S 55 Ayat 19 to 22

قوله تعالى:

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ -إلى قوله تعالى- يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ [19-22]

"He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together; Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny? There come forth from them pearls, both large and small."

99-/10307 _2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ،عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ* بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ لاٰ يَبْغِيٰانِ قَالَ:«عَلِيٌّ وَ فَاطِمَةُ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)،[بَحْرَانِ عَمِيقَانِ لاَ يَبْغِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ] يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ ،الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/10307 _2 Ali ibn Ibrahim said: Muhammad ibn Abi Abdillah narrated to us, he said: Sa'd ibn Abdillah narrated to us, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, from Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Minqari, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan, he said: I heard Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) say regarding the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic:

"He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together. Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass." He said: “Ali and Fatima (peace be upon them) – two deep oceans, neither of them transgresses upon the other.”

"There come forth from them pearls and coral." He said: “Al-Hasan and al-Husayn (peace be upon them).”

99-/10308 _3- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ،عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ،عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِّ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ* بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ لاٰ يَبْغِيٰانِ ،قَالَ:«عَلِيٌّ وَ فَاطِمَةُ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)بَحْرَانِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ عَمِيقَانِ،لاَ يَبْغِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/10308 _3 Ibn Babawayh said: My father (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me, he said: Sa'd ibn Abdillah narrated to us, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Asbahani, from Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Minqari, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan, he said: I heard Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) say regarding the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic:

"He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together. Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass." He said: “Ali and Fatima (peace be upon them) are two vast oceans of knowledge, neither of them transgresses against the other.”

"There come forth from them pearls and coral." He said: “Al-Hasan and al-Husayn (peace be upon them).”

99-/10309 _4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ،عَنْ مَحْفُوظِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ [1]،عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ ،قَالَ:«عَلِيٌّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)» بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ لاٰ يَبْغِيٰانِ قَالَ:«لاَ يَبْغِي عَلِيٌّ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ،وَ لاَ فَاطِمَةُ تَبْغِي عَلَى عَلِيٍّ».

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ ،قَالَ:«الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/10309 _4 Muhammad ibn al-‘Abbas said: Muhammad ibn Ahmad narrated to us, from Mahfuz ibn Bashir, from ‘Amr ibn Shimr, from Jabir al-Ju‘fi, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic:

"He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together." He said: “Ali and Fatima (peace be upon them).”

"Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass." He said: “Ali does not transgress against Fatima, nor does Fatima transgress against Ali.”

"There come forth from them pearls and coral." He said: “Al-Hasan and al-Husayn (peace be upon them).”

_1) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:344.

_2) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:344.

_3) -الخصال:96/65.

_4) -تأويل الآيات 2:11/635.

_5) -تأويل الآيات 2:12/636.

[1] في المصدر:بشر.

[1] In the source: Bishr (instead of Bashīr).

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99-/10310 _5- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ،عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ،عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ،عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ،فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ ،قَالَ:عَلِيٌّ وَ فَاطِمَةُ،لاَ يَبْغِي هَذَا عَلَى هَذِهِ،وَ لاَ هَذِهِ عَلَى هَذَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ ،قَالَ:اَلْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ(صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ).

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And from him, he said: Ja‘far ibn Sahl narrated to us, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from ‘Abd al-Karīm, from Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd, from Qays ibn al-Rabī‘, from Abū Hārūn al-‘Abdī, from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī—regarding the saying of the Almighty: “He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together” [al-Raḥmān 55:19]—he said: ‘Alī and Fāṭimah. This one does not transgress against that one, nor that one against this. “There comes forth from them pearls and coral” [al-Raḥmān 55:22]—he said: al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, may the blessings of Allah be upon them all.

/10311 _5-و عنه،قال:حدّثنا عليّ بن عبد اللّه،عن إبراهيم بن محمّد،عن محمّد بن الصلت،عن أبي الجارود زياد بن المنذر،عن الضحّاك،عن ابن عبّاس في قوله عزّ و جلّ: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ* بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ لاٰ يَبْغِيٰانِ ،قال: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ علي و فاطمة(عليهما السلام) بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ لاٰ يَبْغِيٰانِ ،قال:

النبيّ(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله)، يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ ،قال:الحسن و الحسين(عليهما السلام).

