AAL-E-IMRAAN (Chapter 3) Verses 1 – 34

AAL-E-IMRAAN (Chapter 3) Verses 1 – 34 | L-E-IMRAAN (Chapter 3) Verses 1 – 34 Details Brief Introduction of Sura Aal-e-Imran (3): MERITS VERSE 1 VERSE 2 VERSES 3 & 4 VERSE 5 VERSE 6 VERSE 7 VERSE 8 VERSE 9 VERSES 10 – 13 VERSE 14 VERSES 15 – 17 VERSE 18 VERSE 19 VERSES 20 – 22 VERSES 23 – 25 VERSE 26 VERSE 27 VERSES 28 & 29 The Command of (observing) the Taqiyya (Dissimulation) VERSE 30 VERSES 31 & 32 VERSES 33 & 34 Appendix I: Interpretation of Verses 3:33-34 and 3:173-174 Appendix II: Example of Tahreef in the Quran, including Verse 3:123 Appendix III: Story of Prophet Isa-as when being raised to the Heavens AAL-E-IMRAAN (Chapter 3) Verses 1 – 34 Download PDF CHAPTER 3 AAL-E-IMRAAN (The Children of Al-Imran) (200 VERSES) VERSES 1 to 34 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Brief Introduction of Sura Aal-e-Imran (3): Sura Aal-e-Imran (200 verses) was revealed in Madinah. [1] The Sura is called Aal-e-Imran or Al-Imran due to the word, “Imran”, which is in two Verese 3:33 and 3:35: The Verse thirty-five refers to Imran -as, the father of Maryam -as (Marry the mother Prophet Isa -as ) The third Sura is also called ‘Tayyiba’, in support of the Infallibility of Maryam-as (the daughter of Imran -as and mother Prophet Isa -as ). We below reproduce the two famous Verses (3:33-3:35): إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَىٰ آدَمَ وَنُوحًا وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ Surely, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the progeny of Ibrahim and the progeny of Imran above the worlds [3:33] إِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَأَتُ عِمْرَانَ رَبِّ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِي بَطْنِي مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ When a wife of Imraan said: ‘My Lord! I vow to You what is in my womb, to be devoted (to Your worship), therefore Accept from me, surely You are the Hearing, the Knowing’ [3:35]. It was asked from Abu Abdullah -asws about Words of Blessed and Exalted: Alif Lam Meem [3:1] Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Living, the Eternal [3:2] And He Revealed the Criterion; [3:4]. He -asws said: ‘The Furqan (Criterion), it is every Decisive Command, and the Book as a whole is the Quran which ratifies the ones from the Prophets -as who were before it’’. [2] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘ And none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge. [3:7]. We -asws know it’’. [3] I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It has passed in argumentation by Al-Hassan -asws Bin Ali -asws and his -asws companions against Muawiya. He -asws said: ‘We -asws, People -asws of the Household, are saying that the Imams -asws are from us -asws, and that the caliphate cannot be correct except among us -asws, and that Allah -azwj has Made us to be its rightful in His -azwj Book and Sunnah of His -azwj Prophet -saww, and that the knowledge is among us -asws, and we -asws are its rightful, and it is collected with us -asws, all of it, with its entirety. And surely, nothing will occur up to the Day of Qiyamah, even a compensation of a scratch, except and it (its knowledge) is with us -asws, written down by the dictation of Rasool-Allah -saww and handwriting of Rasool-Allah -saww by his -asws hand, while the people are alleging that they are foremost with that than us -asws, even you, O son of Hind, claimed that. And you alleged that Umar had sent a message to my -asws father -asws, ‘I want you -asws to write the Quran in a book form, so send to me whatever you -asws have written from the Quran (so far)’. He -asws went to him and said: ‘By Allah -azwj! You will have to strike off my -asws neck before I -asws send it to you!’ He said, ‘And why?’ He -asws said: ‘Because Allah -azwj the Exalted Said: and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge. [3:7]. It is me -asws He -azwj has Meant by it, and He -azwj did neither Mean (by it) you nor your companions’. Umar was angered, then said, ‘The son -asws of Abu Talib -asws reckons that he -asws is alone, there isn’t anyone having any knowledge with him apart from him -asws. One who had been reciting anything from the Quran, so let him come to me!’ So, whenever a man came and read out something with him and there was another one regarding it, he had it written down, or else he did not write it down. Then they said, ‘A lot from the Quran has been wasted!’ But they lied! By Allah -azwj! But it is collected, preserved with its rightful ones’’. [4] ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him -asws saying: ‘The Quran is a rebuker and an instructor. It instructs with (going to) the Paradise and rebukes from (going to) the Hellfire. And in it are Decisive and Allegorical (Verses). As for the Decisive, it is to be believed in, and worked with, and made a religion with it; and as for the Allegorical, it is to be believed in and not worked with. And it is Word of Allah -azwj: Then as for those in whose hearts there is perversity, so they are following what is allegorical from it, seeking the Fitna and seeking its (personal) interpretation. And none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge. They are saying, ‘We believe in it. It is all from the Presence of our Lord’. [3:7] – and the ones immersed in knowledge are Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww ’’. [5] And from Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws, from his -asws father -asws, from his -asws forefathers -asws, from the Prophet -as having said: ‘When Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Wanted to Reveal Opening of the Book (Surah Al Fatiha), and Ayat Al Kursi, and Allah Testifies [3:18], and Say: ‘O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! [3:26] – up to His -azwj Words: without measure [3:27], suspended these with the Throne, there not being any veil between these and Allah -azwj. They said, ‘O Lord -azwj! You -azwj are Sending us down to the house of sins and to the ones who disobey You -azwj, and we are attached with the cleanliness and the Holiness!’ The Glorious Said: “By My -azwj Might and My -azwj Majesty! There is none from a servant reciting you (the above Verses) at the end of every Salat except I -azwj shall Settle him in the Holy Enclosure based upon what was in it, or else I -azwj shall Look at him with My -azwj Hidden Eye seventy Glances every day, or else I -azwj shall Decree for him seventy needs every day, the least of these being the Forgiveness, or else I -azwj shall Shelter him from every enemy and Help him against him, and not Prevent him from entering the Paradise, except the death’’. [6] ‘I heard Abu Ja’far -asws reciting this Verse as: Surely Allah Chose Adam and Noah and the progeny of Ibrahim and the progeny of Imran and the Progeny of Muhammad above the worlds [3:33]. I said, ‘It isn’t read like that!’ He -asws said: ‘They have inserted a word in place of a word’’. [7] ‘Imam Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws (5 th Imam) ‘(What about) the Words of Allah -azwj in His -azwj Book: Those who believe then commit Kufr [4:137], he -asws said: ‘Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar), and the third (Usman), and the fourth (Muawiya), and Abdul Rahman (Ibn Awf), and Talha, and they were seventeen men’, And Then people said to Rasool Allah -saww, ‘He -asws (Imam Ali -asws ) is better than Adam -as, and Noah -as, and Ibrahim -as and the Prophets -as?’ Allah -azwj Revealed: Surely Allah chose Adam and Noah and the progeny of Ibrahim [3:33] – up to: Hearing, Knowing [3:34]. They said, ‘So he -asws is better than you -saww are, O Muhammad -saww!’ Allah -azwj Said: Say: ‘O you people! I am a Rasool of Allah to you all, [7:158], but he -asws is better than you all, and his -asws offspring is better than your offspring, and one who follows him is better than one who follows you all’. They arose angrily and said in addition, ‘The return to the Kufr is easier upon us than what he -saww is saying regarding the son -asws of his -saww uncle -as!’ And that is the Word of Allah -azwj then increase in Kufr, [4:137] ’’. [8] See the complete Hadeeth in Appendix I. [9] ‘From one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam -asws ) having said: ‘ I vow to You what is in my womb, [3:35] to the synagogue that she -as will serve the servants, and the male isn’t like the female regarding the service’. He -asws said: ‘She -as became a youth and was serving them, and feeding them until she was an adult. So, Zakariyya -as ordered that a veil be taken for her -as besides the servants, and he -as was coming to see her -as, and he -as saw in her -as presence fruits of the winter in the summer, and fruits of the summer in the winter, so that is when Zakariyya -as and Yahya -as was Granted to him -as ’’. [10] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘When the wife of Imran -as vowed what was in her belly for consecration – and the one devoted to the Masjid, when born, enters the Masjid and does not exit from the Masjid, ever, so when Maryam -as was born, she said, ‘My Lord! Surely I have placed a female’ – and Allah was more Knowing of what she placed – and the male isn’t like the female; ‘And I have named her Maryam, and I seek Refuge with You for her and her offspring from the Pelted Satan’ [3:36]. The Prophets -as cast lots upon her -as and Zakariyya -as won the lote, and he -as was husband of her -as sister, and took responsibility for her, and entered her -as into the Masjid. When she -as reached adulthood what the women tend to reach, from the menstruation, and she -as was the most beautiful of the women, and she -as used to pray Salat and the prayer niche would be illuminated due to her -as radiance. Zakariyya -as entered to see her -as, and there in her -as presence were winter fruits in the summer, and summer fruits in the winter. He -as said: ‘ ‘From where does this come to you?’ She said: ‘It is from Allah. [3:37]. So, over there, Zakariyya -as supplicated to his -as Lord -azwj. He -as said: ‘ And I fear my successors from after me, [19:5] – up to what Allah -azwj Mentioned from the story of Zakariyya -as and Yahya -as ’’. [11] It is reported from Abu Ja’far -asws (5 th Imam): ‘Allah -azwj Revealed to Imran: “I -azwj shall Grant a male child to you -as, Blessed. He -as will cure the blind and the leper and revive the dead by the Permission of Allah -azwj, and be a Rasool -as to the Children of Israel!” He -as informed his -as wife with that, and she -as became pregnant and place Maryam -as. She said, ‘My Lord! Surely I have placed a female [3:36], and the female cannot happen to be a Rasool -as ’. And Imran -as said to her -as: ‘Surely a male can become a Prophet -as ’. When she saw that, she said what she said. Allah -azwj Said, and His -azwj Words are the Truth: and Allah was more Knowing of what she placed [3:36]. Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘That was Isa -as Bin Maryam -as. So, if we -asws say to you all that the command would happen to be in one of us -asws, it could happen to be in his -asws son -asws, or son -asws of his -asws son -asws, or son -asws of a son -asws of his -asws son -asws. Then, it will be in him -asws, therefore do not be denying that’’. [12] ‘Al-Sadiq -asws said regarding the Words of the Exalted: And (an example of) Maryam, daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, [66:12]: ‘Her -as chastity was guarded before the birth of Isa -as be five hundred years’. He -asws said: ‘The first one to have lots cast upon was Maryam -as Bint Imran -as. Her -as mother vowed whatever was in her belly to be devoted to the synagogue, but she placed it as a female. She -as became a youth and used to serve the servants, feeding them, until she -as was an adult. And Zakariyya -as instructed that he -asws would take a veil to be for her -as besides the servants. Zakariyya -as used to come to see her -as and he -as was in her -as presence fruits of the winter in the summer and fruits of the summer in the winter. He -as said: ‘From where does this come to you?’ She said: ‘It is from Allah. [3:37], the Exalted’. And he -asws said: ‘Maryam -as lived after Imran -as for five hundred years’’. [13] ‘When Ja’far -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws came out from the land of Ethiopia to the Prophet -saww, Ja’far -asws arrived and the Prophet -saww was in the land of Khyber. He -asws came to him -saww with gold strings and the gold rock. The Prophet -saww said: ‘I -saww will hand over this gold to a man who loves Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww, and Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww love him -asws ’. The companions of the Prophet -saww extended their necks to it, and the Prophet -saww said: ‘Where is Ali -asws?’ Ammar Bin Yasser -ra leapt from him -saww and called Ali -asws. When he -asws came the Prophet -saww said to him -asws: ‘O Ali -asws! Take this gold to you -asws ’. Ali -asws took it and stalled until he -asws arrived at Al-medina. He -asws went to Al-Baqie and it is a market of Al-Medina, and instructed a goldsmith to make small pieces and sold the gold, and it was a thousand ounces. Ali -asws distributed it among the poor of the Emigrants and the Helpers, then returned to his -asws house and did not leave (for himself -asws ) neither little nor more from the gold. The Prophet -saww met him -asws the next morning among a number of his -saww companions, among them were Huzeyfa and Ammar -ra. He -saww said: ‘O Ali -asws! Yesterday you -asws took a thousand ounces (of gold), so make my -saww lunch today and these companions of mine -saww to be with you -asws ’, and Ali -asws did not happen to have anything to return to on that day, from the display of gold or silver’. He -asws said embarrassed from him -saww and benevolence: ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah -saww, and enter in the grace and capacity, O Prophet -saww of Allah -azwj, you -saww and the ones with you -saww ’. He said, ‘So the Prophet -saww entered, then said to us: ‘Enter’. Huzeyfa said, ‘And we were five persons, I and Ammar, and Salman -ra and Abu Zarr -ra, and Al-Miqdad -ra, and we entered and Ali -asws went to (Syeda) Fatima -asws seeking something with her -asws from provision. He -asws found a pot of boiling Sareyd in the middle of the room and upon it was a lot of froth, and it was as if its aroma was of musk. Ali -asws carried it until he -asws place it in front of Rasool-Allah -saww and the ones present with him -saww. We ate from it until we were full and nothing was reduced from it, neither little nor more, and the Prophet -saww stood up until he -saww went to (Syeda) Fatima -asws and said: ‘From where did this food come to you -asws, O Fatima -asws?’ She -asws replied to him -saww and we were listening to their -asws words. She -asws said: ‘It is from Allah. Surely Allah Gives to whom He so Desires to without measure’ [3:37]. The Prophet -saww came out to us happy, joyful and he -saww was saying: ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj Who did not Cause me -saww to die until I -saww saw for my -saww daughter -asws what Zakariya -as had seen for Maryam -as. Whenever Zakariya entered the Prayer Niche to (see) her, he found food in her presence. He said: ‘O Maryam! From where does this come to you?’ She said: ‘It is from Allah. Surely Allah Gives to whom He so Desires to without measure’ [3:37] ’’. [14] ‘From the Prophet -saww having said regarding (Syeda) Fatima -asws and what would be hitting her -asws from the injustices after him -saww: ‘Then she -asws will see herself -asws as being humiliated afterwards having been dear in the days of her -asws father -saww. During that, Allah -azwj the Exalted will Comfort her -asws with the Angels. They will call out to her -asws with what they had called out to Maryam -as Bint Imran -as, and they would saying, ‘O Fatima -asws! Allah has Chosen you and Purified you and Chosen you above the women of the worlds’ [3:42]. O Fatima -asws! Be obedient to your Lord and perform Sajdahs and Rukus along with the Ruku performers [3:43]. Then the illness would begin with her -asws, so Allah -azwj will Send Maryam Bint Imran -as to her -asws to console her -asws and comfort her -asws during her -asws illness’’. [15] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘The first on to be drawn lots upon was Maryam Bint Imran -as, and it is the Word of Allah -azwj: and you were not with them when they cast their pens (to decide) which of them would have the responsibility of Maryam [3:44], and their arrows were six (in number)’. Then lots were drawn regarding Yunus -as when he -as sailed with the group and the ship stalled in the waves. So, they drew lots and the lot fell upon Yunus -as three times’. He -asws said: ‘Yunus -as went to the middle of the ship and there the whaled had opened its mouth, and he -as threw himself -as ’’. [16] Imam Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) said: ‘But rather (Syeda) Fatima -asws is called ‘Muhaddisa’ because the Angels used to descend from the sky and call out at her -asws just as they used to call out at Maryam -as Bint Imran -as, and say: ‘O Fatima -asws! Allah has Chosen you and Purified you and Chosen you above the women of the worlds’ [3:42]. O Fatima -asws! Be obedient to your Lord and perform Sajdahs and Rukus along with the Ruku performers [3:43]. Syeda -asws discussed with them and they discussed with her -asws. One night she -asws said to them: ‘Isn’t Maryam -as Bint Imran -as the most superior over the women of the worlds?’ They said, ‘Maryam -as was Chieftess of the women of her worlds, and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Made you -asws Chieftess of the women of your -asws world, and her -as world, and Chieftess of the former ones and the latter ones’’. [17] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws regarding His -azwj Words: and I shall inform you of what you have eaten and what you are hoarding in your houses [3:49]. He -asws said: ‘It was so that Isa -as was saying to the Children of Israel: ‘I -as am a Rasool -as of Allah -azwj to you. I shall shape for you from the clay like a bird, then I shall breathe into it so it would become a bird by the Permission of Allah; and I shall cure the blind and the leprous [3:49]. And the blindness it is the blindness at birth. They said, ‘We do not see that you -as do, except as being sorcery. Therefore, can you -as show us a Sign we can know that you -as are truthful?’ He -as said ‘What would be your view if I -as inform you of what you have eaten and what you are hoarding in your houses [3:49]?’ He -as was saying: ‘What you have eaten in your houses before you came out, and what you have kept stashed away for the night. Would you then now that I -as are truthful?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He -as was saying to the man: ‘You ate such and such, and drank such and such, and the left-over(s) were such and such’. From them was one who accepted from him -as and believed, and from them was one who denied and disbelieved. And it was a Sign for them in that, if they had been Momineen ’. [18] Imam Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) says: ‘In between Dawood -as and Isa -as Bin Maryam -as there were four hundred years. And the Law of Isa -as was that he -as was Sent with the Oneness, and the sincerity, and with what Noah -as, and Ibrahim -as, and Musa -as had been bequeathed with. And the Evangel was Revealed unto him -as, and the Covenant was taken from him -as which was Taken from the Prophets -as. And there was Initiated for him -as in the Book, the establishment of the Salat along with the Religion, and the enjoining of the good, and the forbidding from the evil, and the prohibition of the Prohibited, and the permission for the Permissible’. And it was Revealed upon him in the Evangel, Advice, and the examples, and the Limits (of the Law). And there wasn’t in it (the Law of) Retribution, nor Judgements of the Limits, nor the Obligations of the inheritances. And it was Revealed unto him -as lighter than what was Revealed unto Musa -as in the Torah. And these are the Words of Allah -azwj the High with regards to what Isa -as Bin Maryam -as said to the Children of Israel And a verification of what came before me of the Torah’ and that I may permit for you part of that which has been Prohibited unto you [3:50]. And Isa -as ordered the ones who were with him -as from the ones who followed him -as from the Momineen that they should believe in the Law of the Torah as well as the Evangel’’. [19] Imam Abu Abdullah -asws says: ‘The disciples of Isa -as were his -as Shias, and our -asws Shias are our -asws disciples, and the disciples of Isa -as were not more obedient to him -as than our -asws disciples are to us -asws. And rather, Isa -as said to the disciples: ‘Who will be my helpers to Allah?’ The disciples said: ‘We are helpers of Allah’ [3:52]. So, no, by Allah -azwj! They neither helped him -as from the Jews nor did they fight besides him -as, while our -asws Shias, by Allah -azwj, since Allah -azwj, Mighty is His -azwj Mention, Captured (the soul of) Rasool-Allah -saww, have not ceased to help us -asws and fight besides us, and they are being incinerated, and being punished, and being displaced in the cities. Allah -azwj will Recompense them goodly on our -asws behalf’’. [20] It is narrated from Imam Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj: So when Isa perceived Kufr from them [3:52]: ‘When he -as heard and saw that they had disbelieved. And the sensory perceptions are five which Allah -azwj has Placed in the people – The hearing of the sounds, and the seeing of the colours and its distinguishing; and the smell to recognise the good and the bad aroma; and the taste of the foods and distinguishing it; and the touch for the recognition of the heat and the cold, and the soft and the coarse’’. [21] ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said regarding the Words of Mighty and Majestic: And when Allah said: “O Isa, I shall Take you and Raise you to Me and Purify you from those who are disbelieving [3:55]. So, they were not able upon killing him -as and crucifying him -as because they, had they been able upon that, would have belied His -azwj Words: But! Allah Raised him to Him, [4:158], and Taking him -as. When Allah -azwj Wanted to Raise him -as, Revealed to him -as to deposit the Light of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Wisdom, and Knowledge of His -azwj Book to Shamoun Bin Hamoun Al-Safa, being a Caliph upon the Momineen. He -as did that. Shamoun -as did not cease to be staying with the Commands of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic and guiding with the entirety of the words of Isa -as among his -as people from the Children of Israel, and fighting the Kafirs. Thus, the one who believed in him -as with what he -as had come with was a Momin, and one who rejected him -as and disobeyed him -as was a Kafir, until our Lord -azwj Mighty and Majestic Accomplished, and Sent among His -azwj servants, a Prophet -as from the righteous ones, and he -as is Yahya Bin Zakariyya -as. [22] Find the complete Hadeeth in the Appendix II. Imam Abu Abdullah -asws has narrated that ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws was asked about his -asws own merits, so he -asws mentioned some of them. Then they said to him -asws, ‘Increase us’. He -asws said: ‘Two monks from the Christian monks came to Rasool-Allah -saww and they spoke regarding the matter of Isa -as. So, Allah -azwj Revealed this Verse: Surely, the example of Isa with Allah is like the example of Adam [3:59] – up to the end of the Verse. Rasool-Allah -saww entered holding that hand of Ali -asws and Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Husayn -asws and (Syeda) Fatima -asws, then he -saww went out and raised his -saww hand towards the sky and separated between his -saww fingers and called them to the imprecation’. He -asws said, ‘And Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘And like that is the imprecation. He -saww interlocked his -saww hand in his -saww hand and raised them towards the sky. When the two monks saw him -saww, one of them said to his companion, ‘By Allah -azwj! If he -saww was a Prophet -saww, we will be destroyed, and if he -saww was other than a Prophet -saww, he -saww will restrain his -saww people and we shall restrain’, and they both left’’. [23] Rasool-Allah -saww has said ‘For Ali -asws there are three things if even one would happen to be for me -saww it would be more beloved to me -saww than all the bounties’. I heard Rasool-Allah -saww saying to Ali -asws, and he -saww had left him -asws behind during one of his -saww military expeditions, and he -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww! You -saww are leaving me -asws behind with the women and the children’. Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Are you -asws not pleased that you -asws happen to be from me -saww at the status of Haroun -as from Musa -as except that there will be no Prophet -saww after me -saww ’. And I heard him -saww saying on the day of Khyber: ‘I -saww will give the flag to a man who loves Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww, and Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww love him -asws ’. So, we reached out for this. He -saww said: ‘Call Ali -asws to me -saww ’. Ali -asws came with sore eyes. He -saww applied his -saww saliva in his eyes and handed over the flag to him -asws, and he -asws was victorious upon it. And when this Verse was Revealed: let us call our sons and your sons [3:61], Rasool-Allah -saww called Ali -asws and (Syeda) Fatima -asws and Hassan -asws and Husayn -asws, and he -saww said: وَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلِي ‘O Allah -azwj! They -asws are my -saww family ’’ (hence Ahl Al-Bayt -asws ). [24] ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘Three, He -azwj will neither Look at them on the Day of Qiyamah, nor will He Purify them, and for them would be a painful Punishment [3:77] – One who claims Imamate from Allah -azwj which isn’t for him, and one who rejects an Imam -asws from Allah -azwj, or says that for so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar) there is a share in Al-Islam’’. [25] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘The two sheikhs (Abu Bakr and Umar), separated from the world and did not repent, and did not remember what they had done with Amir Al-Momineen -asws. So, upon them is the Curse of Allah and the Angels and of the people, altogether [3:87] ’’. [26] ‘I asked Abu Ja’far -asws about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). He -asws said: ‘O Abu Al-Fazl! What are you asking me -asws about them?! By Allah -azwj! There does not die any deceased from us -asws except he he -asws is angry upon them, and there is no one from us -asws today except he is angry upon them, the elder from us -asws bequeathing to the young one. They both oppressed us -asws of our -asws rights, and prevented us -asws our war booty, and they were the first ones to ride upon our -asws necks, and they overflowed upon us -asws such a torrent in al Islam which will not be blocked, ever, until our -asws Qaim -asws rises or our -asws speaker speaks’. Then he -asws said: ‘But, by Allah -azwj! If our -asws Qaim -asws arises and our -asws speaker speaks, he -asws would begin with their matters what they had concealed, and he -asws would conceal from their matters what they had manifested. By Allah -azwj! No afflictions have been established nor any judgments flowed against us -asws People -asws of the Household, except those two are its first establishers, so upon them is the Curse of Allah and the Angels and of the people, altogether [3:87] ’’. [27] It is narrated from Abu Abdullah -asws: ‘ You will never attain to righteousness until you are spending what you are loving [3:92] – Like this it is, so read it as such!’’ [28] Imam Abu Abdullah -asws said regarding Words of the Exalted: and you were on the brink of a pit of the fire, so He Saved you from it by Muhammad [3:103]. By Allah -azwj, that is how Jibraeel -as descended with it unto Muhammad -saww!’’ [29] ‘From Abu Zarr Al-Ghufary -ra having said, ‘When this Verse was Revealed On the Day faces would be whitened and faces would be darkened [3:106], Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘My -saww community will return to me -saww on the Day of Judgement under five banners. The first of it would be with a calf of this community. I -asws would grab his hand, and his feet would tremble, and his face and faces of his companions would be darkened. I -saww shall ask them: ‘What did you do with the two weighty things?’ They would be saying, ‘As for the greater, we broke it up and tore it, and as for the smaller, we were inimical to it and hated it’. I -saww shall say: ‘Return thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces!’ They will be taken to the left, not having been quenched a drop. Then there will return to me -saww a flag of the Pharaoh -la of this community. I -saww shall stand and grab his hand, and his feet would tremble, and his face and faces of his companions would darken. I -saww shall say: ‘What did you do with the two weighty things?’ They would be saying, ‘As for the greater, we tore from it, and as for the smaller, we disavowed from him -asws and cursed him -asws ’. I -saww shall say: ‘Return thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces!’ They would be taken to the left, not having been quenched a drop. Then there would return to me a flag of the one with breasts, with it would be the first of the Kharijites and the last of them. I -saww shall stand and grab his hand. His feet would tremble and his face and faces of his companions would be darkened. I -saww shall say: ‘What did you do with the two weighty things after me -saww?’ They would say, ‘As for the greater, we tore from it, and as for the smaller, we disavowed from him -asws and cursed him -asws ’. I -saww shall say: ‘Return thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces. They would be taken to the left, not having been quenched a drop. Then there shall return to me -saww the flag of Amir Al-Momineen -asws and chief of the Muslims, and Imam -asws of pious, and guide of the resplendent (faces). I -saww stand and grab his -asws hand. His -asws face and faces of his -asws companions would whiten. I -saww shall say: ‘What did you -asws do with the two weighty things after me -saww?’ They would be saying, ‘As for the greater, we followed it and obeyed it, and as for the smaller, we fought alongside him -asws until we were killed’. I -saww shall say: ‘Return saturated, remaining saturated, whitened of faces!’ They would be taken to the right, and it is the Word of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: On the Day faces would be whitened and faces would be darkened. So as for those whose faces would be darkened: “Did you commit Kufr after your Eman? Then taste the Punishment due to what you were disbelieving in” [3:106] And as for those whose faces would be whitened, so in the Mercy of Allah, they would be in it eternally [3:107] ’’. [30] Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Qawlawiya, from Sa’ad Al-Ash’ari Al-Qummi Abu Al-Qasim, may Allah -azwj Mercy him, and he is its author. It is reported by our elders, from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws, may the greeting be upon him -asws ’ – and he -asws continued the Hadeeth up to he -asws said: – ‘The subject of alterations in the Verses which are different to what Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed, from what is reported by our elders, may Allah -azwj have Mercy upon them, from the Scholar -asws from Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww, may the Salawaat of Allah -azwj be upon him -saww and upon them -asws, are Words of the Majestic and Mighty: You are the best of the communities raised up for the people; you are enjoining with the goodness and forbidding from the evil and are believing in Allah; [3:110]. Abu Abdullah -asws said to a reciter of this Verse: ‘Woe be to you! Would the best community kill a son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww, may the Salawaat of Allah -saww be upon him -saww and his -saww Progeny -asws?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws, so how is it?’ He -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj had Revealed it as: ‘You are best Imams -asws!’ Can you see the Praise by Allah -azwj for them -asws in His -azwj Words: you are enjoining with the goodness and forbidding from the evil and are believing in Allah? His -azwj Praise for them -asws is an evidence upon that He -azwj did not Mean the whole community. Don’t you know that in the community there are the adulterers, and the sodomist(s), and the thieves, and the bandits, and the oppressors, and the mischief-makers? Do you view that Allah -azwj would Praise them and Name them as enjoiners of the good and forbidders of the evil? Never! Allah -azwj neither Praised them nor Named them as good people. But they are the evilest in Surah Al Nahl, and it is a recitation of the one who recites: that you could become a community which is more prosperous than (another) community. [16:92] ’. Abu Abdullah -asws said to the one recited this in his -asws presence: ‘Woe be to you! It is not ‘A’rba’ (the most prosperous?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws! So what is it?’ He -asws said: ‘But rather, Allah -azwj Majestic and Mighty Revealed: ‘So that you would be Imams -asws ’. They -asws are purer than your imams (leaders). But rather Allah -azwj is Trying you with it’’. [31] See, Verse 3:123, in the Appendix III. ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws regarding His -azwj Words: but rather the Satan caused them to lose heart (and flee) due to something what they had earned, [3:155], he -asws said: ‘They are the companions of Al-Aqaba (when they tried to make the she-camel carrying Rasool Allah -saww to fall into a deep raven while crossing a narrow mountain pass at Al-Aqaba). [32], for more information, see Battle of Tabuk and Conspiracy of Al-Aqaba | Hubeali ‘‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww ended one hundred and twenty-four thousand Prophets -as, and I -asws ended one hundred and twenty-four thousand successors -as, and I -asws encumbered and the successors -as before me -asws were not encumbered, and Allah is the Helper [12:18]. And Rasool-Allah -saww said during his -saww illness: ‘I -asws am not fearful upon you -asws that you -asws might stray after me -saww, but I -saww fear upon you -asws the mischief of Quraysh, and their habits. ‘Allah is Sufficient for us and the most excellent Protector’ [3:173] upon that a third of the Quran is regarding us -asws and regarding our -asws Shias. So, whatever was from good, it is for us -asws and for our -asws Shias; and a third of the remainder, the people are our -asws participants in it. So, whatever was in it of evil, it is for our -asws enemies’. Then He -azwj Said: ‘ ‘Are they equal, those who do not know and those do know?’ [39:9] – up to the end of the Verse. So, we -asws People -asws of the Household (are the ones who know), and our -asws Shias are the ones of understanding, and those who do not know are our -asws enemies, and our -asws Shias, they are the guided ones’’. [33] And in a lengthy Hadeeth from Al-Sadiq -asws, he -asws carried it and turned around returning towards his -asws room, and he -asws was saying: ‘ but they cast it behind their backs and took a small price for it; so evil is that which they are buying [3:187] ’. And for this reason, Ibn Masoud recited it. Ali -asws collected it and recited it, and when he -asws recited it, they followed his recitation’’. [34] MERITS ابن بابويه و العياشي: عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: «من قرأ سورة البقرة و آل عمران جاءتا يوم القيامة تظلانه على رأسه، مثل الغمامتين، أو مثل العباءتين Ibn Babuwayh and Al Ayyashi – from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The one who recites Surah Al-Baqarah (Ch 2) and Surah Aal-e-Imraan (Ch 3), these two would come on the Day of Judgement shading upon his head like two clouds, or like two cloaks’. [35] و روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعطاه الله بكل حرف أمانا من حر جهنم، و إن كتبت بزعفران و علقت على امرأة لم تحمل، حملت بإذن الله تعالى، و إن علقت على نخل أو شجر يرمي ثمره أو ورقه، أمسك بإذن الله تعالى And it has been reported from the Prophet -saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter ( Aal-e-Imraan ), would be Given by Allah -azwj, for every letter, security from the heat of Hell. And if it is written by Saffron and attached (Amulet) upon a woman who does not get pregnant, will do so by the Permission of Allah -azwj. And if it is attached upon a palm tree, or a tree which sheds its fruits or leaves, it would hold these by the Permission of Allah -azwj ’. [36] عن الصادق (عليه السلام)، قال: «إن كتبت بزعفران و علقت على امرأة تريد الحمل، حملت بإذن الله تعالى، و إن علقها معسر، يسر الله أمره، و رزقه الله تعالى From Al-Sadiq -asws having said: ‘If it is written by saffron, and attached upon a woman intending to get pregnant, would do so by the Permission of Allah -azwj the High. And if one with difficult matters wears it (amulet), Allah -azwj would Ease his matters, and would get sustenance from Allah -azwj the Exalted’. [37] قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏: إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَأْدُبَةٌ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ مَأْدُبَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ النُّورُ الْمُبِينُ، وَ الشِّفَاءُ النَّافِعُ [فَ] تَعَلَّمُوهُ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُشَرِّفُكُمْ بِتَعَلُّمِهِ The Imam (Hassan Al-Askari -asws ) said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘This Quran is an Education of Allah -azwj the Exalted, therefore learn from the Education of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic whatever you can, for it is a manifest Light, and a beneficial healing, so learn it, for Allah -azwj the Exalted would Ennoble you for learning it’. تَعَلَّمُوا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ، فَإِنَّ أَخْذَهُمَا بَرَكَةٌ، وَ تَرْكَهُمَا حَسْرَةٌ، وَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُهُمَا الْبَطَلَةُ- يَعْنِي السَّحَرَةَ ‘Learn Surah Al-Baqarah (Ch 2) ( Surah ) and Aal-e-Imran (Ch 3) for taking to these two is a Blessing, and neglecting them is regret, and the falsehood has no ability upon them – meaning the magic. وَ إِنَّهُمَا لَيَجِيئَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَمَامَتَانِ أَوْ عُقَابَتَانِ‏ أَوْ فِرْقَانِ‏ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَّ، يُحَاجَّانِ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِمَا، وَ يُحَاجُّهُمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ رَبُّ الْعِزَّةِ يَقُولَانِ: يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ هَذَا قَرَأَنَا، وَ أَظْمَأْنَا نَهَارَهُ، وَ أَسْهَرْنَا لَيْلَهُ، وَ أَنْصَبْنَا بَدَنَهُ‏ Both of them would come on the Day of Judgement like two clouds or two cloaks or two separate birds in a row and plead on behalf of their readers to the Lord -azwj of the worlds, the Almighty Lord -azwj, and will both say: ‘O Lord -azwj of the lords! This servant of Yours -azwj has recited us, and was thirsty with us during this day and held vigil with us during his night, and established us in his body.’ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: يَا أَيُّهَا الْقُرْآنُ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ تَسْلِيمُهُ لِمَا أَنْزَلْتُهُ فِيكَ- مِنْ تَفْضِيلِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَخِي مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ يَقُولَانِ: يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ وَ إِلَهَ الْآلِهَةِ، وَالاهُ، وَ وَالَى أَوْلِيَاءَهُ، وَ عَادَى أَعْدَاءَهُ، إِذَا قَدَرَ جَهَرَ، وَ إِذَا عَجَزَ اتَّقَى وَ أَسَرَّ Allah -azwj will Say: “O You Quran! So how was their submission to what I -azwj had Revealed in you from the merits of Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws, the brother of Muhammad Rasool-Allah -saww?” They will both: ‘O Lord -azwj of the lords! They befriended him -asws and his -asws friends, and became inimical to his -asws enemies. When they were able they made it known and when they could not, they observed Taqiyya (dissimulation) and kept it a secret’. يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَقَدْ عَمِلَ إِذاً بِكُمَا كَمَا أَمَرْتُهُ، وَ عَظَّمَ مِنْ حَقِّكُمَا مَا عَظَّمْتُهُ. يَا عَلِيُّ أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ شَهَادَةَ الْقُرْآنِ لِوَلِيِّكَ هَذَا [فَ] يَقُولُ عَلِيٌّ: بَلَى يَا رَبِّ Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic will Say: ‘Then they have dealt with you two just as I -azwj had Commanded it, and have considered great that which made you two great. O Ali -asws! Did you hear this testimony of the Quran for your friends?’ Ali -asws will respond: ‘Yes O Lord!’ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَاقْتَرِحْ لَهُ مَا تُرِيدُ. فَيَقْتَرِحُ لَهُ مَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى أَمَانِيِّ هَذَا الْقَارِئِ مِنَ الْأَضْعَافِ الْمُضَاعَفَاتِ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ. فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: «قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُ مَا اقْتَرَحْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic will Say: ‘Then suggest whatever you -asws want for him.’ He -asws will then suggest for him such things that would exceed all the reader’s aspirations and desires, and their number will be unknown to all except Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic. Allah -azwj will Say: I -azwj have Given him what you -asws suggested ‘O Ali -asws!” قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: وَ إِنَّ وَالِدَيِ الْقَارِئِ لَيُتَوَّجَانَ بِتَاجِ الْكَرَامَةِ، يُضِي‏ءُ نُورُهُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ عَشَرَةِ آلَافِ سَنَةٍ، وَ يُكْسَيَانِ حُلَّةً لَا يَقُومُ لِأَقَلِّ سِلْكٍ مِنْهَا- مِائَةُ أَلْفِ ضِعْفِ مَا فِي الدُّنْيَا، بِمَا يَشْتَمِلُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْرَاتِهَا Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘And the parents of the reciter (of the Quran) will have a crown of prestige on their heads, the radiance of which will stretch to a travel distance of ten thousand years journey, and they will be clothed in such, fabrics the least of which would be better than a hundred thousand times of what is in the world, due to what would be included upon it from its goodness.’ ثُمَّ يُعْطَى هَذَا الْقَارِئُ الْمُلْكَ بِيَمِينِهِ فِي كِتَابٍ، وَ الْخُلْدَ بِشِمَالِهِ فِي كِتَابٍ، يَقْرَأُ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ بِيَمِينِهِ: قَدْ جُعِلْتَ مِنْ أَفَاضِلِ مُلُوكِ الْجِنَانِ، وَ مِنْ رُفَقَاءِ [مُحَمَّدٍ] سَيِّدِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ [عَلِيٍ‏] خَيْرِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ، وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمَا سَادَةِ الْأَتْقِيَاءِ ‘Then the reciter will get a written deed to a kingdom in his right hand and be given the (Permission for) eternal life in his left hand. He would read from his deed (given in) his right hand, ‘We have given you a great kingdom in the Gardens and made you among the friends of Muhammad -saww the leader of the Prophets -as, and Ali -asws the best of the successors -as and the Imams -asws after him -asws, the pious Chiefs.’ وَ يَقْرَأُ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ بِشِمَالِهِ: قَدْ أَمِنْتَ الزَّوَالَ وَ الِانْتِقَالَ عَنْ هَذَا الْمُلْكِ، وَ أُعِذْتَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ وَ الْأَسْقَامِ- وَ كُفِيتَ الْأَمْرَاضَ وَ الْأَعْلَالَ، وَ جُنِّبْتَ حَسَدَ الْحَاسِدِينَ، وَ كَيْدَ الْكَائِدِينَ And he would read from his deed in his left hand, ‘You are secured from the decline and the transference from this kingdom, and are sheltered from the death, and the illnesses and sufficed from the diseases and the pains, and would be kept aside from the envy of the envying ones, and plots of the plotters’. ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: اقْرَأْ [وَ] ارْقَ، وَ مَنْزِلُكَ‏ عِنْدَ آخِرِ آيَةٍ تَقْرَؤُهَا. فَإِذَا نَظَرَ وَالِدَاهُ إِلَى حِلْيَتَيْهِمَا وَ تَاجَيْهِمَا- قَالا: رَبَّنَا أَنَّى لَنَا هَذَا الشَّرَفُ وَ لَمْ تَبْلُغْهُ أَعْمَالُنَا (فَقَالَ لَهُمَا كِرَامُ مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ [عَنِ اللَّهِ‏] عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: هَذَا لَكُمَا لِتَعْلِيمِكُمَا) وَلَدَكُمَا الْقُرْآنَ‏ ‘Then it would be said to him: Recite and ascend, for your destination lies at the last Verse you would be reciting. ‘Then the parents will look at their clothes and crowns and they would ask: ‘Our Lord -azwj! For us is this nobility, and although our deeds did not reach it?’ The honourable Angels of Allah -azwj will say to them on behalf of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: ‘This is because both of you taught your children to read the Quran’. [38] VERSE 1 الم {1} Alif Lam Meem [3:1] ابن بابويه، قال: أخبرنا أبو الحسن محمد بن هارون الزنجاني، فيما كتب إلي على يدي علي بن أحمد البغدادي الوراق، قال: حدثنا معاذ بن المثنى العنبري، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن أسماء، قال: حدثنا جويرية، عن سفيان بن سعيد الثوري، قال Ibn Babuwayh, from Abu Al Hassan Muhammad Bin Haroun Al Zanjany, regarding what Ali Bin Ahmad Al Baghdady Al Waraq wrote to him, from Ma’az Bin Al Masny Al Anbary, from Abdullah Bin Asma, from Juweyriya, from Sufyan Bin Saeed Al Sowry who said, قلت لجعفر بن محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب (عليهم السلام): ما معنى قول الله عز و جل الم؟ قال (عليه السلام): «أما الم في أول البقرة فمعناه: أنا الله الملك، و أما في أول آل عمران فمعناه: أنا الله المجيد ‘I said to Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws Bin Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws, ‘What is the Meaning of the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Alif Lam Meem [3:1]?’ He -asws said: ‘As for the Alif Lam Meem [3:1] at the beginning of Al-Baqarah, so its Meaning is: “I -azwj am Allah -azwj the King”, and as for the one at the beginning of Aal-e-Imraan, so its Meaning is: “I -azwj am Allah -azwj the Glorious”. [39] [ثُمَ‏] قَالَ: وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ ثُمَّ الْأَلِفُ حَرْفٌ مِنْ حُرُوفِ قَوْلِكَ «اللَّهُ» دُلَّ بِالْأَلِفِ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ: اللَّهُ. وَ دُلَّ بِاللَّامِ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ: الْمَلِكُ الْعَظِيمُ، الْقَاهِرُ لِلْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ دُلَّ بِالْمِيمِ عَلَى أَنَّهُ الْمَجِيدُ [الْكَرِيمُ‏] الْمَحْمُودُ فِي كُلِّ أَفْعَالِهِ Then he -asws (Imam Hassan Al-Askari -asws said: ‘And Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘The ‘Alif’ is a letter from the letters of the Words of Allah -azwj. It is indicated by the ‘Alif’ upon your speech, ‘Allah -azwj ’; and it is indicated by the ‘Laam’ upon your speech, ‘The Magnificent King, the Compeller to the creatures altogether’; and it is indicated by the ‘Meem’ upon that He -azwj the Glorious, the Praised One in every Deed of His -azwj. [40] وباسناده إلى أبى بصير عن أبى عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ” الم ” هو حرف من حروف اسم الله الاعظم المقطع في القرآن، الذى يؤلفه النبي صلى الله عليه وآله والامام، فإذا دعى به أجيب And by its chain going up to Abu Baseer (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws, said: ‘The “Alif Laam Meem” is a letter from the letters of the Magnificent Name of Allah -azwj, abbreviated in the Quran, which the Prophet -saww and the Imam -asws composed. So whenever they -asws supplicate by it, it is Answered’. [41] وروى أبو إسحاق الثعلبي في تفسيره مسندا إلى على بن موسى الرضا عليه السلام قال سئل جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليه السلام عن قوله ” الم ” فقال في الالف ست صفات من صفات الله عزوجل And it is reported from Abu Is’haq Al-Sa’alby in his commentary from Ali -asws Bin Musa Al-Reza -asws that a questioner asked Ja’far -asws Ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq -asws about His -azwj Words “Alif Laam Meem”. He -asws said: ‘In “Alif” are six Attributes from the Attributes of Allah -azwj the Mighty and Majestic. ” الابتداء ” فان الله عزوجل ابتدأ جميع الخلق والالف ابتداء الحروف The “Beginning” (الابتداء) – Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Initiated the whole of the creation, and “Alif” is the initial Letter. و ” الاستواء ” فهو عادل غير جائر، والالف مستوفى ذاته The “Straight” (الاستواء) – He -azwj is Just and is not unfair, and “Alif” is straight in itself. و ” لانفراد ” فالله فرد والالف فرد The “Alone” (لانفراد) – Allah -azwj is Alone and “Alif” is alone. و ” اتصال الخلق بالله ” والله لا يتصل بالخلق وكلهم يحتاجون إليه والله غنى عنهم، والالف كذلك لا يتصل بالحروف والحروف متصله به The “Connection” (اتصال الخلق بالله) – The creatures are Connected with Allah -azwj and Allah -azwj is not connected to the creatures, and all of them are in need of Him -azwj and He -azwj is Independent of them. The “Alif” as well is not connected with the other letters whereas the other letters are connected with it. وهو منقطع عن غيره The “Cut off” – And He -azwj is cut-off from the others (and “Alif” is cut off from the others). والله تعالى باين بجميع صفاته من خلقه، ومعناه ” من الالفة ” فكما ان الله عزوجل سبب الفة الخلق فكذلك الالف عليه تألفت الحروف وهو سبب الفتها And Allah -azwj the Exalted is the Source of the attachment between His -azwj creatures, and its Meaning is “Harmonious” So, just as Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is the reason for the Harmony of the creatures, similar to that “Alif” is the reason for the harmonious joining of the letters, and it is the reason of its beginning’. [42] VERSE 2 اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ {2} Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Living, the Eternal [3:2] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ مُرْسَلًا عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ اعْلَمْ عَلَّمَكَ اللَّهُ الْخَيْرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَدِيمٌ وَ الْقِدَمُ صِفَتُهُ الَّتِي دَلَّتِ الْعَاقِلَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ مَعَهُ فِي دَيْمُومِيَّتِهِ فَقَدْ بَانَ لَنَا بِإِقْرَارِ الْعَامَّةِ مُعْجِزَةُ الصِّفَةِ أَنَّهُ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ قَبْلَ اللَّهِ وَ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ مَعَ اللَّهِ فِي بَقَائِهِ وَ بَطَلَ قَوْلُ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ أَوْ كَانَ مَعَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ Ali Bin Muhammad, with an unbroken chain, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws having said: ‘Learn! May Allah -azwj Teach you the good. Allah -azwj Blessed and High is eternal, and the eternality is His -azwj Attribute which Indicates the intellectual upon that there was nothing before Him -azwj, nor was there a thing with Him -azwj in His -azwj eternality. So it is clear for us with the acknowledgement with the general Muslims of the miraculous-ness of the Attribute that there was nothing before Allah -azwj, nor is there anything with Him -azwj during His -azwj remaining, and the invalidation of the words of the one who alleges that there was something before Him -azwj, or there is something with Him -azwj. وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مَعَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ فِي بَقَائِهِ لَمْ يَجُزْ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَالِقاً لَهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ مَعَهُ فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ خَالِقاً لِمَنْ لَمْ يَزَلْ مَعَهُ وَ لَوْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ كَانَ الْأَوَّلَ ذَلِكَ الشَّيْ‏ءُ لَا هَذَا وَ كَانَ الْأَوَّلُ أَوْلَى بِأَنْ يَكُونَ خَالِقاً لِلْأَوَّلِ And that is because, had there been something with Him -azwj during His -azwj remaining, it would not be allowed that He -azwj would happen to be a Creator of it, because it would have been eternally with Him -azwj. So how could He -azwj be a Creator of the one who existed eternally with Him -azwj. And had there been something before Him -azwj, that thing would be first not this, and the first one would be closer of it being a Creator due to it being the first. [43] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ شَبَابٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ وَ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ عِيسَى شَلَقَانُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَابْتَدَأَنَا فَقَالَ عَجَباً لِأَقْوَامٍ يَدَّعُونَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَا لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ بِهِ قَطُّ خَطَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) النَّاسَ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَقَالَ Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from The Young exchanger, and his name is Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Ali Bin Sayf Bin Ameyra who said, ‘Ismail Bin Quteyba narrated to me saying, ‘I and Isa Shalqan went over to Abu Abdullah -asws. So he -asws initiated us both by saying, ‘How strange of a people claiming upon Amir Al-Momineen -asws what he -asws never spoke with at all. Amir Al-Momineen -asws addressed the people at Al-Kufa, so he -asws said: – الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمُلْهِمِ عِبَادَهُ حَمْدَهُ وَ فَاطِرِهِمْ عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ رُبُوبِيَّتِهِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى وُجُودِهِ بِخَلْقِهِ وَ بِحُدُوثِ خَلْقِهِ عَلَى أَزَلِهِ وَ بِاشْتِبَاهِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْ لَا شِبْهَ لَهُ الْمُسْتَشْهِدِ بِآيَاتِهِ عَلَى قُدْرَتِهِ الْمُمْتَنِعَةِ مِنَ الصِّفَاتِ ذَاتُهُ وَ مِنَ الْأَبْصَارِ رُؤْيَتُهُ وَ مِنَ الْأَوْهَامِ الْإِحَاطَةُ بِهِ The Praise is for Allah -azwj, the Inspirer of His -azwj servants to Praise Him -azwj, and Natured them upon the recognition of His -azwj Lordship, the Indicator upon His -azwj Existence by His -azwj creation and by the newly occurring creation of His -azwj (Indicating) upon His -azwj eternality, by Making them resemble each other, that there is no resemblance for him, the testification by His -azwj Signs upon His -azwj Power. There are Prohibitions from describing His -azwj Self, and from the sights to see Him -azwj, and from the imaginations to Grasp Him -azwj by it. لَا أَمَدَ لِكَوْنِهِ وَ لَا غَايَةَ لِبَقَائِهِ لَا تَشْمُلُهُ الْمَشَاعِرُ وَ لَا تَحْجُبُهُ الْحُجُبُ وَ الْحِجَابُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ خَلْقُهُ إِيَّاهُمْ لِامْتِنَاعِهِ مِمَّا يُمْكِنُ فِي ذَوَاتِهِمْ وَ لِإِمْكَانٍ مِمَّا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْهُ وَ لِافْتِرَاقِ الصَّانِعِ مِنَ الْمَصْنُوعِ وَ الْحَادِّ مِنَ الْمَحْدُودِ وَ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْمَرْبُوبِ There is neither a time factor for His -azwj existence nor any end-point to His -azwj remaining. Neither can the awareness comprehend Him -azwj nor can the veil cover Him -azwj, and the veiling is between Him -azwj and His -azwj creatures. He -azwj Created them for Preventing it from what is possible in their persons and the possibility from what they are prevented from Him -azwj, and for the differentiation between the Maker from the Made, and the Limitless from the limited, and the Lord -azwj from the Nourished. الْوَاحِدُ بِلَا تَأْوِيلِ عَدَدٍ وَ الْخَالِقُ لَا بِمَعْنَى حَرَكَةٍ وَ الْبَصِيرُ لَا بِأَدَاةٍ وَ السَّمِيعُ لَا بِتَفْرِيقِ آلَةٍ وَ الشَّاهِدُ لَا بِمُمَاسَّةٍ وَ الْبَاطِنُ لَا بِاجْتِنَانٍ وَ الظَّاهِرُ الْبَائِنُ لَا بِتَرَاخِي مَسَافَةٍ The One, without an explanation of a number, and the Creator, not with a prevention of movement, and the Seeing, not by tools, and the Hearing, not by a separate instrument, the Witness, not by the touching, and the Hidden, not by the covering, and the Manifest, the Remote, not by the lapsing of distance. أَزَلُهُ نُهْيَةٌ لِمَجَاوِلِ الْأَفْكَارِ وَ دَوَامُهُ رَدْعٌ لِطَامِحَاتِ الْعُقُولِ قَدْ حَسَرَ كُنْهُهُ نَوَافِذَ الْأَبْصَارِ وَ قَمَعَ وُجُودُهُ جَوَائِلَ الْأَوْهَامِ His -azwj eternality is an end-point for the aims of thought, and His -azwj, and His -azwj Permanence is a determent to the enthusiasms of the intellects. His -azwj being has Blinded the windows of the sights, and His -azwj Existence has Suppressed the wanderings of the imaginations. فَمَنْ وَصَفَ اللَّهَ فَقَدْ حَدَّهُ وَ مَنْ حَدَّهُ فَقَدْ عَدَّهُ وَ مَنْ عَدَّهُ فَقَدْ أَبْطَلَ أَزَلَهُ وَ مَنْ قَالَ أَيْنَ فَقَدْ غَيَّاهُ وَ مَنْ قَالَ عَلَامَ فَقَدْ أَخْلَى مِنْهُ وَ مَنْ قَالَ فِيمَ فَقَدْ ضَمَّنَهُ The one who described Allah -azwj, so he has limited Him -azwj, and the one who limits Him -azwj so he has numbered Him -azwj, and the one who numbers Him -azwj so he has negated His -azwj eternality, and the one who says, ‘where’, so he has ascribed an end-point to Him -azwj, and the one who says, ‘Upon what’, so he has isolated from Him -azwj, and the one who says, ‘In what’, so he has contained Him -azwj ’’. [44] VERSES 3 & 4 نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ {3} مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ {4} He Revealed unto you the Book with the Truth, verifying what came before it, and He Revealed the Torah and the Evangel [3:3] Beforehand, as Guidance for the people. And He Revealed the Criterion; they who disbelieve in the Signs of Allah, for them would be severe Punishment; and Allah is Mighty with the Retribution [3:4] علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن النضر بن سويد، عن عبد الله بن سنان Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: سألته عن قول الله تبارك و تعالى: الم اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقاً لِما بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ أَنْزَلَ التَّوْراةَ وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدىً لِلنَّاسِ وَ أَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقانَ (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Blessed and High Alif Lam Meem [3:1] Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Living, the Eternal [3:2] He Revealed unto you the Book with the Truth, verifying what came before it, and He Revealed the Torah and the Evangel [3:3] Beforehand, as Guidance for the people. And He Revealed the Criterion [3:4]. قال: «الفرقان: هو كل أمر محكم، و الكتاب: هو جملة القرآن، الذي يصدقه من كان قبله من الأنبياء He -asws said: ‘The Criterion (الفرقان) – it is every Decisive Command; and the Book (الكتاب) – It is the whole of the Quran, verifying what came before it from the Prophets -as ’. [45] محمد بن يعقوب: عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن سنان أو عن غيره، عمن ذكره Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Sinan or from someone else, from the one who mentioned it who said, قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن القرآن و الفرقان، أ هما شيئان، أو شي‏ء واحد؟ فقال (عليه السلام): «القرآن: جملة الكتاب، و الفرقان: المحكم الواجب العمل به ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about the Quran, and the Criterion ( Furqan ), are these two things, or one thing?’ He -asws said: ‘The Quran – It is the whole of the Book, and the Criterion – the Decisive which is Obligatory to act upon’. [46] VERSE 5 إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ {5} Allah – nothing is hidden from Him in the earth nor in the sky [3:5] (الاحتجاج) للطبرسي- في احتجاج الإمام الصادق (عليه السلام) على الزنادقة- قال: أ و ليس توزن الأعمال؟ قال (عليه السلام): «لا، إن الأعمال ليست بأجسام، و إنما هي صفة ما عملوا، و إنما يحتاج إلى وزن الشي‏ء من جهل عدد الأشياء، و لا يعرف ثقلها أو خفتها، و إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَخْفى عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ Al Ihtijaj of Al Tabarsy – Regarding an argument of Imam Al-Sadiq -asws against the Atheists – who said: ‘Or will not the deeds be weighed?’ The Imam -asws replied: ‘No, the deeds do not have a body. But rather these are the qualities of what is done. But rather, he is needy to weigh something, the one who is ignorant of the number of the things and does not know its heaviness or its lightness Allah – nothing is hidden from Him [3:4] ’. [47] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ مُرْسَلًا عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ وَ وَجْهٌ آخَرُ أَنَّهُ الظَّاهِرُ لِمَنْ أَرَادَهُ وَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ أَنَّهُ مُدَبِّرٌ لِكُلِّ مَا بَرَأَ فَأَيُّ ظَاهِرٍ أَظْهَرُ وَ أَوْضَحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَعْدَمُ صَنْعَتَهُ حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَتْ وَ فِيكَ مِنْ آثَارِهِ مَا يُغْنِيكَ وَ الظَّاهِرُ مِنَّا الْبَارِزُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَ الْمَعْلُومُ بِحَدِّهِ فَقَدْ جَمَعَنَا الِاسْمُ وَ لَمْ يَجْمَعْنَا الْمَعْنَى Ali Bin Muhammad, with an unbroken chain, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws having said: ‘And another aspect is that He -azwj is the Manifest to the one who wants Him -azwj and nothing is Hidden from Him -azwj, and He -azwj is the Designer of everything what He -azwj Designed. So which manifestation is more apparent and clear than Allah -azwj Blessed and High, because you cannot execute His -azwj Making wherever you may divert your face to, and inside you are its effects what makes you independent. And the Manifestation is more than ours, transcendental by Himself -azwj, and the known by His -azwj Sharpness. So we have gathered in the name and we are not gathered in the meaning. وَ أَمَّا الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ عَلَى مَعْنَى الِاسْتِبْطَانِ لِلْأَشْيَاءِ بِأَنْ يَغُورَ فِيهَا وَ لَكِنْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ عَلَى اسْتِبْطَانِهِ لِلْأَشْيَاءِ عِلْماً وَ حِفْظاً وَ تَدْبِيراً كَقَوْلِ الْقَائِلِ أَبْطَنْتُهُ يَعْنِي خَبَّرْتُهُ وَ عَلِمْتُ مَكْتُومَ سِرِّهِ وَ الْبَاطِنُ مِنَّا الْغَائِبُ فِي الشَّيْ‏ءِ الْمُسْتَتِرُ وَ قَدْ جَمَعْنَا الِاسْمَ وَ اخْتَلَفَ الْمَعْنَى And as for the Hidden (Esoteric), so it is not upon the meaning of the hidden-ness of the things, with being immersed into them, but that from Him -azwj is upon the Knowledge of the hidden things, and Preserving these, and their