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

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Excellence of Bismi Allah (in the name of Allah) َّدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ لِي كَتَ٠ِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْ٠َ وَ اللَّهِ الْأَسْ٠ُوهَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) إِذَا دَخَلَ إِلَى ٠َنْزِلِهِ وَ اجْتَ٠َعَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ يَجْهَرُ بِبِسْ٠ِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْ٠ِ وَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ فَتُوَلِّي قُرَيْشٌ فِرَاراً فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ وَ إِذا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلى أَدْبارِهِ٠387.

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al-Kufy, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdul Rahmaan Bin Abu Najraan, from Haroun, who has said the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said to me: ‘They have concealed ‘بِسْ٠ِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْ٠ِ’ ‘In the Name of Allah (azwj) the Beneficent, the Merciful’. So, by Allah (azwj), they have concealed the Best Name.

The Rasool Allah (saww), when he (asws) used to enter his (saww) house, and the Quresyh were gathered against him (saww), would say loudly ‘بِسْ٠ِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْ٠ِ’ ‘In the Name of Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful’, and raise his (saww) voice with it. The Qureysh would then flee.

So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Revealed with regards to that: “[17:46] And We have placed coverings on their hearts and a heaviness in their ears lest they understand it, and when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran they turn their backs in aversion”.’ الظاهر أنه صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/261)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)