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قوله تعالى:

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهٰاكُمُ التَّكٰاثُرُ -إلى قوله تعالى- ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ [1-8]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1. Abundance diverts you,
2. Until you come to the graves.
3. Nay! you shall soon know,
4. Again, Nay! you shall soon know.
5. Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
6. You should most certainly have seen the hell;
7. Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
8. Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.

/11862 _1-علي بن إبراهيم:في قوله تعالى: أَلْهٰاكُمُ التَّكٰاثُرُ أي أغفلكم كثرتكم حَتّٰى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقٰابِرَ و لم تذكروا الموت [1]كَلاّٰ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ* ثُمَّ كَلاّٰ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ* كَلاّٰ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ* لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ أي لا بد[من]أن ترونها ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهٰا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ* ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ [أي]عن الولاية،و الدليل على ذلك قوله: وَ قِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُلُونَ [2].

/11862 ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm, regarding the saying of the Exalted: “Abundance diverts you” — that is, your large numbers distracted you — “Until you come to the graves”, and you did not remember death. *Nay! You shall soon know * Then again, Nay! You shall soon know * Nay! If you had known with a certain knowledge * You should most certainly have seen the hell * Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty * Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons [Qur’an 102:1–8] — That is, about the guardianship (al-wilāyah). And the evidence for this is His saying: “And stop them, for they must be questioned” [Qur’an 37:24].

[1] In one version from “Ṭ, J, Y” and the source: the dead (al-mawtā). [2] Added in the source: He said: about the guardianship, and the verse is in Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt [37:24].

99-/11863 _2- أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ:عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ قَالَ:«الْمُعَايَنَةُ».

99-/11863 Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Khālid al-Barqī, from his father, from Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr, from Hishām ibn Sālim, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of the Exalted: “If you had known with a certain knowledge” [Qur’an 102:5] — He said: “It is direct witnessing (al-muʿāyanah).”

99-/11864 _3- شَرَفُ الدِّينِ النَّجَفِيُّ،قَالَ:فِي تَفْسِيرِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ [3]،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ الْيَمَانِيِّ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: كَلاّٰ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ* ثُمَّ كَلاّٰ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ؟قَالَ:«يَعْنِي مَرَّةً فِي الْكَرَّةِ،وَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ».

99-/11864 Sharaf al-Dīn al-Najafī said: In the Tafsīr of the People of the House (peace be upon them), he said: Some of our companions narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī [3], from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Najīḥ al-Yamānī, who said:

I said to Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) regarding the saying of the Mighty and Majestic: *“Nay! You shall soon know * Then again, Nay! You shall soon know” [Qur’an 102:3–4] — He said: “It means once in the rajʿah (return), and another time on the Day of Resurrection.”

[3] In the source: from Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī.

_1) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:440.

_2) -المحاسن:250/247.

_3) -تأويل الآيات 2:1/850.

_4) -روضة الواعظين:493.

[1] في نسخة من«ط،ج،ي»،و المصدر:الموتى.

[2] زاد في المصدر:قال:عن الو لآية،و الآية في سورة الصافّات 37:24.

[3] زاد في المصدر:عمر بن عبد اللّه.

[1] In one copy from “Ṭ, J, Y” and the source: al-mawtā (the dead). [2] Added in the source: He said: regarding the guardianship (al-wilāyah) — and the verse is in Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt [37:24]. [3] Added in the source: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh.

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99-/11865 _4- ابْنُ الْفَارِسِيِّ فِي(رَوْضَةِ الْوَاعِظِينَ):عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ،قَالَ: قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)

أَلْهٰاكُمُ التَّكٰاثُرُ ثُمَّ قَالَ:«تَكَاثُرُ الْأَمْوَالِ:جَمْعُهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ حَقِّهَا،وَ مَنْعُهَا مِنْ حَقِّهَا،وَ شَدُّهَا فِي الْأَوْعِيَةِ حَتّٰى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقٰابِرَ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُمْ قُبُورَكُمْ كَلاّٰ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَوْ قَدْ خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْ قُبُورِكُمْ إِلَى مَحْشَرِكُمْ كَلاّٰ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ ،قَالَ:وَ ذَلِكَ حِينَ يُؤْتَى بِالصِّرَاطِ فَيُنْصَبُ بَيْنَ جِسْرَيْ جَهَنَّمَ ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:عَنْ خَمْسٍ:عَنْ شِبَعِ الْبُطُونِ،وَ بَارِدِ الشَّرَابِ،وَ لَذَّةِ النَّوْمِ،وَ ظِلاَلِ الْمَسَاكِنِ،وَ اعْتِدَالِ الْخَلْقِ».