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And from him, he said: ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, from Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣalt, from Abū al-Jārūd Ziyād ibn al-Munḏir, from al-Ḍaḥḥāk, from Ibn ʿAbbās regarding the saying of the Almighty: “He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together; Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass” [al-Raḥmān 55:19–20], he said: “He has made the two seas to flow freely” refers to ʿAlī and Fāṭimah (peace be upon them); “Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass” refers to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family); “There comes forth from them pearls and coral” [55:22], he said: [it refers to] al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them).

/10312 _6-و عنه:عن عليّ بن مخلد الدهان،عن أحمد بن سليمان،عن إسحاق بن إبراهيم الأعمش،عن كثير بن هشام،عن كهمس بن الحسن،عن أبي السليل،عن أبي ذر(رضي اللّه عنه)،في قوله عزّ و جلّ: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ ،قال:علي و فاطمة(عليهما السلام)، يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ الحسن و الحسين(عليهما السلام)،فمن رأى مثل هؤلاء الأربعة:علي و فاطمة و الحسن و الحسين(عليهم السلام)؟لا يحبهم إلاّ مؤمن،و لا يبغضهم إلاّ كافر، فكونوا مؤمنين بحب أهل البيت،و لا تكونوا كفّارا ببغضهم فتلقوا في النار.

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And from him: from ʿAlī ibn Mukhlad al-Dahhān, from Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān, from Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Aʿmash, from Kathīr ibn Hishām, from Kahamis ibn al-Ḥasan, from Abū al-Salīl, from Abū Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), regarding the saying of the Almighty: "He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together" [al-Raḥmān 55:19], he said: [It refers to] ʿAlī and Fāṭimah (peace be upon them). "There comes forth from them pearls and coral" [55:22] refers to al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them).

Then he said: Who has seen the like of these four — ʿAlī, Fāṭimah, al-Ḥasan, and al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them)? None loves them except a believer, and none hates them except a disbeliever. So be believers through the love of Ahl al-Bayt, and do not be disbelievers by hating them, lest you be cast into the Fire.

/10313 _7-السيّد الرضي في(المناقب الفاخرة):عن المبارك بن سرور،قال:أخبرني القاضي أبو عبد اللّه، قال:أخبرني أبي(رحمه اللّه)،قال:أخبرني أبو غالب محمّد بن عبد اللّه،يرفعه إلى أبي هارون العبدي،عن أبي سعيد الخدري،قال:سئل ابن عبّاس عن قول اللّه عزّ و جلّ: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ ،فقال:«علي و فاطمة(عليهما السلام)و بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ لاٰ يَبْغِيٰانِ ،رسول اللّه(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله)،و يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ قال:الحسن و الحسين(عليهما السلام)».

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Sayyid al-Raḍī in al-Manāqib al-Fākhirah: from al-Mubārak ibn Surūr, who said: Abū ʿAbd Allāh the judge informed me, who said: My father (may Allah have mercy on him) informed me, who said: Abū Ghālib Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh informed me, raising it to Abū Hārūn al-ʿAbdī, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, who said:

Ibn ʿAbbās was asked about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: “He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together” [al-Raḥmān 55:19], and he said: “ʿAlī and Fāṭimah (peace be upon them); between them is a barrier which they do not transgress [55:20] — [that is] the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family); There comes forth from them pearls and coral [55:22] — he said: [They are] al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them).”

/10314 _8-أبو علي الطبرسيّ:روي عن سلمان الفارسيّ،و سعيد بن جبير،و سفيان الثوري:أن البحرين علي و فاطمة(عليهما السلام) بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ لاٰ يَبْغِيٰانِ محمد رسول اللّه(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله) يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ الحسن و الحسين(عليهما السلام).

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Abū ʿAlī al-Ṭabarsī: It has been narrated from Salmān al-Fārisī, Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, and Sufyān al-Thawrī that the two seas are ʿAlī and Fāṭimah (peace be upon them), between them is a barrier which they do not transgress — Muḥammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family); there comes forth from them pearls and coral — al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them).

"He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together. Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny? There comes forth from them pearls and coral."

