Chapter of Virtue of Ayat-ul-Kursi

باب فضل آية الكرسيّ

Chapter of Virtue of Ayat-ul-Kursi

99-/1422 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ: عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ، عَنِ ابْنِ بَقَّاحٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ جُمَيْعٍ، رَفَعَهُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَنْ قَرَأَ أَرْبَعَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ، وَ آيَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا، وَ ثَلاَثَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِهَا، لَمْ يَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَ مَالِهِ شَيْئاً يَكْرَهُهُ، وَ لاَ يَقْرَبُهُ شَيْطَانٌ، وَ لاَ يَنْسَى الْقُرْآنَ».

English: Muhammad b. Ya‘qub, from Humayd b. Ziyad, from al-Khashshab, from Ibn Baqqah, from Mu‘adh, from ‘Amr b. Jumay‘, who raised it to ‘Ali b. al-Husayn (peace be upon him), said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) said: Whoever recites four verses from the beginning of al-Baqarah, Ayat al-Kursi, the two verses after it, and three verses from its end, will see nothing he dislikes in himself or his wealth, no satan will come near him, and he will not forget the Qur’an.

99-/1423 _2- عَنْهُ: عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مِهْزَمٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ سَمِعَ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) يَقُولُ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ، لَمْ يَخَفِ الْفَالِجَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ فَرِيضَةٍ، لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ ذُو حُمَةٍ» [1].

English: From him, from several of our companions, from Ahmad b. Muhammad, from al-Hasan b. ‘Ali, from al-Hasan b. al-Jahm, from Ibrahim b. Mihzam, from a man who heard Abu’l-Hasan (peace be upon him) say: Whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi when going to sleep will not fear paralysis, God willing, and whoever recites it after every obligatory prayer, no venomous creature will harm him. [1]

99-/1424 _3- وَ عَنْهُ: عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ [2] بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ ابْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «لَمَّا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ أَنْ يَهْبِطْنَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، تَعَلَّقْنَ بِالْعَرْشِ، وَ قُلْنَ: أَيْ رَبِّ، إِلَى أَيْنَ تُهْبِطُنَا، إِلَى أَهْلِ الْخَطَايَا وَ الذُّنُوبِ؟ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِنَّ: أَنِ اهْبِطْنَ، فَوَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلاَلِي لاَ يَقُولُكُنَّ [3] أَحَدٌ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ شِيعَتِهِمْ فِي دُبُرِ مَا افْتَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ [مِنَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ] إِلاَّ نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِعَيْنِيَ الْمَكْنُونَةِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ نَظْرَةً، أَقْضِي لَهُ فِي كُلِّ نَظْرَةٍ سَبْعِينَ حَاجَةً، وَ قَبِلْتُهُ عَلَى مَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي، وَ هِيَ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ، شَهِدَ اللّٰهُ أَنَّهُ لاٰ إِلٰهَ إِلاّٰ هُوَ [4] وَ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ، وَ آيَةُ الْمُلْكِ».

English: And from him, from Humayd b. Ziyad, from al-Hasan [2] b. Muhammad, from Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Mīthamī, from Ya‘qub b. Shu‘ayb, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), who said: When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded these verses to descend to the earth, they clung to the Throne and said: O Lord, to where do You send us down—to the people of offenses and sins? So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed to them: Descend. By My might and My majesty, no one from the family of Muhammad and their Shī‘a recites you after what I have made obligatory upon him [of the prescribed prayers in every day] except that I look upon him with My hidden eye seventy times every day, I fulfill for him in every glance seventy needs, and I accept him despite what sins are in him. And they are: Umm al-Kitab (the Opening), “Shahida Allahu annahu la ilaha illa Huwa” [4], Ayat al-Kursi, and the Verse of Dominion (al-Mulk).

- قرآن: شَهِدَ اللّٰهُ أَنَّهُ لاٰ إِلٰهَ إِلاّٰ هُوَ [آل عمران 3:18]

Translation (M. H. Shakir): Allah bears witness that there is no god but He. [The remainder of the verse in the source mentions: and the angels and those possessed of knowledge.]

