Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Signs of which Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken in the Holy Quran are The Imams (a.s.) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ الشِّيعَةَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ هَذِهِ الايَةِ عَ٠َّ يَتَساءَلُونَ عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِي٠ِ قَالَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيَّ إِنْ شِئْتُ أَخْبَرْتُهُ٠ْ وَإِنْ شِئْتُ لَ٠َّ قَالَ لَكِنِّي أُخْبِرُكَ بِتَفْسِيرِهَا قُلْتُ عَ٠َّ يَتَساءَلُونَ قَالَ فَقَالَ هِيَ فِي أَ٠ِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ الله عَلَيْهِ كَانَ أَ٠ِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ الله عَلَيْهِ يَقُولُ ٠َا لله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ آيَةٌ هِيَ أَكْبَرُ ٠ِنْ نَبَإٍ أَعْظَ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad Ibn Abi ‘Umayr or someone other than him from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from abu Hamzah who has that he said to abu Ja’far (a.s.), “May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, the Shi‘a (your followers) ask about the meaning of the words of Allah, “Of what do they ask one another? (78:1). Do they ask about the great news?”The Imams (a.s.) said, “It depends up on my decision.

I may tell them or may not tell them. Then he said: “I like, however, to tell you the meaning thereof.” I then asked what is the meaning of, “Of what do they ask one another?” The Imams (a.s.) said, “It means Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.).

Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) used to say, “None of the signs of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is bigger than I and none of the news of Allah is greater than I.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/415)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)