regulation, like the words of the man, ‘I know his inside, meaning I am informed of him and know the concealed secrets of his’. And the hidden from us is the absent regarding the things, the veiled, and we are gathered in the name and differ in the meaning. [48] VERSE 6 هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ {6} He is the One Who Shapes you in the wombs however He so Desires to; there is no god except Him, the Mighty, the Wise [3:6] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ النُّطْفَةَ الَّتِي مِمَّا أَخَذَ عَلَيْهَا الْمِيثَاقَ فِي صُلْبِ آدَمَ أَوْ مَا يَبْدُو لَهُ فِيهِ وَ يَجْعَلَهَا فِي الرَّحِمِ حَرَّكَ الرَّجُلَ لِلْجِمَاعِ وَ أَوْحَى إِلَى الرَّحِمِ أَنِ افْتَحِي بَابَكِ حَتَّى يَلِجَ فِيكِ خَلْقِي وَ قَضَائِيَ النَّافِذُ وَ قَدَرِي Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘Whenever Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Intends to Create the seed from which He -azwj would Take the Covenant against in the ribs of Adam -as, or whatever He -azwj would be Managing for him with regards to it, and Makes it to be in the womb, Stirs the man for the copulation, or Reveals unto the womb: “Open your door until My -azwj Creation resides inside you and My -azwj Ordainment and My -azwj Power is implemented”. فَتَفْتَحُ الرَّحِمُ بَابَهَا فَتَصِلُ النُّطْفَةُ إِلَى الرَّحِمِ فَتَرَدَّدُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً ثُمَّ تَصِيرُ عَلَقَةً أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً ثُمَّ تَصِيرُ مُضْغَةً أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً ثُمَّ تَصِيرُ لَحْماً تَجْرِي فِيهِ عُرُوقٌ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مَلَكَيْنِ خَلَّاقَيْنِ يَخْلُقَانِ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ مَا يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ فَيَقْتَحِمَانِ فِي بَطْنِ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنْ فَمِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَيَصِلَانِ إِلَى الرَّحِمِ وَ فِيهَا الرُّوحُ الْقَدِيمَةُ الْمَنْقُولَةُ فِي أَصْلَابِ الرِّجَالِ وَ أَرْحَامِ النِّسَاءِ فَيَنْفُخَانِ فِيهَا رُوحَ الْحَيَاةِ وَ الْبَقَاءِ وَ يَشُقَّانِ لَهُ السَّمْعَ وَ الْبَصَرَ وَ جَمِيعَ الْجَوَارِحِ وَ جَمِيعَ مَا فِي الْبَطْنِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ The womb opens up its door, so the seed sails into the womb. So it vibrates inside it for forty days, then becomes a clot for forty days; then it becomes a lump for forty days; then it becomes flesh with veins flowing inside it entangled. Then Allah -azwj Sends two creating Angels who create in the wombs whatever Allah -azwj so Desires. They both storm into the belly of the woman from the mouth of the woman. They both arrive to the womb, and in it is the spirit from old (from before), the one transferred in the ribs of the men and the wombs of the women. They both blow into it a soul of life, and the remaining, and cleave open for him the hearing, and the sight, and the entirety of the body parts, and the entire of whatever is in the belly, by the Permission of Allah -azwj. ثُمَّ يُوحِي اللَّهُ إِلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ اكْتُبَا عَلَيْهِ قَضَائِي وَ قَدَرِي وَ نَافِذَ أَمْرِي وَ اشْتَرِطَا لِيَ الْبَدَاءَ فِيمَا تَكْتُبَانِ فَيَقُولَانِ يَا رَبِّ مَا نَكْتُبُ فَيُوحِي اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِمَا أَنِ ارْفَعَا رَءُوسَكُمَا إِلَى رَأْسِ أُمِّهِ فَيَرْفَعَانِ رُءُوسَهُمَا فَإِذَا اللَّوْحُ يَقْرَعُ جَبْهَةَ أُمِّهِ فَيَنْظُرَانِ فِيهِ فَيَجِدَانِ فِي اللَّوْحِ صُورَتَهُ وَ زِينَتَهُ وَ أَجَلَهُ وَ مِيثَاقَهُ شَقِيّاً أَوْ سَعِيداً وَ جَمِيعَ شَأْنِهِ Then Allah -azwj Reveals to the two Angels: “Write upon him My -azwj Ordainment, and My -azwj Pre-determination, and implement My -azwj Command, and stipulate for Me -azwj the change regarding what you two are writing”. They both say: ‘O Lord -azwj! What should we write?’ Allah -azwj Reveals unto them both: “Raise both your heads to the head of its mother”. So they both raise their heads, and there is a Tablet upon the forehead of its mother. So they both look into it, and they find (written) in the Tablet, its image, and its adornment, and its term, and its Covenant whether it is miserable or fortunate, and the entirety of its affairs’. قَالَ فَيُمْلِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَيَكْتُبَانِ جَمِيعَ مَا فِي اللَّوْحِ وَ يَشْتَرِطَانِ الْبَدَاءَ فِيمَا يَكْتُبَانِ ثُمَّ يَخْتِمَانِ الْكِتَابَ وَ يَجْعَلَانِهِ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُقِيمَانِهِ قَائِماً فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ He -asws said: ‘So one of them dictates to his companion, so they both write down the entirety of whatever is in the Tablet, and the change is stipulated upon both of them with regards to what they write. Then they both seal the document and make it to be between his eyes. Then they both make it stand straight in the belly of its mother’. قَالَ فَرُبَّمَا عَتَا فَانْقَلَبَ وَ لَا يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا فِي كُلِّ عَاتٍ أَوْ مَارِدٍ وَ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَوَانُ خُرُوجِ الْوَلَدِ تَامّاً أَوْ غَيْرَ تَامٍّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى الرَّحِمِ أَنِ افْتَحِي بَابَكِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ خَلْقِي إِلَى أَرْضِي وَ يَنْفُذَ فِيهِ أَمْرِي فَقَدْ بَلَغَ أَوَانُ خُرُوجِهِ قَالَ He -asws said: ‘So perhaps he is haughty (arrogant), so he turns over, and that does not happen except regarding every haughty or insolent (rude) one. When the time reaches, the child comes out complete, or other than complete. Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Reveals unto the womb: “Open your door until My -azwj creature comes out to My -azwj earth, and My -azwj Command gets implemented regarding him”. The time has reached and the child comes out. فَيَفْتَحُ الرَّحِمُ بَابَ الْوَلَدِ فَيَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكاً يُقَالُ لَهُ زَاجِرٌ فَيَزْجُرُهُ زَجْرَةً فَيَفْزَعُ مِنْهَا الْوَلَدُ فَيَنْقَلِبُ فَيَصِيرُ رِجْلَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ وَ رَأْسُهُ فِي أَسْفَلِ الْبَطْنِ لِيُسَهِّلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ وَ عَلَى الْوَلَدِ الْخُرُوجَ Therefore, the womb opens its door of the birth. So Allah -azwj Sends an Angel called Zajir (Rebuker) to him. So he rebukes him with such a rebuke that the child panics from it, so he overturns and his feet come to be above its head, and its head in the lower part of the belly, in order for Allah -azwj to Make it easy upon the woman and upon the child, for the exiting’. قَالَ فَإِذَا احْتُبِسَ زَجَرَهُ الْمَلَكُ زَجْرَةً أُخْرَى فَيَفْزَعُ مِنْهَا فَيَسْقُطُ الْوَلَدُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ بَاكِياً فَزِعاً مِنَ الزَّجْرَةِ He -asws said: ‘So when the rebuke of the Angel is withheld, he rebukes it again, so it panics from it, and the child falls to the ground crying, having panicked from the rebuke’. [49] VERSE 7 هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ ۖ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ ۗ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۗ وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّنَا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ {7} He is the One Who Revealed the Book unto you; from it are Decisive Verses – these are the Mother of the Book; and others are Allegorical. Then as for those in whose hearts there is perversity, so they are following what is allegorical from it, seeking the Fitna and seeking its (personal) interpretation. And none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge. They are saying, ‘We believe in it. It is all from the Presence of our Lord’. And none (would) mention except those with the understanding [3:7] محمد بن يعقوب: عن علي بن محمد، عن بعض أصحابه، عن آدم بن إسحاق، عن عبد الرزاق ابن مهران، عن الحسين بن ميمون، عن محمد بن سالم Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Muhammad, from one of his companions, from Adam Bin Is’haq, from Abdul Raziq Ibn Mahran, from Al Husayn Bin Maymoun, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: «إن أناسا تكلموا في القرآن بغير علم، و ذلك أن الله تبارك و تعالى يقول: هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ مِنْهُ آياتٌ مُحْكَماتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتابِ وَ أُخَرُ مُتَشابِهاتٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ ما تَشابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ ابْتِغاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ وَ ما يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الآية، فالمنسوخات من المتشابهات، و المحكمات من الناسخات (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘There are people who are speaking regarding the Quran without knowledge, and that Allah -azwj Blessed and High is Saying these are the Mother of the Book; and others are Allegorical. Then as for those in whose hearts there is perversity, so they are following what is allegorical from it, seeking the Fitna and seeking its (personal) interpretation. And none know its interpretation except Allah [3:7] – so (it is the knowing of) the Abrogated (Verses) are from the Allegorical ones, and the Decisive (Verses) from the Abrogating ones’. [50] محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا علي بن محمد الجعفي، عن محمد بن القاسم الأكفاني، عن علي بن محمد بن مروان، عن أبيه، عن أبان بن أبي عياش، عن سليم بن قيس، قال Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Ju’fy, from Muhammad Bin Al-Qasim Al-Kafany, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Marwan, from his father, from Aban Bin Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays who said, خرج علينا علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)، و نحن في المسجد فاحتوشناه، فقال: «سلوني قبل أن تفقدوني، سلوني عن القرآن، فإن في القرآن علم الأولين و الآخرين، لم يدع لقائل مقالا، و لا يعلم تأويله إلا الله و الراسخون في العلم، و ليسوا بواحد ‘Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws came out to us, and we were in the Masjid, so we went to him -asws. He -asws said: ‘Ask me -asws before you lose me! Ask me -asws about the Quran, for in the Quran is Knowledge of the Former ones and the Later ones, not leaving a word to be said by a speaker, but none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge [3:7], and (it) is (the Knowledge) not with anyone (else). و رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) كان واحدا منهم، علمه الله سبحانه