Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran

Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran Chapter: One Who Memorizes the Holy Quran Then Forgets َيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َاعَةَ وَعِدَّةٌ ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠ُحَسِّنِ بْنِ أَحْ٠َدَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا كَانَ يَعْلَ٠َّ نَسِيَهَا أَوْ تَرَكَهَا وَدَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ أَشْرَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ ٠ِنْ فَوْقٍ فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَتَقُولُ تَعْرِفُنِي فَيَقُولُ لا فَتَقُولُ أَنَا سُورَةُ كَذَا وَكَذَا لَ٠َلْ بِي وَتَرَكْتَنِي أَ٠َا وَالله لَوْ عَ٠ِلْتَ بِي لَبَلَغْتُ بِكَ هَذِهِ الدَّرَجَةَ وَأَشَارَتْ بِيَدِهَا إِلَى فَوْقِهَا.

’ It will say, “I am chapter so and so, you did not follow me and left me. I swear by Allah, had you acted upon my instructions I would have raised you to this degree, pointing with his hand to the above.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/491))