Saad (Chapter 38) | Hubeali en-US Saad (Chapter 38) | Hubeali 32 32 SAAD (Chapter 38) Sura Saad (88 verses) was revealed in Makkah.[1] ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Abu Jahl Bin Hisham, and with him were a group from Quraysh, came over to Abu Talib-asws, and they said, ‘The son-saww of your-asws brother-asws has harmed us and harmed our gods, therefore instruct him-as to restrain from our gods, and we would restrain from his-saww God-azwj’. Abu Talib-asws sent a message to Rasool-Allah-saww, to call him-saww over. فلما دخل النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) لم ير في البيت إلا مشركا، فقال: السلام على من اتبع الهدى، ثم جلس فخبره أبو طالب بما جاؤوا له، فقال: أو هل لهم في كلمة خير لهم من هذا يسودون بها العرب ويطأون أعناقهم ؟ When the Prophet-saww came over, he-saww did not see in the room except for the Polytheists. He-saww said: ‘Greetings be upon the one who follows the Guidance!’ Then he-saww was seated. Abu Talib-asws informed him-saww with what (proposal) they had come over with to him-as. He-saww said: ‘Or shall I-saww give a solution for them in a statement (There is no god except Allah-azwj), which is good for them, by which they would be prevailing upon the Arabs and treading on their necks?’ فقال أبو جهل: نعم وما هذه الكلمة ؟ فقال تقولون: لا إله إلا الله Abu Jahl said, ‘Yes, and what is this statement?’ So he-saww said: ‘You should be saying, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’’. قال: فوضعوا أصابعهم في آذانهم، وخرجوا هرابا وهم يقولون: ما سمعنا بهذا في الملة الآخرة إن هذا إلا اختلاق فأنزل الله في قولهم: " ص * والقرآن ذي الذكر " إلى قوله: إلا اختلاق He-asws said: ‘So they placed their fingers in their ears and went out fleeing, and they were saying, ‘We were not made to hear this in the former nations. This is nothing except for a fabrication’. So Allah-azwj the Exalted Revealed regarding their words [38:1] Saad. I Swear by the Quran, full of Remembrance – up to His-azwj Words [38:7] this is nothing but a fabrication’’.[2] ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding the words of Suleyman-as: Grant me a kingdom, not befitting for anyone from after me. Surely, You are the Bestower’ [38:35]. I said, ‘Was he-as Given that which he-as had supplicated for?’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, and no human being has been Given what the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj was Given, from the overcoming the Satans-la. He-saww punched him to his armpit until it hit his tongue, the hand of Rasool-Allah-saww. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Had Suleyman-as not supplicated with it, I-saww would have shown it’’.[3] Also, Amir Al-Momineen-asws was asked (in a lengthy Hadeeth when Rasool Allah went to Heavens during Ascension): And what is ‘Sa’ad’ which he-saww had been Commanded to wash from it?’ He-asws said: ‘A spring bursting forth from a corner from the corners of the Throne called ‘Water of life’, and it is what Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Saad! By the Quran with the Zikr [38:1]’’.[4] Saad! By the Quran with the Zikr [38:1] But, those who commit Kufr are in pride and discord [38:2]. Faces will be paled! Faces will be paled! Faces will be paled, and the sights will be blinded, and the tongues will be silenced! O Allah-azwj! Make their goodness in front of them and their evil beneath their feet, and seal of Suleyman between their shoulders! And Allah will Suffice you against them, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing [2:137], and may Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws in their entirety!’’[5] ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding the words of Suleyman-as: Grant me a kingdom, not befitting for anyone from after me. Surely, You are the Bestower’ [38:35]. I said, ‘Was he-as Given that which he-as had supplicated for?’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, and no human being has been Given what the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj was Given, from the overcoming the Satans-la. He-saww punched him to his armpit until it hit his tongue, the hand of Rasool-Allah-saww. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Had Suleyman-as not supplicated with it, I-saww would have shown it’’.[6] ‘From Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws (7th Imam) having said: ‘By Allah-azwj! We-asws have been Given what Suleyman-as was Given, and what Suleyman-as had not been Given, and what no one from the world had been Given. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said in the story of Suleyman-as: This is Our Gift, so either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39]. And the Mighty and Majestic Said in the story of Muhammad-saww: And whatever the Rasool gives you, then take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]’’.[7] ‘During the era of Abu Ja’far-asws when he-asws passed away, we were in confusion like the sheep having not shepherd for them. We met Salim Bin Abu Jafsa, and he said, ‘O Abu Ubeyda! Who is your Imam-asws?’ I said, ‘My Imams-asws are the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww’. He said, ‘You are destroyed and destroying (others). Didn’t I and you hear Abu Ja’far-asws and he-asws said: ‘One who dies and there isn’t an Imam-asws for him, dies a death of the pre-Islamic period’?’ I said, ‘Yes, by my life! That has been so’. Then, after that by three days or so, we entered to see Abu Abdullah-asws, and he-asws graced the recognition to us. I entered to see him-asws and said to him-asws, ‘I met Salim’. He-asws said to me such and such, and I said to him-asws such and such. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘O woe be to Salim!’ – three times. ‘Doesn’t Salim know what the status of the Imam-asws is?’ The Imam-asws is more magnificent than what Salim is going towards, and so are the people in their entirety. O Ubeyda! A dying one from us-asws does not pass away until he-asws leaves behind from after him-asws, one who deals with similar to his-asws deeds, and have methods with the like of his-asws methods, and calls to the like of that which he-asws had called to. O Abu Ubeyda! Verily, Allah-azwj did not Prevent him-asws from what He-azwj Gave Dawood-as, and He-azwj Gave Suleyman-as superior than what He-azwj had Given Dawood-as’. Then he-asws said: This is Our Gift, so either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39]’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘What has Allah-azwj Given him-asws? May I be sacrificed for you‑asws!’ He-asws said: ‘O Abu Ubeyda! Surely, when the Qaim-asws of the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww rises, he-asws would judge by the judgment of Dawood-as and Suleyman-as. He-asws will not ask the people for proof’’.[8] It was asked from Abu Abdullah-asws (6th Imam) about the afflictions of Prophet Ayoub-as, Imam-asws said: Prophet Ayoub-as saw his wife’s hair to have been cut off, and that is because she had asked a people to give her from the food what she could carry to Ayoub-as, and her hair was beautiful. They said to her, ‘Sell this hair of yours to us and we shall give you’. So, she cut it off and handed it over to them, and took from them food for Ayoub-as. When he-as saw her hair cut off, he-as was angry and swore to her that he-as would hit her a hundred times. She informed him-as that its reason was such and such (devastating hunger). Ayoub-as was gloomy from that. Allah-azwj revealed to him: “And take a green branch in your hand and strike with it and do not break your oath!” [38:44]. He-as grabbed a hundred branches and struck her once and exited from his-as oath. Then He-azwj Said: And We Granted to him, his family and the like of them, along with them, as a Mercy from Us and (for it to be) a Reminder for those who have the understanding [38:43]. He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Returned unto him-as his-as family, those who had died before the afflictions, and returned unto him-as his-as family those who had died after what had afflicted them of the affliction. Allah-azwj the Exalted Revived all of them for him-as and they live with him-as. And Ayoub-as was asked after Allah-azwj had restored his-as health, ‘Which thing was the severest upon you-as from what has passed upon you-as?’ He-as said: ‘Gloating of the enemies’. Allah-azwj Rained upon him-as in his-as house, butterflies of gold, and he-as would gather it, and whenever the wind blew away something from it, he-as would go after it and return it. Jibraeel-as said to him: ‘Are you-as not satiated, O Ayoub-as?’ He-as said: ‘And who can be satiated from the sustenance of his Lord-azwj?’’[9] Complete Hadeeth is given in the Appendix I. ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws (6th Imam) has said: ‘When the calamities of Ayoub-as were prolonged and Iblees-la saw his-as patience, came to companions of his-as who were monks in the mountain and said to them, ‘Let us pass by this afflicted servant to ask him-as about his-as afflictions’. He-asws said:’ They rode and came to him-as. When they were nearby him-as, their mules fled from them. So, they came closer to each other, then walked to him-as’, and among them was a young youth, and they greeted unto Ayoub-as, and they sat down and said, ‘O Ayoub-as! If only you-as would inform us of your-as sin, for we do not see you-as being afflicted by these afflictions except for a matter you-as are concealing it’. Ayoub-as said: ‘By the Mighty of my-as Lord-azwj! He-azwj Knows I-as have not eaten a meal at all except and with me-as there is an orphan or a guest eating with me-as, and no two matters have presented to me-as, both being in obedience (to Allah-azwj) except and I-as took with the severer of the two upon my-as body’. The youth said, ‘It is evil of you all deliberating to a Prophet-as of Allah-azwj chiding him-as until he-as manifests from worship of his-as Lord-azwj what he-as had concealed’. During that, he-as supplicated to his-as Lord-azwj and said: ‘‘ (the words of Prophet Ayoub) The Satan has touched me with toil and torment (inflicting wounds on my body)!’ [38:41]’. And he-asws said: ‘It was said to Ayoub-as after Allah-azwj the Exalted had Healed him-as, ‘Which thing was the most difficult (from) what passed upon you-as?’ He-as said: ‘Gloating of the enemies’’.[10] ‘(The narrator says): We were seated in the presence of Rasool-Allah-saww when a man came up to him-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Inform me about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Iblees-la: Were you arrogant or were you from the exalted ones?” [38:75]. Who are they, O Rasool-Allah-saww who are more exalted than the Angels of Proximity?’ Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww, and Ali-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws. We-asws in the Pavilions of the Throne Glorifying Allah-azwj. The Angels had been Glorifying by our-asws Glorification for two thousand years before Allah-azwj created Adam-as. When Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created Adam-as, He-azwj Commanded the Angels that they should do Sajdah to him-as, and did not Command them for the Sajdah except for our-asws sake. All of the Angels did Sajdah except for Iblees-la, for he-la refused to do Sajdah. Therefore Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said: “O Iblees! What prevented you from doing Sajdah to what I Created by My Hands? Were you arrogant or were you from the exalted ones?” [38:75]. The ones whose names are Inscribed in the Pavilions of the Throne”. Thus, we-asws are the Doors of Allah-azwj which are from Him-azwj. It is by us-asws that the guided ones are guided by. The one who loves us-asws loves Allah-azwj, and He-azwj will Settle him in His-azwj Paradise, and the one who hates us-asws hates Allah-azwj, and He-azwj will Settle him in His-azwj Fire. And no one would loves us-asws except if he is of a good birth. The post SAAD (Chapter 38) first appeared on Hubeali.]]>