99-/11865 Ibn al-Fārisī in Rawḍat al-Wāʿiẓīn, from Ibn ʿAbbās, said:

The Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) recited: “Abundance diverts you” [Qur’an 102:1], then said: “The seeking of abundance in wealth means gathering it without due right, withholding it from its rightful dues, and storing it up in containers — ‘Until you come to the graves’ [Qur’an 102:2], that is, until you enter your graves. Nay! You shall soon know, Nay! If you had known with a certain knowledge [Qur’an 102:3–5] — that is, if you had risen from your graves to your place of gathering. Nay! If you had known with a certain knowledge... — he said: and that is when the Ṣirāṭ (bridge) is brought forth and set up between the two edges of Jahannam. ‘Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons’ [Qur’an 102:8] — He said: about five things: about fullness of the stomachs, cold drinks, the pleasure of sleep, the shade of dwellings, and the symmetry of one’s form.”

99-/11866 _5- ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْنُ الْفَارِسِيِّ:وَ رُوِيَ فِي أَخْبَارِنَا أَنَّ النَّعِيمَ وَلاَيَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ).

99-/11866 Then Ibn al-Fārisī said: And it has been narrated in our reports that al-naʿīm (the boon) is the guardianship of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him).

99-/11867 _6- الشَّيْخُ فِي(أَمَالِيهِ)،قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُقْدَةَ الْحَافِظُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ الصَّائِغُ،قَالَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ:هُوَ عُمَرُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ،أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ،عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:«نَحْنُ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ»،وَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَ اعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللّٰهِ جَمِيعاً [1]،قَالَ:«نَحْنُ الْحَبْلُ».

99-/11867 Shaykh (al-Ṭūsī) in al-Amālī, said: Abū ʿUmar ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Mahdī narrated to us, who said: Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUqdah al-Ḥāfiẓ narrated to us, who said: Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī ibn Najīḥ al-Kindī narrated to us, who said: Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn narrated to us, who said: Abū Ḥafṣ al-Ṣāʾigh narrated to us — Abū al-ʿAbbās said: he is ʿUmar ibn Rāshid, Abū Sulaymān — from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad (peace be upon them both), regarding the saying of Allah: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8], he said: “We are among the boons.”

And regarding His saying: “And hold fast by the covenant of Allah all together” [Qur’an 3:103], he said: “We are the covenant (ḥabl).”

99-/11868 _7- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ،عَنْ جَمِيلٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: قُلْتُ:قَوْلُ اللَّهِ: لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ؟قَالَ:«تُسْأَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ عَمَّا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِرَسُولِهِ [2](صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،ثُمَّ بِأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ [3](عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/11868 ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm said: Aḥmad ibn Idrīs narrated to us, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, from Salamah ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from Jamīl, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said:

I asked about the saying of Allah: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8]. He said: “This ummah will be questioned about what Allah bestowed upon it through His Messenger [2] (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family), and then through his Household [3] (peace be upon them).”

[2] In the source: through His Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālih). [3] In the source: through his Household (ʿalayhim al-salām).

99-/11869 _8- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ،قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)جَمَاعَةً،فَدَعَا بِطَعَامٍ مَا لَنَا عَهْدٌ بِمِثْلِهِ لَذَاذَةً وَ طِيباً،وَ أُوتِينَا بِتَمْرٍ نَنْظُرُ فِيهِ إِلَى وُجُوهِنَا مِنْ صَفَائِهِ وَ حُسْنِهِ،فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ:لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَنْ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تَنَعَّمْتُمْ بِهِ عِنْدَ ابْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَكْرَمُ وَ أَجَلُّ أَنْ يُطْعِمَكُمْ طَعَاماً فَيُسَوِّغَكُمُوهُ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلَكُمْ عَنْهُ،وَ لَكِنْ يَسْأَلُكُمْ عَمَّا أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)».

99-/11869 Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb, from a number of our companions, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Khālid, from ʿUthmān ibn ʿĪsā, from Abū Saʿīd, from Abū Ḥamzah, who said:

We were in the presence of Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) as a group, and he called for food — the likes of which we had never experienced in terms of flavor and pleasantness. Then we were brought dates so pure and beautiful that we could see our reflections in them.

