فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي...
فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: (فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ رَأى كَوْكَباً قالَ هذا رَبِّي). فَقَالَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَقَعَ إِلَى ثَلاثَةِ أَصْنَافٍ؛ صِنْفٍ يَعْبُدُ الزُّهْرَةَ وَصِنْفٍ يَعْبُدُ الْقَمَرَ وَصِنْفٍ يَعْبُدُ الشَّمْسَ، وَذَلِكَ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنَ السَّرَبِ الَّذِي أُخْفِيَ ‘When the night covered him over, he saw a star. He asked, ‘Is this my Lord?’ He saw Venus.
He asked ‘Is this my Lord?’ in the form of questioning and denying. ‘But when it set, he said, ‘I love not those that set.’’ [^15] He said this since setting is one of the characteristics of the created, not one of the characteristics of the Eternal. ‘When he saw the moon rising in splendour, he said, 'This is my Lord.’’ [^16] He asked ‘Is this my Lord?’ in the form of questioning and denying. ‘But when the…
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