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اللَّهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ نَزَّلَهُ فَإِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ نَزَّلَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ عَلىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ اللّٰهِ بِأَمْرِهِ مُصَدِّقاً لِمٰا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ سَائِرِ كُتُبِ اللَّهِ وَ هُدىً مِنَ الضَّلاَلَةِ وَ بُشْرىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِنُبُوَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ وَلاَيَةِ عَلِيٍّ وَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ الْأَئِمَّةُ بِأَنَّهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ حَقّاً،إِذَا مَاتُوا عَلَى مُوَالاَتِهِمْ لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ آلِهِمَا الطَّيِّبِينَ.ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):يَا سَلْمَانُ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ صَدَّقَ قِيلَكَ وَ وَثَّقَ رَأْيَكَ». ثمّ ذكر حديثا طويلا يؤخذ من تفسير مولانا الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السلام).

It is from Allah; indeed, Gabriel has sent down this Qur’an from Allah upon your heart by Allah’s permission, by His command, confirming what is before it of all of Allah’s books, and as guidance from misguidance and good tidings for the believers in the prophethood of Muhammad and the guardianship of ‘Ali, and after him the Imams—that they are truly the friends of Allah—if they die upon their allegiance to Muhammad and ‘Ali and their pure progeny. Then the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said: O Salman, Allah has affirmed what you have said and has validated your opinion. Then he mentioned a long narration taken from the Tafsir of our master Imam al-‘Askari (peace be upon him).

قوله تعالى:

وَ لَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنٰا إِلَيْكَ آيٰاتٍ بَيِّنٰاتٍ وَ مٰا يَكْفُرُ بِهٰا إِلاَّ الْفٰاسِقُونَ[99]

And certainly We have revealed to you clear communications and none disbelieve in them except the transgressors. (Qur’an 2:99, M. H. Shakir)

99-/566 _1- قَالَ الْإِمَامُ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَ لَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنٰا إِلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ آيٰاتٍ دَالاَّتٍ عَلَى صِدْقِكَ فِي نُبُوَّتِكَ بَيِّنٰاتٍ عَنْ إِمَامَةِ عَلِيٍّ أَخِيكَ وَ وَصِيِّكَ وَ صَفِيِّكَ،مُوضِحَاتٍ عَنْ كُفْرِ مَنْ يَشُكُّ فِيكَ أَوْ فِي أَخِيكَ،أَوْ قَابَلَ أَمْرَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا بِخِلاَفِ الْقَبُولِ وَ التَّسْلِيمِ،ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ مٰا يَكْفُرُ بِهٰا بِهَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ الدَّالاَّتِ عَلَى تَفْضِيلِكَ،وَ تَفْضِيلِ عَلِيٍّ بَعْدَكَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْوَرَى إِلاَّ الْفٰاسِقُونَ عَنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ وَ طَاعَتِهِ،مِنَ الْيَهُودِ الْكَاذِبِينَ،وَ النَّوَاصِبِ الْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ [1] بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ».

99-/566 _1- Imam al-‘Askari (peace be upon him) said: Allah, the Exalted, said: And indeed We have sent down to you, O Muhammad, signs indicating the truth of your prophethood, clear about the Imamate of ‘Ali, your brother, your legatee, and your chosen one—clarifying the disbelief of whoever doubts you or your brother, or who meets the command of each of you with other than acceptance and submission. Then He said: And none disbelieve in them—in these signs that indicate your superiority and the superiority of ‘Ali after you over all creation—except those who are defiantly disobedient to Allah’s religion and His obedience, from the lying Jews and the Nawasib who feign [1] being Muslims.