One man said: “Indeed, you will be questioned about this naʿīm (boon) which you are enjoying at the home of the son of the Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family).”

So Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) said: “Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is more noble and more exalted than to feed you food, allow you to enjoy it, and then question you about it. Rather, He will question you about what He has bestowed upon you through Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family).”

99-/11870 _9- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ،عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَرِيزٍ،عَنْ سَدِيرٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْكَابُلِيِّ،قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَدَعَا بِالْغَدَاءِ،فَأَكَلْتُ مَعَهُ طَعَاماً مَا أَكَلْتُ طَعَاماً قَطُّ أَطْيَبَ مِنْهُ وَ لاَ أَلْطَفَ [4]،فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، قَالَ:«يَا أَبَا خَالِدٍ،كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ طَعَامَكَ،-أَوْ قَالَ-طَعَامَنَا؟»قُلْتُ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،مَا أَكَلْتُ طَعَاماً أَطْيَبَ مِنْهُ قَطُّ وَ لاَ أَنْظَفَ،وَ لَكِنْ [1]ذَكَرْتُ الْآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«لاَ،إِنَّمَا يَسْأَلُكُمْ عَمَّا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ».

99-/11870 And from him, from a number of our companions, from Aḥmad ibn Abī ʿAbdillāh, from his father, from al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Jawharī, from al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥarīz, from Sadeer al-Ṣayrafī, from Abū Khālid al-Kābulī, who said:

I entered upon Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him), and he called for lunch. I ate with him a meal — I had never eaten anything tastier or more delicate than it [4]. When we finished eating, he said: “O Abā Khālid, how did you find your food?” — or he said, “our food?” I replied: “May I be your ransom! I have never eaten food tastier or cleaner than it. But [1] I remembered the verse in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: ‘Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons’ [Qur’an 102:8].”

So Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him) said: “No — He will only question you about what you are upon from the truth.”

[1] In the source: I was disturbed by it. [4] alṭaf – more delicate, subtle, or refined.

_5) -روضة الواعظين:493.

_6) -الأمالي 1:378.

_7) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:440.

_8) -الكافي 6:3/280.

_9) -الكافي 6:5/280.

[1] آل عمران 3:103.

[2] في المصدر:عليهم برسول اللّه.

[3] زاد في المصدر:المعصومين.

[4] في المصدر:قط أنظف منه و لا أطيب.

[1] في المصدر:فداك ما رأيت أطيب منه و لا أنظف قط و لكني.

[1] Āl ʿImrān [3:103]. [2] In the source: through the Messenger of Allah. [3] Added in the source: the infallibles (al-maʿṣūmīn). [4] In the source: never cleaner nor tastier than it. [1] In the source: May I be your ransom! I have never seen anything tastier or cleaner, but I...

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99-/11871 _10- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا الْحَاكِمُ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصَّوْلِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ذَكْوَانَ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِسُرَّ مَنْ رَأَى [2]سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَ ثَمَانِينَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ،قَالَ:

حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الصَّوْلِيُّ الْكَاتِبُ بِالْأَهْوَازِ سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ،قَالَ: كُنَّا يَوْماً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَقَالَ:«لَيْسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا نَعِيمٌ حَقِيقِيٌّ».فَقَالَ[لَهُ]بَعْضُ الْفُقَهَاءِ مِمَّنْ بِحَضْرَتِهِ:قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ أَمَّا هَذَا النَّعِيمُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ هُوَ الْمَاءُ الْبَارِدُ؟فَقَالَ لَهُ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)- وَ عَلاَ صَوْتُهُ-:«كَذَا فَسَّرْتُمُوهُ أَنْتُمْ،وَ جَعَلْتُمُوهُ عَلَى ضُرُوبٍ؛فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ:هُوَ الْمَاءُ الْبَارِدُ،وَ قَالَ غَيْرُهُمْ:هُوَ الطَّعَامُ الطَّيِّبُ،وَ قَالَ آخَرُونَ:هُوَ النَّوْمُ الطَّيِّبُ.