99-/10315 _9- ابْنُ شَهْرِ آشُوبَ:عَنِ الْخَرْكُوشِيِّ فِي كِتَابَيْهِ(اللَّوَامِعِ)،وَ(شَرَفِ الْمُصْطَفَى)بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ،وَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الشِّيرَازِيِّ فِي كِتَابِهِ،عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ وَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الثَّعْلَبِيِّ،وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الطَّائِيِّ [1]،وَ ابْنِ عَلُّويَةَ الْقَطَّانِ،فِي تَفَاسِيرِهِمْ،عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ،وَ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ،وَ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ(فِيمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،

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Ibn Shahrāshūb: From al-Kharqūshī in his two books al-Lawāmiʿ and Sharaf al-Muṣṭafā, through his chain from Salmān; and from Abū Bakr al-Shīrāzī in his book, from Abū Ṣāliḥ and Abū Isḥāq al-Thaʿlabī; and from ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Ṭāʾī and Ibn ʿAllūyah al-Qaṭṭān in their tafsīrs; from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, Sufyān al-Thawrī, and Abū Nuʿaym al-Iṣfahānī — (in what was revealed from the Qurʾān concerning Amīr al-Muʾminīn (peace be upon him)):

_5) -تأويل الآيات 2:13/636.

_6) -تأويل الآيات 2:14/636.

_7) -........

_8) -مجمع البيان 9:305.

_9) -المناقب 3:318،شرف النبيّ(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله):258.

[1] في المصدر زيادة:و أبو محمّد بن الحسن.

Footnote [1] Translation: In the source, the addition: and Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan.

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عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ،عَنْ ثَابِتٍ،عَنْ أَنَسٍ،وَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ،وَ الْقَاضِي النَّطَنْزِيِّ،عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ،عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) [1]،وَ اللَّفْظُ لَهُ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ قَالَ:«عَلِيٌّ وَ فَاطِمَةُ بَحْرَانِ عَمِيقَانِ لاَ يَبْغِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ».

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ: بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ قَالَ:«الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)».

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From Ḥammād ibn Salamah, from Thābit, from Anas, and from Abū Mālik, from Ibn ʿAbbās, and from the judge al-Naṭanzī, from Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, from Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon him) — and this wording is from him — regarding the saying of the Most High: “He has made the two seas to flow freely so that they meet.” (Qur'an, 55:19), he said: “ʿAlī and Fāṭimah are two deep oceans; neither of them transgresses against the other.”

And in another narration: “Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress.” (Qur'an, 55:20) — The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is that barrier. “There comes forth from them pearls and coral.” (Qur'an, 55:22) — He said: “al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them).”

99-/10316 _10- وَ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِيرِ،عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ،عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ(عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ)، بَكَتْ لِلْجُوعِ وَ الْعُرْيِ،فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):«اقْنَعِي-يَا فَاطِمَةُ-بِزَوْجِكِ،فَوَ اللَّهِ،إِنَّهُ سَيِّدٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ سَيِّدٌ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»،وَ أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمَا،فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ ،يَقُولُ[اللَّهُ]:أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بَحْرَ الْعِلْمِ،وَ فَاطِمَةَ بَحْرَ النُّبُوَّةِ يَلْتَقِيٰانِ يَتَّصِلاَنِ،أَنَا اللَّهُ أَوْقَعْتُ الْوُصْلَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا.

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From Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Ḍarīr, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās: Fāṭimah (peace be upon her) cried due to hunger and lack of clothing. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: “Be content, O Fāṭimah, with your husband, for by Allah, he is a master in this world and a master in the hereafter.” Then he reconciled between them, so Allah the Exalted revealed: “He has made the two seas to flow freely so that they meet.” (Qur'an, 55:19). Allah says: “I have sent forth the two seas — ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the sea of knowledge, and Fāṭimah, the sea of Prophethood — they meet (i.e., they are united). I am Allah; I established the connection between them.”

