An-Nahl Ayah 40-41

النحل آيه 41-40

كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ».قُلْتُ:] [1]أَعْلِمْنِي آيَةَ كِتَابِكَ؟قَالَ:«أَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَلاَمَةِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا»وَ قَرَأَ [2] آيَةً مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.

قُلْتُ لِفُضَيْلٍ:وَ مَا تِلْكَ الْآيَةُ؟قَالَ:مَا حَدَّثْتُ بِهَا أَحَداً غَيْرَ بُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ.قَالَ زُرَارَةُ:أَنَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِهَا:

وَ أَقْسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمٰانِهِمْ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ،قَالَ:فَسَكَتَ الْفُضَيْلُ،وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لاَ،وَ لاَ نَعَمْ.

I wrote to you.” I said: [1] Inform me of the sign of your letter? He said: “I will write to you with such-and-such a sign,” and he recited [2] a verse from the Qur’an.

I said to Fudayl: And what is that verse? He said: I have not narrated it to anyone other than Burayd al-‘Ijli. Zurara said: I will tell you: “And they swear by Allah with their most strenuous oaths …” to the end of the verse. He said: So Fudayl fell silent, and did not say “no” or “yes.”

99-/6026 _7- أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيُّ فِي(مُسْنَدِ فَاطِمَةَ(عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ هِبَةِ اللَّهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ الْقُمِّيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ،عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ،قَالَ:

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):إِنْ خَرَجَ السُّفْيَانِيُّ مَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟قَالَ:«إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ».قُلْتُ:أَعْلِمْنِي آيَةَ كِتَابِكَ [3]؟قَالَ:«أَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَلاَمَةِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا»وَ قَرَأَ آيَةً مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.

قَالَ:فَقُلْتُ لِفُضَيْلٍ:مَا تِلْكَ الْآيَةُ؟قَالَ:مَا حَدَّثْتُ بِهَا أَحَداً غَيْرَ بُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ.قَالَ زُرَارَةُ:أَنَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِهَا،هِيَ:

وَ أَقْسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمٰانِهِمْ لاٰ يَبْعَثُ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَمُوتُ بَلىٰ وَعْداً عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا قَالَ:فَسَكَتَ الْفُضَيْلُ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لاَ،وَ لاَ نَعَمْ.

99-/6026 - Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari in Musnad Fatima (peace be upon her) said: Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Hibatillah informed us, he said: Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Musa ibn Babawayh al-Qummi narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to us from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdillah, he said: Ya‘qub ibn Yazid narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Umayr narrated to us, from ‘Umar ibn Udhaynah, from Fudayl ibn Yasār, who said:

I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him): If the Sufyani appears, what do you command me? He said: “When that happens, I will write to you.” I said: Inform me of the sign of your letter [3]? He said: “I will write to you with such-and-such a sign,” and he recited a verse from the Qur’an.

He said: So I said to Fudayl: What is that verse? He said: I have not narrated it to anyone other than Burayd al-‘Ijli. Zurara said: I will tell you; it is:

“And they swear by Allah with their most energetic oaths: Allah will not raise up him who dies. Nay! it is a promise (binding) on Him.” Then Fudayl fell silent and did not say “no” or “yes.”

(Qur’an 16:38, M. H. Shakir)

قوله تعالى:

إِنَّمٰا قَوْلُنٰا لِشَيْءٍ إِذٰا أَرَدْنٰاهُ أَنْ نَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ -إلى قوله تعالى- وَ لَأَجْرُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كٰانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ [40-41]

Surely Our word for a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say to it, Be, and it is. ... And those who fly for Allah’s sake after they are oppressed, We will most certainly give them a good abode in this world; and certainly the reward of the hereafter is much greater, did they but know.

(Qur’an 16:40-41, M. H. Shakir)

99-/6027 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ،عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى،قَالَ:

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْإِرَادَةِ،مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ؟ قَالَ:فَقَالَ:«الْإِرَادَةُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ الضَّمِيرُ،وَ مَا يَبْدُو لَهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْفِعْلِ؛وَ أَمَّا مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَإِرَادَتُهُ إِحْدَاثُهُ، لاَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ،لِأَنَّهُ لاَ يُرَوِّي وَ لاَ يَهُمُّ،وَ لاَ يَتَفَكَّرُ،وَ هَذِهِ الصِّفَاتُ مَنْفِيَّةٌ عَنْهُ،وَ هِيَ صِفَاتُ الْخَلْقِ،فَإِرَادَةُ اللَّهِ الْفِعْلُ،لاَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ،يَقُولُ لَهُ:كُنْ؛فَيَكُونُ،بِلاَ لَفْظٍ وَ لاَ نُطْقٍ بِلِسَانٍ،وَ لاَ هِمَّةٍ،وَ لاَ تَفَكُّرٍ،وَ لاَ كَيْفَ لِذَلِكَ،كَمَا أَنَّهُ لاَ كَيْفَ لَهُ».

99-/6027 _1- Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub: from Ahmad ibn Idris, from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar, from Safwan ibn Yahya, who said:

I said to Abu al-Hasan (peace be upon him): Inform me about will (irada): from Allah and from the creation? He said: “Will, on the part of the creation, is the intention within (the conscience), and what then appears from them of action; but as for Allah, exalted is He, His will is His originating (the thing), nothing else—because He does not deliberate, nor resolve, nor reflect; these attributes are negated from Him, and they are attributes of creation. Thus Allah’s will is the act itself, nothing else. He says to it: Be! so it is—without utterance, without speech with a tongue, without intention, without reflection, and without any ‘how’ to that, just as there is no ‘how’ to Him.”

