S 2 A 23-25

عَلَيْكُمْ قِطْعَةً وَاحِدَةً،فَيُفْسِدَ أَرَضِيكُمْ،وَ أَشْجَارَكُمْ،وَ زُرُوعَكُمْ،وَ ثِمَارَكُمْ. ثُمَّ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ الثَّمَرٰاتِ رِزْقاً لَكُمْ يَعْنِي مِمَّا يُخْرِجُهُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ لَكُمْ فَلاٰ تَجْعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ أَنْدٰاداً أَيْ أَشْبَاهاً وَ أَمْثَالاً مِنَ الْأَصْنَامِ الَّتِي لاَ تَعْقِلُ،وَ لاَ تَسْمَعُ،وَ لاَ تُبْصِرُ،وَ لاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا لاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ النِّعَمِ الْجَلِيلَةِ الَّتِي أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَيْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى».

He sends upon you one single blast, and He would ruin your lands, your trees, your crops, and your fruits. Then He said, Mighty and Majestic: “And He brought forth therewith fruits as a sustenance for you,” meaning from what He brings out of the earth for you. “So do not set up rivals to Allah,” that is, likenesses and similitudes in the form of idols that do not reason, do not hear, do not see, and have no power over anything—while you know that they have no power over anything of these great favors with which your Lord, Blessed and Exalted, has favored you.

قوله تعالى:

وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمّٰا نَزَّلْنٰا عَلىٰ عَبْدِنٰا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ وَ ادْعُوا شُهَدٰاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰادِقِينَ[23] فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَ لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاتَّقُوا النّٰارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا النّٰاسُ وَ الْحِجٰارَةُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكٰافِرِينَ[24] وَ بَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰالِحٰاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنّٰاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهٰارُ كُلَّمٰا رُزِقُوا مِنْهٰا مِنْ ثَمَرَةٍ رِزْقاً قٰالُوا هٰذَا الَّذِي رُزِقْنٰا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ أُتُوا بِهِ مُتَشٰابِهاً وَ لَهُمْ فِيهٰا أَزْوٰاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ وَ هُمْ فِيهٰا خٰالِدُونَ[25]

(Qur’an 2:23-25, M. H. Shakir) And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a chapter like it and call on your witnesses besides Allah if you are truthful. But if you do it not and never shall you do it, then guard yourselves against the fire whose fuel is men and stones; it is prepared for the unbelievers. And convey good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that they shall have gardens in which rivers flow; whenever they are given a portion of the fruit thereof, they shall say: This is what was given to us before; and they shall be given the like of it, and they shall have pure mates in them, and in them, they shall abide.

99-/353 _1- قَالَ الْعَالِمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «فَلَمَّا ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ الْمُجَاهِرِينَ [1]،الدَّافِعِينَ لِنُبُوَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ النَّاصِبِينَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،الدَّافِعِينَ لِمَا قَالَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي أَخِيهِ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،وَ الدَّافِعِينَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَا قَالَهُ عَنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى،وَ هِيَ آيَاتُ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)وَ مُعْجِزَاتُهُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ، مُضَافَةً إِلَى آيَاتِهِ الَّتِي بَيَّنَهَا لِعَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فِي مَكَّةَ وَ الْمَدِينَةِ،وَ لَمْ يَزْدَادُوا إِلاَّ عُتُوّاً وَ طُغْيَاناً. قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمّٰا نَزَّلْنٰا عَلىٰ عَبْدِنٰا حَتَّى تَجْحَدُوا أَنْ يَكُونَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ،وَ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا الْمُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ كَلاَمِي،مَعَ إِظْهَارِي عَلَيْهِ بِمَكَّةَ الْآيَاتِ الْبَاهِرَاتِ،كَالْغَمَامَةِ الَّتِي يُتَظَلَّلُ بِهَا فِي أَسْفَارِهِ، وَ الْجَمَادَاتِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ،وَ الصُّخُورِ،وَ الْأَحْجَارِ،وَ الْأَشْجَارِ،وَ كَدِفَاعِهِ قَاصِدِيهِ بِالْقَتْلِ عَنْهُ، وَ قَتْلِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ،وَ كَالشَّجَرَتَيْنِ الْمُتَبَاعِدَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَلاَصَقَتَا فَقَعَدَ خَلْفَهُمَا لِحَاجَتِهِ،ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعَتَا إِلَى مَكَانَيْهِمَا كَمَا كَانَتَا، وَ كَدُعَائِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَجَاءَتْهُ مُجِيبَةً خَاضِعَةً ذَلِيلَةً،ثُمَّ أَمْرِهِ لَهَا بِالرُّجُوعِ فَرَجَعَتْ سَامِعَةً مُطِيعَةً.