وَ لَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):أَنَّ أَقْوَالَكُمْ هَذِهِ ذُكِرَتْ عِنْدَهُ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى:

ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ فَغَضِبَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،وَ قَالَ:إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لاَ يَسْأَلُ عِبَادَهُ عَمَّا تَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِهِ، وَ لاَ يَمُنُّ بِذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ،وَ الاِمْتِنَانُ مُسْتَقْبَحٌ مِنَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ،فَكَيْفَ يُضَافُ إِلَى الْخَالِقِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا لاَ يَرْضَى بِهِ لِلْمَخْلُوقِينَ [3]؟!

99-/11871 Ibn Bābawayh said: al-Ḥākim Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Bayhaqī narrated to us, who said: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Ṣawlī narrated to us, who said: Abū Dhakwān al-Qāsim ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us in Surr Man Ra’ā [2] in the year 285 AH. He said:

Ibrāhīm ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Ṣawlī al-Kātib narrated to me in Ahwāz in the year 227 AH. He said:

One day we were in the presence of ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā (peace be upon him), and he said: “There is no true naʿīm (boon) in this world.” So one of the jurists who was present said to him: “What about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: ‘Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons’ [Qur’an 102:8]? Is that not referring to cold water in this world?”

So al-Riḍā (peace be upon him) — and his voice rose — said: “That is how you have interpreted it, and you have made it into categories. A group of you said: it is cold water. Others said: it is good food. Others said: it is pleasant sleep.

Indeed, my father narrated to me, from his father, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), that your statements were mentioned in his presence regarding the saying of Allah, the Exalted: ‘Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons’ [Qur’an 102:8].

He (peace be upon him) became angry and said: ‘Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, does not question His servants about that which He has graciously given to them, nor does He reproach them for it. Reproach is detestable coming from created beings — so how can it be attributed to the Creator, the Mighty and Majestic, that which He Himself does not approve of for His creation [3]?!’”

[2] In the source: in Sīrāf. [3] In the source: that the creation is content with it.

وَ لَكِنَّ النَّعِيمَ حُبُّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ مُوَالاَتُنَا،يَسْأَلُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بَعْدَ التَّوْحِيدِ وَ النُّبُوَّةِ،لِأَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وَفَى بِذَلِكَ أَدَّاهُ إِلَى نَعِيمِ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي لاَ يَزُولُ،وَ لَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي بِذَلِكَ أَبِي،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)،أَنَّهُ قَالَ:قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):يَا عَلِيُّ،إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْهُ الْعَبْدُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ،وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ،وَ أَنَّكَ وَلِيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،بِمَا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ وَ جَعَلْتُهُ لَكَ،فَمَنْ أَقَرَّ بِذَلِكَ وَ كَانَ يَعْتَقِدُهُ صَارَ إِلَى النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي لاَ زَوَالَ لَهُ».

Continuation of 99-/11871 “But the true naʿīm (boon) is our love — the People of the House — and our guardianship. Allah will question about it after (affirming) tawḥīd (Divine Unity) and prophethood. For if the servant fulfills that, it will lead him to the eternal bliss of Paradise that never ends.

Indeed, my father narrated this to me from his father, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī, from his father ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, from his father al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, from his father (peace be upon them), that he said:

The Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) said: ‘O ʿAlī, the first thing the servant will be asked about after his death is the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that you are the guardian of the believers — by what Allah has appointed and I have appointed for you.

Whoever acknowledges that and holds it as belief will be led to the eternal bliss (naʿīm) that never fades.’”

فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو ذَكْوَانَ؛بَعْدَ أَنْ حَدَّثَنِي بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُبْتَدِءاً مِنْ غَيْرِ سُؤَالٍ:حَدَّثْتُكَ بِهِ بِجِهَاتٍ،مِنْهَا:لِقَصْدِكَ لِي مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ،وَ مِنْهَا:أَنَّ عَمَّكَ أَفَادَنِيهِ،وَ مِنْهَا:أَنِّي كُنْتُ مَشْغُولاً بِاللُّغَةِ وَ الْأَشْعَارِ وَ لاَ أُعَوِّلُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِمَا،فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي النَّوْمِ وَ النَّاسُ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَ يُجِيبُهُمْ،فَسَلَّمْتُ فَمَا رَدَّ عَلَيَّ،فَقُلْتُ:أَنَا مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ.فَقَالَ لِي:بَلَى،وَ لَكِنْ حَدِّثِ النَّاسَ بِحَدِيثِ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

قَالَ الصَّوْلِيُّ:وَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ قَدْ رَوَاهُ النَّاسُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيهِ ذِكْرُ النَّعِيمِ،وَ الْآيَةِ وَ تَفْسِيرُهَا إِنَّمَا رَوَوْا أَنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْهُ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؛الشَّهَادَةُ وَ النُّبُوَّةُ وَ مُوَالاَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ).