ثُمَّ قَالَ: بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ مَانِعٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ،يَمْنَعُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنْ يَحْزَنَ لِأَجْلِ الدُّنْيَا،وَ يَمْنَعَ فَاطِمَةَ أَنْ تُخَاصِمَ بَعْلَهَا لِأَجْلِ الدُّنْيَا، فَبِأَيِّ آلاٰءِ رَبِّكُمٰا تُكَذِّبٰانِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ تُكَذِّبٰانِ بِوَلاَيَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ حُبِّ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ،فَاللُّؤْلُؤُ:اَلْحَسَنُ،وَ الْمَرْجَانُ:اَلْحُسَيْنُ،لِأَنَّ اللُّؤْلُؤَ الْكِبَارُ،وَ الْمَرْجَانَ الصِّغَارُ،وَ لاَ غَرْوَ أَنْ يَكُونَا بَحْرَيْنِ لِسَعَةِ فَضْلِهِمَا،وَ كَثْرَةِ خَيْرِهِمَا،فَإِنَّ الْبَحْرَ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ بَحْراً لِسَعَتِهِ،وَ أَجْرَى النَّبِيُّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فَرَساً،فَقَالَ:«وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْراً».

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Then he said: “Between them is a barrier which they do not overpass” — a barrier meaning the Messenger of Allah, who prevents ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib from grieving over worldly matters and prevents Fāṭimah from arguing with her husband over the world. “Then which of the bounties of your Lord will you both deny?” — O assembly of jinn and men, will you deny the guardianship (wilāyah) of the Commander of the Faithful and the love for Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ?

As for the pearl (al-luʾluʾ) — it is al-Ḥasan; and the coral (al-marjān) — it is al-Ḥusayn. This is because pearls are the large ones, and coral refers to the smaller ones. And it is not strange that they are described as two seas, due to the vastness of their virtue and the abundance of their goodness. For the sea is only called “baḥr” because of its vastness.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) once raced a horse and said: “I found it to be like a sea (baḥr)” — meaning swift and vast in motion.

99-/10317 _11- عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ:عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ ،قَالَ:«مِنْ مَاءِ السَّمَاءِ وَ مِنْ مَاءِ الْبَحْرِ،فَإِذَا أَمْطَرَتْ فَتَحَتِ الْأَصْدَافُ أَفْوَاهَهَا فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَيَقَعُ فِيهَا مِنْ الْمَاءِ الْمَطَرِ،فَتَخْرُجُ [2]اللُّؤْلُؤِ الصَّغِيرَةُ مِنَ الْقَطْرَةِ الصَّغِيرَةِ،وَ اللُّؤْلُؤَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ مِنَ الْقَطْرَةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ».

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ʿAbdullāh ibn Jaʿfar al-Ḥimyarī, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, from his father, from ʿAlī (peace be upon them), said regarding the verse: "There come forth from them pearls and coral":

He said: “(They come) from the water of the sky and from the water of the sea. When it rains, the oyster shells open their mouths in the sea, and a drop of rainwater falls into them, and from that the small pearls emerge from the small drop, and the large pearls come from the large drop.”

/10318 _12-و من طريق المخالفين:ما رواه الثعلبي،في تفسير قوله تعالى: يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ يرفعه إلى سفيان الثوري،في هذه الآية،قال:فاطمة و علي(عليهما السلام) يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجٰانُ [قال:الحسن و الحسين(عليهما السلام)]،قال الثعلبي:و روي هذا عن سعيد بن جبير و قال: بَيْنَهُمٰا بَرْزَخٌ محمد(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله).

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And from the path of the opponents: as narrated by al-Thaʿlabī in his tafsīr on the verse: "There come forth from them pearls and coral", he attributes it (marfūʿan) to Sufyān al-Thawrī regarding this verse. He said: “Fāṭimah and ʿAlī (peace be upon them) — 'There come forth from them pearls and coral',” [he said: “al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them)”].

Al-Thaʿlabī said: This was also narrated from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, and he said: "Between them is a barrier" refers to Muḥammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).

_10) -المناقب 3:319.

_11) -قرب الإسناد:64.

_12) -...العمدة:810/399 و:811/400،عن الثعلبي.

[1] في«ج»زيادة:عن النبيّ(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله)

[2] في«ج»و المصدر:فتخلق.

Footnotes Translation:

[1] In manuscript "J" there is an additional phrase: "from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family)".

[2] In manuscript "J" and the source: "are formed" instead of "come forth".

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