Chapter on what the Imams from the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them) were given in traveling the lands, and their resemblance to Dhul-Qarnayn, Al-Khidr, and the companion of Solomon, and what they have of increase.

باب فيما اعطي الأئمة من آل محمّد صلوات اللّه عليهم من السير في البلاد، و أشبهوا ذا القرنين،و الخضر و صاحب سليمان،و ما لهم من الزيادة.

فَقُلْتُ:يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،هَلْ سِرْنَا فَرْسَخَيْنِ؟فَقَالَ:«يَا سَلْمَانُ،لَقَدْ سِرْتَ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ فَرْسَخٍ،وَ دُرْتَ حَوْلَ الدُّنْيَا عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ». فَقُلْتُ:يَا سَيِّدِي،وَ كَيْفَ هَذَا؟قَالَ:«يَا سَلْمَانُ،إِذَا كَانَ ذُو الْقَرْنَيْنِ طَافَ شَرْقَهَا وَ غَرْبَهَا،وَ بَلَغَ إِلَى سَدِّ يَأْجُوجَ وَ مَأْجُوجَ،فَأَنَّى يَتَعَذَّرُ عَلَيَّ وَ أَنَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،وَ خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ؟! يَا سَلْمَانُ،مَا قَرَأْتَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى عٰالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلاٰ يُظْهِرُ عَلىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَداً* إِلاّٰ مَنِ ارْتَضىٰ مِنْ رَسُولٍ [1]؟» فَقُلْتُ:بَلَى،يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. فَقَالَ: «يَا سَلْمَانُ،أَنَا الْمُرْتَضَى مِنَ الرَّسُولِ الَّذِي أَظْهَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى غَيْبِهِ،أَنَا الْعَالِمُ الرَّبَّانِيُّ،أَنَا الَّذِي هَوَّنَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ الشَّدَائِدَ وَ طَوَى لِيَ الْبَعِيدَ». قَالَ سَلْمَانُ(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ):فَسَمِعْتُ صَائِحاً يَصِيحُ فِي السَّمَاءِ،أَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَ لاَ أَرَى الشَّخْصَ،وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ:صَدَقْتَ صَدَقْتَ،أَنْتَ الصَّادِقُ الصِّدِّيقُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ. ثُمَّ وَثَبَ قَائِماً وَ رَكِبَ فَرَسَهُ وَ رَكِبْتُ مَعَهُ،وَ صَاحَ بِهِمَا،فَطَارَا فِي الْهَوَاءِ،وَ إِذَا نَحْنُ عَلَى بَابِ الْكُوفَةِ،هَذَا كُلُّهُ وَ قَدْ مَضَى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثُ سَاعَاتٍ،فَقَالَ لِي:«يَا سَلْمَانُ،الْوَيْلُ ثُمَّ الْوَيْلُ لِمَنْ لاَ يَعْرِفُنَا حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِنَا،وَ أَنْكَرَ وَلاَيَتَنَا- يَا سَلْمَانُ-أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ،مُحَمَّدٌ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)أَمْ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)»؟ فَقُلْتُ:بَلْ مُحَمَّدٌ أَفْضَلُ. قَالَ:«يَا سَلْمَانُ،آصَفُ بْنُ بَرْخِيَا قَدَرَ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ عَرْشَ بِلْقِيسَ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ فِي طَرْفَةِ عَيْنٍ،وَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ،فَكَيْفَ لاَ أَفْعَلُ أَنَا ذَلِكَ وَ عِنْدِي أَلْفُ كِتَابٍ،وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ كِتَابٍ،أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى شَيْثِ بْنِ آدَمَ خَمْسِينَ صَحِيفَةً،وَ عَلَى إِدْرِيسَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)ثَلاَثِينَ،وَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَلِيلِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عِشْرِينَ،وَ التَّوْرَاةَ،وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ، وَ الزَّبُورَ،وَ الْفُرْقَانَ الْعَظِيمَ»؟ فَقُلْتُ:صَدَقْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،هَكَذَا يَكُونُ الْإِمَامُ. فَقَالَ:«اعْلَمْ يَا سَلْمَانُ،الشَّاكُّ فِي أُمُورِنَا وَ عُلُومِنَا كَالْمُمْتَرِي فِي مَعْرِفَتِنَا وَ حُقُوقِنَا،وَ قَدْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْضِعٍ،وَ بَيَّنَ فِيهِ مَا وَجَبَ الْعِلْمُ بِهِ،وَ هُوَ غَيْرُ مَكْنُونٍ» [2].

