عَلَى ذَلِكَ نَسَلَتِ‏ الْقُرُونُ و مَضَتِ الدُّهُورُ وَ...

عَلَى ذَلِكَ نَسَلَتِ‏ الْقُرُونُ و مَضَتِ الدُّهُورُ وَ سَلَفَتِ الْآبَاءُ وَ خَلَفَتِ الْأَبْنَاءُ The generations procreated upon that, and the times passed, and the fathers became ancestors and left sons behind.

مبعث النبي‏ Sending (Prophet-hood) إِلَى أَنْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ مُحَمَّداً [ص‏] رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لِإِنْجَازِ عِدَتِهِ‏ وَ إِتْمَامِ نُبُوَّتِهِ مَأْخُوذاً عَلَى النَّبِيِّينَ مِيثَاقُهُ مَشْهُورَةً سِمَاتُهُ‏ كَرِيماً مِيلَادُهُ وَ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِلَلٌ مُتَفَرِّقَةٌ وَ أَهْوَاءٌ مُنْتَشِرَةٌ وَ طَرَائِقُ مُتَشَتِّتَةٌ بَيْنَ مُشَبِّهٍ لِلَّهِ بِخَلْقِهِ أَوْ مُلْحِدٍ فِي اسْمِهِ أَوْ مُشِيرٍ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ ‘Up to the time when Allah -azwj the Glorious Sent Muhammad -saww to Fulfil His -azwj Promise and Complete his -saww Prophet-hood, having been Taken as a Covenant upon the Prophet -saww , his -saww name being well-known (in the previous Books), his -saww birth being honourable; and on that day the people of the earth were of different religion and separate thinking, and being on various paths – between resembling Allah -azwj to His -azwj creatures, or being apostates in His -azwj Name, or indicating to someone else.

فَهَدَاهُمْ بِهِ مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ وَ أَنْقَذَهُمْ بِمَكَانِهِ مِنَ الْجَهَالَةِ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ سُبْحَانَهُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص لِقَاءَهُ وَ رَضِيَ لَهُ مَا عِنْدَهُ وَ أَكْرَمَهُ عَنْ دَارِ الدُّنْيَا وَ رَغِبَ بِهِ عَنْ مَقَامِ الْبَلْوَى فَقَبَضَهُ إِلَيْهِ كَرِيماً ص وَ خَلَّفَ فِيكُمْ مَا خَلَّفَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ فِي أُمَمِهَا إِذْ لَمْ يَتْرُكُوهُمْ هَمَلًا بِغَيْرِ طَرِيقٍ وَاضِحٍ وَ لَا عَلَمٍ قَائِمٍ- He -saww guided them from the straying and saved them from the ignorance in its place.