99-/1425 _4- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) يَقُولُ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ مَرَّةً، صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَلْفَ مَكْرُوهٍ مِنْ مَكْرُوهِ الدُّنْيَا، وَ أَلْفَ مَكْرُوهٍ مِنْ مَكْرُوهِ الْآخِرَةِ، أَيْسَرُ مَكْرُوهِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَقْرُ، وَ أَيْسَرُ مَكْرُوهِ الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابُ الْقَبْرِ».

English: Ibn Bābawayh said: Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris narrated to us, who said: My father narrated to us, from Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l-Khattab, from Ja‘far al-Azdī, from ‘Amr b. Abi’l-Miqdām, who said: I heard Abu Ja‘far al-Baqir (peace be upon him) say: Whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi once, Allah will turn away from him a thousand disliked things of this world and a thousand disliked things of the Hereafter; the least disliked of the world is poverty, and the least disliked of the Hereafter is the punishment of the grave.

_1) -الكافي 2:5/454.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 2:5/454.

_2) -الكافي 2:8/455.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 2:8/455.

_3) -الكافي 2:2/454.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 2:2/454.

_4) -الأمالي:6/88.

Transliteration: al-Amālī 6:88.

[1] الحُمَة: السُّمّ أو الضَّرَر، و المراد بذي حُمَة: ما كان من الدوابّ سَامّاً أو ضارّاً.

Transliteration: al-humah: al-summ aw al-ḍarar, wa’l-murād bidhi humah: mā kāna mina’l-dawābb sāmmān aw ḍārran.

[2] في المصدر: الحسين، و هو تصحيف أشار له في معجم رجال الحديث 6:291.

Transliteration: fī’l-maṣdar: al-Husayn, wa huwa tasḥīf ushīra lahu fī Mu‘jam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth 6:291.

[3] في المصدر: لا يتلوكنّ.

Transliteration: fī’l-maṣdar: lā yatlūkunna.

[4] آل عمران 3:18، و في المصدر زيادة: و الملائكة و أولو العلم.

Transliteration: Āl ‘Imrān 3:18, wa fī’l-maṣdar ziyādah: wa’l-malā’ikah wa ulu’l-‘ilm.

99-/1426 _5- عَنْهُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ النَّخَعِيُّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «سَمِعَ بَعْضُ آبَائِي [رَجُلاً] يَقْرَأُ أُمَّ الْكِتَابِ، فَقَالَ: شَكَرَ وَ أُجِرَ. ثُمَّ سَمِعَهُ يَقْرَأُ: قُلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ [1]. فَقَالَ: آمَنَ وَ أَمِنَ. وَ سَمِعَهُ يَقْرَأُ: إِنّٰا أَنْزَلْنٰاهُ [2]. فَقَالَ: صَدَّقَ وَ غُفِرَ لَهُ. ثُمَّ سَمِعَهُ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ، فَقَالَ: بَخْ بَخْ، نَزَلَتْ بَرَاءَةُ هَذَا مِنَ النَّارِ».

English: From him, he said: ‘Ali b. Ahmad b. Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to us, who said: Muhammad b. Abi ‘Abdillah al-Kufi narrated to us, who said: Musa b. ‘Imran al-Nakha‘i, from his uncle al-Husayn b. Yazid, from Abu’l-Hasan Musa b. Ja‘far (peace be upon him), said: One of my forefathers heard a man reciting the Mother of the Book, and said: He has shown gratitude and will be rewarded. Then he heard him recite: “Qul huwa Allahu Ahad” [1], and said: He has believed and is secure. And he heard him recite: “Inna anzalnahu” [2], and said: He has affirmed and has been forgiven. Then he heard him recite Ayat al-Kursi, and said: Excellent, excellent! This person’s release from the Fire has descended.

- قرآن: قُلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ [الإخلاص 112:1]

Translation (M. H. Shakir): Say: He, Allah, is One.

- قرآن: إِنّٰا أَنْزَلْنٰاهُ [القدر 97:1]

Translation (M. H. Shakir): Surely We revealed it.

