[14] \n Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) said...

[14] \n Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) said, regarding the Statement of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Say: \u2018Look at what is in the skies and the earth, and the Signs and the warners do not avail a people not believing [10:101] . He -asws said: \u2018When ascension took place with Rasool-Allah -saww , Jibraeel -as came up to him -saww with Al-Buraaq (the ride). So he -saww rode on it and came to Bayt Al-Maqdas (Jerusalem).

Then he -saww met the ones whom he -saww met from his -saww brothers from the Prophets -as . \n Then he -saww returned and narrated it to his -saww companions, \u2018I -saww came to Bayt Al-Maqdas , and returned during the night. Jibraeel -as came to me -saww with Al-Buraaq , so I -saww rode upon it, and the sign of that is that I -saww passed by the camels of Abu Sufyan being watered at the watering hole of the clan of so and so.

A red camel of theirs had strayed and the group were looking for it. \n Some of them said to the others, \u2018But rather he -saww went to Syria whilst riding at speed whereas you have been to Syria and recognise it. So, ask him -saww about its markets, and its doors, and its businessmen\u2019.

They said, \u2018O Rasool-Allah -saww , how is Syria, and how are its markets?\u2019 \n He -asws said: \u2018The Rasool -saww , when asked about something that he -saww did not recognise, he -saww would not describe it until after seeing it in front of him -saww .

So when they were in the middle of that, Jibraeel -as came up to him -saww and said: \u2018O Rasool-Allah -saww , this here is Syria which has been raised for you -saww !\u2019 e Rasool-Allah -saww turned and visualised Syria, with its doors, and its markets, and its traders\u2019. \n He -saww said: \u2018Where are the questioners about Syria?\u2019 They said to him -saww , \u2018It is so and so and so and so\u2019.

Rasool-Allah -saww answered them with regards to all of what they asked from him -saww . Even then they did not believe from among them, except for a few, and it is the Word of Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted: and the Signs and the warners do not avail a people not believing [10:101] . Then Abu Abdullah -asws said: \u2018We -asws seek Refuge with Allah -azwj from disbelief in Allah -azwj and in His -azwj Rasool -saww . We -asws believe in Allah -azwj and in His -azwj Rasool -saww \u2019\u2019.