Alhamdolillah

قال: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ، أَوْ يَعْمَلَ عَمَلاً، فَيَقُولُ: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَيْ بِهَذَا الاِسْمِ أَعْمَلُ هَذَا الْعَمَلَ، فَكُلُّ عَمَلٍ يَعْمَلُهُ، يَبْدَأُ فِيهِ بِبِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَإِنَّهُ مُبَارَكٌ لَهُ فِيهِ.

He said: When a servant intends to recite, or to do a deed, and says: “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful,” meaning: With this Name I perform this act, then every deed he does, which he begins with “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful,” is blessed for him.

99-/267 _12- (رَبِيعُ الْأَبْرَارِ) لِلزَّمَخْشَرِيِّ: قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ): مَا الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَ لَا تَذْكُرْ لِيَ الْعَالَمَ وَ الْعَرَضَ وَ الْجَوَاهِرَ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَلْ رَكِبْتَ الْبَحْرَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «فَهَلْ عَصَفَتْ بِكُمُ الرِّيحُ، حَتَّى خِفْتُمُ الْغَرَقَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: [«فَهَلِ انْقَطَعَ رَجَاؤُكَ مِنَ الْمَرْكَبِ وَ الْمَلَّاحِينَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ.] قَالَ: «فَهَلْ تَتَبَّعَتْ نَفْسُكَ أَنَّ ثَمَّ مَنْ يُنْجِيكَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «فَإِنَّ ذَاكَ هُوَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى، قَالَ اللَّهُ: عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُونَ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ [1] وَ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فَإِلَيْهِ تَجْئَرُونَ». [2] 

99-/267 _12- (Rabi‘ al-Abrār) by al-Zamakhsharī: He said: A man said to Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (peace be upon them both): What is the proof of Allah? And do not mention to me the world, accidents, and substances. He said to him: “Have you sailed the sea?” He said: Yes. He said: “Has the wind blown violently upon you to the point that you feared drowning?” He said: Yes. He said: [“Did your hope in the ship and the sailors cut off?” He said: Yes.] He said: “Did your soul then pursue the thought that there is Someone there who will save you?” He said: Yes. He said: “That is Allah, Glorified and Exalted. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: ‘…those whom you call upon besides Him have strayed (are lost)…’ [1] and: ‘And when distress afflicts you, to Him you cry aloud.’ [2]”

[1] الإسراء 17:67

al-Isrā’ 17:67

M. H. Shakir: “And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you call on except He; but when He brings you safe to the land, you turn aside; and man is ever ungrateful.”

[2] النحل 16:53

al-Naḥl 16:53

M. H. Shakir: “And whatever favor is (bestowed) on you, it is from Allah; then when distress afflicts you, to Him do you cry for aid.”

قوله عزّ و جلّ:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰالَمِينَ [2]

اَلرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ [3]

مٰالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ [4]

إِيّٰاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيّٰاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ [5]

اِهْدِنَا الصِّرٰاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ [6]

صِرٰاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لاَ الضَّالِّينَ [7]

His saying, Mighty and Majestic: “All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, The Beneficent, the Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment, Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help, Keep us on the right path, The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors, not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.” (Qur’an 1:2–7, M. H. Shakir)

99-/268 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ: عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ مُيَسِّرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «شُكْرُ النِّعْمَةِ اجْتِنَابُ الْمَحَارِمِ، وَ تَمَامُ الشُّكْرِ قَوْلُ الرَّجُلِ: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰالَمِينَ».

99-/268 _1- Muhammad ibn Ya‘qūb—from several of our companions, from Aḥmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khālid, from some of our companions, from Muhammad ibn Hishām, from Mayssir, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him)—said: “Gratitude for a blessing is to avoid the forbidden, and the completion of gratitude is for a person to say: ‘Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.’”

99-/269 _2- الشَّيْخُ الْفَاضِلُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى فِي (كَشْفِ الْغُمَّةِ): عَنِ الْإِمَامِ الصَّادِقِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «فَقَدَ أَبِي بَغْلَةً لَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ رَدَّهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ لَأَحْمَدَنَّهُ بِمَحَامِدَ يَرْضَاهَا، فَلَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ أُتِيَ بِهَا بِسَرْجِهَا وَ لِجَامِهَا، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى [عَلَيْهَا] وَ ضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ، رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَ قَالَ: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَ لَمْ يَزِدْ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا تَرَكْتُ وَ لَا أَبْقَيْتُ شَيْئاً، جَعَلْتُ جَمِيعَ أَنْوَاعِ الْمَحَامِدِ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ، فَمَا مِنْ حَمْدٍ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ دَاخِلٌ فِيمَا قُلْتُ». ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى: صَدَقَ وَ بَرَّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فَإِنَّ الْأَلِفَ وَ اللَّامَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ يَسْتَغْرِقُ الْجِنْسَ وَ تَفَرُّدُهُ تَعَالَى بِالْحَمْدِ.

