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

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: "Made all people one..." (11:118) عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لَوْ شاءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُ٠َّةً واحِدَةً وَ لا يَزالُونَ ٠ُخْتَلِفِينَ إِلَّا ٠َ رَبُّكَ فَقَالَ كَانُوا أُ٠َّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ لِيَتَّخِذَ عَلَيْهِ٠573.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said: ‘Abu Abdullah (asws) was asked about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[11:118] And if your Lord had pleased He would certainly have made people a single nation, and they shall not cease to differ [11:119] Except those on whom your Lord has mercy”, so he (asws) said: ‘They were one community, so Allah (azwj) Sent the Prophets (as) to take the Proof against them’.

يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/567))