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

Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنِ الأصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ أَثْلاثاً ثُلُثٌ فِينَا وَفِي عَدُوِّنَا وَثُلُثٌ سُنَنٌ وَأَ٠ْثَالٌ وَثُلُثٌ فَرَائِضُ وَأَحْكَا٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub from abu Hamza from abu Yahya from al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah who has said the following: “I heard Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) saying, ‘The Holy Quran came in three parts: One third about us ( ) and about our enemies, one third about traditions and axioms and one third about obligations and laws.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/517))