99-/353 _1- The Scholar (peace be upon him) said: When Allah struck parables for the brazen disbelievers [1], those who repelled the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), and the hypocritical enemies of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), those who rejected what Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) said concerning his brother ‘Ali (peace be upon him), and who denied that what he said was from Allah Most High—these are the signs of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and his miracles for Muhammad—added to the signs He made clear for ‘Ali (peace be upon him) in Mecca and Medina—and they only increased in arrogance and transgression. Allah, the Exalted, said: “And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant…” until you deny that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and that this sent-down revelation upon him is My speech, despite My manifesting for him in Mecca the dazzling signs—such as the cloud that shaded him in his journeys; and the inanimate objects from mountains, rocks, stones, and trees that greeted him; and his being defended from those intent on killing him, and his killing them; and such as the two distant trees that drew together so he sat behind them for his need, then they returned to their places as they had been; and such as his calling a tree and it came to him responsive, humble, submissive; then his commanding it to return, and it returned, hearing and obedient.

_1) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):76/151.

al-Tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-Imām al-‘Askarī (ʿalayhi al-salām): 76/151.

[1] جاهره بالعداوة:بادأه بها،و جاهره بالأمر:عالنه به.«المعجم الوسيط-جهر-1:142».

Jāharahu bi-l-‘adāwah: bāda’ahu bihā, wa jāharahu bi-l-amr: ‘ālanahu bih. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – jahr – 1:142”.

فَأْتُوا يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْيَهُودِ،وَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّوَاصِبِ الْمُنْتَحِلِينَ [1] الْإِسْلاَمَ،الَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْهُ بُرَآءُ،وَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ الْفُصَحَاءِ،الْبُلَغَاءِ،ذَوِي الْأَلْسُنِ بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ [2]مِنْ مِثْلِ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،مِثْلِ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ لاَ يَقْرَأُ وَ لاَ يَكْتُبُ،وَ لَمْ يَدْرُسْ كِتَاباً،وَ لاَ اخْتَلَفَ إِلَى عَالِمٍ،وَ لاَ تَعَلَّمَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ،وَ أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَهُ فِي أَسْفَارِهِ وَ حَضَرِهِ،بَقِيَ كَذَلِكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً،ثُمَّ أُوتِيَ جَوَامِعَ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى عَلَّمَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ. فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ،فَأْتُوا مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلاَمِ،لِيَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ كَاذِبٌ كَمَا تَزْعُمُونَ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَسَيُوجَدُ لَهُ نَظِيرٌ فِي سَائِرِ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ. وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ-مَعَاشِرَ قُرَّاءِ الْكُتُبِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى-فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا جَاءَكُمْ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)مِنْ شَرَائِعِهِ،وَ مِنْ نَصْبِهِ أَخَاهُ سَيِّدَ الْوَصِيِّينَ وَصِيّاً،بَعْدَ أَنْ قَدْ أَظْهَرَ لَكُمْ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ،الَّتِي مِنْهَا:أَنْ كَلَّمَتْهُ الذِّرَاعُ الْمَسْمُومَةُ، وَ نَاطَقَهُ ذِئْبٌ،وَ حَنَّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُودُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ،وَ دَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ السَّمَّ الَّذِي دَسَّتْهُ الْيَهُودُ فِي طَعَامِهِمْ،وَ قَلَبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَلاَءُ وَ أَهْلَكَهُمْ بِهِ،وَ كَثَّرَ الْقَلِيلَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ يَعْنِي مِنْ مِثْلِ الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ،وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ، وَ الزَّبُورِ،وَ صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،وَ الْكُتُبِ الْأَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ [3] فَإِنَّكُمْ لاَ تَجِدُونَ فِي سَائِرِ كُتُبِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى سُورَةً كَسُورَةٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ،فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ كَلاَمُ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)الْمُتَقَوَّلُ [4] أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سَائِرِ كَلاَمِ اللَّهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ،يَا مَعَاشِرَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى؟! ثُمَّ قَالَ لِجَمَاعَتِهِمْ: وَ ادْعُوا شُهَدٰاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ ادْعُوا أَصْنَامَكُمُ الَّتِي تَعْبُدُونَهَا أَيُّهَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ، وَ ادْعُوا شَيَاطِينَكُمْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّصَارَى وَ الْيَهُودُ،وَ ادْعُوا قُرَنَاءَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُلْحِدِينَ يَا مُنَافِقِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنَ النُّصَّابِ لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)الطَّيِّبِينَ،وَ سَائِرِ أَعْوَانِكُمْ عَلَى إِرَادَتِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰادِقِينَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)تَقَوَّلَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ،لَمْ يُنَزِّلْهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِ،وَ أَنَّ مَا ذَكَرَهُ مِنْ فَضْلِ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَلَى جَمِيعِ أُمَّتِهِ وَ قَلَّدَهُ سِيَاسَتَهُمْ لَيْسَ بِأَمْرِ أَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ. ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا أَيْ إِنْ لَمْ تَأْتُوا،يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُقَرَّعُونَ بِحُجَّةِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا أَيْ وَ لاَ يَكُونُ هَذَا مِنْكُمْ أَبَداً فَاتَّقُوا النّٰارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا النّٰاسُ وَ الْحِجٰارَةُ حَطَبُهَا النَّاسُ وَ الْحِجَارَةُ، تُوقَدُ فَتَكُونُ عَذَاباً عَلَى أَهْلِهَا أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكٰافِرِينَ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ بِكَلاَمِهِ وَ نَبِيِّهِ،النَّاصِبِينَ الْعَدَاوَةَ لِوَلِيِّهِ وَ وَصِيِّهِ. قَالَ:فَاعْلَمُوا بِعَجْزِكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى،وَ لَوْ كَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ لَقَدَرْتُمْ عَلَى مُعَارَضَتِهِ،

