An-Nahl Ayah 75-76

النحل آيه 76-75

Translation: An-Nahl, verses 75–76

99-/6087 _1- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَشَلِّ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوٰاجِكُمْ بَنِينَ وَ حَفَدَةً .

قَالَ:«الْحَفَدَةُ:بَنُو الْبِنْتِ،وَ نَحْنُ حَفَدَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)».

99-/6087 _1- Al-‘Ayyāshī: from ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ashal, who said: Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, “And He has made for you from your mates sons and grandsons,” said: “The hafadah are the daughters’ sons, and we are the grandsons of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his Family).” (Qur’an 16:72)

99-/6088 _2- عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوٰاجِكُمْ بَنِينَ وَ حَفَدَةً ،قَالَ:«هُمُ الْحَفَدَةُ وَ هُمُ الْعَوْنُ مِنْهُمْ»يَعْنِي الْبَنِينَ.

99-/6088 _2- From Jamīl b. Darrāj, from Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, “And He has made for you from your mates sons and grandsons,” he said: “They are the hafadah, and they are those who render assistance from among them,” meaning the sons. (Qur’an 16:72)

قوله تعالى:

ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ وَ مَنْ رَزَقْنٰاهُ مِنّٰا رِزْقاً حَسَناً فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَ جَهْراً هَلْ يَسْتَوُونَ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاٰ يَعْلَمُونَ وَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمٰا أَبْكَمُ لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ وَ هُوَ كَلٌّ عَلىٰ مَوْلاٰهُ أَيْنَمٰا يُوَجِّهْهُ لاٰ يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي هُوَ وَ مَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ هُوَ عَلىٰ صِرٰاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ [75-76]

Translation (M. H. Shakir, Qur’an 16:75–76): Allah sets forth a parable: (Consider) a slave the property of another, having no power over anything, and one whom We have given from Ourselves goodly provision, so he spends from it secretly and openly; are the two alike? (All) praise is due to Allah! Nay, most of them do not know. And Allah sets forth a parable: Two men, one of them dumb, not able to do anything, and he is a burden to his master; wherever he sends him, he brings no good; is he equal with him who enjoins justice and he himself is on the right path?

99-/6089 _3- الشَّيْخُ فِي(التَّهْذِيبِ):بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنْ حَرِيزٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُنْكِحُ أَمَتَهُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ،أَ يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا إِذَا شَاءَ؟ فَقَالَ:«إِنْ كَانَ مَمْلُوكَهُ،فَلْيُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا إِذَا شَاءَ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ فَلَيْسَ لِلْعَبْدِ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ،وَ إِنْ كَانَ زَوْجُهَا حُرّاً فَإِنَّ طَلاَقَهَا عِتْقُهَا» [1].

99-/6089 _3- The Shaykh in (al-Tahdhīb): with his chain from al-Ḥusayn b. Sa‘īd, from Ḥammād b. ‘Īsā, from Ḥarīz, from Muḥammad b. Muslim, who said: I asked Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him) about a man who marries his slave-girl to another man. May he separate them whenever he wishes? He said: “If he (the husband) is his slave, then let him separate them whenever he wishes, for Allah the Exalted says: ‘a slave owned, having no power over anything’ — thus the slave has no say in the matter; and if her husband is free, then her divorce is her emancipation.” (Qur’an 16:75) [1]

99-/6090 _4- وَ عَنْهُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ،عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ،عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْعَقَرْقُوفِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: سُئِلَ-وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ أَسْمَعُ-عَنْ طَلاَقِ الْعَبْدِ.قَالَ:«لَيْسَ لَهُ طَلاَقٌ وَ لاَ نِكَاحٌ،أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ »قَالَ:«لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى طَلاَقٍ وَ لاَ عَلَى نِكَاحٍ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ مَوْلاَهُ».

