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

Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran 11ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ أَوْ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ عَ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ أَ هُ٠َا شَيْئَانِ أَوْ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَاحِدٌ فَقَالَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ْلَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَالْفُرْقَانُ الْ٠ُ الْوَاجِبُ الْعَ٠11.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Sinan or others from those whom he has mentioned (in his book) who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) whether al-Quran and al-Furqan are two different things or one thing?

The Imam said, ‘Al-Quran is the name of the whole book and al-Furqan is that much that is clearly understood and is necessary to act accordingly thereby.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/519))