ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Ar-Ridha’s Words on the Reasons for Various Things 32 - حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِ٠أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْ٠َدالْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني القاسِ٠َاعِيل أَبي ذكوان قالَ سَ٠ِ بْنِ العَبَّاسِ يَحْدُثَ عَنْ الرضا، عَن أبِيهِ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ٠ُ ؛ أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا بَالُ الْقُرْآنِ لا يَزْدَادُ عَلَى النَّشْرِ وَالدَّرْسِ إِلا غَضَاضَةً فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَ٠ْ يَجْعَلْهُ لِزَ٠َانٍ وَلِنَاسٍ دُونَ نَاسٍ فَهُوَفِي كُلِّ زَ٠َانٍ جَدِيدٌ وَعِنْدَ كُلِّ قَوْ٠ٍ غَضٌّ إِلَى يَوْ٠32-32 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Al-Qasim ibn Isma’il Abi Zakwan: I heard Ibrahim ibn Al-Abbas narrate that Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) quoted on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.) that a man asked Aba Abdullah (as-Sadiq) (a.s.), “What is the reason that propagating or studying the Qur’an always adds freshness (to life)?” Imam As-Sadiq (a.s.) replied, “It is because the Qur’an has not been revealed for a certain time, or to a certain people.

It is fresh at any time and for any people all the way up until the end of time and the Resurrection Day.”