99-/6090 _4- And from him: with his chain from Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ‘Īsā, from ‘Alī b. al-Ḥakam, from Abān b. ‘Uthmān, from Shu‘ayb b. Ya‘qūb al-‘Aqarqūfī, from Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him), who said: He was asked—while I was with him listening—about the divorce of a slave. He said: “He has neither divorce nor marriage. Do you not hear that Allah the Exalted says: ‘a slave owned, having no power over anything’?” He said: “He has no power over divorce nor over marriage except with his master’s permission.” (Qur’an 16:75)

99-/6091 _5- وَ عَنْهُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمِيثَمِيِّ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ،عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ،عَنْ لَيْثٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنِ الْعَبْدِ،هَلْ يَجُوزُ طَلاَقُهُ؟ فَقَالَ:«إِنْ كَانَتْ أَمَتَكَ فَلاَ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ أَمَةَ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ أَوْ حُرَّةً جَازَ طَلاَقُهَا».

99-/6091 _5- And from him: with his chain from ‘Alī b. Ismā‘īl al-Mīthamī, from al-Ḥasan b. ‘Alī b. Faḍḍāl, from al-Mufaḍḍal b. Ṣāliḥ, from Layth al-Murādī, who said: I asked Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him) about the slave: is his divorcing valid? He said: “If she is your own slave-girl, then no—for Allah the Exalted says: ‘a slave owned, having no power over anything’; but if she is the slave-girl of other people or a freewoman, then his divorcing her is valid.” (Qur’an 16:75)

_1) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:46/264.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:46/264.

_2) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:47/264.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:47/264.

_3) -التهذيب 7:1392/340.

- al-Tahdhīb 7:1392/340.

_4) -التهذيب 7:1421/347.

- al-Tahdhīb 7:1421/347.

_5) -التهذيب 7:1423/348.

- al-Tahdhīb 7:1423/348.

[1] في المصدر:صفقتها.

- fī al-maṣdar: ṣafqatuhā.

99-/6092 _4- وَ عَنْهُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَطَّارِ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَمَرَ مَمْلُوكَهُ أَنْ يَتَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ،أَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ:«لاَ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ ».

99-/6092 _4- And from him: with his chain from al-Ḥusayn b. Sa‘īd, from al-Ḥasan b. ‘Alī b. Faḍḍāl, from Ibn Bukayr, from al-Ḥasan al-‘Aṭṭār, who said: I asked Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him) about a man who ordered his slave to perform tamattu‘—‘umrah to ḥajj. Is he required to slaughter on his behalf? He said: “No. Indeed Allah says: ‘a slave owned, having no power over anything.’” (Qur’an 16:75)

99-/6093 _5- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُنْكِحُ أَمَتَهُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ.

قَالَ:«إِنْ كَانَ مَمْلُوكاً فَلْيُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا إِذَا شَاءَ،لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ فَلَيْسَ لِلْعَبْدِ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ،وَ إِنْ كَانَ زَوْجُهَا حُرّاً فَإِنَّ طَلاَقَهَا عِتْقُهَا [1]».

99-/6093 _5- Al-‘Ayyāshī: from Muḥammad b. Muslim, who said: I asked Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him) about a man who marries his slave-girl to a man. He said: “If he (the husband) is a slave, then let him separate them whenever he wishes, for Allah says: ‘a slave owned, having no power over anything’; thus the slave has no say in the matter. But if her husband is free, then her divorce is her emancipation.” (Qur’an 16:75) [1]

99-/6094 _6- عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ غُلاَمٌ لَهُ،فَدَعَاهُ إِلَيْهِ،ثُمَّ قَالَ:«يَا فَتَى، أَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ فُلاَنَةَ وَ تُطْعِمُنَا بِدِرْهَمِ خِرْبِزٍ [2]».قَالَ:فَقُلْتُ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،إِنَّا نَرْوِي عِنْدَنَا:أَنَّ عَلِيّاً(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ أَوِ اشْتُرِيَتْ[لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ].فَقَالَ لَهَا:أَ فَارِغَةٌ أَنْتِ أَمْ مَشْغُولَةٌ؟قَالَتْ:مَشْغُولَةٌ.قَالَ:فَأَرْسَلَ،فَاشْتَرَى بُضْعَهَا مِنْ زَوْجِهَا بِخَمْسِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ.فَقَالَ:«كَذَبُوا عَلَى عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،وَ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا.أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَى قَوْلِ اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ ».

