14 بابُ ذِكرِ مَجْلِس آخَرَ لِلرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ...

Then Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Jahm stood up and asked, “O son of the Prophet of God! Do you believe in the Immaculateness of the Prophets?” “Yes,” replied the Imam (a.s.). He said, “Then what do you have to say about the following verses? what do you have to say about what the Honorable the Exalted God said, ‘ ...

Thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced’ [^2], and about what the Honorable the Exalted God said, ’And remember Thun-nun (Yunus-Jonah), when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We had no power over him!…’ [^3], and about what the Honorable the Exalted God told Joseph (a.s.), ‘ And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her…’ [^4], and about what the Honorable the Exalted God told David (a.s.), ‘ …and David gathered that We had tried him…’ [^5], and about what the Sublime (God) told His (S), ’…But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest…’ [^6] Al-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, “O Ali!

Woe be to you! Fear God. Do not ascribe transgressions to the Prophets, and do not interpret God's Book according to your own opinion. Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God said, ‘ …but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah.

And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge…’ [^7] And regarding His Words about Adam, ‘…Thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced’ [^8] it must be noted that the Honorable the Exalted God created Adam as His Proof on Earth, and as His Successor in the towns. However, God had not created Adam for Paradise and Adam’s act of disobedience occurred in Paradise, not on the Earth.