Translation:

I said, “O Commander of the Faithful, have we traveled two farsakhs?” He replied, “O Salman, you have traveled fifty thousand farsakhs and circled the world twenty thousand times.” I said, “My master, how is this?” He said, “O Salman, if Dhu-l-Qarnayn went around its East and West and reached the barrier of Gog and Magog, how would it be difficult for me, while I am the Commander of the Faithful and the successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds? O Salman, have you not read His saying, ‘The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any, except to him whom He chooses as an apostle’ [1]?” I said, “Yes, O Commander of the Faithful.” He said, “O Salman, I am the one singled out by the Messenger whom Allah, Mighty and Majestic, made aware of His unseen. I am the divinely taught scholar. I am the one for whom Allah has made hardships easy and folded up what is distant.” Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard a crier calling in the sky—I heard the voice but did not see the person—saying: “You have spoken the truth, you have spoken the truth. You are the truthful, the veracious. Blessings of Allah be upon you.” Then he leapt up, mounted his horse, and I mounted with him; he called out to them, and the two of them flew in the air, and we were at the gate of Kufa. All this had taken place within three hours of the night. He said to me, “O Salman, woe, then woe to whoever does not know us with the knowledge truly due to us, and denies our guardianship. O Salman, which of the two is superior: Muhammad (may Allah bless him and his family) or Solomon son of David (peace be upon him)?” I said, “Rather, Muhammad is superior.” He said, “O Salman, Asif son of Barkhiya was able to carry the throne of Bilqis to Solomon in the blink of an eye, and he had knowledge from the Book. So how would I not be able to do that, when I possess a thousand books and twenty-four thousand books? Allah, Exalted, sent down to Sheth son of Adam fifty scrolls, and to Idris (peace be upon him) thirty, and to Abraham the Friend (peace be upon him) twenty, and the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the Mighty Furqan.” I said, “You have spoken the truth, O Commander of the Faithful. Thus is the Imam.” He said, “Know, O Salman, the one who doubts our affairs and our sciences is like one who disputes regarding knowledge of us and our rights. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has made it obligatory in His Book in more than one place and has clarified therein what must be known, and it is not concealed” [2].

[1] الجن 72:26 و 27

al-jinn 72:26 wa 27

Quran (MH Shakir): “The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any, except to him whom He chooses as an apostle;”

[2] في«ج،ق»:مكشوف.

fi «J, Q»: makshūf.

باب فيما أعطي الأئمة من آل محمّد صلوات اللّه عليهم من السير في البلاد، و أشبهوا ذا القرنين،و الخضر،و صاحب سليمان،و ما لهم من الزيادة.

99-/6790 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ فِي(بَصَائِرِ الدَّرَجَاتِ):عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ،عَنْ حُمْرَانَ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):مَا مَوْضِعُ الْعُلَمَاءِ مِنْكُمْ؟قَالَ:«مِثْلُ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ، وَ صَاحِبِ سُلَيْمَانَ،وَ صَاحِبِ مُوسَى(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)».

99-/6790 English:

1- Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar in Basair al-Darajaat: from Muhammad b. al-Husayn, from Safwan b. Yahya, from Abu Khalid, from Humran, who said: I said to Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), “What is the station of the scholars among you?” He said, “Like Dhu-l-Qarnayn, and the companion of Solomon, and the companion of Moses (peace be upon him).”

_1) -بصائر الدرجات:1/385.

-Basā’ir al-Darajāt: 1/385.

[1] الجن 72:26 و 27.

al-jinn 72:26 wa 27.

[2] في«ج،ق»:مكشوف.

fi «J, Q»: makshūf.

99-/6791 _2- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ،عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «إِنَّ عَلِيّاً(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)كَانَ مُحَدَّثاً»قُلْتُ: فَيَكُونُ نَبِيّاً؟قَالَ:فَحَرَّكَ يَدَهُ هَكَذَا،ثُمَّ قَالَ:«أَوْ كَصَاحِبِ سُلَيْمَانَ،أَوْ كَصَاحِبِ مُوسَى،أَوْ كَذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ،أَ وَ مَا بَلَغَكُمْ أَنَّهُ قَالَ:وَ فِيكُمْ مِثْلُهُ؟».

99-/6791 English:

2- And from him: from Ahmad b. Muhammad, from al-Husayn b. Sa‘id, from Hammad b. ‘Isa, from al-Husayn b. al-Mukhtar, from al-Harith b. al-Mughira, from Humran, from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: “Indeed, ‘Ali (peace be upon him) was one who was spoken to (muhaddath).” I said, “Then is he a prophet?” He moved his hand thus, then said: “Or like the companion of Solomon, or like the companion of Moses, or like Dhu-l-Qarnayn. Has it not reached you that he said: ‘And among you is one like him’?”