99-/6094 _6- From Muḥammad b. Muslim, from Abū Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: A young slave of his passed by him, so he called him over and then said: “Young man, shall I return so-and-so to you and you feed us with a dirham’s worth of melon?” [2] He said: So I said, “May I be your ransom, we narrate among us that ‘Alī (peace be upon him) was gifted—or purchased [for him—a slave-girl]. He said to her, ‘Are you free (of a husband) or married?’ She said, ‘Married.’ So he sent and purchased her private right (buḍ‘ahā) from her husband for five hundred dirhams.” He said: “They have lied against ‘Alī (peace be upon him) and did not preserve (the report). Do you not hear Allah’s saying as He says: ‘Allah sets forth a parable: a slave owned, having no power over anything’?” (Qur’an 16:75)

99-/6095 _7- عَنْ زُرَارَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «الْمَمْلُوكُ لاَ يَجُوزُ طَلاَقُهُ وَ لاَ نِكَاحُهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ سَيِّدِهِ».

قُلْتُ:فَإِنْ كَانَ السَّيِّدُ زَوَّجَهُ،بِيَدِ مَنِ الطَّلاَقُ؟قَالَ:«بِيَدِ السَّيِّدِ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ أَ مَا شَيْءٌ الطَّلاَقُ؟!».

99-/6095 _7- From Zurārah, from Abū Ja‘far and from Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon them both), who said: “The owned slave—his divorce and marriage are not valid except with his master’s permission.” I said: If the master has married him (off), in whose hand is the divorce? He said: “In the master’s hand. ‘Allah sets forth a parable: a slave owned, having no power over anything’—is divorce not a thing?” (Qur’an 16:75)

/6096 _8-عن أبي بصير،في الرجل ينكح أمته لرجل،أ له أن يفرق بينهما إذا شاء؟ قال:«إن كان مملوكا فليفرق بينهما إذا شاء،لأن اللّه يقول: عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ فليس للعبد من الأمر شيء،و إن كان زوجها حرا فرق بينهما إذا شاء المولى».

/6096 _8- From Abū Baṣīr, regarding a man who marries his slave-girl to a man: does he have the right to separate them whenever he wishes? He said: “If he (the husband) is a slave, then let him separate them whenever he wishes, because Allah says: ‘a slave owned, having no power over anything’; the slave has no say in the matter. And if her husband is free, the master may separate them whenever he wishes.” (Qur’an 16:75)

99-/6097 _9- عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ:سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «إِذَا زَوَّجَ الرَّجُلُ غُلاَمَهُ جَارِيَتَهُ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا إِذَا [3] شَاءَ».

99-/6097 _9- From ‘Abd Allāh b. Sinān, from Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon him), who said: I heard him say: “If a man marries his boy-slave to his slave-girl, he may separate them whenever he wishes.” [3]

_4) -التهذيب 5:665/200.

- al-Tahdhīb 5:665/200.

_5) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:48/264.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:48/264.

_6) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:49/265.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:49/265.

_7) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:50/265.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:50/265.

_8) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:51/265.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:51/265.

_9) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:52/265.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:52/265.

[1] في«س»:صفقتها.

- fī “S”: ṣafqatuhā.

[2] الخِرْبِز:البطّيخ بالفارسيّة.«لسان العرب-خربز-5:345».

- al-khirbiz: al-baṭṭīkh bi-l-fārisiyyah. “Lisān al-‘Arab – kh-r-b-z – 5:345”.

[3] في المصدر:متى.

- fī al-maṣdar: matā.

99-/6098 _10- عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ،عَنْهُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُنْكِحُ عَبْدَهُ أَمَتَهُ،قَالَ:«يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا [1] إِذَا شَاءَ بِغَيْرِ طَلاَقٍ،فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ ».

99-/6098 _10- From al-Ḥalabī, from him (peace be upon him), regarding a man who marries his slave to his slave-girl. He said: “He separates them [1] whenever he wishes, without divorce; for Allah says: ‘a slave owned, having no power over anything.’” (Qur’an 16:75)

99-/6099 _11- عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَلَوِيِّ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ،عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ: ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ وَ يَقُولُ:لِلْعَبْدِ لاَ طَلاَقَ وَ لاَ نِكَاحَ،ذَلِكَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ،وَ النَّاسُ يَرَوْنَ [2] خِلاَفَ ذَلِكَ،إِذَا أَذِنَ السَّيِّدُ لِعَبْدِهِ لاَ يَرَوْنَ لَهُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا».