So come, O assembly of Quraysh and the Jews, and O assembly of the nawaasib who lay claim to [1] Islam while being free of it, and O assembly of eloquent, articulate Arabs: bring a chapter like it [2]—from one like Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), a man like one of you, who neither read nor wrote, who did not study a book nor frequent a scholar, nor learn from anyone, and you knew him in his journeys and his residence; he remained thus for forty years, then he was given the compendiums of knowledge until he taught the first and the last. If you are in doubt about these signs, then bring, from one like this man, speech like this, so that it may become clear that he is a liar as you allege; for whatever is from other than Allah will be found to have a counterpart among Allah’s creatures. And if you—O readers of the scriptures among the Jews and Christians—are in doubt about what Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) brought you of his laws and of his appointing his brother, the Chief of the Trustees, as trustee—after he has shown you his miracles, among them: that the poisoned foreleg spoke to him; that a wolf conversed with him; that the trunk wept for him while he was on the pulpit; that Allah warded off from him the poison which the Jews had mixed into their food, turning the affliction back upon them and destroying them by it; and that he multiplied a small amount of food—then bring a chapter like it, that is, like the Qur’an, from the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, the Scrolls of Abraham, and the fourteen [3] books; for you will not find in all of Allah’s books a chapter like a chapter from this Qur’an. So how can the alleged [4] speech of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) be superior to all of Allah’s speech and His books, O assembly of Jews and Christians?! Then He said to their cohorts: “And call your witnesses besides Allah”—call your idols that you worship, O polytheists; and call your devils, O Christians and Jews; and call your companions among the atheists, O hypocrites among the Muslims from the nاصib against the pure family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), and all your helpers upon your aim—if you are truthful that Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) fabricated this Qur’an from his own accord and that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, did not send it down upon him, and that what he mentioned of ‘Ali’s (peace be upon him) superiority over his whole community and entrusting him with their leadership is not by the command of the Wisest of judges. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: “But if you do not—and you will never do it—then guard yourselves against the Fire whose fuel is men and stones,” its fuel being men and stones; it is kindled to become a torment for its inmates; it is prepared for the disbelievers who belie His speech and His Prophet, and who harbor enmity to His wali and trustee. He said: So know, by your incapacity to do that, that it is from Allah, the Exalted; for if it were from creatures, you could have opposed it.

[1] النّحلة:الدعوى،و فلان ينتحل مذهب كذا:إذا انتسب إليه.«الصحاح-نحل-5:1826».

al-naḥlah: al-da‘wā; wa fulān yantanḥil madhhab kadhā: idhā intasaba ilayh. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – naḥl – 5:1826”.

[2] قال المجلسي(رحمه اللّه):اعلم أنّ هذا الخبر يدلّ على أنّ إرجاع الضمير في مثله إلى النبيّ(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله)و إلى القرآن كليهما،مراد اللّه تعالى بحسب بطون الآية الكريمة.«بحار الأنوار 17:217».

Qāla al-Majlisī (raḥimahu Allāh): i‘lam anna hādhā al-khabar yadullu ‘alā anna irjā‘ al-ḍamīr fī mithlih ilā al-Nabī (ṣallā Allāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihi) wa ilā al-Qur’ān kilayhimā, murād Allāh ta‘ālā bi-ḥasb buṭūn al-āyah al-karīmah. “Biḥār al-Anwār 17:217”.

[3] كذا وردت في المخطوط و المصدر،و عنه في البحار في موضعين:9:176 و 17:215،و في موضع ثالث من البحار 92:29:و الكتب المائة و الأربعة عشر،و لعلّه هو الصواب،انظر معاني الأخبار:1/332(قطعة)،و الخصال:13/523(قطعة)،و الاختصاص:264،و عنه في البحار 11:48/43(قطعة)

Kadhā wuridat fī al-makhṭūṭ wa-l-maṣdar, wa ‘anhu fī al-Biḥār fī mawḍi‘ayn: 9:176 wa 17:215, wa fī mawḍi‘ thālith min al-Biḥār 92:29: wa-l-kutub al-mi’ah wa-l-arba‘ah ‘ashar, wa la‘allahu huwa al-ṣawāb. Unẓur Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār: 1/332 (qiṭ‘ah), wa-l-Khiṣāl: 13/523 (qiṭ‘ah), wa-l-Ikhtiṣāṣ: 264, wa ‘anhu fī al-Biḥār 11:48/43 (qiṭ‘ah).

[4] تقوّل قولا:ابتدعه كذبا.«القاموس المحيط-قول-4:43».

taqawwala qawlan: ibtada‘ahu kadhiban. “al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ – qawl – 4:43”.

فَلَمَّا عَجَزُوا بَعْدَ التَّقْرِيعِ [1] وَ التَّحَدِّي،قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ عَلىٰ أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لاٰ يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَ لَوْ كٰانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيراً » [2].

