He -asws said...

He -asws said: ‘The concealed one – Imam -asws who would be concealed during his -asws era during the cutting-off from his -asws knowledge in the presence of the people, in the year two hundred and sixty. Then he -asws would appear like the brilliant meteor during the dark night. So if you were to come across him -asws , it would delight your eyes’’.

[3] محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن العلاء، عن محمد بن الحسن بن شمون، عن عثمان‏ ابن أبي شيبة، عن الحسين بن عبد الله الأرجاني، عن سعد بن طريف، عن الأصبغ بن نباتة، عن علي (عليه السلام)، قال: سأله ابن الكواء، عن قوله عز و جل: فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ، قال: «إن الله لا يقسم بشي‏ء من خلقه، فأما قوله: بِالْخُنَّسِ فإنه ذكر قوما خنسوا علم الأوصياء و دعوا الناس إلى غير مودتهم، و معنى خنسوا: ستروا».

Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Usman Ibn Abu Shayba, from Al-Husayn Bin Abdullah Al-Arjany, from Sa’d Bin Tareyf, from Asbag Bin Nabata, who has said: ‘Ibn Al-Kawa asked (Imam) Ali -asws about the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: But no!

I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16] , he -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj did not Swear by anything from His -azwj creatures, so, as for His -azwj Words (Al-Khunnas), so it is a Mention of a people who hid the Knowledge of the successors -asws and called the people to the cordiality (Mawaddat) of others. And the meaning of ‘Khannasu’ is to conceal’.

فقال له: الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ؟ قال: «يعني الملائكة، جرت بالعلم إلى رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) فكنسه عن الأوصياء من أهل بيته لا يعلم به أحد غيرهم، و معنى كنسه: رفعه و توارى به». So he (Ibn Al-Kawa) said to him -asws , ‘(What about) ‘Al-Kunnas’?’ He -asws said: ‘It means the Angels, flowing with the Knowledge to the Rasool-Allah -saww , so they raise (the matter) with the successors -asws from the People -asws of his -saww Household, no one knows about it apart from them -asws .

And the meaning of ‘Kanasahu’ is to raise it and go into hiding with it’. قال: فقوله وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا عَسْعَسَ [قال: «يعني ظلمة الليل،] و هذا ضربه الله مثلا لمن ادعى الولاية لنفسه و عدل عن ولاة الأمر». He (Ibn Al-Kawa) said, ‘(What about) His -azwj Words: And the night when it darkens [81:17] ’.

He -asws said: ‘It Means the darkness of the night, and this is the example Struck by Allah -azwj for the one who leaves Al-Wilayah for himself, and decided against the Master -asws of the Command (Wali Al-Amr)’.

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