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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).

Translation: Indeed, Gabriel has sent down this Qur’an from Allah to your heart by Allah’s permission and command, confirming what came before it of all the Books of Allah, as guidance from error and good news for the believers in the prophethood of Muhammad and the guardianship of ‘Ali—and after him the Imams—truly that they are the friends of Allah, if they die upon their loyalty to Muhammad and ‘Ali and their pure family. Then the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said: O Salman, Allah has validated what you have said and affirmed your opinion. Then he mentioned a long hadith 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]

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

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 your truthfulness in your prophethood, clear proofs concerning the Imamate of ‘Ali, your brother, your executor, and your elect—clarifying the disbelief of whoever doubts you or your brother, or meets the command of either 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 the defiantly disobedient toward the religion of Allah and His obedience, from among the lying Jews and the Nawasib who resemble [1] the Muslims.

قوله تعالى:

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

[Qur’an 2:100] M. H. Shakir: And whenever they make a covenant, a party of them cast it aside; nay! most of them do not believe.

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: al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said—rebuking those Jews whose obstinacy has already been mentioned, and those Nawasib who broke the covenant that had been taken 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 align themselves with his command—a party of them cast aside the covenant and opposed it. Allah said: Rather, most of them—most of those Jews and the Nawasib—do not believe, that is, for the remainder of their lives they do not take heed [2], nor do they repent, even while witnessing the signs and beholding the proofs.

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

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

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

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

[1] في المصدر:المتسمّين.

[1] fī al-maṣdar: al-mutassammīn.

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

[2] rā‘aytu al-amr: naẓartu ilā ayn yaṣīr. «al-Ṣiḥāḥ - ra‘ā - 6:2358».