Surat Sabbih Isma Rabūka...

Surat Sabbih Isma Rabūka: After he had finished reciting this Sura, he said: Subhāna Rabbi al-alā . (Glory belongs to my Lord, the Most High.) [1] Al-Bassmala In a group of his traditions, the Imām, peace be on him, dealt with some affairs of al-bassmala (i.e., in the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful). The following are some of them: The importance of al-bassmala Al-bassmala has a special importance with the Imāms of ahl al-Bayt , peace be on them.

It was narrated on the authority of Imām Abū Jafar, peace be on him, who said: The first (part) of every Book which was sent down from the heaven is Bismil lāhir rahmānir rahim [1] Ibid., p. 183. (in the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful). It was also narrated on the authority of Imām al-Ridā, peace be on him, who said: It ( al-bassmala ) is nearer to the Greatest Name of Allah than the iris to the eye.

[1] Al-bassmala is part of the Sura The Imām, peace be on him, said: Al-bassmala is part of the suras of the Holy Qurān. It was narrated that it was said to Imām Ali, the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him: Tell us about Bismil lāhir rahmānir rahim : Is it part of the Opening Sura of the Book (Fatihat al-Kitāb) ?

Yes, he replied, Allahs Messenger, may Allah bless him and his family, recited it and regarded it as a verse of it, and he said: Fatihat al-Kitāb is the seven oft-repeated verses (al-Sab al-Mathāni) . [2] Reciting al-bassmala in a loud voice in prayer Imām al-Ridā, peace be on him, recited al-bassmala in a loud voice in all his prayers by day and night [3] , and he criticized those who recited it a low voice, saying: What is the matter with them? May Allah fight them!

They resorted to the greatest verse in the Book of Allah, and they claimed that it was a heresy when they recited it in a loud voice. [4] Examples of his Interpreting the Qurān Imām al-Ridā, peace be on him, took great care of in interpreting the Holy Qurān. He devoted his attention to it in his lectures and researches which he gave to the jurists, the religious scholars, and the rest of his students, and which were transmitted by the narrators and the interpreters of the Qurān.

The following are some of them: Regarding the words of Him, the Exalted: Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing and there is a covering over their eyes, and there is a great punishment for them. [5] [1] Mawāhib al-Rahmān fi Tafsir al-Qur'ān, vol. 1, p. 21. [2] Ibid., p. 20.