99-/6792 _3- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،عَنْ صَفْوَانَ،عَنِ الْحَارِثِ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):أَ لَسْتَ حَدَّثْتَنِي أَنَّ عَلِيّاً(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)كَانَ مُحَدَّثاً؟قَالَ:«بَلَى».قُلْتُ:مَنْ يُحَدِّثُهُ؟قَالَ:«مَلَكٌ يُحَدِّثُهُ»قُلْتُ:فَأَقُولُ:إِنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ،أَوْ رَسُولٌ؟قَالَ:«لاَ،بَلْ مَثَلُهُ مَثَلُ صَاحِبِ سُلَيْمَانَ،وَ مَثَلُ صَاحِبِ مُوسَى(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)،وَ مَثَلُ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ،أَ وَ مَا بَلَغَكُمْ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)سُئِلَ عَنْ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ،فَقِيلَ:كَانَ نَبِيّاً؟قَالَ:لاَ،بَلْ كَانَ عَبْداً أَحَبَّ اللَّهَ فَأَحَبَّهُ،وَ نَصَحَ لِلَّهِ فَنَصَحَهُ، وَ هَذَا فِيكُمْ مِثْلُهُ».

99-/6792 English:

3- And from him: from Muhammad b. al-Husayn, from Safwan, from al-Harith, who said: I said to Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), “Did you not relate to me that ‘Ali (peace be upon him) was a muhaddath?” He said, “Yes.” I said, “Who speaks to him?” He said, “An angel speaks to him.” I said, “Then should I say he is a prophet or a messenger?” He said, “No. Rather, his likeness is the likeness of the companion of Solomon, and the likeness of the companion of Moses (peace be upon them), and the likeness of Dhu-l-Qarnayn. Has it not reached you that ‘Ali (peace be upon him) was asked about Dhu-l-Qarnayn: ‘Was he a prophet?’ He said: ‘No. Rather, he was a servant who loved Allah, so Allah loved him; and he was sincere to Allah, so Allah was sincere to him. And among you is one like him.’”

99-/6793 _4- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ،عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ،عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «إِنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَّا صَلَّى الْعَتَمَةَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ،وَ أَتَى قَوْمَ مُوسَى فِي شَيْءٍ شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَ عَادَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ،وَ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ».

99-/6793 English:

4- And from him, he said: Ahmad b. Muhammad related to me, from ‘Ali b. al-Hakam, from Sayf b. ‘Umayrah, from Dawud b. Farqad, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), who said: “A man from among us performed the ‘Isha prayer in Medina, went to the people of Moses regarding a matter that was disputed among them, returned that very night, and performed the morning prayer in Medina.”

99-/6794 _5- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَعْدَانَ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ،عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ الْكَلْبِيِّ،عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ،قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)حَيْثُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، فَقَالَ:أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«يَا يَمَانِيُّ،أَ فِيكُمْ عُلَمَاءُ؟»قَالَ:نَعَمْ قَالَ:«فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَبْلُغُ مِنْ عِلْمِ عُلَمَائِكُمْ؟»قَالَ:إِنَّهُ لَيَسِيرُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مَسِيرَ شَهْرَيْنِ،يَزْجُرُ الطَّيْرَ،وَ يَقْفُو الْآثَارَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ:«فَعَالِمُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ عَالِمِكُمْ»،قَالَ:فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَبْلُغُ مِنْ عِلْمِ عَالِمِ الْمَدِينَةِ؟قَالَ:«إِنَّهُ يَسِيرُ فِي صَبَاحٍ وَاحِدٍ مَسِيرَةَ سَنَةٍ،كَالشَّمْسِ إِذَا أُمِرَتْ،إِنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ غَيْرُ مَأْمُورَةٍ،وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا أُمِرَتْ أَنْ تَقْطَعَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ شَمْساً، وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ قَمَراً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مَشْرِقاً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مَغْرِباً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ بَرّاً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ بَحْراً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ عَالَماً»قَالَ: فَمَا دَرَى الْيَمَانِيُّ مَا يَقُولُ.

99-/6794 English:

5- And from him: from Muhammad b. al-Husayn, from Musa b. Sa‘dan, from ‘Abdullah b. al-Qasim, from ‘Umar b. Aban al-Kalbi, from Aban b. Taghlib, who said: I was with Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) when a man from the scholars of the people of Yemen entered upon him. Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) said, “O Yemeni, do you have scholars among you?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “To what extent does your scholar’s knowledge reach?” He said, “He travels in a single night the distance of two months’ journey; he restrains birds and tracks footprints.” He said to him, “Then the scholar of Medina is more knowledgeable than your scholar.” He said, “To what extent does the knowledge of the scholar of Medina reach?” He said, “He travels in a single morning the distance of a year’s journey, like the sun when it is commanded. Today it is uncommanded; but when it is commanded to traverse twelve suns, and twelve moons, and twelve easts, and twelve wests, and twelve lands, and twelve seas, and twelve worlds.” He said: The Yemeni did not know what he was saying.

