It is all from the Presence of our Lord’.

It is all from the Presence of our Lord’. And none (would) mention it except those with the understanding [3:7] . And that they should be submitting to us -asws and referring its knowledge to us -asws . And Allah -azwj has Said: And if they had referred it to the Rasool and to the one with Divine Authority from them, those from them who can search it, would have known it [3:7] . They -asws are those who should be asked about it and be sought’.

[56] ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني، و الحسين بن إبراهيم بن أحمد بن هشام المكتب، و علي بن عبد الله الوراق (رضي الله عنهم)، قالوا: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، قال: حدثنا القاسم بن محمد البرمكي، قال: حدثنا أبو الصلت الهروي، قال Ibn babuwah said, ‘Ahmad Bin Ziyad Bin Ja’far Al-Hamdany, narrated to us, and Al-Husayn Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmad Bin Hisham Al-Maktab and Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Waraq, from Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad Al-Barmakky, from Abu Al-Salt Al-Harwy who said, لما جمع المأمون لعلي بن موسى الرضا (عليه السلام) أهل المقالات، من أهل الإسلام، و الديانات: من اليهود، و النصارى، و المجوس، و الصابئين، و سائر أهل المقالات، فلم يقم أحد إلا و قد ألزمه حجته، كأنه القم حجرا ‘When Al-Mamoun gathered to Ali -asws Bin Musa Al-Reza -asws , the debaters from the people of Al-Islam, and the Religions – from the Jews, and the Christians, and the Magians, and the Sabeans, and the rest of the debaters, so no one stood up except that his -asws argument was necessitated upon him, as if it he had eaten a rock (i.e., became speechless).

قام إليه علي بن محمد بن الجهم، فقال له: يا بن رسول الله، أ تقول بعصمة الأنبياء؟ قال: «نعم». قال: فما تقول في قوله عز و جل: وَ عَصى آدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوى؟ و في قوله عز و جل: وَ ذَا النُّونِ إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغاضِباً فَظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ ؟ و في قوله عز و جل في يوسف (عليه السلام): وَ لَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِ وَ هَمَّ بِها؟ Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Jahm stood up to him -asws , and said to him -asws , ‘O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww , are you -asws speaking with the infallibility of the Prophets -as ?’ He -saww said; ‘Yes’.

He said, ‘So what do you -asws say regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray [20:121] ? And regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic And Yunus, when he went away in anger, so he thought that We had no Power over him [21:87] ? And regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic regarding Yusuf -as She desired him, and he would have desired her [12:24] ?