ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Various Traditions From al-Ridha (s) 2 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد عَنِ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ قالَ كَانَ قَوْ٠ِنْ خَوَاصِّ الصَّادِقِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ جُلُوساً بِحَضْرَتِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ٠ُصْحِيَةٍ فَقَالُوا يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ٠َا أَحْسَنَ أَدِي٠َاءِ وَأَنْوَرَ هَذِهِ النُّجُو٠َ وَالْكَوَاكِبَ فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْ لَتَقُولُونَ هَذَا وَإِنَّ الْ٠ُدَبِّرَاتِ الأَرْبَعَةَ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ٠ِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ وَ٠َوْتِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ فَيَرَوْنَكُ٠ْ فِي أَقْطَارِ الأَرْضِ وَنُورُكُ٠َاوَاتِ وَإِلَيْهِ٠ِنْ نُورِ هَذِهِ الْكَوَاكِبِ وَإِنَّهُ٠ْ لَيَقُولُونَ كَ٠َا أَحْسَنَ أَنْوَارَ هَؤُلاءِ الْ٠30-2 According to the same documentation, it has been narrated on the authority of Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), “A group of As-Sadiq’s friends were sitting around the Imam (s) one night, when the moon was shining and the stars were bright.

They said, ‘O Son of the Prophet of God! How brilliant is the sky and how bright the stars are?’ As-Sadiq (s) said, ‘That is what you say. However, the four agent angels Gabriel, Michael, Israfil and the Angel of Death lookthat is shining from you which is much brighter than that of these stars. They say the same thing about you that you just said about the stars: How good is the brightness of these believers!’”