ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Traditions about Ar-Ridha (a.s.) 51 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: لَ٠ّا نَزَلَت هذِهِ الآيَةُ: (إِنَّكَ ٠َيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُ٠َيِّتُونَ) قُلْتُ: يا رَبِّ اَيَ٠ُوتُ الخَلائِقُ كُلُّهُ٠َلائِكَةُ؟ فَنَزَلَت (كلُّ نَفسِ ذائِقَةُ ال٠َّ إِلَينا ترجَعُونَ).

31-51 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “When the following verse was revealed, ‘Truly thou wilt die (one day), and truly they (too) will die (one day).’ I asked, O Lord! Will all the people die and the angels survive?” Then the following verse was revealed, ‘Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end. To Us shall ye be brought back.’