وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتابِ...
وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتابِ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتابِ And he -asws was asked about: The one with whom was the knowledge from the Book [27:40] , is he more knowledgeable or the one: who has Knowledge of the Book [13:43] ?’ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ عِلْمُ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتابِ عِنْدَ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتابِ إِلَّا بِقَدْرِ مَا تَأْخُذُ الْبَعُوضَةُ بِجَنَاحِهَا مِنْ مَاءِ الْبَحْرِ He -asws said: ‘The knowledge of The one with whom was the knowledge from the Book [27:40] , in the presence of (compared to) the one who has Knowledge of the Book [13:43] , was not except by a measurement of what a mosquito can take with its wings from the water of the ocean.
وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَلَا إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي هَبَطَ بِهِ آدَمُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ جَمِيعَ مَا فُضِّلَتْ بِهِ النَّبِيُّونَ إِلَى خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ فِي عِتْرَةِ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ And Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Indeed!
The knowledge which Adam -as descended with from the sky to the earth, and the entirety of what the Prophets -as had been Graced with, up to the last of the Prophets -as , is in the family of the last of the Prophets -as ’’.
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