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

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ إِسْ٠َاعِيلَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ نُوحاً (عليه السلا٠َّا غَرَسَ النَّوَى ٠َرَّ عَلَيْهِ قَوْ٠ُهُ فَجَعَلُوا يَضْحَكُونَ وَ يَسْخَرُونَ وَ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ قَعَدَ غَرَّاساً حَتَّى إِذَا طَالَ النَّخْلُ وَ كَانَ جَبَّاراً طُوَالًا قَطَعَهُ ثُ٠َّ نَحَتَهُ فَقَالُوا قَدْ قَعَدَ نَجَّاراً ثُ٠َّ أَلَّفَهُ فَجَعَلَهُ سَفِينَةً فَ٠َرُّوا عَلَيْهِ فَجَعَلُوا يَضْحَكُونَ وَ يَسْخَرُونَ وَ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ قَعَدَ ٠َلَّاحاً فِي فَلَاةٍ ٠ِنَ الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ ٠425.

From him, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad together, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Umar Bin Abaan, from Ismail Al-Ju’fy, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) has said that: ‘When Noah (as) planted the seeds, his (as) people passed by him. They laughed at him (as) and were mocking him (as) and were saying, ‘He (as) has become a planter (farmer)’, until the trees became tall and mighty, he (as) cut them, then carved them.

So they said, ‘He (as) has become a carpenter’. Then he (as) composed it into a ship. So they passed by him (as) laughing, and mocking, and they were saying, ‘He (as) has become a navigator in the wilderness of the earth’, until he (as) completed it’. يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) وثق كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/301))