99-/269 _2- The virtuous Shaykh ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsā in (Kashf al-Ghumma): from Imām al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon him), said: “My father lost a mule of his, and said: If Allah returns it to me, I will surely praise Him with praises that He approves. It was not long before it was brought to him with its saddle and bridle. When he mounted [it] and drew his garments together around himself, he raised his head to the sky and said: ‘Praise be to Allah,’ and did not add anything more. Then he said: I have omitted nothing and left nothing out; I have made all kinds of praise belong to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, so there is no praise except that it is included in what I said.” Then ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsā said: He spoke truthfully and well (peace be upon him), for the alif and lām in His saying “al-ḥamdu lillāh (the praise belongs to Allah)” encompasses the entire genus, and His Exaltedness is uniquely deserving of all praise.

_12) - ربيع الأبرار 1:663

Rabī‘ al-Abrār 1:663

_1) - الكافي 2:10/78

al-Kāfī 2:10/78

_2) - كشف الغمّة 2:118 Kashf al-Ghumma 2:118

[1] الصّافّات 37:20

al-Ṣāffāt 37:20

[2] الزّخرف 43:4

al-Zukhruf 43:4

[3] حدل: مشى في ميل إلى أحد جانبيه. «المعجم الوسيط-حدل-1:161»

ḥadala: to walk leaning to one side. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – hadal – 1:161”

[4] في «س»: يمشي

In “S”: “yamshī (walks)”

[5] حبا الصبيّ على استه حبوا، إذا زحف. «الصحاح-حبا-6:2307»

ḥabā: the infant crawled on his buttocks; crawled. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – ḥabā – 6:2307”

[6] قرأ صراط من أنعمت عليهم عمر بن الخطّاب، و عمرو بن عبد اللّه الزّبيريّ، و روي ذلك عن أهل البيت (عليهم السّلام). انظر مجمع البيان 1:105.

qara’a “ṣirāṭa man an‘amta ‘alayhim” ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, and ‘Amr ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Zubayrī; and this is narrated from Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them). See Majma‘ al-Bayān 1:105.

99-/270 _3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِهِ: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ قَالَ: «الشُّكْرُ لِلَّهِ». وَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: رَبِّ الْعٰالَمِينَ قَالَ: «خَالِقِ الْخَلْقِ. اَلرَّحْمٰنِ بِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ اَلرَّحِيمِ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ خَاصَّةً». مٰالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ قَالَ: «يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ، وَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: وَ قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا هَذَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ [1] يَعْنِي يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ». إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ «مُخَاطَبَةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ مِثْلُهُ». اِهْدِنَا الصِّرٰاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ قَالَ: «الطَّرِيقَ، وَ مَعْرِفَةَ الْإِمَامِ».

99-/270 _3- ‘Alī ibn Ibrāhīm said: My father narrated to me, from Muhammad ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd, from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) regarding His saying: “All praise is due to Allah”: “(It means) thanks be to Allah.” And regarding His saying: “the Lord of the worlds”: “Creator of creation. ‘The Beneficent’ towards all His creation; ‘the Merciful’ especially towards the believers.” “Master of the Day of Judgment”: “The Day of Reckoning, and the proof of that is His saying: ‘And they shall say: O woe to us! this is the day of judgment’ [1]—meaning, the Day of Reckoning.” “Thee do we serve”: “Addressing Allah, Mighty and Majestic—and ‘Thee do we beseech for help’ is the same.” “Keep us on the right path”: “The path; and the knowledge of the Imām.”

[1] الصّافّات 37:20

al-Ṣāffāt 37:20

99-/271 _4- قَالَ: وَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِهِ: اَلصِّرٰاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ. قَالَ: «هُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) وَ مَعْرِفَتُهُ، وَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى أَنَّهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَوْلُهُ: وَ إِنَّهُ فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ [2] وَ هُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ.

99-/271 _4- He said: And my father narrated to me, from Ḥammād, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) regarding His saying: “the right path.” He said: “It is the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) and knowing him. The proof that it is the Commander of the Faithful is His saying: ‘And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom’ [2]—and he is the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) in the Mother of the Book.”

[2] الزّخرف 43:4

al-Zukhruf 43:4

M. H. Shakir: “And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.”

99-/272 _5- وَ عَنْهُ: وَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، قَالَ: وَصَفَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) الصِّرَاطَ، فَقَالَ: «أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ صُعُودٌ، وَ أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ هُبُوطٌ، وَ أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ حُدَالٌ». [3]

99-/272 _5- And from him: And my father narrated to me, from al-Qāsim ibn Muhammad, from Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd al-Minqarī, from Ḥafṣ ibn Ghiyāth, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) described the Ṣirāṭ and said: “A thousand years ascending, and a thousand years descending, and a thousand years slanting (to one side).” [3]

[3] حدل: مشى في ميل إلى أحد جانبيه. «المعجم الوسيط-حدل-1:161»

ḥadala: to walk leaning to one side. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – hadal – 1:161”

99-/273 _6- وَ عَنْهُ: عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصِّرَاطِ، قَالَ: «هُوَ أَدَقُّ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ، وَ أَحَدُّ مِنَ السَّيْفِ؛ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمُرُّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ الْبَرْقِ، وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمُرُّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ عَدْوِ الْفَرَسِ، وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمُرُّ عَلَيْهِ مَاشِياً، وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمُرُّ عَلَيْهِ حَبْواً، مُتَعَلِّقاً، فَتَأْخُذُ النَّارُ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً وَ تَتْرُكُ بَعْضاً».