When they were rendered incapable after the rebuke [1] and the challenge, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ عَلىٰ أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لاٰ يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَ لَوْ كٰانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيراً [2]. (Qur’an 17:88, M. H. Shakir) Say: If men and jinn should combine together to bring the like of this Qur’an, they could not bring the like of it, though some of them were aiders of others.

[1] التقريع:التعنيف.«الصحاح-قرع-3:1264».

al-taqrī‘: al-ta‘nīf. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – qara‘ – 3:1264”.

[2] الإسراء 17:88.

al-Isrā’ 17:88.

99-/354 _2- قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَ الْيَهُودُ، وَ سَائِرُ النَّوَاصِبِ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي الْقُرْآنِ،وَ فِي تَفْضِيلِهِ أَخَاهُ عَلِيّاً(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)الْمُبَرَّزَ عَلَى الْفَاضِلِينَ،الْفَاضِلَ عَلَى الْمُجَاهِدِينَ،الَّذِي لاَ نَظِيرَ لَهُ فِي نُصْرَةِ الْمُتَّقِينَ،وَ قَمْعِ الْفَاسِقِينَ،وَ إِهْلاَكِ الْكَافِرِينَ،وَ بَثِّ دِينِ اللَّهِ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ. وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمّٰا نَزَّلْنٰا عَلىٰ عَبْدِنٰا فِي إِبْطَالِ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ،وَ فِي النَّهْيِ عَنْ مُوَالاَةِ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ،وَ مُعَادَاةِ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ،وَ فِي الْحَثِّ عَلَى الاِنْقِيَادِ لِأَخِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ اتِّخَاذِهِ إِمَاماً،وَ اعْتِقَادِهِ فَاضِلاً رَاجِحاً،لاَ يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَمَاناً إِلاَّ بِهِ،وَ لاَ طَاعَةً إِلاَّ بِمُوَالاَتِهِ،وَ تَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً تَقَوَّلَهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ،وَ يَنْسُبُهُ إِلَى رَبِّهِ[فَإِنْ كَانَ كَمَا تَظُنُّونَ] فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ أَيْ مِثْلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،أُمِّيٍّ لَمْ يَخْتَلِفْ إِلَى أَصْحَابِ كُتُبٍ قَطُّ، وَ لاَ تَتَلْمَذَ لِأَحَدٍ،وَ لاَ تَعَلَّمَ مِنْهُ،وَ هُوَ مَنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمُوهُ فِي حَضَرِهِ وَ سَفَرِهِ،وَ لَمْ [3] يُفَارِقْكُمْ قَطُّ إِلَى بَلَدٍ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْكُمْ يُرَاعُونَ أَحْوَالَهُ،وَ يَعْرِفُونَ أَخْبَارَهُ. ثُمَّ جَاءَكُمْ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ،الْمُشْتَمِلِ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْعَجَائِبِ،فَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَقَوِّلاً-كَمَا تَزْعُمُونَ-فَأَنْتُمُ الْفُصَحَاءُ، وَ الْبُلْغَاءُ،وَ الشُّعَرَاءُ،وَ الْأُدَبَاءُ الَّذِينَ لاَ نَظِيرَ لَكُمْ فِي سَائِرِ الْأَدْيَانِ،وَ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ،وَ إِنْ كَانَ كَاذِباً فَاللُّغَةُ لُغَتُكُمْ، وَ جِنْسُهُ جِنْسُكُمْ،وَ طَبْعُهُ طَبْعُكُمْ،وَ سَيَتَّفِقُ لِجَمَاعَتِكُمْ-أَوْ لِبَعْضِكُمْ-مُعَارَضَةُ كَلاَمِهِ هَذَا بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ أَوْ مِثْلِهِ. لِأَنَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْبَشَرِ،لاَ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،فَلاَ يَجُوزُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي الْبَشَرِ مَنْ يَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ،فَأْتُوا بِذَلِكَ لِتَعْرِفُوهُ-وَ سَائِرَ النَّظَائِرِ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي أَحْوَالِكُمْ-أَنَّهُ مُبْطِلٌ كَاذِبٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ ادْعُوا شُهَدٰاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ بِزَعْمِكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ مُحِقُّونَ،وَ أَنَّ مَا تَجِيئُونَ بِهِ نَظِيرٌ لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ شُهَدَاؤُكُمْ الَّذِينَ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ شُهَدَاؤُكُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لِعِبَادَتِكُمْ لَهَا،وَ تَشْفَعُ لَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰادِقِينَ فِي قَوْلِكُمْ: أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)تَقَوَّلَهُ. ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا هَذَا الَّذِي تَحَدَّيْتُكُمْ بِهِ وَ لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا أَيْ وَ لاَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ، وَ لاَ تَقْدِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ،فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ مُبْطِلُونَ،وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً الصَّادِقُ الْأَمِينُ الْمَخْصُوصُ بِرِسَالَةِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ،الْمُؤَيَّدُ بِالرُّوحِ الْأَمِينِ،وَ بِأَخِيهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ سَيِّدِ الْوَصِيِّينَ،فَصَدِّقُوهُ فِيمَا يُخْبِرُ بِهِ عَنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ أَوَامِرِهِ وَ نَوَاهِيهِ، وَ فِيمَا يَذْكُرُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِ عَلِيٍّ وَصِيِّهِ وَ أَخِيهِ، فَاتَّقُوا بِذَلِكَ عَذَابَ اَلنّٰارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا -حَطَبُهَا- اَلنّٰاسُ وَ الْحِجٰارَةُ حِجَارَةُ الْكِبْرِيتِ،أَشَدُّ الْأَشْيَاءِ حَرّاً أُعِدَّتْ تِلْكَ النَّارُ لِلْكٰافِرِينَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،

