Al-Tawḥīd - Content

Chapter: Meaning of the Eye, the Ear, and the Tongue of Allah ه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا أح٠د ابن عيسى، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن فضالة بن أيوب، عن أبان بن عث٠عت أبا عبد الله عليه السلا٠يقول: إن لله عز وجل خلقا ٠عين الله الناظرة، وأذنه السا٠عة ولسانه الناطق في خلقه بإذنه، وأ٠ن عذر أو نذر أو حجة، فبه٠يقضي في خلقه قضيته، قلت: جعلت فداك ٠ن هؤلاء؟ قال: الأوصياء.

Hence, they are the Eye through which Allah sees, the Ear through which Allah listens, and the Tongue through which Allah speaks His Will. They are the Guardians of His Revelation which He sends down as a mercy, a warning and a proof.

Hence, He wipes out their sins, removes injustice from them, sends down mercy from them, gives life to the deceased from them, kills the living for them, tries His Creation through them, and fulfils the needs of His Creation through them." I asked, “May I be sacrificed for you! Who are these?” He said: “The successors (of Muhammad).”