53, h 5 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from...

53, h 5 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu 'Umayr from ibn 'Udhayna from Burayd ibn Mu'awiya who has said that he asked abu Ja'far and abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) the following. "What is your position? To who of the people of the past do you resemble?" the Imam (a.s.) said, "I resemble the companion of Moses and Dhul Qarnayn who were two scholars but not two prophets." H 707, Ch.

53, h 6 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Barqi from abu Talib from Sadir who has said that he asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) the following. "A certain group of people believe that you are gods. They read to us from the Quran about it. And it is He Who in heaven is God and in earth is God." (43:84). The Imam (a.s.) said, "O Sadir, my hearing, my sight, my skin, my flesh, my blood and my hair are (all) disdain such people, and Allah also disdains them.

They do not follow my religion and the religion of my forefathers. I swear by Allah, Allah will not place me with them on the Day of Resurrection. The only thing from Allah to them will be His anger." The narrator has said that he said, "Among us there is a group of people who believe that you are messenger and read to from the Holy Quran. "O Messengers, eat of the good things and do righteousness; surely I know the things you do (23:51).

The Imam (a.s.) said, "O Sadir, my hearing, my sight, my skin, my flesh, my blood and my hair are (all) disdain such people, and Allah and Hid Messenger also disdains them. They do not follow my religion and the religion of my forefathers. Allah will not place me with them on the Day of Judgment. The only thing from Allah towards them will be His anger." The narrator has said that he then asked, "What are you then?" the Imam (a.s.) said, "We are the treasuries of the knowledge of Allah.

We are the translators of the commands of Allah. We are infallible people. Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has commanded people to obey us and prohibited them to disobey us. We are the complete Divine authority over all that is below the heavens and above the earth." H 708, Ch.

53, h 7 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id from 'Abdallah ibn Bahr from ibn Muskan from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn abu 'Abdallah from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said that he heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) say the following.