99-/354: ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn (peace be upon him) said: And that is His saying, Mighty and Majestic: “And if you”—O polytheists and Jews, and the rest of the nاصib among those who belie Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)—“are in doubt regarding the Qur’an and regarding his preferring his brother ‘Ali (peace be upon him), who surpasses the excellent and excels the warriors, who has no equal in aiding the Godwary, suppressing the wicked, destroying the disbelievers, and spreading Allah’s religion among the worlds… And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our servant—in the invalidation of worshiping idols besides Allah; in forbidding allegiance to the enemies of Allah and enmity toward Allah’s friends; and in urging obedience to my brother, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), taking him as an Imam, and holding him to be a surpassing, preeminent one—Allah, Mighty and Majestic, accepts no security except through him, nor obedience except with loyalty to him—and you think that Muhammad fabricated it from himself and ascribes it to his Lord, [then if it is as you suppose] produce a chapter like it, that is, like Muhammad—an unlettered man who never frequented the people of books, nor trained as anyone’s pupil, nor learned from him, and he is the one you knew in his residence and his journey, and he [3] never left you to a town without some of you accompanying him, observing his states, and knowing his news. Then he came to you with this Book, comprising these wonders. If he is a fabricator—as you claim—then you are the most eloquent, articulate, poetic, and literate, with no equal for you among the followers of other religions and other nations; and if he were a liar, the language is your language, his kind is your kind, his nature is your nature, so it would be possible for your group—or some of you—to oppose his speech with something better than it or like it. For whatever is from men, not from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, must have among mankind one who can match it. So bring that, that you—and others like you in your conditions—may know that he is a falsifier lying against Allah, the Exalted. “And call your witnesses besides Allah”—those who, you claim, will testify that you are in the right, and that what you bring is comparable to what Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) brought; and your “witnesses” whom you claim are your witnesses before the Lord of the Worlds on account of your worship of them, and that they will intercede for you with Him—if you are truthful in your statement that Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) fabricated it. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: “But if you do not do what I have challenged you with—and you will never do it, that is, it will not be from you, nor will you be able to do it—then know that you are false; and that Muhammad is the truthful, the trustworthy, singled out with the message of the Lord of the Worlds, supported by the Faithful Spirit, and by his brother, the Commander of the Faithful and Chief of the Trustees. So believe him regarding what he informs from Allah, the Exalted, of His commands and prohibitions, and regarding what he mentions of the merit of ‘Ali, his trustee and brother. And by that, guard yourselves against the punishment of the Fire whose fuel—its firewood—is men and stones, stones of brimstone, the most intensely hot of things; that Fire is prepared for those who disbelieve in Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family),

_2) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):92/200.

al-Tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-Imām al-‘Askarī (ʿalayhi al-salām): 92/200.

[1] التقريع:التعنيف.«الصحاح-قرع-3:1264».

al-taqrī‘: al-ta‘nīf. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – qara‘ – 3:1264”.

[2] الإسراء 17:88.

al-Isrā’ 17:88.

[3] في«س»و«ط»:و لا.

fī “S” wa “Ṭ”: wa-lā.

وَ الشَّاكِّينَ فِي نُبُوَّتِهِ،وَ الدَّافِعِينَ لِحَقِّ أَخِيهِ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،وَ الْجَاحِدِينَ لِإِمَامَتِهِ.

