Taha Ayah 6

الْحُوتِ،وَ الْحُوتَ فِي الْمَاءِ،وَ الْمَاءَ فِي صَخْرَةٍ مُجَوَّفَةٍ،وَ الصَّخْرَةَ عَلَى عَاتِقِ مَلَكٍ،وَ الْمَلَكَ عَلَى الثَّرَى،وَ الثَّرَى عَلَى الرِّيحِ الْعَقِيمِ،وَ الرِّيحَ عَلَى الْهَوَاءِ،وَ الْهَوَاءُ تُمْسِكُهُ الْقُدْرَةُ،وَ لَيْسَ تَحْتَ الرِّيحِ الْعَقِيمِ،إِلاَّ الْهَوَاءُ وَ الظُّلُمَاتُ،وَ لاَ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ سَعَةٌ،وَ لاَ ضِيقٌ،وَ لاَ شَيْءٌ يُتَوَهَّمُ،ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْكُرْسِيَّ فَحَشَاهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ،وَ الْكُرْسِيُّ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَ،ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْعَرْشَ فَجَعَلَهُ أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْكُرْسِيِّ».

The fish; and the fish is in the water; and the water is in a hollowed rock; and the rock is upon the shoulder of an angel; and the angel is upon the dust; and the dust is upon the barren wind; and the wind is upon the air; and the air is held by the Divine Power. Beneath the barren wind there is only air and darkness, and beyond that there is neither expanse nor constriction, nor anything that can be imagined. Then He created the Kursi and filled it with the heavens and the earth, and the Kursi is greater than everything He created; then He created the Throne and made it greater than the Kursi.

قوله تعالى:

لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَ مَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَى [6]

[Qur’an 20:6] His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and what is between them and what is under the ground. (M. H. Shakir)

99-/6982 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ،عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ،عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْأَرْضِ،عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ وَ هِيَ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى الْحُوتِ».قُلْتُ:فَالْحُوتُ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى الْمَاءِ».قُلْتُ:فَالْمَاءُ،عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ».قُلْتُ:فَعَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ الصَّخْرَةُ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى قَرْنِ ثَوْرٍ أَمْلَسَ».قُلْتُ:فَعَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ الثَّوْرُ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى الثَّرَى».قُلْتُ:فَعَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ الثَّرَى؟ قَالَ:«هَيْهَاتَ،عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ ضَلَّ عِلْمُ الْعُلَمَاءِ».

وَ رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ سَهْلٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ،جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ،عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ،قَالَ:سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)مِثْلَهُ [1].

99-/6982 _1- Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub—from Muhammad ibn Ahmad—from Ibn Mahbub—from Jamil ibn Salih—from Aban ibn Taghlib—from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him). He said: I asked him about the earth—upon what is it? He said: Upon the fish. I said: Then upon what is the fish? He said: Upon the water. I said: Then upon what is the water? He said: Upon the rock. I said: Then upon what is the rock? He said: Upon the horn of a smooth bull. I said: Then upon what is the bull? He said: Upon the dust. I said: Then upon what is the dust? He said: Far, far! At that point the knowledge of the learned is lost.

And ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated it—from Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Abdillah—from Sahl—from al-Hasan ibn Mahbub—from Jamil ibn Salih—from Aban ibn Taghlib. He said: I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) the same. [1]

99-/6983 _2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ،عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ الْمَكْفُوفِ،عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ،عَنْ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَنِ الْأَرْضِ،عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هِيَ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى الْحُوتِ»فَقِيلَ لَهُ:

فَالْحُوتُ،عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى الْمَاءِ».فَقِيلَ لَهُ:فَالْمَاءُ،عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ؟قَالَ:«عَلَى الثَّرَى»قِيلَ لَهُ:

فَالثَّرَى،عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ؟قَالَ:«عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ انْقَضَى عِلْمُ الْعُلَمَاءِ».

99-/6983 _2- ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim said: My father narrated to me—from ‘Ali ibn Mahziyar—from al-‘Ala’ the blind—from some of his companions—from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him). He said: He was asked about the earth—upon what is it? He said: Upon the fish. It was said to him: Then upon what is the fish? He said: Upon the water. It was said to him: Then upon what is the water? He said: Upon the dust. He was asked: Then upon what is the dust? He said: At that point the knowledge of the learned comes to an end.

قوله تعالى:

وَ إِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَ أَخْفَى [7]

[Qur’an 20:7] And if you utter the saying aloud, then surely He knows the secret and what is yet more hidden. (M. H. Shakir)

99-/6984 _3- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ(رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ)،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي

99-/6984 _3- Ibn Babawayh said: Muhammad ibn ‘Ali Majilawayh (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated to us. He said: My uncle Muhammad ibn Abi— [the report continues].

_1) -الكافي 8:55/89.

_1) -al-Kāfī 8:55/89.

_2) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:58.

_2) -Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:58.

_3) -معاني الأخبار:1/143.

_3) -Ma‘ānī al-Akhbār 1:143.

[1] تفسير القمّيّ 2:59.

[1] Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:59.