قُلْتُ كَمِ الْمُرْسَلُونَ مِنْهُمْ I -ra said...
قُلْتُ كَمِ الْمُرْسَلُونَ مِنْهُمْ I -ra said, ‘ How many are Messengers (Mursils) from them -as ?’ قَالَ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ جَمّاً غَفِيراً He -saww said: ‘ Three hundred and thirteen (313), an immense multitudes ’. قُلْتُ مَنْ كَانَ أَوَّلَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ I -ra said, ‘Who was first of the Prophets -as ?’ قَالَ آدَمُ He -saww said: ‘Adam -as ’.
قُلْتُ وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مُرْسَلًا I -ra said, ‘And was he -saww from the Sent (Mursil) Prophets -as ?’ قَالَ نَعَمْ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ وَ نَفَخَ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِهِ He -saww said: ‘Yes. Allah -azwj Created him -as with His -azwj Hands and Blew from His -azwj Spirit into him -as ’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ سُرْيَانِيُّونَ آدَمُ وَ شَيْثٌ وَ أَخْنُوخُ وَ هُوَ إِدْرِيسُ ع وَ هُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ خَطَّ بِالْقَلَمِ وَ نُوحٌ وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ هُودٌ وَ صَالِحٌ وَ شُعَيْبٌ وَ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ أَوَّلُ نَبِيٍّ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُوسَى وَ آخِرُهُمْ عِيسَى وَ سِتُّ مِائَةِ نَبِيٍّ Then he -saww said: ‘O Abu Zarr -ra !
From the Prophets -as there are Assyrians – Adam -as , and Shees -as , and Akhnouk -as , and he -as is Idrees -as , and he -as is the first one to write with the pen, and Noah -as ; and there are four from the Arabs – Hud -as , and Salih -as , and Shueyb -as , and your ‑ra Prophet -saww Muhammad -saww ; and the first Prophet -as from the Children of Israel is Musa -as and their -as one is Isa -as and six hundred Prophets -as ’.
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَمْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ كِتَابٍ I -ra said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! How many Books did Allah -azwj the Exalted Reveal?’ قَالَ مِائَةُ كِتَابِ وَ أَرْبَعَةُ كُتُبٍ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى شَيْثٍ ع خَمْسِينَ صَحِيفَةً وَ عَلَى إِدْرِيسَ ثَلَاثِينَ صَحِيفَةً وَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ عِشْرِينَ صَحِيفَةً وَ أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ وَ الزَّبُورَ وَ الْفُرْقَانَ He -saww said: ‘ One hundred and four (104) Books .
Allah -azwj the Exalted Revealed unto Shees -as five hundred Parchments, and upon Idrees -as thirty Parchments, and upon Ibrahim -as twenty Parchments, and Revealed the Torah, and the Evangel, and the Psalms, and the Furqan’. قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا كَانَتْ صُحُفُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ I -ra said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !
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