[^14] Jabir reported that Abu Ja‘far (‘a) said...

[^14] Jabir reported that Abu Ja‘far (‘a) said, “Verily the Lord, the blessed and almighty, says, ‘Enter into heaven by my mercy, save yourselves from the Fire by my pardon and divide the heaven according to your deeds. By My glory!

I will send you down in the everlasting and noble dwelling.’ When they enter it they will become like Adam with his height…, like Jesus, with the youth of thirty- three years, like Muhammad with the Arabic language, like Joseph, with a beautiful figure shining with light, and like Job, with a heart of purity from hatred.”[^15] Abu ‘Abdullah (‘a) said, “…Then Noah took the Ark (of the covenant) and buried it in al-Ghari, the part of the mountain on which Allah talked with Moses, on which He sanctified Jesus, on which He took Abraham as a friend, took Muhammad as a beloved, and made it a dwelling for the prophets….”[^16] Among the intimate conversations between Allah and Moses ibn Imran is, “O Moses!

I recommend to you as One Who is kind and compassionate to you Ibn Batul, Jesus the son of Mary, who has a donkey and a burnoose, olive oil and olives and a prayer niche.”[^17] The Prophet (S) said, “Whoever says the prayer of Tuesday night with thirty rak‘a and in each rak‘a he reads Sura Hamd and the verse al-Kursi one time and Sura Tawhid seven times, Allah will give him the reward of Job, the patient, John the son of Zachariah and Jesus the son of Mary….”[^18] [^1]: The Zut are a tribe from India, with wide faces with little facial hair, and the Shanwah are like the Qahtaniyah of the Arabs.

-Majlisi [^2]: Bihar 12, 10, 24 [^3]: Bihar, 15, 272, 17 [^4]: Bihar, 39, 39 [^5]: Compare the language in (85:12).

[^6]: Bihar, 40, 78 [^7]: Bihar, 39, 38, 9 [^8]: Bihar, 35, 47 [^9]: Tafsir al-Imam al-‘Askari, 498 [^10]: Bihar, 22, 343 [^11]: Bihar, 36, 303, 141 [^12]: The sword is used as a symbol of authority, not as a symbol of war or violence [^13]: Dala’il al-Imamah, 291 [^14]: Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim, 2, 238 [^15]: Bihar, 8, 218, 207 [^16]: Jami‘ al-Akhbar, 21 [^17]: Bihar 13, 332, 13 [^18]: Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, 6, 370, 7014 Previous…