Continuation of 99-/11871 Abū Dhakwān said to me — after narrating this ḥadīth to me on his own initiative, without being asked:

“I told it to you for several reasons: among them, your coming to me from Baṣrah; among them, that your uncle had passed it on to me; and among them, that I used to be preoccupied with language and poetry, and relied on nothing else. Then I saw the Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) in a dream, and the people were greeting him with salām, and he was returning their greetings.

So I greeted him, but he did not reply to me. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am from your ummah!’ He said to me: ‘Indeed, but narrate to the people the ḥadīth about al-naʿīm — the one you heard from Ibrāhīm.’”

Al-Ṣawlī said: “This ḥadīth has indeed been narrated by people from the Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family), but it does not contain the mention of al-naʿīm, nor the verse or its interpretation. What they narrated is that the first thing a servant will be questioned about on the Day of Resurrection is the testimony (of faith), prophethood, and the guardianship of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him).”

_10) -عيون أخبار الرّضا(عليه السّلام)2:8/129.

[2] في المصدر:بسيراف.

[3] في المصدر:يرضى المخلوق به.

[2] In the source: in Sīrāf. [3] In the source: that the creation is content with it.

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99-/11872 _11- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ،عَنْ حَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ،عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ،عَنْ أَبِي حَفْصٍ الصَّائِغِ،عَنِ الْإِمَامِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)،أَنَّهُ قَالَ: « ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا هُوَ الطَّعَامَ وَ الشَّرَابَ،وَ لَكِنْ وَلاَيَتُنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ».

99-/11872 Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās said: ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥātim narrated to me, from Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, from al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḍaḥḥāk, from Abū Ḥafṣ al-Ṣāʾigh, from Imām Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad (peace be upon them both), that he said: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8] — “By Allah, it is not about food and drink, but rather about our guardianship — the guardianship of the People of the House.”

99-/11873 _12- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَرَّاقُ،عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ،عَنْ حَسَنِ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ،عَنْ أَبِي حَفْصٍ الصَّائِغِ،عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:«نَحْنُ النَّعِيمُ».

99-/11873 And from him, he said: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Warrāq narrated to us, from Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī ibn Najīḥ, from Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn, from Abū Ḥafṣ al-Ṣāʾigh, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad (peace be upon them both), regarding the saying of the Mighty and Majestic: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8] — He said: “We are the boon (al-naʿīm).”

99-/11874 _13- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ الْيَمَانِيِّ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):مَا مَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ؟قَالَ:«النَّعِيمُ الَّذِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ وَلاَيَتِنَا،وَ حُبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ)».

99-/11874 And from him, he said: Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim narrated to us, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, from Muḥammad ibn Khālid, from ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Najīḥ al-Yamānī, who said:

I said to Abū ʿAbd Allāh (peace be upon him): What is the meaning of the saying of the Mighty and Majestic: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8]? He said: “The boon (al-naʿīm) which Allah bestowed upon you is our guardianship and the love of Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad (blessings of Allah be upon them).”

99-/11875 _14- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ صَالِحٍ،عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ،عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ،عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ،عَنْ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،أَنَّهُ قَالَ: « ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ نَحْنُ النَّعِيمُ».

99-/11875 And from him, he said: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan ibn al-Qāsim, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ, from Mufaḍḍal ibn Ṣāliḥ, from Saʿd ibn Ṭarīf, from al-Aṣbagh ibn Nubātah, from ʿAlī (peace be upon him), that he said: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8] — “We are the boon (al-naʿīm).”

99-/11876 _15- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ؛عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:«نَحْنُ نَعِيْمُ الْمُؤْمِنِ،وَ عَلْقَمُ الْكَافِرِ».

99-/11876 And from him, from Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, from Muḥammad ibn Khālid, from Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr, from Abū al-Ḥasan Mūsā (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of the Mighty and Majestic: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8] — He said: “We are the comfort (naʿīm) of the believer, and the bitterness (ʿalqam) of the disbeliever.”

