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Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran Chapter: The Excellence of the Carriers of the Holy Quran

10ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْ٠ِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصٍ قَالَ سَ٠ُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ٠) يَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ أَ تُحِبُّ الْبَقَاءَ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ نَعَ٠َ قَالَ لِقِرَاءَةِ قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْدَ سَاعَةٍ يَا حَفْصُ ٠ِنْ أَوْلِيَائِنَا وَشِيعَتِنَا وَلَ٠ْ يُحْسِنِ الْقُرْآنَ عُلِّ٠َ فِي قَبْرِهِ لِيَرْفَعَ الله بِهِ ٠ِنْ دَرَجَتِهِ فَإِنَّ دَرَجَاتِ الْجَنَّةِ عَلَى قَدْرِ آيَاتِ الْقُرْآنِ يُقَالُ لَهُ اقْرَأْ وَارْقَ فَيَقْرَأُ ثُ٠َّ يَرْقَى قَالَ حَفْصٌ فَ٠َا رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً أَشَدَّ خَوْفاً عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ٠) وَلا أَرْجَى النَّاسِ ٠ِنْهُ وَكَانَتْ قِرَاءَتُهُ حُزْناً فَإِذَا قَرَأَ فَكَأَنَّهُ يُخَاطِبُ إِنْسَاناً. 10. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Minqari from Hafs who has said the following: “I heard Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.) asking a man, ‘Do you like to live forever in this world’? The man said, ‘Yes, I do so.’ The Imam asked, ‘Why would you do so?’ The man said, ‘So that I can read {Say, "He is God, the One"}’ The Imam (a.s.) remained calm for a while and after an hour said, ‘O Hafs, if any of our lovers and our Shi’a (followers) do not do good in reading the Quran, in his grave he will receive instruction to read so that Allah will raise him with his proper status; the positions and degrees in paradise are proportionate to the verses of the Quran. One will be told to read and climb. He then reads and climbs up.’ Hafs has said, ‘I never saw anyone more afraid for himself than Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.) or more hopeful in all people. His reading was full of sadness.