99-/273 _6- And from him: from Sa‘dān ibn Muslim, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him), who said: I asked him about the Ṣirāṭ. He said: “It is finer than a hair and sharper than a sword. Among them is one who crosses it like lightning; among them is one who crosses it like the running of a horse; among them is one who crosses it walking; and among them is one who crosses it crawling, clinging on—so the Fire seizes some part of him and leaves some.”

99-/274 _7- وَ عَنْهُ أَيْضاً، قَالَ: وَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ حَرِيزٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ: «اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ مَنْ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لاَ الضَّالِّينَ» قَالَ: «الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ: النُّصَّابُ، وَ الضَّالِّينَ: اَلْيَهُودُ وَ النَّصَارَى».

99-/274 _7- And from him also, he said: And my father narrated to me, from Ḥammād, from Ḥarīz, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) that he recited: “Guide us on the straight path, the path of those whom You have blessed, not those upon whom is wrath, nor those who go astray,” and he said: “Those upon whom is wrath are the nāṣibīs (haters of Ahl al-Bayt), and ‘those who go astray’ are the Jews and the Christians.”

_3) - تفسير القمّيّ 1:28

Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:28

_4) - تفسير القمّيّ 1:28

Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:28

_5) - تفسير القمّيّ 1:29

Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:29

_6) - تفسير القمّيّ 1:29

Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:29

_7) - تفسير القمّيّ 1:29

Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:29

[1] الصّافّات 37:20

al-Ṣāffāt 37:20

[2] الزّخرف 43:4

al-Zukhruf 43:4

[3] حدل: مشى في ميل إلى أحد جانبيه. «المعجم الوسيط-حدل-1:161»

ḥadala: to walk leaning to one side. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – hadal – 1:161”

[4] في «س»: يمشي

In “S”: “yamshī (walks)”

[5] حبا الصبيّ على استه حبوا، إذا زحف. «الصحاح-حبا-6:2307»

ḥabā: the infant crawled on his buttocks; crawled. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – ḥabā – 6:2307”

[6] قرأ صراط من أنعمت عليهم عمر بن الخطّاب… انظر مجمع البيان 1:105.

qara’a “ṣirāṭa man an‘amta ‘alayhim” ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb… See Majma‘ al-Bayān 1:105.

99-/275 _8- وَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِهِ: غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لاَ الضَّالِّينَ. قَالَ: «الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ: اَلنُّصَّابُ، وَ الضَّالِّينَ: اَلشُّكَّاكُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ الْإِمَامَ».

99-/275 _8- And from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ibn Udhayna, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) regarding His saying: “not those upon whom is wrath, nor those who go astray.” He said: “Those upon whom is wrath are the nāṣibīs; and ‘those who go astray’ are the doubters who do not know the Imām.”

99-/276 _9- سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدِّهْقَانِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ خَلْفَ هَذَا النِّطَاقِ زَبَرْجَدَةً خَضْرَاءَ، مِنْهَا اخْضَرَّتِ السَّمَاءُ». قُلْتُ: وَ مَا النِّطَاقُ؟! قَالَ: «الْحِجَابُ، وَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ عَالِمٍ، أَكْثَرُ مِنْ عِدَّةِ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ، وَ كُلُّهُمْ يَلْعَنُ فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً».

99-/276 _9- Sa‘d ibn ‘Abd Allāh—from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, from ‘Alī ibn al-Rayyan, from ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Dihqān, from Abū al-Ḥasan al-Riḍā (peace be upon him), said: I heard him say: “Indeed, behind this belt (nitaq) Allah has a green chrysolite (emerald), from which the sky became green.” I said: And what is the belt? He said: “The veil. And beyond that, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has seventy thousand worlds—more than the number of jinn and humans—and all of them curse so-and-so and so-and-so.”

99-/277 _10- وَ عَنْهُ: عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ يَقْطِينٍ الْجَوَالِيقِيِّ، عَنْ فِلْفِلَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ جَبَلاً مُحِيطاً بِالدُّنْيَا [مِنْ] زَبَرْجَدَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ، وَ إِنَّمَا خُضْرَةُ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ خُضْرَةِ ذَلِكَ الْجَبَلِ، وَ خَلَقَ خَلْفَهُ خَلْقاً، لَمْ يَفْتَرِضْ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْئاً مِمَّا افْتَرَضَ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ وَ زَكَاةٍ، وَ كُلُّهُمْ يَلْعَنُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ» وَ سَمَّاهُمَا.

99-/277 _10- And from him: from Salama ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, from Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ‘Abd Rabbih al-Ṣayrafī, from Muhammad ibn Sulaymān, from Yaqṭīn al-Jawāliqī, from Filfila, from Abū Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: “Allah, Mighty and Majestic, created a mountain surrounding the world from a green chrysolite; the greenness of the sky is from the greenness of that mountain. And He created behind it a creation upon whom He did not impose any of what He imposed upon His creation of prayer and alms; and all of them curse two men from this ummah,” and he named them.