…and those who doubt his prophethood, who deny the right of his brother ‘Ali (peace be upon him), and who reject his Imamate.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ بَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ،وَ صَدَّقُوكَ فِي نُبُوَّتِكَ فَاتَّخَذُوكَ إِمَاماً،وَ صَدَّقُوكَ فِي أَقْوَالِكَ، وَ صَوَّبُوكَ فِي أَفْعَالِكَ،وَ اتَّخَذُوا أَخَاكَ عَلِيّاً بَعْدَكَ إِمَاماً،وَ لَكَ وَصِيّاً مَرْضِيّاً،وَ انْقَادُوا لِمَا يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِهِ،وَ صَارُوا إِلَى مَا أَصَارَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ،وَ رَأَوْا لَهُ مَا يَرَوْنَ لَكَ إِلاَّ النُّبُوَّةَ الَّتِي أُفْرِدْتَ بِهَا،وَ أَنَّ الْجِنَانَ لاَ تَصِيرُ لَهُمْ إِلاَّ بِمُوَالاَتِهِ،وَ بِمُوَالاَةِ مَنْ يُنَصُّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ،وَ بِمُوَالاَةِ سَائِرِ أَهْلِ وَلاَيَتِهِ،وَ مُعَادَاةِ أَهْلِ مُخَالَفَتِهِ وَ عَدَاوَتِهِ،وَ أَنَّ النِّيرَانَ لاَ تَهْدَأُ عَنْهُمْ،وَ لاَ تَعْدِلُ بِهِمْ عَنْ عَذَابِهَا إِلاَّ بِتَنَكُّبِهِمْ [1] عَنْ مُوَالاَةِ مُخَالِفِيهِمْ،وَ مُؤَازَرَةِ شَانِئِيهِمْ. وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰالِحٰاتِ [2] مِنْ أَدَاءِ الْفَرَائِضِ وَ اجْتِنَابِ الْمَحَارِمِ،وَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا كَهَؤُلاَءِ الْكَافِرِينَ بِكَ،بَشِّرْهُمْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنّٰاتٍ بَسَاتِينَ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهٰارُ مِنْ تَحْتِ شَجَرِهَا وَ مَسَاكِنِهَا كُلَّمٰا رُزِقُوا مِنْهٰا مِنْ تِلْكَ الْجِنَانِ مِنْ ثَمَرَةٍ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا رِزْقاً طَعَاماً يُؤْتَوْنَ بِهِ قٰالُوا هٰذَا الَّذِي رُزِقْنٰا مِنْ قَبْلُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَأَسْمَاؤُهُ كَأَسْمَاءِ مَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنْ تُفَّاحٍ،وَ سَفَرْجَلٍ،وَ رُمَّانٍ،وَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا،وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَا هُنَاكَ مُخَالِفاً لِمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّهُ فِي غَايَةِ الطِّيبِ،وَ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَسْتَحِيلُ إِلَى مَا تَسْتَحِيلُ إِلَيْهِ ثِمَارُ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ عَذِرَةٍ وَ سَائِرِ الْمَكْرُوهَاتِ،مِنْ صَفْرَاءَ وَ سَوْدَاءَ وَ دَمٍ،بَلْ مَا يَتَوَلَّدُ مِنْ مَأْكُولِهِمْ،إِلاَّ الْعَرَقُ،الَّذِي يَجْرِي مِنْ أَعْرَاضِهِمْ،أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رَائِحَةِ الْمِسْكِ. وَ أُتُوا بِهِ بِذَلِكَ الرِّزْقِ مِنَ الثِّمَارِ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْبَسَاتِينِ مُتَشٰابِهاً يُشْبِهُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً،بِأَنَّهَا كُلُّهَا خِيَارٌ لاَ رَذْلَ [3] فِيهَا،وَ بِأَنَّ كُلَّ صِنْفٍ مِنْهَا فِي غَايَةِ الطِّيبِ وَ اللَّذَّةِ،لَيْسَ كَثِمَارِ الدُّنْيَا الَّتِي بَعْضُهَا نِيءٌ [4]،وَ بَعْضُهَا مُتَجَاوِزٌ لِحَدِّ النَّضْجِ وَ الْإِدْرَاكِ إِلَى الْفَسَادِ مِنْ حُمُوضَةٍ وَ مَرَارَةٍ وَ سَائِرِ ضُرُوبِ الْمَكَارِهِ،وَ مُتَشَابِهاً أَيْضاً مُتَّفِقَاتِ الْأَلْوَانِ مُخْتَلِفَاتِ الطُّعُومِ. وَ لَهُمْ فِيهٰا فِي تِلْكَ الْجِنَانِ أَزْوٰاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْأَقْذَارِ وَ الْمَكَارِهِ،مُطَهَّرَاتٌ مِنَ الْحَيْضِ وَ النِّفَاسِ،لاَ وَلاَّجَاتٌ،وَ لاَ خَرَّاجَاتٌ [5]،وَ لاَ دَخَّالاَتٌ،وَ لاَ خَتَّالاَتٌ [6]،وَ لاَ مُتَغَايِرَاتٌ،وَ لاَ لِأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ فَارِكَاتٌ [7] وَ لاَ صَخَّابَاتٌ [8]،وَ لاَ غَيَّابَاتٌ [9]،وَ لاَ فَحَّاشَاتٌ،وَ مِنْ كُلِّ الْعُيُوبِ وَ الْمَكَارِهِ بَرِيَّاتٌ. وَ هُمْ فِيهٰا خٰالِدُونَ مُقِيمُونَ فِي تِلْكَ الْبَسَاتِينِ وَ الْجِنَانِ».

