قَالَ فَسَكَتُّ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَقُلْتُ...

قَالَ فَسَكَتُّ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هِيَ فِيكُمْ تَوَارَثُونَهَا رَجُلٌ فَرَجُلٌ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْكَ فَأَنْتَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الْهَادِي He (the narrator) said, ‘I was silent for a long time. Then I raised my head and I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! It is among you, being inherited by a man to a man until it ended up to you -asws .

So, you -asws , may I be sacrificed for you -asws , are the guidance.’’ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ وَ الْآيَةَ حَيَّةٌ لَا تَمُوتُ فَلَوْ كَانَتِ الْآيَةُ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ فِي الْأَقْوَامِ مَاتُوا مَاتَتِ الْآيَةُ لَمَاتَ الْقُرْآنُ‏ وَ لَكِنْ هِيَ جَارِيَةٌ فِي الْبَاقِينَ‏ كَمَا جَرَتْ فِي الْمَاضِينَ He -asws said: ‘You speak the truth, O Abdul Rahman! The Quran is alive, will not be dying, and the Verses are alive, will not be dying.

But it flows in the remainder, just as it had flowed in the past.’ وَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ حَيٌّ لَمْ يَمُتْ وَ إِنَّهُ يَجْرِي كَمَا يَجْرِي اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ وَ كَمَا يَجْرِي الشَّمْسُ وَ الْقَمَرُ وَ يَجْرِي عَلَى آخِرِنَا كَمَا يَجْرِي عَلَى أَوَّلِنَا And Abdul Rahman said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘ The Quran is alive , not dead, and it flows just as the night and the day flows, and just as the sun and the moon flow, it flows upon our -asws last one just as it had flowed upon our -asws first one.’’ [4] The Sura Pen (68), which is the second Sura revealed, says the only function of the pen is to write.

ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ {1} (I Say by) Noon and (By) the Pen, and what they will be writing (record)!

[68:1] الحسن بن أبي الحسن الديلمي: بإسناده إلى محمد بن الفضيل، عن أبي الحسن موسى (عليه السلام)، قال: سألته عن قول الله عز و جل: ن وَ الْقَلَمِ وَ ما يَسْطُرُونَ: «فالنون اسم لرسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و القلم اسم لأمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) Al-Hassan Bin Abu Al-Hassan Al-Daylami, by his chain going up to Muhammad Bin Al-Fazeyl, who has narrated the following: ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan Musa -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Noon and the Pen, and what they will be writing!