[22] الإختصاص رُوِيَ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع كَانَ...
[22] الإختصاص رُوِيَ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع كَانَ قَاعِداً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَ عِنْدَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ حَدِّثْنَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ وَيْحَكُمْ إِنَّ كَلَامِي صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ لَا يَعْقِلُهُ إِلَّا الْعَالِمُونَ قَالُوا لَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنَا قَالَ قُومُوا بِنَا فَدَخَلَ الدَّارَ (The book) ‘Al Ikhtisaas’ – ‘It is reported that Amir Al-Momineen -asws was seated in the Masjid and in his -asws presence was a group of his -asws companions.
They said to him -asws , ‘Narrate to us, O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !’ He -asws said to them: ‘Woe be to you all! My -asws speech is difficult, become more difficult. No one will understand it, except the learned!’ They said, ‘There is no escape from you -asws narrating to us’. He -asws said: ‘Arise with us -asws !’ He -asws entered the house.
فَقَالَ أَنَا الَّذِي عَلَوْتُ فَقَهَرْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أُحْيِي وَ أُمِيتُ أَنَا الْأَوَّلُ وَ الْآخِرُ وَ الظَّاهِرُ وَ الْباطِنُ He -asws said: ‘I -asws am the one who ascended, so I -asws conquered! I -asws am the one who revives and causes to die!
I -asws and the first, and the last, and the apparent, and the esoteric!’ فَغَضِبُوا وَ قَالُوا كَفَرَ وَ قَامُوا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع لِلْبَابِ يَا بَابُ اسْتَمْسِكْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَاسْتَمْسَكَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابُ فَقَالَ أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ كَلَامِي صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ لَا يَعْقِلُهُ إِلَّا الْعَالِمُونَ تَعَالَوْا أُفَسِّرْ لَكُمْ They were angered and said: ‘Kufr!’ And they arose. Ali -asws said to the door: ‘O door! Withhold upon them!’ The door withheld upon them’.
He -asws said: ‘Did I -asws not say to you all that my -asws speech is difficult, become more difficult, no one can understand it except the learned? Come, I -asws shall interpret for you.
أَمَّا قَوْلِي أَنَا الَّذِي عَلَوْتُ فَقَهَرْتُ فَأَنَا الَّذِي عَلَوْتُكُمْ بِهَذَا السَّيْفِ فَقَهَرْتُكُمْ حَتَّى آمَنْتُمْ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلِي أَنَا أُحْيِي وَ أُمِيتُ فَأَنَا أُحْيِي السُّنَّةَ وَ أُمِيتُ الْبِدْعَةَ As for my -asws words: ‘I -asws am the one who arose, so I -asws subdued’, so I -asws am the one who arose upon you all with this sword, and I -asws subdued you all until you believed in Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww .
And as for my -asws words: ‘I -asws revive and I -asws cause to die’, so I -asws revive the Sunnah and I -asws cause the innovation to die.
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