99-/6795 _6- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ،عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ،قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ،فَقَالَ لَهُ:«يَا أَخَا الْيَمَنِ،عِنْدَكُمْ عُلَمَاءُ؟»قَالَ:نَعَمْ.قَالَ:«فَمَا بَلَغَ مِنْ عِلْمِ عَالِمِكُمْ؟»قَالَ:يَسِيرُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرَيْنِ،يَزْجُرُ الطَّيْرَ،وَ يَقْفُو الْأَثَرَ.

99-/6795 English:

6- And from him: from Ahmad b. Muhammad, from al-Husayn b. Sa‘id, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Abu Ayyub, from Aban b. Taghlib, who said: I was with Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) when a man from Yemen entered upon him. He said to him, “O brother of Yemen, do you have scholars among you?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “To what extent has your scholar’s knowledge reached?” He said, “He travels in a single night the distance of two months’ journey; he restrains birds and tracks footprints.”

_2) -بصائر الدرجات:2/386.

-Basā’ir al-Darajāt: 2/386.

_3) -بصائر الدرجات:7/387.

-Basā’ir al-Darajāt: 7/387.

_4) -بصائر الدرجات:1/417.

-Basā’ir al-Darajāt: 1/417.

_5) -بصائر الدرجات:14/421.

-Basā’ir al-Darajāt: 14/421.

_6) -بصائر الدرجات:15/421.

-Basā’ir al-Darajāt: 15/421.

فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«عَالِمُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ عَالِمِكُمْ»قَالَ:فَمَا بَلَغَ مِنْ عِلْمِ عَالِمِ الْمَدِينَةِ؟قَالَ:«يَسِيرُ فِي سَاعَةٍ مِنَ النَّهَارِ مَسِيرَةَ الشَّمْسِ سَنَةً،حَتَّى يَقْطَعَ أَلْفَ عَالَمٍ مِثْلِ عَالَمِكُمْ هَذَا،مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ وَ لاَ إِبْلِيسَ»قَالَ:يَعْرِفُونَكُمْ؟قَالَ:«نَعَمْ،مَا افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلاَّ وَلاَيَتَنَا،وَ الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا».

Translation:

Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) said, “The scholar of Medina is more knowledgeable than your scholar.” He said, “To what extent has the knowledge of the scholar of Medina reached?” He said, “He travels in an hour of the day the distance the sun travels in a year, until he traverses a thousand worlds like this world of yours, who do not know that Allah created Adam or Iblis.” He said, “Do they know you?” He said, “Yes. Allah has obligated upon them nothing but our guardianship and disavowal of our enemies.”

[1] في المصدر:اثني عشر ألف.

fi al-masdar: ithnā ‘ashara alf.

99-/6796 _7- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ بَرَّةَ،وَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ بَرَاءٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ،عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ،فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ،فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمَ،ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ:«هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ عُلَمَاءُ؟»قَالَ:نَعَمْ،قَالَ:«فَمَا بَلَغَ مِنْ عِلْمِ عَالِمِكُمْ؟»قَالَ:يَزْجُرُ الطَّيْرَ،وَ يَقْفُو الْأَثَرَ،وَ يَسِيرُ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ لِلرَّاكِبِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ:[أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«إِنَّ عَالِمَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ عَالِمِكُمْ».قَالَ:وَ مَا بَلَغَ مِنْ عِلْمِ عَالِمِ الْمَدِينَةِ؟ قَالَ]:«إِنَّ عَالِمَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَنْتَهِي إِلَى أَنْ لاَ يَقْفُوَ الْأَثَرَ،وَ لاَ يَزْجُرَ الطَّيْرَ،يَسِيرُ فِي اللَّحْظَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ مَسِيرَةَ سَنَةٍ،كَالشَّمْسِ تَقْطَعُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ بُرْجاً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ بَرّاً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ بَحْراً،وَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ عَالَماً».فَقَالَ لَهُ الْيَمَانِيُّ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، مَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ هَذَا أَحَدٌ وَ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ.