قوله تعالى:

أَ وَ كُلَّمٰا عٰاهَدُوا عَهْداً نَبَذَهُ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاٰ يُؤْمِنُونَ[100]

And whenever they make a covenant, some party of them cast it aside; nay, the truth is most of them do not believe. (Qur’an 2:100, M. H. Shakir)

99-/567 _2- قَالَ الْإِمَامُ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«قَالَ الْبَاقِرُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،وَ هُوَ يُوَبِّخُ هَؤُلاَءِ الْيَهُودَ الَّذِينَ تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُ عِنَادِهِمْ،وَ هَؤُلاَءِ النُّصَّابُ الَّذِينَ نَكَثُوا مَا أَخَذَ مِنَ الْعَهْدِ عَلَيْهِمْ،فَقَالَ: أَ وَ كُلَّمٰا عٰاهَدُوا عَهْداً وَاثَقُوا وَ عَاقَدُوا لِيَكُونُوا لِمُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)طَائِعِينَ،وَ لِعَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)بَعْدَهُ مُؤْتَمِرِينَ،وَ إِلَى أَمْرِهِ صَائِرِينَ نَبَذَهُ نَبَذَ الْعَهْدَ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ وَ خَالَفَهُ. قَالَ اللَّهُ: بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَكْثَرُ هَؤُلاَءِ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّوَاصِبِ لاٰ يُؤْمِنُونَ أَيْ فِي مُسْتَقْبَلِ أَعْمَارِهِمْ لاَ يُرَاعُونَ [2]،وَ لاَ يَتُوبُونَ مَعَ مُشَاهَدَتِهِمْ لِلْآيَاتِ،وَ مُعَايَنَتِهِمْ لِلدِّلاَلاَتِ».

99-/567 _2- Imam al-‘Askari (peace be upon him) said: Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said—rebuking those Jews whose obstinacy has already been mentioned, and those Nussab who broke what had been taken as a covenant from them—so He said: And whenever they made a covenant—pledging and contracting—to be obedient to Muhammad (may Allah bless him and his family), and to follow ‘Ali (peace be upon him) after him, and to submit to his command, a group of them cast aside that covenant and opposed it. Allah said: Nay, most of them—most of those Jews and the Nawasib—do not believe, that is, in the remainder of their lives they do not take heed [2], nor do they repent despite witnessing the signs and observing the proofs.

قوله تعالى:

وَ لَمّٰا جٰاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمٰا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتٰابَ كِتٰابَ اللّٰهِ وَرٰاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لاٰ يَعْلَمُونَ[101]

And when there came to them a messenger from Allah verifying that which they have, a party of those who were given the Book threw the Book of Allah behind their backs as if they knew nothing. (Qur’an 2:101, M. H. Shakir)

99-/568 _1- قَالَ الْإِمَامُ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«قَالَ الصَّادِقُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): وَ لَمّٰا جٰاءَهُمْ هَؤُلاَءِ الْيَهُودُ،وَ مَنْ يَلِيهِمْ مِنَ النَّوَاصِبِ رَسُولٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمٰا مَعَهُمْ الْقُرْآنُ مُشْتَمِلاً عَلَى وَصْفِ فَضْلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ،وَ إِيجَابِ وَلاَيَتِهِمَا،وَ وَلاَيَةِ أَوْلِيَائِهِمَا،وَ عَدَاوَةِ أَعْدَائِهِمَا نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتٰابَ كِتَابَ الْيَهُودِ التَّوْرَاةَ،وَ كُتُبَ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ) وَرٰاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ تَرَكُوا الْعَمَلَ بِمَا فِيهَا،وَ حَسَدُوا مُحَمَّداً عَلَى نُبُوَّتِهِ،وَ عَلِيّاً عَلَى وَصِيَّتِهِ، وَ جَحَدُوا [1] مَا وَقَفُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ فَضَائِلِهِمَا كَأَنَّهُمْ لاٰ يَعْلَمُونَ فَعَلُوا فِعْلَ مَنْ جَحَدَ ذَلِكَ وَ الرَّدُّ لَهُ فِعْلُ مَنْ لاَ يَعْلَمُ، مَعَ عِلْمِهِمْ بِأَنَّهُ حَقٌّ».

