asws are its rightful, and it is collected with us -asws , all of it, with its entirety.

And surely, nothing will occur up to the Day of Qiyamah, even a compensation of a scratch, except and it (its knowledge) is with us -asws , written down by the dictation of Rasool-Allah -saww and handwriting of Rasool-Allah -saww by his -asws hand, while the people are alleging that they are foremost with that than us -asws , even you, O son of Hind, claimed that.

And you alleged that Umar had sent a message to my -asws father -asws , ‘I want you -asws to write the Quran in a book form, so send to me whatever you -asws have written from the Quran (so far)’. He -asws went to him and said: ‘By Allah -azwj ! You will have to strike off my -asws neck before I -asws send it to you!’ He said, ‘And why?’ He -asws said: ‘Because Allah -azwj the Exalted Said: and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge. [3:7] .

It is me -asws He -azwj has Meant by it, and He -azwj did neither Mean (by it) you nor your companions’. Umar was angered, then said, ‘The son -asws of Abu Talib -asws reckons that he -asws is alone, there isn’t anyone having any knowledge with him apart from him -asws . One who had been reciting anything from the Quran, so let him come to me!’ So, whenever a man came and read out something with him and there was another one regarding it, he had it written down, or else he did not write it down.

Then they said, ‘A lot from the Quran has been wasted!’ But they lied! By Allah -azwj ! But it is collected, preserved with its rightful ones’’. [4] ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him -asws saying: ‘The Quran is a rebuker and an instructor. It instructs with (going to) the Paradise and rebukes from (going to) the Hellfire. And in it are Decisive and Allegorical (Verses).