Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara - Book of Intellect and Knowledge

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara - Book of Intellect and Knowledge Chapter: No Excuse for the Ignorant One who Falls Short فيد عن ابن قولويه عن ٠يري عن ابيه عن هارون عن ابن زياد قال: س٠وقد سئل عن قوله تعالى ”فَلِلَّهِ الْحُجَّةُ الْبالِغَةُ“ فقال: ان الله تعالى يقول للعبد يو٠ت؟ وان قال: كنت جاهلاً قال: أفلا تعلّ٠ه فتلك الحجة البالغة 1.

[1/-] Amali of al-Tusi: al-Mufid from Ibn Qulawayh from Muhammad al-Himyari from his father from Harun from Ibn Ziyad who said: I heard Ja’far b. Muhammad (as) – and he was asked about His words the Exalted: “to Allāh belongs the conclusive argument!” (6:149) – say: Allāh the Exalted will say to a slave on the day of judgment: My slave did you possess knowledge? So if he says: yes, He will say to him: why did you not act by what you knew?

And if he says: I was ignorant, He will say to him: why did you not seek knowledge so you could act? Thus he will be vanquished – and that is the “conclusive argument”.