S 55 Ayat 26 to 27

قوله تعالى:

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهٰا فٰانٍ* وَ يَبْقىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ[26-27]

"Everyone on it must pass away. And there will endure for ever the person of your Lord, the Lord of glory and honor."

 /10321 _3-علي بن إبراهيم،قوله تعالى: كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهٰا فٰانٍ قال:من على وجه الأرض وَ يَبْقىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ قال:دين ربك،و قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ): «نَحْنُ الْوَجْهُ الَّذِي يُؤْتَى اللَّهَ مِنْهُ».

99-/10321 ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim said regarding the verse of Allah, the Exalted: “كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهٰا فٰانٍ” (Everyone on it must pass away) — he said: it means everyone on the face of the earth. And regarding “وَ يَبْقىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ” (And there will endure forever the Face of your Lord), he said: it means the religion of your Lord. And ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn (peace be upon them both) said: “We are the ‘Face’ through which Allah is approached.”

99-/10322 _4- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ،عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْهَرَوِيِّ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، فَمَا مَعْنَى الْخَبَرِ الَّذِي رَوَوْهُ أَنَّ ثَوَابَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ النَّظَرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى؟فَقَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«يَا أَبَا الصَّلْتِ،مَنْ وَصَفَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِوَجْهٍ كَالْوُجُوهِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ،وَ لَكِنَّ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَنْبِيَاؤُهُ وَ رُسُلُهُ وَ حُجَجُهُ(صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ)،هُمُ الَّذِينَ بِهِمْ يُتَوَجَّهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِلَى دِينِهِ وَ مَعْرِفَتِهِ،وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهٰا فٰانٍ* وَ يَبْقىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:

كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هٰالِكٌ إِلاّٰ وَجْهَهُ ».

و قد تقدمت الروايات في معنى الوجه،في قوله تعالى: كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هٰالِكٌ إِلاّٰ وَجْهَهُ من آخر سورة القصص [1].

99-/10322 Ibn Babawayh said: Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja‘far al-Hamadani narrated to us, who said: ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from his father Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from ‘Abd al-Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi, who said:

I said to ‘Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (peace be upon him): “O son of the Messenger of Allah, what is the meaning of the narration that they report — that the reward of ‘There is no god but Allah’ is to look upon the Face of Allah, the Exalted?”

He (peace be upon him) replied: “O Abu al-Salt, whoever describes Allah, the Exalted, with a face like [created] faces has certainly disbelieved. But the ‘Face of Allah, the Exalted’ are His prophets, His messengers, and His proofs (peace be upon them); they are the ones through whom one turns to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and to His religion and knowledge. And Allah, the Exalted, said: ‘Everyone on it must pass away, and there will endure forever the Face of your Lord’ [Surah al-Rahman, 55:26–27], and He, the Mighty and Majestic, also said: ‘Everything is perishing except His Face’ [Surah al-Qasas, 28:88].”

_1) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:344،ديوان الخنساء:48.

_2) -عيون أخبار الرّضا(عليه السّلام)2:300/66.

_3) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:345.

_4) -أمالي الصدوق:7/372.

[1] تقدّمت الروايات في تفسير الآية(88)من سورة القصص.

[1] The narrations have already been mentioned in the interpretation of verse 88 of Surah al-Qasas.

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