99-/11877 _16- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ،عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ،عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْكَابُلِيِّ،قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،فَقَدَّمَ[لِي]طَعَاماً لَمْ آكُلْ أَطْيَبَ مِنْهُ،فَقَالَ لِي:«يَا أَبَا خَالِدٍ،كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ طَعَامَنَا»فَقُلْتُ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،مَا أَطْيَبَهُ!غَيْرَ أَنِّي ذَكَرْتُ آيَةً فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَتَنَغَّصَتْ [1]،فَقَالَ:«وَ مَا هِيَ؟»قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،فَقَالَ:«وَ اللَّهِ لاَ تُسْأَلُ عَنْ هَذَا الطَّعَامِ أَبَداً»ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ حَتَّى افْتَرَّ [2]ضَاحِكاً وَ بَدَتْ أَضْرَاسُهُ،وَ قَالَ:«أَ تَدْرِي مَا النَّعِيمُ؟»قُلْتُ:لاَ،قَالَ:«نَحْنُ النَّعِيمُ [الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ]».

99-/11877 And from him, he said: ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Thaqafī, from Ismāʿīl ibn Bashshār, from ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ghālib, from Abū Khālid al-Kābulī, who said:

I entered upon Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī (peace be upon him), and he presented me with food — I had never eaten anything more pleasant than it. He said to me: “O Abā Khālid, how did you find our food?” I said: “May I be your ransom — how excellent it is! But I remembered a verse from the Book of Allah, and it caused me distress.” He said: “And what is it?” I said: ‘Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons’ [Qur’an 102:8]. He said: “By Allah, you will never be questioned about this food.”

Then he laughed until he smiled wide, and his molars became visible. Then he said: “Do you know what al-naʿīm is?” I said: “No.” He said: “We are al-naʿīm — the boon about which you shall be questioned.”

[1] tanaġġaṣat – "it became bitter/disturbing to me." [2] iftarra ḍāḥikan – "he smiled showing his teeth." (Lisān al-ʿArab 5:51).

_11) -تأويل الآيات 2:2/850.

_12) -تأويل الآيات 2:3/850.

_13) -تأويل الآيات 2:4/850.

_14) -تأويل الآيات 2:6/851.

_15) -تأويل الآيات 2:5/851.

_16) -تأويل الآيات 2:7/851.

[1] في المصدر:فنغصته.

[2] افترّ فلان ضاحكا،أي أبدى أسنانه.«لسان العرب 5:51».

[1] In the source: fanaghaṣtahu – "he made it bitter or distressing." [2] Iftarra fulān ḍāḥikan: meaning, "he smiled showing his teeth." — Lisān al-‘Arab 5:51.

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99-/11878 _17- وَ رَوَى الشَّيْخُ الْمُفِيدِ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ الْكَلْبِيِّ،قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ الصَّادِقُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) الْعِرَاقَ نَزَلَ الْحِيرَةَ،فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ وَ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ،وَ كَانَ مِمَّا سَأَلَهُ أَنْ قَالَ لَهُ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،مَا الْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ؟فَقَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«الْمَعْرُوفُ-يَا أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ-اَلْمَعْرُوفُ فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ،الْمَعْرُوفُ فِي أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ،وَ ذَاكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)».

قَالَ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،فَمَا الْمُنْكَرُ؟قَالَ:«اللَّذَانِ ظَلَمَاهُ حَقَّهُ،وَ ابْتَزَّاهُ أَمْرَهُ،وَ حَمَلاَ النَّاسَ عَلَى كَتِفِهِ».

99-/11878 Shaykh al-Mufīd narrated through his chain of transmission to Muḥammad ibn al-Sā’ib al-Kalbī, who said: When al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon him) arrived in Iraq, he settled in al-Ḥīrah. Abū Ḥanīfah came to him and asked him several questions. Among the things he asked was: “May I be your ransom, what is al-amr bil-maʿrūf (enjoining what is right)?” He (peace be upon him) said: “O Abā Ḥanīfah, al-maʿrūf (the good) is what is recognized by the people of the heavens, and recognized by the people of the earth — and that is the Commander of the Faithful, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him).” He said: “May I be your ransom, then what is al-munkar (the wrong)?” He said: “The two who wronged him in his right, usurped his authority, and burdened the people upon his back.”

قَالَ:أَلاَ مَا هُوَ أَنْ تَرَى الرَّجُلَ عَلَى مَعَاصِي اللَّهِ فَتَنْهَاهُ عَنْهَا؟فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«لَيْسَ ذَاكَ أَمْراً بِالْمَعْرُوفِ،وَ لاَ نَهْياً عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ خَيْرٌ قَدَّمَهُ».

قَالَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ:أَخْبِرْنِي-جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ-عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:«فَمَا عِنْدَكَ يَا أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ؟»قَالَ:اَلْأَمْنُ فِي السَّرْبِ،وَ صِحَّةُ الْبَدَنِ،وَ الْقُوتُ الْحَاضِرُ.فَقَالَ:«يَا أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ،لَئِنْ وَقَّفَكَ اللَّهُ وَ أَوْقَفَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ[كُلِّ]أَكْلَةٍ أَكَلْتَهَا وَ شَرْبَةٍ شَرِبْتَهَا لَيَطُولَنَّ وُقُوفُكَ»،قَالَ:فَمَا النَّعِيمُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ؟قَالَ:«النَّعِيمُ نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ أَنْقَذَ[اللَّهُ]النَّاسَ بِنَا مِنَ الضَّلاَلَةِ وَ بَصَّرَهُمْ بِنَا مِنَ الْعَمَى،وَ عَلَّمَهُمْ بِنَا مِنَ الْجَهْلِ».

قَالَ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،فَكَيْفَ كَانَ الْقُرْآنُ جَدِيداً أَبَداً؟قَالَ:«لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُجْعَلْ لِزَمَانٍ دُونَ زَمَانٍ فَتُخْلِقَهُ [1]الْأَيَّامُ، وَ لَوْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ لَفَنِيَ الْقُرْآنُ قَبْلَ فَنَاءِ الْعَالَمِ».

Continuation of 99-/11878 He (Abū Ḥanīfah) said: “Isn’t enjoining what is right that you see a man committing disobedience to Allah and you forbid him from it?” Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) said: “That is not enjoining what is right or forbidding what is wrong. That is merely a good deed you have done ahead.”

Abū Ḥanīfah said: “Inform me — may I be your ransom — about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: ‘Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons’ [Qur’an 102:8].” He (peace be upon him) said: “What do you say it means, O Abā Ḥanīfah?” He said: “Security in one’s dwelling, health in the body, and available sustenance.”

He (peace be upon him) replied: “O Abā Ḥanīfah, if Allah were to make you stand and keep you standing on the Day of Resurrection until He questions you about every bite you ate and every sip you drank, your standing would indeed be long.” He said: “Then what is al-naʿīm, may I be your ransom?” He said: “Al-naʿīm — we are the ones through whom Allah rescued people from misguidance, gave them sight after blindness, and taught them after ignorance.”

He said: “May I be your ransom, then how is the Qur’an always fresh?” He said: “Because it was not made for one time to the exclusion of another, that the days should wear it out. And if it were so, the Qur’an would have perished before the world perished.”

[1] tukhliquhu al-ayyām – “the days would wear it out.”

99-/11879 _18- الطَّبْرِسِيُّ:رُوِيَ الْعَيَّاشِيُّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ-فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ-قَالَ: سَأَلَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ،فَقَالَ لَهُ:«مَا النَّعِيمُ عِنْدَكَ يَا نُعْمَانُ؟»قَالَ:اَلقُوتُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ الْمَاءُ الْبَارِدُ.فَقَالَ:«لَئِنْ أَوْقَفَكَ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ كُلِّ أَكْلَةٍ أَكَلْتَهَا أَوْ شَرْبَةٍ شَرِبْتَهَا لَيَطُولَنَّ وُقُوفُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ»،قَالَ:فَمَا النَّعِيمُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ؟قَالَ:«نَحْنُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ-اَلنَّعِيمُ الَّذِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِنَا عَلَى الْعِبَادِ،وَ بِنَا ائْتَلَفُوا بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانُوا مُخْتَلِفِينَ،وَ بِنَا أَلَّفَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ جَعَلَهُمْ إِخْوَاناً بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانُوا أَعْدَاءً،وَ بِنَا هَدَاهُمُ اللَّهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلاَمِ،وَ هِيَ النِّعْمَةُ الَّتِي لاَ تَنْقَطِعُ،وَ اللَّهُ سَائِلُهُمْ عَنْ حَقِّ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ،وَ هُوَ النَّبِيُّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)وَ عِتْرَتُهُ».

