The Imam -asws answered, “It was Adam -as .
The Imam -asws answered, “It was Adam -as .” The man asked, “What was the poem about?” The Imam -asws said, “When Adam -as was cast down to the earth he -as saw the extent of the earth and its air.
When Cain killed Abel then Adam -as said, The land and its residents have changed vastly; The appearance of the earth has turned black and ugly; Whatever had a taste and colour has changed; And the freshness of those good looks has diminished; I see my life span filled with sorrow ; May I get rid of this life tomorrow? Why should I not cry while Cane is in the grave; Abel killed his brother Cane so brave; O sorry! I have lost that good-looking son!
Then Satan – may God damn it – replied, Get away from this land and its residents As there is no more room for you anymore in this expanded Paradise You and your spouse were living in peace And from the troubles of the world was your heart at comfort.
وَ نَحْنُ ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ أَكْبَرُ. (Imam) Abu Jafar -asws says (in a long Hadith): We -asws are the ‘ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ’ (Zikr Allah -azwj – Allah -azwj ’s Remembrance), and we -asws are greater.
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Hamaam, from Ja’far, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al-Mada’iny, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Al-Husayn Bin Alwaan, from Ali Bin Gurab, from Al-Kalby, from Abu Salih, who has said: ‘From Ibn Abbas [72:17] and whoever turns aside from the Reminder (Zikr) of his Lord, said, ‘ Zikr of his Lord (is the) – Wilayah of Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ’.