/6028 _2-علي بن إبراهيم،قال:قوله تعالى: وَ الَّذِينَ هٰاجَرُوا فِي اللّٰهِ أي هاجروا و تركوا الكفّار في اللّه

99-/6028 _2- ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim said: His saying, the Exalted: “And those who fly for Allah’s sake”—that is, they migrated and left the unbelievers for the sake of Allah.

(Qur’an 16:41)

لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ أي لنؤتينهم فِي الدُّنْيٰا حَسَنَةً وَ لَأَجْرُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كٰانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ .

We will most certainly give them abode—meaning: We will surely give them in this world a good (position); and the reward of the hereafter is greater, did they but know.

(Qur’an 16:41)

قوله تعالى:

وَ مٰا أَرْسَلْنٰا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ إِلاّٰ رِجٰالاً نُوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لاٰ تَعْلَمُونَ* بِالْبَيِّنٰاتِ وَ الزُّبُرِ وَ أَنْزَلْنٰا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنّٰاسِ مٰا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ [43-44]

And We did not send before you any but men to whom We sent revelation—so ask the followers of the Reminder if you do not know—with clear arguments and scriptures; and We have revealed to you the Reminder that you may make clear to men what has been revealed to them, and that haply they may reflect.

(Qur’an 16:43-44, M. H. Shakir)

99-/6029 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لاٰ تَعْلَمُونَ قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):اَلذِّكْرُ أَنَا،وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)،أَهْلُ الذِّكْرِ».

وَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ إِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَكَ وَ لِقَوْمِكَ وَ سَوْفَ تُسْئَلُونَ [1]قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«نَحْنُ قَوْمُهُ،وَ نَحْنُ الْمَسْؤُولُونَ».

99-/6029 _1- Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub: from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from al-Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad, from al-Washsha’, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Ajlan, from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: “So ask the followers of the Reminder if you do not know.” He said: “The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said: The Reminder is me, and the Imams (peace be upon them) are the People of the Reminder.”

And His saying, Mighty and Majestic: “And most surely it is a reminder for you and your people, and you shall soon be questioned” [1]—Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) said: “We are his people, and we are the ones to be questioned.”

(Qur’an 16:43; 43:44, M. H. Shakir)

99-/6030 _2- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ،عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لاٰ تَعْلَمُونَ ؟قَالَ:

«الذِّكْرُ:مُحَمَّدٌ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ نَحْنُ أَهْلُهُ الْمَسْؤُولُونَ».

قَالَ:قُلْتُ:قَوْلُهُ: وَ إِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَكَ وَ لِقَوْمِكَ وَ سَوْفَ تُسْئَلُونَ [2]؟قَالَ:«إِيَّانَا عَنَى،وَ نَحْنُ أَهْلُ الذِّكْرِ،وَ نَحْنُ الْمَسْؤُولُونَ».

99-/6030 _2- And from him: from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from al-Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Urama, from ‘Ali ibn Hassan, from his uncle ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir, who said: I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him): “So ask the followers of the Reminder if you do not know?” He said: “The Reminder is Muhammad (may Allah bless him and his family), and we are its People—the ones to be questioned.”

He said: I said: His saying: “And most surely it is a reminder for you and your people, and you shall soon be questioned” [2]? He said: “He meant us, and we are the People of the Reminder, and we are the ones to be questioned.”

(Qur’an 16:43; 43:44, M. H. Shakir)

99-/6031 _3- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لاٰ تَعْلَمُونَ ؟فَقَالَ:«نَحْنُ أَهْلُ الذِّكْرِ،وَ نَحْنُ الْمَسْؤُولُونَ».

قُلْتُ:فَأَنْتُمْ الْمَسْؤُولُونَ،وَ نَحْنُ السَّائِلُونَ؟قَالَ:«نَعَمْ».قُلْتُ:حَقّاً عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَكُمْ؟قَالَ:«نَعَمْ».قُلْتُ:حَقّاً عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُجِيبُونَا؟قَالَ:«لاَ،ذَاكَ إِلَيْنَا،إِنْ شِئْنَا فَعَلْنَا،وَ إِنْ شِئْنَا لَمْ نَفْعَلْ،أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: هٰذٰا عَطٰاؤُنٰا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسٰابٍ [3]».

99-/6031 _3- And from him: from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from al-Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad, from al-Washsha’, who said: I asked al-Rida (peace be upon him), and I said to him: May I be your ransom—“So ask the followers of the Reminder if you do not know?” He said: “We are the People of the Reminder, and we are the ones to be questioned.”

I said: So you are the ones to be questioned, and we are the questioners? He said: “Yes.” I said: Is it truly upon us to ask you? He said: “Yes.” I said: Is it truly upon you to answer us? He said: “No. That is up to us—if we wish, we do so, and if we wish, we do not. Do you not hear the saying of Allah, blessed and exalted: ‘This is Our free gift, therefore give freely or withhold, without reckoning’ [3].”

(Qur’an 16:43; 38:39, M. H. Shakir)

المراجع الحاشية:

_7) -دلائل الإمامة:248.

Dalā’il al-Imāma: 248.

_1) -الكافي 1:3/85.

al-Kāfī 1:3/85.

_2) -تفسير القمّيّ 1:385.

Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:385.

[1] أثبتناه من الحديث الآتي عن محمّد بن جرير الطبريّ.

Athbatnāhu mina al-hadīth al-āti ‘an Muhammad ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī.

[2] في«س»:و هو.

fī “S”: wa huwa.

[3] في المصدر:قلت:فكيف أعلم أنّه كتابك.

fī al-masdar: qultu: fa-kayfa a‘lam annahu kitābuka.

[1] الزخرف 43:44.

az-Zukhruf 43:44.

[2] الزخرف 43:44.

az-Zukhruf 43:44.

[3] سورة ص 38:39.

Sūrat Ṣād 38:39.