99-/11879 Al-Ṭabrisī: al-‘Ayyāshī narrated through his chain of transmission — in a long ḥadīth — that Abū Ḥanīfah asked Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) about this verse. So he said to him: “What is al-naʿīm (the boon), O Nuʿmān, according to you?” He replied: “Provision of food and cold water.” He said: “If Allah were to make you stand before Him on the Day of Resurrection to ask you about every bite you ate and every sip you drank, your standing before Him would surely be long.” He said: “Then what is al-naʿīm, may I be your ransom?” He said: “We, the People of the House — al-naʿīm is what Allah has bestowed upon His servants through us. Through us they united after having been divided. Through us, Allah brought their hearts together and made them brothers after they had been enemies. Through us, Allah guided them to Islam. And this is the boon that does not end. And Allah will question them about the right of the boon that He bestowed upon them — and that is the Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) and his progeny.”

99-/11880 _19- ابْنُ شَهْرِ آشُوبَ:عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ :

«يَعْنِي الْأَمْنَ وَ الصِّحَّةَ وَ وَلاَيَةَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/11880 Ibn Shahr Āshūb, from Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of the Exalted: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8] — He said: “It means security, health, and the guardianship of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him).”

99-/11881 _20- وَ عَنِ(التَّنْوِيرِ فِي مَعَانِي التَّفْسِيرِ):عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ وَ الصَّادِقِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ): «النَّعِيمُ:وَلاَيَةُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/11881 And from al-Tanwīr fī Maʿānī al-Tafsīr, from al-Bāqir and al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon them): “al-Naʿīm (the boon) is the guardianship of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him).”

_17) -تأويل الآيات 2:8/852.

_18) -مجمع البيان 10:813.

_19) -المناقب 2:153.

_20) -المناقب 2:153.

[1] أي تبليه.

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99-/11882 _21- وَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ:عَنِ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ الْحَافِظِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:«يَعْنِي الْأَمْنَ وَ الصِّحَّةَ وَ وَلاَيَةَ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) [1]».

99-/11882 And from the path of the opponents: from Abū Nuʿaym al-Ḥāfiẓ, who attributes it to Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad (peace be upon them both), regarding the saying of the Exalted: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8], he said: “It means security, health, and the guardianship of ʿAlī (peace be upon him).”

[1] In the source: He said — concerning the guardianship of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him).

99-/11883 _22- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ،قَالَ:قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:«الرُّطَبُ وَ الْمَاءُ الْبَارِدُ».

وَ مِثْلُهُ فِي(صَحِيفَةِ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) [2].

99-/11883 Ibn Bābawayh, through his chain of transmission, said: ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of the Exalted: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8], said: “Fresh dates and cold water.” And the same is found in Ṣaḥīfat al-Riḍā (peace be upon him), from ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him).

99-/11884 _23- الزَّمَخْشَرِيُّ فِي(رَبِيعِ الْأَبْرَارِ):عَنْ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:

«الرُّطَبُ وَ الْمَاءُ الْبَارِدِ».

99-/11884 Al-Zamakhsharī in Rabī‘ al-Abrār, from ‘Alī (peace be upon him), regarding: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8] — he said: “Fresh dates and cold water.”

99-/11885 _24- الشَّيْخُ وَرَّامٌ:عَنْ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ،قَالَ:

«الْأَمْنُ وَ الصِّحَّةُ وَ الْعَافِيَةُ».

99-/11885 Shaykh Warrām, from ‘Alī (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, the Exalted: “Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons” [Qur’an 102:8] — he said: “Security, health, and well-being.”

99-/11886 _25- الطَّبْرِسِيُّ:عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي مَعْنَى النَّعِيمِ:«هُوَ الْأَمْنُ وَ الصِّحَّةُ».

99-/11886 Al-Ṭabrisī, from Abū Ja‘far and Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon them), regarding the meaning of al-na‘īm (the boon) — “It is security and health.”

_21) -النور المشتعل:79/285.

_22) -عيون أخبار الرّضا(عليه السّلام)2:110/38.

_23) -ربيع الأبرار 1:236.

_24) -تنبيه الخواطر 1:44.

_25) -مجمع البيان 10:812.

[1] في المصدر:قال:عن ولاية عليّ بن أبي طالب(عليه السّلام)

[2] صحيفة الرضا(عليه السّلام):126/230.

[1] In the source: He said — concerning the guardianship of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him). [2] Ṣaḥīfat al-Riḍā (peace be upon him): 126/230.

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