99-/6796 English:

7- And from him: from Ahmad b. al-Husayn, who said: al-Hasan b. Barra and al-Husayn b. Bara narrated to me, from ‘Ali b. Hassan, from his uncle ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Kathir, who said: I was with Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) when a man from the people of Yemen entered upon him and greeted him, and he returned his greeting. Then he said to him, “Do you have scholars among you?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “To what extent has your scholar’s knowledge reached?” He said, “He restrains birds, tracks footprints, and in a single hour travels the distance of a month for a mounted rider.” He said to him [Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him): “Indeed, the scholar of Medina is more knowledgeable than your scholar.” He said, “And to what extent has the knowledge of the scholar of Medina reached?” He said]: “Indeed, the scholar of Medina has reached the point that he does not need to track footprints nor restrain birds. He travels in a single glance the distance of a year’s journey, like the sun traversing twelve constellations, and twelve lands, and twelve seas, and twelve worlds.” The Yemeni said to him, “May I be your ransom, I did not think anyone knew this or was able to do it.”

99-/6797 _8- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ خَالِدٍ-وَ كَانَ زَيْدِيّاً-قَالَ: كُنْتُ فِي الْعَسْكَرِ،فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ هُنَاكَ رَجُلاً مَحْبُوساً،أُتِيَ بِهِ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الشَّامِ مَكْبُولاً،وَ قَالُوا:إِنَّهُ تَنَبَّأَ؛قَالَ عَلِيٌّ:فَدَارَيْتُ الْبَوَّابِينَ وَ الْحَجَبَةَ،حَتَّى وَصَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ،فَإِذَا هُوَ رَجُلٌ لَهُ فَهْمٌ،فَقُلْتُ لَهُ:يَا هَذَا مَا قِصَّتُكَ،وَ مَا أَمْرُكَ؟ فَقَالَ:كُنْتُ بِالشَّامِ،أَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ قَبْرِ رَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ(صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا)فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِي عِبَادَتِي،إِذْ أَتَانِي شَخْصٌ،فَقَالَ لِي:قُمْ بِنَا؛فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ،فَبَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ،فَقَالَ لِي:تَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدَ؟قُلْتُ:نَعَمْ، هَذَا مَسْجِدُ الْكُوفَةِ.قَالَ:فَصَلَّى وَ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ،فَبَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَهُ إِذْ أَنَا فِي مَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)بِالْمَدِينَةِ،فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)وَ سَلَّمْتُ وَ صَلَّى وَ صَلَّيْتُ،فَصَلَّى عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ دَعَا لَهُ،فَبَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَهُ إِذْ أَنَا بِمَكَّةَ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَضَى مَنَاسِكَهُ،وَ قَضَيْتُ مَنَاسِكِي مَعَهُ،قَالَ:فَبَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَهُ إِذْ أَنَا بِمَوْضِعِيَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ فِيهِ بِالشَّامِ،وَ مَضَى،فَلَمَّا كَانَ عَامُ قَابِلٍ فِي أَيَّامِ الْمَوْسِمِ،إِذَا أَنَا بِهِ،فَفَعَلَ بِي مِثْلَ فِعْلِهِ الْأَوَّلِ،فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا مِنْ مَنَاسِكِنَا،وَ رَدَّنِي إِلَى الشَّامِ،وَ هَمَّ بِمُفَارَقَتِي،قُلْتُ لَهُ:سَأَلْتُكَ بِحَقِّ الَّذِي أَقْدَرَكَ عَلَى مَا رَأَيْتُ،إِلاَّ أَخْبَرْتَنِي مَنْ أَنْتَ؟فَأَطْرَقَ مَلِيّاً،فَقَالَ:أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى،فَتَرَاقَى الْخَبَرُ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الزَّيَّاتِ،فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ،وَ أَخَذَنِي وَ كَبَّلَنِي بِالْحَدِيدِ،وَ حَمَلَنِي إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ،وَ حَبَسَنِي كَمَا تَرَى،قَالَ:قُلْتُ لَهُ:أَرْفَعُ قِصَّتَكُمْ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ؟فَقَالَ:وَ مَنْ لِي يَأْتِيهِ بِالْقِصَّةِ؟قَالَ:فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِقِرْطَاسٍ وَ دَوَاتٍ،فَكَتَبَ قِصَّتَهُ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، فَذَكَرَ فِي قِصَّتِهِ مَا كَانَ،قَالَ:فَوَقَّعَ فِي الْقِصَّةِ:قُلْ لِلَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الشَّامِ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ،وَ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ،وَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ،وَ رَدَّكَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكَ مِنْ حَبْسِكَ.