إياه، و علمنيه رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، ثم لا يزال في عقبه إلى يوم القيامة، ثم قرأ: وَ بَقِيَّةٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ آلُ مُوسى وَ آلُ هارُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ، فأنا من رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا النبوة، و العلم في عقبنا إلى أن تقوم الساعة And Rasool-Allah -saww was one of them (firmly rooted in the Knowledge). Allah -azwj the Glorious had Taught him -saww, and Rasool-Allah -saww learnt it. Then it will not cease to be in his -saww posterity up to the Day of Judgement’. Then he -asws recited and remnants of what the progeny of Musa and the progeny of Haroun have left, the Angels would be carrying it [2:248]. So I -asws am of the status with Rasool-Allah -saww which Haroun -as had from Musa -as except for the Prophet-hood, and the Knowledge will be in our -asws posterity until the Establishment of the Hour’. [51] عنه: عن الحسين بن محمد، عن معلى بن محمد، عن محمد بن اورمة، عن علي بن حسان، عن عبد الرحمن بن كثير From him (Al Kulayni), from Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Awrama, from Ali Bin Hisan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer, عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) في قول الله تعالى: هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ مِنْهُ آياتٌ مُحْكَماتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتابِ قال: «أمير المؤمنين و الأئمة (عليهم السلام)». وَ أُخَرُ مُتَشابِهاتٌ قال: فلان و فلان (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah regarding the Words of Allah -azwj the Exalted He is the One Who Revealed the Book unto you; from it are Decisive Verses – these are the Mother of the Book [3:7] – said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws and the Imams -asws ’; and others are Allegorical, and said: ‘So and so and so and so’. فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ: «أصحابهم و أهل ولايتهم». فَيَتَّبِعُونَ ما تَشابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ ابْتِغاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ وَ ما يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ: «أمير المؤمنين و الأئمة (عليهم السلام) Then as for those in whose hearts there is perversity – Their companions and the people who befriended them (the enemies of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws )’, so they are following what is allegorical from it, seeking the Fitna and seeking its (personal) interpretation. And none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge – Amir Al-Momineen -asws and the Imams -asws ’. [52] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ الْحُرِّ وَ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ نَحْنُ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ وَ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Ayoub Bin Al Hurr and Imran Bin Ali, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘We -asws [3:7] those who are firmly rooted in knowledge and we -asws know Its (Quran’s) interpretation’. [53] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ( عليهما السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ ما يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَفْضَلُ الرَّاسِخِينَ فِي الْعِلْمِ قَدْ عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَمِيعَ مَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ التَّنْزِيلِ وَ التَّأْوِيلِ وَ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً لَمْ يُعَلِّمْهُ تَأْوِيلَهُ Ali Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Ali, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam -asws ) regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [3:7] but none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge: ‘So Rasool-Allah -saww is the most superior of the ones firmly rooted in the knowledge. Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic had Taught him -saww the entirety of what had been Sent down upon him -saww from the Revelation, and it was not so that Allah -azwj would Revealed something unto him -saww and not Teach him -saww its interpretation. وَ أَوْصِيَاؤُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ يَعْلَمُونَهُ كُلَّهُ وَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِذَا قَالَ الْعَالِمُ فِيهِمْ بِعِلْمٍ فَأَجَابَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِقَوْلِهِ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّنا وَ الْقُرْآنُ خَاصٌّ وَ عَامٌّ وَ مُحْكَمٌ وَ مُتَشَابِهٌ وَ نَاسِخٌ وَ مَنْسُوخٌ فَالرَّاسِخُونُ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَعْلَمُونَهُ And his -saww successors -asws from after him -saww knew all of it, and others do not knowing its interpretation, when the scholar said regarding them with knowledge, so Allah -azwj Answered them with His -azwj Words [3:7] We believe in it, it is all from our Lord; and none do (would) mention except those having understanding. And the Quran (has Verses which are) Particular, and General, and Decisive, and Allegorical, and Abrogating, and Abrogated. So the ones -asws firmly rooted in the knowledge are knowing it’. [54] الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ ( عليهم السلام ) Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad Bin Awrama, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘ [3:7] and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge are Amir Al-Momineen -asws and the Imams -asws from after him -asws ’. [55] يا معاوية: إن القرآن حق ونور وهدى ورحمة وشفاء للمؤمنين والذين لا يؤمنون في آذانهم وقر وهو عليهم عمى O Muawiya, the Quran is a Truth, and a Light, and a Guidance, and a Mercy, and a Healing for the Momineen, and the ones who are not believing, in their ears is deafness, and it is a blindness upon them. يا معاوية، إن الله جل جلاله لم يدع صنفا من أصناف الضلالة والدعاة إلى النار إلا وقد رد عليهم واحتج عليهم في القرآن ونهى فيه عن اتباعهم، وأنزل فيهم قرآنا قاطعا ناطقا عليهم قد علمه من علمه وجهله من جهله O Muawiya, Allah -azwj Majestic is His -azwj Majesty, did not Leave any type from the varieties of misguidance and the callers to the Fire except that He -azwj has Rebutted it and has Argued against them in the Quran, and has Forbidden it in His -azwj Book to follow them, and has Revealed regarding them a Quran (Verses) which cut them off the speaking upon them. So the one who knows it knows it, and the one who is ignorant of it, is ignorant of it. وإني سمعت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: ليس من القرآن آية إلا ولها ظهر وبطن وما منه حرف إلا وإن له تأويل، (وما يعلم تأويله إلا الله والراسخون في العلم)، الراسخون نحن آل محمد And I -asws heard from the Rasool Allah -saww saying: ‘There is no Verse in the Quran except that it has for it an apparent, and a hidden, and there is no letter from it except that there is an interpretation for it, And none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge [3:7], The ones -asws firmly rooted in knowledge are us -asws, the Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww. وأمر الله سائر الأمة أن يقولوا: (آمنا به كل من عند ربنا وما يذكر إلا أولو الألباب)، وأن يسلموا لنا ويردوا علمه إلينا وقد قال الله: (ولو ردوه إلى الرسول وإلى أولي الأمر منهم لعلمه الذين يستنبطونه منهم)، هم الذين يسألون عنه ويطلبونه And Allah -azwj Commanded the rest of the community that they should be saying, ‘We believe in it. It is all from the Presence of our Lord’. And none (would) mention it except those with the understanding [3:7]. And that they should be submitting to us -asws and referring its knowledge to us -asws. And Allah -azwj has Said: And if they had referred it to the Rasool and to the one with Divine Authority from them, those from them who can search it, would have known it [3:7]. They -asws are those who should be asked about it and be sought’. [56] ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني، و الحسين بن إبراهيم بن أحمد بن هشام المكتب، و علي بن عبد الله الوراق (رضي الله عنهم)، قالوا: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، قال: حدثنا القاسم بن محمد البرمكي، قال: حدثنا أبو الصلت الهروي، قال Ibn babuwah said, ‘Ahmad Bin Ziyad Bin Ja’far Al-Hamdany, narrated to us, and Al-Husayn Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmad Bin Hisham Al-Maktab and Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Waraq, from Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad Al-Barmakky, from Abu Al-Salt Al-Harwy who said, لما جمع المأمون لعلي بن موسى الرضا (عليه السلام) أهل المقالات، من أهل الإسلام، و الديانات: من اليهود، و النصارى، و المجوس، و الصابئين، و سائر أهل المقالات، فلم يقم أحد إلا و قد ألزمه حجته، كأنه القم حجرا ‘When Al-Mamoun gathered to Ali -asws Bin Musa Al-Reza -asws, the debaters from the people of Al-Islam, and the Religions – from the Jews, and the Christians, and the Magians, and the Sabeans, and the rest of the debaters, so no one stood up except that his -asws argument was necessitated upon him, as if it he had eaten a rock (i.e., became speechless). قام إليه علي بن محمد بن الجهم، فقال له: يا بن رسول الله، أ تقول بعصمة الأنبياء؟ قال: «نعم». قال: فما تقول في قوله عز و جل: وَ عَصى آدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوى؟ و في قوله عز و جل: وَ ذَا النُّونِ إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغاضِباً فَظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ ؟ و في قوله عز و جل في يوسف (عليه السلام): وَ لَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِ وَ هَمَّ بِها؟ Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Jahm stood up to him -asws, and said to him -asws, ‘O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww, are you -asws speaking with the infallibility of the Prophets -as?’ He -saww said; ‘Yes’. He said, ‘So what do you -asws say regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray [20:121]? And regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic And Yunus, when he went away in anger, so he thought that We had no Power over him [21:87]? And regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic regarding Yusuf -as She desired him, and he would have desired her [12:24]? و قوله عز و جل في‏ داود (عليه السلام): وَ ظَنَّ داوُدُ أَنَّما فَتَنَّاهُ ؟و قوله عز و جل في نبيه محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله): وَ تُخْفِي فِي نَفْسِكَ مَا اللَّهُ مُبْدِيهِ؟ And the Words of the Mighty and Majestic regarding Dawood -as and Dawood thought that We had Tried him [38:24]? And the Words of the Mighty and Majestic regarding His -azwj -saww and you concealed in your soul wh