Then He said: And give glad tidings to those who believe in Allah, who believe you in your prophethood and take you as an Imam, who believe you in your words and deem your actions correct; and who take your brother ‘Ali, after you, as an Imam and for you as an approved trustee; who submit to what he commands them and go to what he directs them; and who regard for him what they regard for you—except for the prophethood with which you are singular. And that the Gardens are only attained by them through loyalty to him and to the one from his progeny who is designated for them, and by loyalty to all the people of his guardianship, and enmity toward the people of opposing and hating him; and that the fires will not calm from them nor turn away from their punishment except by their turning away [1] from loyalty to his opponents and supporting those who hate them. “And who do good deeds” [2]—from fulfilling obligations and avoiding prohibitions—and who are not like those who disbelieve in you—give them glad tidings that they will have gardens—orchards—beneath which rivers flow, beneath their trees and dwellings. Whenever they are provided therein from those gardens with a fruit from its fruits, as provision—food is brought to them—they say: “This is what we were provided before in the world,” for its names are like the names of what is in the world—apples, quinces, pomegranates, and such and such—though what is there differs from what is in the world; it is at the utmost of goodness and does not turn into what the fruits of the world turn into of filth and other dislikes—yellow bile, black bile, and blood; rather, nothing is produced from what they eat except sweat that flows from their sides, more fragrant than the scent of musk. “And they shall be given the like of it”—that provision of fruits from those orchards—“resembling” one another: each resembles the other in that all are choice, with no inferior [3] among them, and each kind is at the utmost of goodness and delight—unlike the fruits of this world, some of which are unripe [4] and some overripe to corruption, with sourness, bitterness, and other kinds of dislikes; and “resembling” also in that their colors are uniform while their tastes differ. “And they shall have therein pure spouses”—in those gardens—purified from kinds of filth and dislikes, purified from menstruation and postnatal bleeding; not gadding about nor roaming [5], not intrusive, not deceitful [6], not fickle, not hateful [7] of their husbands, not loud-voiced [8], not given to absence [9], not foul-mouthed; free of all defects and dislikes. “And therein they shall abide,” residing in those orchards and gardens.

[1] تنكّب فلانا:أعرض عنه.«المعجم الوسيط-نكب-2:950».

tanakkaba fulānan: a‘raḍa ‘anhu. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – nakaba – 2:950”.

[2] قال المجلسي(رحمه اللّه):استدلّوا بالعطف على عدم دخول الأعمال في الايمان و هو كذلك،لكنّه لا ينفي الأشتراط،بل استدلّ في بعض الأخبار بالمقارنة عليه.«البحار 67:19».

Qāla al-Majlisī (raḥimahu Allāh): istadallū bi-l-‘aṭf ‘alā ‘adam dukhūl al-a‘māl fī al-īmān wa huwa kadhālika, lakinahu lā yanfī al-ishtirāṭ, bal ustudilla fī ba‘ḍ al-akhbār bi-l-muqāranah ‘alayh. “al-Biḥār 67:19”.

[3] الرذل:الدون الخسيس،أو الرديء من كل شيء.«القاموس المحيط-رذل-3:395».

al-radhl: al-dūn al-khasīs, aw al-radī’ min kull shay’. “al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ – radhl – 3:395”.

[4] النّيء:الذي لم ينضّج.«القاموس المحيط-ناء-1:32».

al-niy’: alladhī lam yunḍaj. “al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ – nā’a – 1:32”.

[5] يقال:فلان خرّاج ولاج:كثير الطواف و السعي.«المعجم الوسيط-ولج-2:1055».

yuqāl: fulān kharrāj wallāj: kathīr al-ṭawāf wa-l-sa‘y. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – walaja – 2:1055”.

[6] ختله:خدعه عن غفلة.«المعجم الوسيط-ختل-1:218».

khatalahu: khada‘ahu ‘an ghaflah. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – khatala – 1:218”.

[7] الفرك:البغض،و فركت المرأة زوجها،أي أبغضته،فهي فروك و فارك.«الصحاح-فرك-4:1603».

al-fark: al-bughḍ; wa farakat al-mar’ah zawjahā, ayy abghaḍat-hu, fahya furūk wa fārik. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – farak – 4:1603”.

[8] رجل صخب و صخّاب:كثيرة اللّغط و الجلبة،و المرأة صخباء و صخّابة.«مجمع البحرين-صخب-2:99».

rajul ṣakhib wa ṣakhkhāb: kathīr al-laghaṭ wa-l-jalabah; wa-l-mar’ah ṣakhbā’ wa ṣakhkhābah. “Majma‘ al-Baḥrayn – ṣakhab – 2:99”.

[9] في المصدر:و لا عيّابات. fī al-maṣdar: wa lā ‘ayyābāt.

99-/355 _3- قَالَ:«وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): يَا مَعْشَرَ شِيعَتِنَا،اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ،وَ احْذَرُوا أَنْ تَكُونُوا لِتِلْكَ النَّارِ حَطَباً،وَ إِنْ[لَمْ]تَكُونُوا بِاللَّهِ كَافِرِينَ،فَتَوَقَّوْهَا بِتَوَقِّي ظُلْمِ إِخْوَانِكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،وَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ ظَلَمَ أَخَاهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْمُشَارِكَ لَهُ فِي مُوَالاَتِنَا إِلاَّ ثَقَّلَ اللَّهُ فِي تِلْكَ النَّارِ سَلاَسِلَهُ وَ أَغْلاَلَهُ،وَ لَمْ يَفُكَّهُ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ شَفَاعَتُنَا،وَ لَنْ نَشْفَعَ إِلَى اللَّهِ إِلاَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ نَشْفَعَ لَهُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ،فَإِنْ عَفَا عَنْهُ شَفَعْنَا،وَ إِلاَّ طَالَ فِي النَّارِ مَكْثُهُ».

99-/355 _3- He said: And ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) said: O assembly of our Shi‘a, be mindful of Allah and beware lest you become firewood for that Fire—even if you are not disbelievers in Allah. So ward it off by warding off injustice toward your believing brothers. For there is no believer who wrongs his believing brother who shares with him loyalty to us except that Allah will make heavy in that Fire his chains and shackles; none will release him from it except our intercession, and we will not intercede with Allah until we first intercede with his believing brother. If he pardons him, we will intercede; otherwise his stay in the Fire will be prolonged.