99-/278 _11- وَ عَنْهُ: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْوَاسِطِيِّ، عَنْ عَجْلَانَ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) عَنْ قُبَّةِ آدَمَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: هَذِهِ قُبَّةُ آدَمَ؟ فَقَالَ: «نَعَمْ، وَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قِبَابٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، أَمَا إِنَّ لِخَلْفِ مَغْرِبِكُمْ هَذَا تِسْعَةً وَ تِسْعِينَ مَغْرِباً، أَرْضاً بَيْضَاءَ مَمْلُوءَةً خَلْقاً، يَسْتَضِيئُونَ بِنُورِهَا، لَمْ يَعْصُوا اللَّهَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، لَا يَدْرُونَ أَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ آدَمَ أَمْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ، يَبْرَءُونَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ». قِيلَ لَهُ: وَ كَيْفَ هَذَا، وَ كَيْفَ يَبْرَءُونَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ هُمْ لَا يَدْرُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَوْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ؟! فَقَالَ لِلسَّائِلِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ: «أَتَعْرِفُ إِبْلِيسَ؟». فَقَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا بِالْخَبَرِ. قَالَ: «إِذَنْ أُمِرْتَ بِلَعْنِهِ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُ؟». قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «فَكَذَلِكَ أُمِرَ هَؤُلَاءِ».

99-/278 _11- And from him: from Muhammad ibn Hārūn ibn Mūsā, from Abū Sahl ibn Ziyād al-Wāsiṭī, from ‘Ajlān Abū Ṣāliḥ, who said: I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) about the Dome of Adam. I said to him: Is this the Dome of Adam? He said: “Yes. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has many domes. Indeed, behind your sunset (west) here are ninety-nine sunsets: a white land filled with creatures who are illumined by its light; they have not disobeyed Allah the blink of an eye; they do not know whether Allah created Adam or did not create him; yet they disavow so-and-so and so-and-so and so-and-so.” It was said to him: How is this? How do they disavow so-and-so and so-and-so and so-and-so while they do not know whether Allah created Adam or not? He said to the one who asked that: “Do you know Iblīs?” He said: No—except by report. He said: “Yet you were commanded to curse him and to disavow him?” He said: Yes. He said: “Thus were these (also) commanded.”

99-/279 _12- وَ عَنْهُ: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «مِنْ وَرَاءِ شَمْسِكُمْ هَذِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ عَيْنَ شَمْسٍ، مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنِ شَمْسٍ إِلَى عَيْنِ شَمْسٍ أَرْبَعُونَ عَاماً، فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ، مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَوْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ. وَ إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ قَمَرِكُمْ هَذَا أَرْبَعِينَ قُرْصاً، بَيْنَ الْقُرْصِ إِلَى الْقُرْصِ أَرْبَعُونَ عَاماً، فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ، مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَوْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ، قَدْ أُلْهِمُوا—كَمَا أُلْهِمَتِ النَّحْلَةُ—لَعْنَةَ الْأَوَّلِ وَ الثَّانِي فِي كُلِّ الْأَوْقَاتِ، وَ قَدْ وُكِّلَ بِهِمْ مَلَائِكَةٌ، مَتَى لَمْ يَلْعَنُوا عُذِّبُوا».

99-/279 _12- And from him: from Muhammad ibn ‘Īsā ibn ‘Ubayd, from Yūnus ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, from ‘Abd al-Ṣamad ibn Bashīr, from Jābir ibn Yazīd, from Abū Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: “Beyond your sun there are forty sun-orbs; between each sun-orb and the next is forty years (distance). In them is a multitude of creation who do not know whether Allah created Adam or did not create him. And beyond your moon there are forty discs; between one disc and the next is forty years (distance). In them is a multitude of creation who do not know whether Allah, Mighty and Majestic, created Adam or did not create him. They have been inspired—as the bee was inspired—to curse the First and the Second at all times; and angels are appointed over them: whenever they do not curse, they are punished.”

_8) - تفسير القمّيّ 1:29

Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:29

_9) - مختصر بصائر الدرجات:12

Mukhtaṣar Baṣā’ir al-Darajāt: 12

_10) - مختصر بصائر الدرجات:11

Mukhtaṣar Baṣā’ir al-Darajāt: 11

_11) - مختصر بصائر الدرجات:12

Mukhtaṣar Baṣā’ir al-Darajāt: 12

_12) - مختصر بصائر الدرجات:12

Mukhtaṣar Baṣā’ir al-Darajāt: 12

[1] في «س» و «ط»: عن

In “S” and “Ṭ”: ‘an (from)

[2] في «س» و «ط»: عجلان بن أبي صالح… الظاهر صحّة ما أثبتناه…

In “S” and “Ṭ”: ‘Ajlān ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ… The apparent correct reading is what we have established…

99-/280 _13- وَ عَنْهُ: عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ، عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ). وَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَلْفَ عَالَمٍ، كُلُّ عَالَمٍ مِنْهُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ، مَا يَرَى كُلُّ عَالَمٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنَّ لِلَّهِ عَالَماً غَيْرَهُمْ، وَ أَنَا الْحُجَّةُ عَلَيْهِمْ».

