I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend!

I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend! [25:28] , said: ‘This is what the first one (Abu Bakr) would be saying for the second one (Umar)’. [6] قال: و قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «يقول: يا ليتني اتخذت مع الرسول عليا وليا: يا وَيْلَتى لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلاناً خَلِيلًا يعني الثاني لَقَدْ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جاءَنِي، يعني الولاية وَ كانَ الشَّيْطانُ و هو الثاني لِلْإِنْسانِ خَذُولًا».

(Ali Bin Ibrahim) said, ‘And Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘He (Abu Bakr) would be saying, ‘O I wish I had taken [25:28] Ali -asws as a Guardian along with the Rasool -saww !’ Oh! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend! [25:28] – Meaning the second one (Umar). He strayed me away from the Zikr after when it had come to me [25:29] – meaning the Wilayah, and the Satan – and he is the second one (Umar), has always abandoned the human being! [25:29] ’.

[7] الشيباني: عن الباقر و الصادق (عليهما السلام): «السبيل هاهنا: علي (عليه السلام)، يا وَيْلَتى لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلاناً خَلِيلًا لَقَدْ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ يعني عليا (عليه السلام)». Al-Shaybani, (It has been narrated) from Al-Baqir -asws and Al-Sadiq -asws having said: ‘The Sabeel over here is Ali -asws . Oh! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend! [25:28] He strayed me away from the Zikr [25:29] – meaning Ali -asws ’.

[8] وقال أيضا: روي عن الباقر و الصادق (عليهما السلام): «أن هذه الآيات نزلت في رجلين من مشايخ قريش، أسلما بألسنتهما و كانا ينافقان النبي (عليه السلام)، و آخى بينهما يوم الإخاء، فصد أحدهما صاحبه عن الهدى، فهلكا جميعا، And he (Al-Shaybani) said as well – ‘It has been reported from Al-Baqir -asws and Al-Sadiq -asws having said: ‘These Verses were Revealed regarding two men from the sheykhs of Quraysh ( first and second ) [9] .

They professed to Islam with their tongues and were hypocritical to the Prophet -saww , and brotherhood was established between them on the day of the establishment of the brotherhood. So one of them pushed his companions away from the guidance. Thus both of them were destroyed. فحكى الله تعالى حكايتهما في الآخرة، و قولهما عند ما ينزل عليهما من العذاب، فيحزن و يتأسف على ما قدم، و يتندم حيث لم ينفعه الندم».

Therefore Allah -azwj has Related about the two of them in the Hereafter, and the words of the both of them during the descent of the Punishment upon them. So, he would grieve and say sorry upon what he had done, and he would regret, when the regret would be of no benefit’. [10] Wishes number 5: Oh, if only we have obeyed Allah and obeyed the Rasool!

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