فَقَالَ أَ مَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنَّ أَعْدَاءَكُمْ يَقْتُلُ...
فَقَالَ أَ مَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنَّ أَعْدَاءَكُمْ يَقْتُلُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً وَ أَنْتُمْ آمِنُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ أُعْطِيَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ قُوَّةَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا وَ جُعِلَ قُلُوبُكُمْ كَزُبَرِ الْحَدِيدِ لَوْ قَذَفْتُمْ بِهَا الْجِبَالَ فَلَقَتْهَا وَ أَنْتُمْ قُوَّامُ الْأَرْضِ وَ خُزَّانُهَا. He -asws said: ‘Are you not pleased that your enemies are killing each other while you are secure in your houses?
Surely if that were to happen, the man from you would be given the strength of forty men and your hearts would be made to be like slabs of iron. Even if you were to throw mountains at it, these would be smashed, and you are custodians of the earth and its treasurers’’.
[37] Advice of the 11th Imam -asws : وَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ الْهَرَوِيُّ قَالَ: خَرَجَ تَوْقِيعٌ مِنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع إِلَى بَعْضِ بَنِي أَسْبَاطٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أُخْبِرُهُ عَنِ اخْتِلَافِ الْمَوَالِي وَ أَسْأَلُهُ إِظْهَارَ دَلِيلٍ And it is narrated to me by Al-Qasim Al-Harwy who said, ‘A signed note emerged from Abu Muhammad -asws to one of the clan of Asbaat. I wrote to him -asws , informing him -asws about the differing of the friends, and asked him -asws to reveal evidence.
فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ وَ إِنَّمَا خَاطَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْعَاقِلَ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَأْتِي بِآيَةٍ أَوْ يَظْهَرَ دَلِيلًا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ سَيِّدُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ فَقَالُوا سَاحِرٌ وَ كَاهِنٌ وَ كَذَّابٌ وَ هَدَى اللَّهُ مَنِ اهْتَدَى He -asws wrote to me: ‘And rather Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Addressed the intellectual.
There wasn’t anyone who came with a Sign, or manifested evidence, any more than what the last of the Prophets -as and chief of the Messengers -as had come with. They said, ‘Sorcerer, and soothsayer, and liar!’ And Allah -azwj Guided the one who sought guidance.
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