99-/280 _13- And from him: from al-Ḥasan ibn ‘Abd al-Ṣamad, from al-Ḥasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī ‘Uthmān, who said: al-‘Abbād ibn ‘Abd al-Khāliq narrated to us, from someone who narrated to him, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him). And from Muhammad ibn Sinān, from al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ‘Umar, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him), who said: “Surely Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has a thousand worlds; each world among them is greater than seven heavens and seven earths. Each world among them does not see that Allah has a world other than theirs, and I am the proof (ḥujjah) over them.”

99-/281 _14- وَ عَنْهُ: عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ جَمِيعاً، عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) عَنْ مِيرَاثِ الْعِلْمِ مَا مَبْلَغُهُ، أَ جَوَامِعُ هُوَ مِنْ هَذَا الْعِلْمِ، أَمْ تَفْسِيرُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ… فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَدِينَتَيْنِ مَدِينَةً بِالْمَشْرِقِ، وَ مَدِينَةً بِالْمَغْرِبِ، فِيهِمَا قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ إِبْلِيسَ، وَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ بِخَلْقِ إِبْلِيسَ…» [full text as in Arabic quoted].

99-/281 _14- And from him: from Aḥmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Īsā, from al-Ḥusayn ibn Sa‘īd; and from Muhammad ibn ‘Īsā ibn ‘Ubayd, from al-Ḥusayn ibn Sa‘īd—both—from Faḍāla ibn Ayyūb, from al-Qāsim ibn Burayd, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said: I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) about the inheritance of knowledge—what is its extent? Is it the compendium of this knowledge, or the explanation of everything of these matters that are discussed? He said: “Surely Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has two cities: a city in the east and a city in the west. In them are people who do not know Iblīs, nor do they know of the creation of Iblīs. We meet them regularly; they ask us about what they need; they ask us about supplication and we teach them; they ask us about our Qā’im—when he will appear. Among them is intense worship and striving. Their cities have gates—between one wing of a gate and the other is a hundred parasangs. They have glorification, magnification, supplication, and intense striving; were you to see them, you would belittle your own deeds. A man among them prays for a month without raising his head from his prostration. Their food is tasbīḥ; their garment is piety; their faces shine with light. When they see one of us, they surround him and gather around him, and they take from the trace of his footprint on the earth for blessing. When they pray, their murmur is more intense than the murmur of a raging wind. Among them is a group who have not set down their weapons since they have been; they await our Qā’im; they supplicate Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to show him to them; the lifespan of one of them is a thousand years. When you see them, you see humility and submissiveness and the seeking of what brings them near to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. If we are delayed from them, they think that to be due to displeasure. They keep track of our times in which we come to them; they neither grow weary nor slacken. They recite the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, as we taught them. And among what we teach them is that which, were it recited to the people, they would disbelieve in it and deny it. They ask us about something when it occurs to them in the Qur’an which they do not recognize; when we inform them of it, their breasts expand at what they hear from us, and they ask for our continued survival and that they not be made to lose us. They know that the favor of Allah upon them in what we teach them is tremendous. They will have an expedition with the Imām when he rises, in which they will outpace the companions of arms; and they ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to make them among those by whom He gives victory to His religion. They are elders and youths. When a youth among them sees an elder, he sits before him as a servant, and does not get up until he orders him. They have a route to where the Imām (peace be upon him) intends that is better known to them than (it is to) the creation. When the Imām commands them with a matter, they stand up to it forever until he is the one who commands them otherwise. If they were to descend upon (all) creation between east and west, they would annihilate them in a single hour. Iron does not affect them. They have swords of an iron other than this iron; were one of them to strike a mountain with his sword, he would cleave it until he split it apart. In an hour the Imām (peace be upon him) crosses with them India, Daylam, Rome, the Berbers, Persia, and what lies between Jābars and Jābalq—two cities, one in the east and one in the west. They do not come upon people of any religion but that they invite them to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to Islam, to the acknowledgment of Muhammad (Allah bless him and his Family), to tawḥīd, and to our walāyah, we the People of the House. Whoever among them responds and enters Islam, they leave him and appoint one of them as an amīr over them; and whoever does not respond, and does not acknowledge Muhammad (Allah bless him and his Family), and does not acknowledge Islam and does not submit, they kill him—until there remains no one between east and west and below the mountain except that he has believed.” [The remaining references and narrations continue in the same fashion:]

99-/282 _15- «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَدِينَتَيْنِ: إِحْدَاهُمَا بِالْمَشْرِقِ… وَ مَا عَلَيْهِمَا حُجَّةٌ غَيْرِي وَ غَيْرُ أَخِي الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/282 _15- “Surely Allah has two cities: one in the east and the other in the west, with iron walls… and there is no proof (ḥujjah) over them other than me and my brother al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon him).”