99-/568 _1- Imam al-‘Askari (peace be upon him) said: Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: And when there came to them—to those Jews and those among the Nawasib who followed them—a messenger from Allah verifying what they had, the Qur’an containing the description of the merit of Muhammad and ‘Ali, and the obligation of their guardianship and the guardianship of their friends, and enmity toward their enemies, a party of those who were given the Book cast behind their backs the book of the Jews—the Torah—and the books of Allah’s prophets (peace be upon them); they abandoned acting upon what was in them, envied Muhammad for his prophethood and ‘Ali for his legateship, and they rejected [1] what they had come to know of their virtues, as though they did not know. They acted like those who deny that, and rejecting it is the act of one who does not know—even though they knew it was the truth.

قوله تعالى:

وَ اتَّبَعُوا مٰا تَتْلُوا الشَّيٰاطِينُ عَلىٰ مُلْكِ سُلَيْمٰانَ وَ مٰا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمٰانُ وَ لٰكِنَّ الشَّيٰاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النّٰاسَ السِّحْرَ وَ مٰا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبٰابِلَ هٰارُوتَ وَ مٰارُوتَ وَ مٰا يُعَلِّمٰانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتّٰى يَقُولاٰ إِنَّمٰا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلاٰ تَكْفُرْ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمٰا مٰا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَ زَوْجِهِ وَ مٰا هُمْ بِضٰارِّينَ بِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاّٰ بِإِذْنِ اللّٰهِ وَ يَتَعَلَّمُونَ مٰا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَ لاٰ يَنْفَعُهُمْ وَ لَقَدْ عَلِمُوا لَمَنِ اشْتَرٰاهُ مٰا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلاٰقٍ وَ لَبِئْسَ مٰا شَرَوْا بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ لَوْ كٰانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ[102]

وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا وَ اتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ لَوْ كٰانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ[103]

And they followed what the Shaitans chanted of sorcery in the reign of Sulaiman, and Sulaiman did not disbelieve, but the Shaitans disbelieved, they taught men sorcery and that was sent down to the two angels at Babel, Harut and Marut; yet these two taught no man until they had said, Surely we are only a trial, therefore do not be a disbeliever. They learned from them the means by which they might cause separation between a man and his wife; and they cannot hurt with it any one except with Allah’s permission, and they learned what harmed them and did not profit them, and certainly they do know that he who bought it should have no share of good in the hereafter, and evil was the price for which they sold their souls; had they but known. (Qur’an 2:102, M. H. Shakir)

And if they had believed and guarded themselves (against evil), reward from Allah would certainly have been better; had they but known. (Qur’an 2:103, M. H. Shakir)

99-/569 _2- قَالَ الْإِمَامُ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فِي(تَفْسِيرِهِ):«قَالَ الصَّادِقُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): وَ اتَّبَعُوا هَؤُلاَءِ الْيَهُودُ

99-/569 _2- Imam al-‘Askari (peace be upon him) said in his Tafsir: Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: And these Jews followed—

_1) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):300/459.

_1) -al-tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-imām al-‘Askarī (alayhi al-salām): 300/459.

_2) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):302/464.

_2) -al-tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-imām al-‘Askarī (alayhi al-salām): 302/464.

[1] في المصدر:المتسمّين.

[1] fī al-maṣdar: al-mutassammin.

[2] راعيت الأمر:نظرت إلى أين يصير.«الصحاح-رعى-6:2358».

[2] rā‘aytu al-amr: naẓartu ilā ayna yaṣīr. “al-Ṣiḥāḥ – ra‘ā – 6:2358”.

_1) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):304/471.

_1) -al-tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-imām al-‘Askarī (alayhi al-salām): 304/471.

_2) -التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام العسكريّ(عليه السّلام):304/719.

_2) -al-tafsīr al-mansūb ilā al-imām al-‘Askarī (alayhi al-salām): 304/719.

[1] في المصدر زيادة:على.

[1] fī al-maṣdar ziyādat: ‘alā.