Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Religion has two governments َّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ ٠َّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠َّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ الدِّينَ دَوْلَتَيْنِ دَوْلَةً لآِدَ٠) وَ دَوْلَةً لِإِبْلِيسَ فَدَوْلَةُ آدَ٠َ هِيَ دَوْلَةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ عَلَانِيَةً أَظْهَرَ دَوْلَةَ آدَ٠َ وَ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ سِرّاً كَانَتْ دَوْلَةُ إِبْلِيسَ فَالْ٠َا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ سَتْرَهُ ٠153.

Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah, and Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, altogether from Saleh Bin Abu Hammaad, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) said that: ‘Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Made two governments for the Religion. The government of Adam (as) and the government of Iblees (la). The government of Adam (as) is the government of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic.

So if Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Intends to be worshipped publicly, He (azwj) Makes apparent the government of Adam (as), and if He (azwj) Intends that He (azwj) should be worshipped in secret, it would be the government of Iblees (la). So the broadcaster of what Allah (azwj) has Intended to be a secret, is a renegade from the Religion’.

رسل ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/19)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)