Then Ali ibn Muhammad ibn AI-Jahm stood up and asked...

Then Ali ibn Muhammad ibn AI-Jahm stood up and asked, ‘O son of the Prophet of Allah -asws ! Do you believe in the Infallibility of the Prophets -as ?’ ‘Yes,’ replied the Imam -asws . He said, ‘Then what do you have to say about the following Verses?

what do you have to say about what the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj said, ‘ … Thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced (20:121) ; and about what the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj said, ‘And remember Thun-nun (Yunus-Jonah), when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We had no power over him!

(21:87) , and about what the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj Told Joseph -as , ‘ And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her .(12:24) And about what the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj told David (s), ‘ and David gathered that We had tried him .(38:24).. , and about what the Sublime (Allah -azwj ) told His -saww ‘ … But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest … (33:37) Al-Reza -asws said, ‘Woe be to you! Fear Allah -azwj .

Do not ascribe transgressions to the Prophets -as , and do not interpret Allah -azwj ’s Book according to your own opinion. Indeed the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj said, ‘ … but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah -azwj .

And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge … ,(3:7) And regarding His -azwj Words about Adam, ‘ … Thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced ,(20:121) it must be noted that the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj Created Adam -as as His -azwj Proof on Earth, and as His -azwj Successor in the towns. However, Allah -azwj had not created Adam for Paradise and Adam -as ’s act of disobedience occurred in Paradise, not on the Earth.

Adam -as ’s being Infallible was a must for him -as to fully implement the Decrees of Allah -azwj . Once he -as was sent down to the Earth as Allah -azwj ’s Proof and Successor, he -as was Infallible according to what the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj said, ‘ Allah did Choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran above all people.

(3:33) And regarding the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj ’s Words, ‘And remember Thun-noon (Jonah), when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We had no power over him!