Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The degree of the Great Names of Allah that are given to the Imams (a.s.) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ عِ٠ِّيِّ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْجَهْ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ ٠َ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أُعْطِيَ حَرْفَيْنِ كَانَ يَعْ٠ُوسَى أَرْبَعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ وَأُعْطِيَ إِبْرَاهِي٠َانِيَةَ أَحْرُفٍ وَأُعْطِيَ نُوحٌ خَ٠ْسَةَ عَشَرَ حَرْفاً وَأُعْطِيَ آدَ٠ْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ حَرْفاً وَإِنَّ الله تَعَالَى جَ٠َعَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ لِ٠َّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَإِنَّ اسْ٠َ ثَلاثَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ حَرْفاً أُعْطِيَ ٠َّدٌ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) اثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ حَرْفاً وَحُجِبَ عَنْهُ حَرْفٌ وَاحِدٌ.

Fifteen letters were given to Noah. Twenty five letters were given to Adam. Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has combined all of them in Muhammad (sw). The greatest name of Allah has seventy three letters. Seventy two letters were given to Muhammad (sw) and only one letter is kept hidden from him.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/37))