99-/6099 _11- From Aḥmad b. ‘Abd Allāh al-‘Alawī, from al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥusayn, from al-Ḥusayn b. Zayd b. ‘Alī, from Ja‘far b. Muḥammad, from his father (peace be upon them both), who said: “‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him) used to say: ‘Allah sets forth a parable: a slave owned, having no power over anything,’ and he would say: ‘For the slave, there is neither divorce nor marriage—that is up to his master.’ But people hold [2] the opposite; when the master permits his slave, they do not consider that he has the right to separate them.” (Qur’an 16:75)

99-/6100 _12- الشَّيْخُ فِي(التَّهْذِيبِ):بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ،عَنْ زُرَارَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)قَالاَ: «الْمَمْلُوكُ لاَ يَجُوزُ طَلاَقُهُ وَ لاَ نِكَاحُهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ سَيِّدِهِ».

قُلْتُ:فَإِنَّ السَّيِّدَ كَانَ زَوَّجَهُ،بِيَدِ مَنِ الطَّلاَقُ؟فَقَالَ:«بِيَدِ السَّيِّدِ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ الشَّيْءُ:اَلطَّلاَقُ».

99-/6100 _12- The Shaykh in (al-Tahdhīb): with his chain from al-Ḥusayn b. Sa‘īd, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ibn Udhaynah, from Zurārah, from Abū Ja‘far and Abū ‘Abd Allāh (peace be upon them both), who said: “The owned slave—his divorce and marriage are not valid except with his master’s permission.” I said: If the master had married him (off), in whose hand is the divorce? He said: “In the master’s hand. ‘Allah sets forth a parable: a slave owned, having no power over anything.’ The ‘thing’ is divorce.” (Qur’an 16:75)

/6101 _13-علي بن إبراهيم،في قوله تعالى: ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ قال:لا يتزوج و لا يطلق.قال:ثم ضرب اللّه مثلا في الكفّار،قوله: وَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمٰا أَبْكَمُ لاٰ يَقْدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيْءٍ وَ هُوَ كَلٌّ عَلىٰ مَوْلاٰهُ أَيْنَمٰا يُوَجِّهْهُ لاٰ يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي هُوَ وَ مَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ هُوَ عَلىٰ صِرٰاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ قال:كيف يستوي هذا،و هذا الذي يأمر بالعدل أمير المؤمنين و الأئمة(عليهم السلام)،؟!

/6101 _13- ‘Alī b. Ibrāhīm, on His saying, “Allah sets forth a parable: a slave owned, having no power over anything,” said: “He does not marry and does not divorce.” He said: Then Allah struck a parable concerning the unbelievers, His saying: “And Allah sets forth a parable: two men, one of them dumb, not able to do anything, and he is a burden to his master; wherever he sends him, he brings no good; is he equal with him who enjoins justice and he himself is on the straight path?” He said: “How could this one be equal to that one? The one who enjoins justice is the Commander of the Faithful and the Imams (peace be upon them)!” (Qur’an 16:75–76)

99-/6102 _14- ابْنُ شَهْرَ آشُوبٍ:عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: هَلْ يَسْتَوِي هُوَ وَ مَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ .

قَالَ:«هُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ،وَ هُوَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ».

99-/6102 _14- Ibn Shahr Āshūb: from Ḥamzah b. ‘Aṭā’, from Abū Ja‘far (peace be upon him), on His saying, “Is he equal with him who enjoins justice?” He said: “It is ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him), who enjoins justice and is upon a straight path.” (Qur’an 16:76)

قوله تعالى:

وَ اللّٰهُ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ أُمَّهٰاتِكُمْ -إلى قوله تعالى-

Translation: His saying, Exalted is He: “And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers … to His saying …” [Qur’anic continuation follows in the source context]

_10) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:53/265.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:53/265.

_11) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:54/266.

- Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:54/266.

_12) -التهذيب 7:1419/347.

- al-Tahdhīb 7:1419/347.

_13) -تفسير القمّيّ 1:387.

- Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:387.

_14) -المناقب 2:107.

- al-Manāqib 2:107.

[1] في المصدر:قال:ينزعها.

- fī al-maṣdar: qāla: yanz‘uhā.

[2] في«ط»:يروون.

- fī “Ṭ”: yarwūn.