99-/1427 _6- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ: عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «أَ لاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) يَقُولُ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ؟» قُلْتُ: بَلَى. قَالَ: «كَانَ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ، وَ يَقُولُ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ، وَ كَفَرْتُ بِالطَّاغُوتِ، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي فِي مَنَامِي وَ فِي يَقَظَتِي».

English: Muhammad b. Ya‘qub, from ‘Ali b. Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Jamil b. Darraj, from Muhammad b. Marwan, said: Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) said: Shall I not inform you of what the Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) used to say when he went to his bed? I said: Indeed. He said: He used to recite Ayat al-Kursi and say: In the Name of Allah, I believe in Allah, and I disbelieve in the Taghut. O Allah, guard me in my sleep and in my wakefulness.

99-/1428 _7- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ ذِرْوَةً، وَ ذِرْوَةُ الْقُرْآنِ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ؛ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّةً صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَلْفَ مَكْرُوهٍ مِنْ مَكَارِهِ الدُّنْيَا، وَ أَلْفَ مَكْرُوهٍ مِنْ مَكَارِهِ الْآخِرَةِ، أَيْسَرُ مَكْرُوهِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَقْرُ، وَ أَيْسَرُ مَكْرُوهِ الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابُ الْقَبْرِ، وَ إِنِّي لَأَسْتَعِينُ بِهَا عَلَى صُعُودِ الدَّرَجَةِ».

English: Al-‘Ayyashi, from ‘Abdullah b. Sinan, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), said: Everything has a pinnacle, and the pinnacle of the Qur’an is Ayat al-Kursi. Whoever recites it once, Allah will turn away from him a thousand disliked things of the world and a thousand disliked things of the Hereafter; the least disliked of the world is poverty, and the least disliked of the Hereafter is the punishment of the grave. And I indeed seek its help in climbing the staircase.

99-/1429 _8- (أَمَالِي الشَّيْخُ): بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ) يَقُولُ: «مَا أَرَى رَجُلاً أَدْرَكَ عَقْلُهُ الْإِسْلاَمَ وَ دَلَّهُ فِي الْإِسْلاَمِ يَبِيتُ لَيْلَةً [فِي] سَوَادِهَا -قُلْتُ: وَ مَا سَوَادُهَا؟ قَالَ: جَمِيعُهَا- حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: اَللّٰهُ لاٰ إِلٰهَ إِلاّٰ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ، فَقَرَأَ الْآيَةَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَ لاٰ يَؤُدُهُ حِفْظُهُمٰا وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «فَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا هِيَ -أَوْ قَالَ: مَا فِيهَا- مَا تَرَكْتُمُوهَا عَلَى حَالٍ. إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) قَالَ: أُعْطِيتُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ مِنْ كَنْزٍ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ، وَ لَمْ يُؤْتَهَا نَبِيٌّ كَانَ قَبْلِي». قَالَ عَلِيٌّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «فَمَا بِتُّ لَيْلَةً قَطُّ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) حَتَّى أَقْرَأَهَا». ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، إِنِّي أَقْرَأُهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَحَايِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ». قُلْتُ: وَ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ فِي قِرَاءَتِكَ لَهَا، يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ مُحَمَّدٍ؟ قَالَ: «أَقْرَأُهَا قَبْلَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَكْتُهَا مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ مِنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ حَتَّى أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِهِ». قال أبو أمامة: و اللّه، ما تركت قراءتها منذ سمعت الخبر من عليّ بن أبي طالب(عليه السلام).

English: (Amali of the Shaykh) with his chain from Abu Umamah al-Bahili, that he heard ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: I do not think that a man whose intellect has attained Islam and has been guided in Islam would pass a night—in the darkness of it—I said: And what is its darkness? He said: All of it—without reciting this verse: “Allah—there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent...” He recited the verse up to His saying: “and their preservation tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.” Then he said: If you knew what it is—or he said: what is in it—you would never leave it in any state. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) said: I was given Ayat al-Kursi from a treasure beneath the Throne, and no prophet before me was given it. ‘Ali (peace be upon him) said: Never have I passed a night since I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) without reciting it. Then he said: O Abu Umamah, I recite it three times at three different times every night. I said: And how do you recite it, O cousin of Muhammad? He said: I recite it before the two raka‘ahs after the last ‘Isha’ prayer. By Allah, I have not left it since I heard this report from your Prophet until I have related it to you. Abu Umamah said: By Allah, I have not left reciting it since I heard the report from ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon him).

