Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Imams (a.s.) are the Deputies of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, on earth and the Gates through which people go nearer to Allah 3ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله جَلَّ جَلالُهُ وَعَدَ الله الَّذِينَ آ٠ِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُ٠َا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ ٠3.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from ‘Abdallah ibn Sinan who has said that he asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the meaning of the following verse of the Holy Quran.

“God has promised the righteously striving believers to appoint them as His deputies on earth, as He had appointed those who lived before...” (24:55) The Imams (a.s.) said, “The people referred to in this verse are the Imams (a.s.).” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/351)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)