99-/356 _4- وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «مَعَاشِرَ شِيعَتِنَا،أَمَّا الْجَنَّةُ فَلَنْ تَفُوتَكُمْ سَرِيعاً كَانَ أَوْ بَطِيئاً،وَ لَكِنْ تَنَافَسُوا فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ،وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ أَرْفَعَكُمْ دَرَجَاتٍ،وَ أَحْسَنَكُمْ قُصُوراً وَ دُوراً وَ أَبْنِيَةً،أَحْسَنُكُمْ إِيجَاباً لِإِخْوَانِهِ [1]الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،وَ أَكْثَرُكُمْ مُوَاسَاةً لِفُقَرَائِهِمْ. إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَيُقَرِّبُ الْوَاحِدَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ بِكَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ يُكَلِّمُ بِهَا أَخَاهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْفَقِيرَ،بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَلْفِ عَامٍ بِقَدَمِهِ،وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ بِالنَّارِ،فَلاَ تَحْتَقِرُوا الْإِحْسَانَ إِلَى إِخْوَانِكُمْ،فَسَوْفَ يَنْفَعُكُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى حَيْثُ لاَ يَقُومُ مَقَامَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرُهُ».

99-/356 _4- And ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn (peace be upon him) said: O assembly of our Shi‘a, as for Paradise, it will not miss you—whether swiftly or slowly—but vie with one another in degrees. And know that the highest in degrees among you and the finest in palaces, houses, and structures is the best of you in answering the needs of his believing brothers [1] and the most generous among you in supporting their poor. Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, brings one of you nearer to Paradise by a good word he speaks to his believing poor brother, more than a journey of a thousand years on foot—even if he is among those punished by the Fire. So do not deem kindness to your brothers insignificant, for Allah, the Exalted, will benefit you by it where nothing else can take its place.

[1] في«س»و«ط»:إيجابا بإيجاب.

fī “S” wa “Ṭ”: ījāban bi-ijāb.

99-/357 _5- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ،عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ،عَنْ مُنَخَّلٍ،عَنْ جَابِرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)هَكَذَا: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمّٰا نَزَّلْنٰا عَلىٰ عَبْدِنٰا -فِي عَلِيٍّ- فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ ».

99-/357 _5- Muhammad b. Ya‘qub: from ‘Ali b. Ibrahim, from Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Barqi, from his father, from Muhammad b. Sinan, from ‘Ammar b. Marwan, from Munakhkhal, from Jabir, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), who said: Gabriel (peace be upon him) revealed this verse to Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) thus: “If you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant—concerning ‘Ali—then produce a chapter like it.”

99-/358 _6- وَ رَوَى ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ مُرْسَلاً،قَالَ: سُئِلَ الصَّادِقُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ لَهُمْ فِيهٰا أَزْوٰاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ قَالَ:«الْأَزْوَاجُ الْمُطَهَّرَةُ:اَللاَّتِي لاَ يَحِضْنَ وَ لاَ يُحْدِثْنَ».

99-/358 _6- And Ibn Bābawayh narrated mursal: He said: al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) was asked about His saying, Mighty and Majestic: “and they shall have pure spouses therein.” He said: The “pure spouses” are those who neither menstruate nor excrete.

99-/359 _7- و من طريق المخالفين،عن ابن عبّاس،قال:فيما نزل من [2] القرآن خاصّة في رسول اللّه و علي(عليهما السلام)و أهل بيته دون الناس من سورة البقرة: وَ بَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰالِحٰاتِ الآية،نزلت في علي،و حمزة،و جعفر،و عبيدة بن الحارث بن عبدالمطلب.

99-/359 _7- And from the path of the opponents, from Ibn ‘Abbas, he said: Among what was revealed of the Qur’an specifically concerning the Messenger of Allah and ‘Ali (peace be upon them) and the people of his house, exclusive of others, from Surat al-Baqarah: “And give good news to those who believe and do good deeds…”—the verse—was revealed regarding ‘Ali, Hamzah, Ja‘far, and ‘Ubaydah b. al-Harith b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib.

_3) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):93/204.

al-Tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-Imām al-‘Askarī (ʿalayhi al-salām): 93/204.

_4) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):94/204.

al-Tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-Imām al-‘Askarī (ʿalayhi al-salām): 94/204.

_5) -الكافي 1:26/345.

al-Kāfī 1:26/345.

_6) -من لا يحضره الفقيه 1:195/50.

Man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh 1:195/50.

_7) -تفسير الحبري:4/235،شواهد التنزيل 1:113/74.

Tafsīr al-Ḥibbarī: 4/235; Shawāhid al-Tanzīl 1:113/74.

[2] في«س»و«ط»:في.

fī “S” wa “Ṭ”: fī.

قوله تعالى:

إِنَّ اللّٰهَ لاٰ يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلاً مٰا بَعُوضَةً فَمٰا فَوْقَهٰا فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ

His saying, the Exalted: Indeed Allah is not ashamed to set forth a parable—even of a gnat—and what is above it; but as for those who… (text continues).