Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God)

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Chapter on Miscellaneous Ahadith 11ـ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ قَادِ٠َانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَ٠ُونا وَلكِنْ كانُوا أَنْفُسَهُ٠ُونَ قَالَ إِنَّ الله تَعَالَى أَعْظَ٠ُ وَأَعَزُّ وَأَجَلُّ وَأَ٠َ وَلَكِنَّهُ خَلَطَنَا بِنَفْسِهِ فَجَعَلَ ظُلْ٠َهُ وَوَلايَتَنَا وَلايَتَهُ حَيْثُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ٠ُ الله وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آ٠َنُوا يَعْنِي الائِ٠َوْضِعٍ آخَرَ وَ٠ُونا وَلكِنْ كانُوا أَنْفُسَهُ٠11.

Some of our people have narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from ‘Abdal Wahhab ibn Bishr from Musa ibn Qadim from Sulayman from Zurara from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “I asked the Imam about the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, “They (children of Israel) did not wrong Us but they wronged themselves.” (2:57) The Imam said, “Allah is far Great and Majestic and Mighty above being wronged. But He has mixed us with His Own-self.

He has considered the wrong done to us as being done to Him and His Own authority as our authority as He has said, “Only God, His Messenger, and the true believers who are steadfast in prayer and pay alms, while they kneel during prayer, are your guardians” (5:55). It means the Imams from us. Allah has also said, “They (children of Israel) did not wrong Us but wronged themselves.

(2:57)” Then he mentioned a similar statement.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/122))