_15) - بصائر الدرجات: 12.4/359، مختصر بصائر الدرجات: 12، الإختصاص: 291

Baṣā’ir al-Darajāt: 12.4/359; Mukhtaṣar Baṣā’ir al-Darajāt: 12; al-Ikhtiṣāṣ: 291

99-/283 _16- «عَالِمُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَعْلَمُ… مَا افْتُرِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا وَلَايَتُنَا وَ الْبَرَاءَةُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا».

99-/283 _16- “The scholar of the City is more knowledgeable… Nothing has been made obligatory upon them except our guardianship and disavowal of our enemies.”

_16) - بصائر الدرجات: 15/421

Baṣā’ir al-Darajāt: 15/421

99-/284 _17- «هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ… لَمْ يَتَحَرَّكْ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ؟!… أَنَا».

99-/284 _17- “Shall I direct you to a man who, since you entered upon us, has passed through fourteen worlds—each world three times the size of this world—without moving from his place? … It is I.”

_17) - الإختصاص: 319

al-Ikhtiṣāṣ: 319

99-/285 _18- حديث تفسير: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰالَمِينَ… [full text as in Arabic quoted, including the dialogue of Mūsā and the privileging of Muḥammad, his Household, and his Ummah].

99-/285 _18- A tafsīr narration: “Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabb al-‘ālamīn—Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds” … [Translation conveying: praise is that He made His servants know some of His blessings; Lord of the worlds—His ownership, creation, provision; decree of provision; the story of Mūsā’s request and Allah’s informing him of the superiority of Muḥammad, his family, and his ummah; the primordial response ‘Labbayka Allāhumma labbayk’; and the command to say ‘Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabb al-‘ālamīn’ in gratitude for these distinctions.]

[Qur’anic citation within:]

وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا [1]

M. H. Shakir (al-Qaṣaṣ 28:46): “And you were not on the side of the mountain when We called…”

قُلْ: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰالَمِينَ…

Say: “Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds…”

_18) - عيون أخبار الرّضا (عليه السّلام) 1:30/282، علل الشرائع: 3/416

‘Uyūn Akhbār al-Riḍā 1:30/282; ‘Ilal al-Sharā’i‘: 3/416

[1] القصص 28:46

al-Qaṣaṣ 28:46

99-/286 _19- «أُمِرَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ… وَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَوَامِعِ الْخَيْرِ وَ الْحِكْمَةِ…».

99-/286 _19- “People were commanded to recite in prayer so that the Qur’an not be deserted and neglected… and in Sūrat al-Ḥamd there has been gathered of the compendia of good and wisdom—of the matters of the Hereafter and the world—what nothing else gathers.”

_19) - من لا يحضره الفقيه 1:928/203

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh 1:928/203

99-/287 _20- «الصِّرَاطُ… هُوَ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ اللَّهِ… فَأَمَّا الصِّرَاطُ الَّذِي فِي الدُّنْيَا فَهُوَ الْإِمَامُ…».

99-/287 _20- “The Ṣirāṭ is the path to the knowledge of Allah, Mighty and Majestic; and there are two paths: a path in this world and a path in the Hereafter. The path in this world is the Imām whose obedience is obligatory. Whoever knows him in this world and follows his guidance will pass over the Ṣirāṭ—which is the bridge over Hell—in the Hereafter; and whoever does not know him in this world, his foot will slip from the Ṣirāṭ in the Hereafter, and he will tumble into the Fire of Hell.”

_20) - معاني الأخبار: 1/32

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 1/32

99-/288 _21- «الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ)».

99-/288 _21- “The straight path is the Commander of the Faithful, ‘Alī (peace be upon him).”

99-/289 _22- «اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ… أَدِمْ لَنَا تَوْفِيقَكَ… وَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ هُوَ صِرَاطَانِ…».

99-/289 _22- “‘Guide us on the straight path’—continue for us Your enabling grace by which we obeyed You in the past days of our lives, so that we may obey You likewise in what remains of our lives. The straight path is of two kinds: a path in this world and a path in the Hereafter. The straight path in this world is that which is short of excess, above deficiency, upright and not inclining to any falsehood. The other path is the path of the believers to Paradise, which is straight—they do not divert from Paradise to the Fire nor to anything other than Paradise.”

99-/290 _23- «اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ… أَرْشِدْنَا لِلُزُومِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّي إِلَى مَحَبَّتِكَ…».

99-/290 _23- “‘Guide us on the straight path’—that is: Guide us to the straight path, and guide us to adhere to the way that leads to Your love, that conveys Your religion, and that prevents us from following our caprices and thus perishing, or taking by our own opinions and thus being destroyed.”

99-/291 _24- «لَيْسَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَ بَيْنَ حُجَّتِهِ حِجَابٌ… نَحْنُ أَبْوَابُ اللَّهِ، وَ نَحْنُ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ…».

99-/291 _24- “There is no veil between Allah and His Proof, and there is no screen for Allah apart from His Proof. We are the gates of Allah, and we are the straight path, and we are the repository of His knowledge, and we are the interpreters of His revelation, and we are the pillars of His oneness, and we are the locus of His secret.”

99-/292 _25- «صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّداً وَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ (صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ)».