99-/6797 English:

8- And from him: from Muhammad b. Hassan, from ‘Ali b. Khalid—who was a Zaydi—who said: I was in al-‘Askar, and it reached me that there was a man imprisoned there, brought in chains from the region of al-Sham, and they said he had claimed prophethood. ‘Ali said: I conciliated the doorkeepers and chamberlains until I reached him. He was a man of understanding. I said to him, “O man, what is your story and your case?” He said: I was in al-Sham, worshiping Allah at the grave of the head of al-Husayn b. ‘Ali (blessings of Allah be upon them). While I was in my worship, a person came to me and said, “Come with us.” I went with him, and before I knew it I was with him in the Mosque of Kufa. He said to me, “Do you recognize this mosque?” I said, “Yes, this is the Mosque of Kufa.” He prayed, and I prayed with him. Before I knew it, I was in the Mosque of the Messenger (may Allah bless him and his family) in Medina. He greeted the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family), and I greeted, and he prayed and I prayed. He invoked blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) and supplicated for him. Before I knew it, I was in Mecca, and I remained with him until he completed his rites and I completed mine with him. He said: Before I knew it, I was back at my place in al-Sham where I had been worshiping Allah, and he departed. When the following year came during the days of the season, behold, there he was, and he did with me as he had done the first time. When we had completed our rites and he returned me to al-Sham and was about to leave me, I said to him, “I adjure you by the One who empowered you to do what I have seen, that you inform me who you are.” He lowered his head for a long while and then said, “I am Muhammad b. ‘Ali b. Musa.” The news rose up to Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Malik al-Zayyat, so he sent for me, seized me, shackled me in iron, carried me to Iraq, and imprisoned me as you see. I said to him, “Shall I raise your case to Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Malik?” He said, “And who will take the petition to him for me?” So I brought him paper and ink, and he wrote his case to Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Malik, mentioning in his petition what had happened. He [al-Zayyat] wrote on the petition: “Tell the one who brought you in a single night from al-Sham to Kufa, and from Kufa to Medina, and from Medina to Mecca, and returned you from Mecca to the place from which he brought you out, to bring you out of your prison.”

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ:فَغَمَّنِي أَمْرُهُ،وَ رَقَقْتُ لَهُ،فَأَمَرْتُهُ بِالْعَزَاءِ وَ الصَّبْرِ،قَالَ:ثُمَّ بَكَّرْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْماً،فَإِذَا الْجُنْدُ،وَ صَاحِبُ الْحَرَسِ،وَ صَاحِبُ السِّجْنِ،وَ خَلْقٌ عَظِيمٌ يَتَفَحَّصُونَ حَالَهُ،فَقُلْتُ:مَا هَذَا الْأَمْرُ؟قَالُوا:اَلْمَحْمُولُ مِنَ الشَّامِ الَّذِي تَنَبَّأَ،افْتُقِدَ الْبَارِحَةَ،لاَ نَدْرِي خَسَفَتْ بِهِ الْأَرْضُ،أَوِ اخْتَطَفَهُ الطَّيْرُ فِي الْهَوَاءِ. وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَالِدٍ:هَذَا زَيْدِيٌّ فَقَالَ بِالْإِمَامَةِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ،وَ حَسُنَ اعْتِقَادُهُ. وَ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ-وَ كَانَ زَيْدِيّاً-قَالَ:كُنْتُ بِالْعَسْكَرِ،فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ هُنَاكَ رَجُلاً مَحْبُوساً،أُتِيَ بِهِ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الشَّامِ،وَ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِعَيْنِهِ [1].

Translation:

‘Ali said: His case distressed me and I felt compassion for him, so I counseled him to be patient and steadfast. Then one morning I went early to him, and behold, the soldiers, the chief of the guard, the warden, and a great multitude were investigating his situation. I said, “What is the matter?” They said, “The one brought from al-Sham who claimed prophethood was missing since last night; we do not know whether the earth swallowed him or the birds snatched him in the air.” And ‘Ali b. Khalid said: He was a Zaydi, but afterward he affirmed the Imamate, and his belief became good. And this hadith was narrated by Muhammad b. Ya‘qub: from Ahmad b. Idris, from Muhammad b. Hassan, from ‘Ali b. Khalid. Muhammad—who was a Zaydi—said: I was in al-‘Askar, and it reached me that there was a man imprisoned there, brought from the region of al-Sham, and he mentioned the very same report [1].

_7) -....الاختصاص:319،و لم نجده في البصائر.

-al-Ikhtisās: 319, wa lam najidhu fī al-basā’ir.

_8) -بصائر الدرجات:1/422.

-Basā’ir al-Darajāt: 1/422.

[1] الكافي 1:1/411.

al-Kāfī 1:1/411.

[2] تراقى:ارتقى و تسامى.«المعجم الوسيط-رقا-1:367».

taráqā: irtaqā wa tasāmā. «al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīt - raqā - 1:367».

99-/6798 _9- الشَّيْخُ الْمُفِيدُ فِي(الْإِخْتِصَاصِ):عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيِّ الْجَامُورَانِيِّ،عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُوسَى،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ جَدِّهِ،عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ:قَالَ: دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)،فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ):«مَنْ أَنْتَ؟»قَالَ:أَنَا رَجُلٌ مُنَجِّمٌ قَائِفٌ عَرَّافٌ.قَالَ:فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ،ثُمَّ قَالَ:«هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدْ مَرَّ مُنْذُ دَخَلْتَ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ عَالَماً،كُلُّ عَالَمٍ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ،لَمْ يَتَحَرَّكْ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ؟». قَالَ:مَنْ هُوَ؟قَالَ:«أَنَا وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْبَأْتُكَ عَمَّا أَكَلْتَ،وَ مَا ادَّخَرْتَ فِي بَيْتِكَ».

99-/6798 English:

9- Shaykh al-Mufid in al-Ikhtisas: from Muhammad b. ‘Abdullah al-Razi al-Jamurani, from Isma‘il b. Musa, from his father, from his grandfather, from ‘Abd al-Samad b. ‘Ali, who said: A man entered upon ‘Ali b. al-Husayn (peace be upon them). ‘Ali b. al-Husayn (peace be upon them) said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am an astrologer, tracker, and soothsayer.” He looked at him and then said, “Shall I direct you to a man who, since you entered upon us, has passed through fourteen worlds—each world larger than this world three times—without moving from his place?” He said, “Who is he?” He said, “It is I. And if you wish, I will inform you of what you ate and what you have stored in your house.”

و قد تقدم حديث جابر،عن أبي جعفر(عليه السلام)،و الحديث طويل،و أنّه دخل معه في الظلمة التي فيها عين الحياة التي سلكها ذو القرنين،و قد وردا خمسة عوالم،تقدم في قوله تعالى: وَ كَذٰلِكَ نُرِي إِبْرٰاهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمٰاوٰاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِنِينَ و الروايات في ذلك كثيرة،اقتصرنا على ذلك مخافة الإطالة.

Translation:

The hadith of Jabir from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) has already preceded, and the report is lengthy: that he entered with him into the darkness in which is the Fountain of Life that Dhu-l-Qarnayn traversed, and they came to five worlds. It was mentioned earlier under His saying, “And thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he might be of those who are sure.” The narrations on this are many; we have sufficed with this for fear of prolixity.

99-/6799 _10- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ: فَلَمَّا أَخْبَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)قُرَيْشاً بِخَبَرِ أَصْحَابِ الْكَهْفِ،وَ خَبَرِ الْخَضِرِ وَ مُوسَى وَ خَبَرِ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ،قَالُوا:قَدْ بَقِيَتْ مَسْأَلَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ؟فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):«مَا هِيَ؟»قَالُوا: مَتَى تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ؟فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ السّٰاعَةِ أَيّٰانَ مُرْسٰاهٰا قُلْ إِنَّمٰا عِلْمُهٰا عِنْدَ رَبِّي [3]الْآيَةَ،فَهَذَا كَانَ سَبَبُ نُزُولِ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ،وَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ السّٰاعَةِ أَيّٰانَ مُرْسٰاهٰا في سورة الأعراف،و كان الواجب أن تكون في هذه السورة.

99-/6799 English:

10- ‘Ali b. Ibrahim said: When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) informed Quraysh of the story of the Companions of the Cave, and the story of Khidr and Moses, and the story of Dhu-l-Qarnayn, they said, “One question remains.” The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said, “What is it?” They said, “When will the Hour be established?” So Allah, Blessed and Exalted, revealed: “They ask you about the hour, when will be its taking place? Say: The knowledge of it is only with my Lord” [3]. This was the cause of the revelation of Surat al-Kahf. And this verse—“They ask you about the hour, when will be its taking place”—is in Surat al-A‘raf, and it would have been fitting for it to be in this surah.

_9) -الإختصاص:319.

-al-Ikhtisās: 319.

_10) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:45.

-Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:45.

[1] الكافي 1:1/411.

al-Kāfī 1:1/411.

[2] تقدّم في الحديث(8)من تفسير الآية(74-81)من سورة الأنعام.

taqaddama fī al-hadīth (8) min tafsīr al-āya (74-81) min Sūrat al-An‘ām.

[3] الأعراف 7:187.

al-a‘rāf 7:187.

Quran (MH Shakir): “They ask you about the hour, when will be its taking place? Say: The knowledge of it is only with my Lord; none but He shall manifest it at its time; it will be momentous in the heavens and the earth, it will not come on you but of a sudden. They ask you as if you were solicitous about it. Say: Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know.”

قوله تعالى:

وَ تَرَكْنٰا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ وَ نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنٰاهُمْ جَمْعاً

99-/6800 _1- قال عليّ بن إبراهيم:قوله: وَ تَرَكْنٰا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ أي يختلطون وَ نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنٰاهُمْ جَمْعاً .