99-/292 _25- “‘The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors’—meaning Muhammad and his progeny (blessings of Allah be upon them).”

_21) - معاني الأخبار: 2/32، شواهد التنزيل 1:96/61 «نحوه»

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 2/32; Shawāhid al-Tanzīl 1:96/61 (similar)

_22) - معاني الأخبار: 4/33

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 4/33

_23) - معاني الأخبار: /33 ذيل الحديث 4

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: /33 (end of ḥadīth 4)

_24) - معاني الأخبار: 5/35، ينابيع المودّة: 477

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 5/35; Yanābī‘ al-Mawadda: 477

_25) - معاني الأخبار: 7/36، شواهد التنزيل 1:86/57

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 7/36; Shawāhid al-Tanzīl 1:86/57

[1] العيبة: مستودع الثياب… «مجمع البحرين-عيب-2:130»

al-‘aybah: receptacle of clothes… “Majma‘ al-Baḥrayn – ‘ayb – 2:130”

99-/293 _26- «صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ… شِيعَةُ عَلِيٍّ…».

99-/293 _26- “‘The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors…’ They are the Shī‘a of ‘Alī upon whom You bestowed the favor of the guardianship of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib; He was not angry with them, nor did they go astray.”

99-/294 _27- «صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ… هُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ… وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللّٰهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ…» [1] … «لَيْسَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُنْعَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَالِ… إِنَّمَا أُمِرْتُمْ…».

99-/294 _27- “‘The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors’—that is, say: Guide us to the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors by enabling (them) to (embrace) Your religion and Your obedience; and they are those whom Allah said (about them): ‘And whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle, these are with those upon whom Allah has bestowed favors from among the prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the good, and a goodly company are they!’ [1] … These are not those who are favored with wealth and bodily health—even though all that is an apparent blessing from Allah—for do you not see that such people can be disbelievers or sinners? You were not directed to ask to be guided to their path. Rather, you were commanded to ask to be guided to the path of those who were blessed with faith in Allah, belief in His Messenger, the guardianship of Muhammad and his pure family and his righteous, chosen companions, and with the goodly taqiyyah by which one is kept safe from the evil of Allah’s servants and from increasing the sins and disbelief of Allah’s enemies—by showing forbearance towards them and not inciting them to harm you and to harm the believers—and with the knowledge of the rights of the brethren.”

_26) - معاني الأخبار: 8/36، شواهد التنزيل 1:105/66

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 8/36; Shawāhid al-Tanzīl 1:105/66

_27) - معاني الأخبار: 9/36

Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 9/36

[1] النساء 4:69

al-Nisā’ 4:69

M. H. Shakir: “And whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle, these are with those upon whom Allah has bestowed favors from among the prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the good, and a goodly company are they!”

99-/295 _28- «وَ لَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعاً مِنَ الْمَثَانِي…» [2] … «فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ… وَ إِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَحْدَهُ…» [3] … «غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ الْيَهُودُ… النَّصَارَى».

99-/295 _28- “And certainly We have given you seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur’an” [2]—(that is) the Opening of the Book… “And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn their backs in aversion” [3]… “‘Not those upon whom is wrath’—the Jews; ‘nor those who go astray’—the Christians.”

[2] الحجر 15:87

al-Ḥijr 15:87

M. H. Shakir: “And certainly We have given you seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the grand Quran.”

[3] الإسراء 17:46

al-Isrā’ 17:46

M. H. Shakir: “…and when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.”

99-/296 _29- … أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ: مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ.

99-/296 _29- … that he used to recite: “Mālik(i) Yawm al-Dīn (Master of the Day of Judgment).”

99-/297 _30- … يَقْرَأُ مَا لَا أُحْصِي: (مَلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ).

99-/297 _30- … he recited more times than I can count: “Malik(i) Yawm al-Dīn (King of the Day of Judgment).”

99-/298 _31- … «لَوْ مَاتَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ…» … وَ كَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ يُكَرِّرُهَا، وَ يَكَادُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ.

99-/298 _31- … “If all between the east and the west were to die, I would not feel lonely as long as the Qur’an is with me.” And when he recited “Master of the Day of Judgment,” he would repeat it and almost die (from awe).

99-/299 _32- قِصَّةُ الْقَدَرِيِّ وَ ابْنِ الْإِمَامِ … «اقْرَأْ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ» … «قِفْ، مَنْ تَسْتَعِينُ… إِنْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكَ؟!».

99-/299 _32- The story of the Qadarī and the Imām’s son… “Recite Sūrat al-Ḥamd.” … “Stop. Whom do you seek help from, and what need do you have of help if the matter is up to you?!” Thus the disbeliever was confounded, and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

99-/300 _33- «اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ يَعْنِي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ)».

99-/300 _33- “‘Guide us on the straight path’—meaning the Commander of the Faithful (blessings of Allah be upon him).”