99-/6800 English:

1- ‘Ali b. Ibrahim said: His saying, “And on that day We shall leave some of them to surge over others” means they intermingle; “and the trumpet shall be blown, so We will gather them all together.”

Quran reference: الكهف 18:99

al-kahf 18:99

MH Shakir: “And on that day We shall leave some of them in confused motion intermingling with one another, and the trumpet shall be blown, so We will gather them all together.”

99-/6801 _2- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ،عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: وَ تَرَكْنٰا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ «يَعْنِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ».

99-/6801 English:

2- Al-‘Ayyashi: from al-Asbagh b. Nubata, from the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him), who said regarding “And on that day We shall leave some of them to surge over others”: “It means the Day of Resurrection.”

_1) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:45.

-Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:45.

_2) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:87/351.

-Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:87/351.

قوله تعالى:

اَلَّذِينَ كٰانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطٰاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِي وَ كٰانُوا لاٰ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعاً -إلى قوله تعالى- إِنّٰا أَعْتَدْنٰا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكٰافِرِينَ نُزُلاً

99-/6802 _3- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا تَمِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ،بِفَرْغَانَةَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْهَرَوِيِّ،قَالَ: سَأَلَ الْمَأْمُونُ الرِّضَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَى(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: اَلَّذِينَ كٰانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطٰاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِي وَ كٰانُوا لاٰ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعاً . فَقَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«إِنَّ غِطَاءَ الْعَيْنِ لاَ يَمْنَعُ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ،وَ الذِّكْرُ لاَ يُرَى بِالْعُيُونِ،وَ لَكِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ شَبَّهَ الْكَافِرِينَ بِوَلاَيَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)بِالْعُمْيَانِ،لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَسْتَقِلُّونَ قَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِيهِ،فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُ سَمْعاً».فَقَالَ الْمَأْمُونُ:فَرَّجْتَ عَنِّي،فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ.

99-/6802 English:

3- Ibn Babawayh said: Tamim b. ‘Abdillah b. Tamim al-Qurashi narrated to us in Farghana, who said: My father narrated to us, from Ahmad b. ‘Ali al-Ansari, from Abu al-Salt ‘Abd al-Salam b. Salih al-Harawi, who said: al-Ma’mun asked al-Rida ‘Ali b. Musa (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: “Those whose eyes were under a cover from My remembrance, and they could not bear to hear.” He (peace be upon him) said: “A covering of the eye does not prevent remembrance, and remembrance is not seen by the eyes. But Allah, Mighty and Majestic, likened the disbelievers in the wilayah of ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon him) to the blind, because they used to belittle what the Prophet (may Allah bless him and his family) said about him, so they could not bear to hear it.” al-Ma’mun said, “You have relieved me; may Allah relieve you.”

Quran reference: الكهف 18:101-102

al-kahf 18:101-102

MH Shakir: “Those whose eyes were under a cover from My reminder and they could not even hear. Do the unbelievers think that they can take My servants to be guardians besides Me? Surely We have prepared hell for the unbelievers for an entertainment.”

99-/6803 _4- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،وَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلاَءِ،وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَضَّاحٍ وَ شُعَيْبٍ الْعَقَرْقُوفِيِّ جَمِيعِهِمْ:عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) قُلْتُ:قَوْلُهُ: اَلَّذِينَ كٰانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطٰاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِي ؟قَالَ:«يَعْنِي بِالذِّكْرِ وَلاَيَةَ عَلِيٍّ

99-/6803 English:

4- ‘Ali b. Ibrahim said: Ja‘far b. Ahmad narrated to us, from ‘Abdullah b. Musa, from al-Husayn b. ‘Ali b. Abi Hamza, from his father, and al-Husayn b. Abi al-‘Ala’, and ‘Abdullah b. Waddah, and Shu‘ayb al-‘Aqarqufi—all of them—from Abu Basir, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him). I said: His saying, “Those whose eyes were under a cover from My remembrance”—what does it mean? He said: “By ‘remembrance’ it means the wilayah of ‘Ali—”

_1) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:45.

-Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:45.

_2) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:87/351.

-Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:87/351.

_3) -عيون أخبار الرّضا 1:33/136.

-‘Uyūn Akhbār al-Ridā 1:33/136.

_4) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:47.

-Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:47.

[1] فرغانة:مدينة واسعة بما وراء النهر،متآخمة لبلاد تركستان.«معجم البلدان 4:253».

Farghāna: madīna wāsi‘a bimā warā’a al-nahr, mutākhima li-bilād Turkistān. «Mu‘jam al-Buldān 4:253».