_29) - تفسير العيّاشي 1:21/22

Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:21/22

_30) - تفسير العيّاشي 1:22/22

Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:22/22

_31) - تفسير العيّاشي 1:23/23

Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:23/23

_32) - تفسير العيّاشي 1:24/23

Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:24/23

_33) - اللّه 1:25/24

Allāh 1:25/24

[1] قرأ عاصم و الكسائي و خلف (مالك)… «التبيان للطوسيّ 1:33»

Qara’a ‘Āṣim, al-Kisā’ī, and Khalaf “Mālik”… “al-Tibyān by al-Ṭūsī 1:33”

[2] في «ط»: و امض

In “Ṭ”: “wa-imḍ”

[3] ازدريته، أي حقرته. «الصحاح-زري-6:2368»

azdarytahu: I despised him. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – z-r-y – 6:2368”

99-/301 _34- «سَمِعْتُهُ مَا لَا أُحْصِي… يَقْرَأُ: اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ».

99-/301 _34- “I heard him countless times while I prayed behind him reciting: ‘Guide us on the straight path.’”

99-/302 _35- «غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لاَ الضَّالِّينَ». قَالَ: «هُمُ الْيَهُودُ وَ النَّصَارَى».

99-/302 _35- “‘Not those upon whom is wrath, nor those who go astray.’ He said: ‘They are the Jews and the Christians.’”

99-/303 _36- … «(غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ غَيْرِ الضَّالِّينَ) هَكَذَا نَزَلَتْ» … «الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ: فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ النُّصَّابُ، وَ الضَّالِّينَ: اَلشُّكَّاكُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الْإِمَامَ».

99-/303 _36- … “‘(Not those upon whom is wrath and not those who go astray)’—thus it was revealed.” … “‘Those upon whom is wrath’ are so-and-so and so-and-so and so-and-so and the nāṣibīs; and ‘those who go astray’ are the doubters who do not know the Imām.”

99-/304 _37- … «اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ». قَالَ: «قُولُوا… أَرْشِدْنَا إِلَى حُبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ (عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ)».

99-/304 _37- … “‘Guide us on the straight path.’ He said: ‘Say, O servants: direct us to the love of Muhammad and his Household (peace be upon them).’”

99-/305 _38- … «اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ». قَالَ: «صِرَاطَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ (عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ)».

99-/305 _38- … “‘Guide us on the straight path.’ He said: ‘The path of Muhammad and his Household (peace be upon them).’”

99-/306 _39- … «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ عِبَادَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلُوهُ طَرِيقَ الْمُنْعَمِ عَلَيْهِمْ… وَ أَنْ يَسْتَعِيذُوا مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ… وَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الضَّالِّينَ…» ثُمَّ قَالَ… «كُلُّ مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ فَهُوَ مَغْضُوبٌ عَلَيْهِ، وَ ضَالٌّ…».

99-/306 _39- … “Allah commanded His servants to ask Him for the path of those upon whom He has bestowed favors—the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous—and to seek refuge with Him from the path of those upon whom is wrath—the Jews, of whom Allah said: ‘Say: Shall I inform you of (him who is) worse than this in retribution with Allah? (Worse is he) whom Allah has cursed and brought His wrath upon, and of whom He made apes and swine’ [2]—and to seek refuge from the path of those who go astray—those of whom Allah said: ‘Say: O followers of the Book! Do not exceed the limits in your religion unjustly, and do not follow the low desires of a people who went astray before, and led many astray, and went astray from the right path’ [3]—and they are the Christians.” Then he said: “Everyone who disbelieves in Allah is one upon whom is wrath and astray from the path of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.” And al-Riḍā (peace be upon him) said likewise.

_34) - تفسير العيّاشي 1:26/24

Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:26/24

_35) - تفسير العيّاشي 1:27/24

Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:27/24

_36) - تفسير العيّاشي 1:28/24

Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:28/24

_37) - مناقب ابن شهر آشوب 3:73

Manāqib Ibn Shahrāshūb 3:73

_38) - مناقب ابن شهر آشوب 3:73، شواهد التنزيل 1:86/57، أرجح المطالب: 85 و 319، عنه إحقاق الحقّ 14:379

Manāqib Ibn Shahrāshūb 3:73; Shawāhid al-Tanzīl 1:86/57; Arjaḥ al-Maṭālib: 85 and 319; therefrom Iḥqāq al-Ḥaqq 14:379

_39) - التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ (عليه السّلام): 23/50

al-Tafsīr (ascribed to Imām al-‘Askarī) 23/50

[1] قرأ الكسائي… و مراد الحديث هو ترجيح القراءة بالصاد.

Qara’a al-Kisā’ī… and the hadith’s intent is to prefer the reading with ṣād.

[2] المائدة 5:60

al-Mā’idah 5:60

M. H. Shakir: “Say: Shall I inform you of (him who is) worse than this in retribution with Allah? (Worse is he) whom Allah has cursed and brought His wrath upon, and of whom He made apes and swine, and he who served the devil; these are worse in place and far more astray from the straight path.”

[3] المائدة 5:77

al-Mā’idah 5:77

M. H. Shakir: “Say: O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion unjustly, and do not follow the low desires of a people who went astray before, and led many astray, and went astray from the right path.”

سورة البقرة مدنية

Sūrat al-Baqarah is Madinan.