- قرآن: اَللّٰهُ لاٰ إِلٰهَ إِلاّٰ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ... وَ لاٰ يَؤُدُهُ حِفْظُهُمٰا وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ [البقرة 2:255]

Translation (M. H. Shakir): Allah—there is no god but He, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.

_5) -الأمالي:10/485.

Transliteration: al-Amālī 10:485.

_6) -الكافي 2:4/389.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 2:4/389.

_7) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:451/136.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:451/136.

_8) -الأمالي 2:122.

Transliteration: al-Amālī 2:122.

[1] الإخلاص 112:1.

Transliteration: al-Ikhlāṣ 112:1.

[2] القدر 97:1.

Transliteration: al-Qadr 97:1.

99-/1430 _9- وَ عَنِ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، عَنْ آبَائِهِ، قَالَ: «قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْحَاجَةَ فَلْيُبَاكِرْ فِي طَلَبِهَا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ، وَ لْيَقْرَأْ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ آخِرَ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ إِنّٰا أَنْزَلْنٰاهُ [1] وَ أُمَّ الْكِتَابِ، فَإِنَّ فِيهَا حَوَائِجَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ».

English: And from al-Ridā (peace be upon him), from his forefathers, he said: ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon him) said: If any of you has a need, let him set out early to seek it on Thursday, and when he goes out from his house, let him recite the last part of Surah Āl ‘Imrān, Ayat al-Kursi, “Inna anzalnahu” [1], and the Mother of the Book—for in them are the needs of this world and the Hereafter.

[1] القدر 97:1.

Transliteration: al-Qadr 97:1.

قوله تعالى:

أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ أَنْ آتٰاهُ اللّٰهُ الْمُلْكَ إِذْ قٰالَ إِبْرٰاهِيمُ رَبِّيَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ قٰالَ أَنَا أُحْيِي وَ أُمِيتُ -إلى قوله تعالى- وَ اللّٰهُ لاٰ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظّٰالِمِينَ [البقرة 2:258]

Translation (M. H. Shakir): Have you not considered him who disputed with Ibrahim about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom? When Ibrahim said: My Lord is He who gives life and causes to die, he said: I give life and cause death. Ibrahim said: So surely Allah causes the sun to rise from the east, then make it rise from the west; thus he who disbelieved was confounded; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.

99-/1431 _1- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ: عَنْ أَبَانٍ، عَنْ حُجْرٍ [2]، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: «خَالَفَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) قَوْمَهُ، وَ عَابَ آلِهَتَهُمْ حَتَّى أُدْخِلَ عَلَى نُمْرُودَ فَخَاصَمَهُمْ. فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: رَبِّيَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ. قَالَ: أَنَا أُحْيِي وَ أُمِيتُ، قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: فَإِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْتِي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ وَ اللّٰهُ لاٰ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظّٰالِمِينَ».

English: Al-‘Ayyashi, from Abān, from Hujr [2], from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), said: Ibrahim (peace be upon him) opposed his people and disparaged their deities until he was brought before Nimrod, and he debated them. Ibrahim said: My Lord is He who gives life and causes to die. He said: I give life and cause death. Ibrahim said: Indeed, Allah brings the sun from the east, so bring it from the west. Thus the disbeliever was confounded, and Allah does not guide the unjust people.

99-/1432 _2- عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا دَخَلَ يُوسُفُ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ، قَالَ لَهُ: كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ؟ قَالَ: «إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ». قَالَ: وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ. قَالَ: وَ كَانَ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ شَابّاً.

English: From Abu Basir, who said: When Yusuf entered upon the king, the king said to him: How are you, O Ibrahim? He said: I am not Ibrahim; I am Yusuf son of Ya‘qub son of Ishaq son of Ibrahim. He (the narrator) said: And he (the king) was the companion of Ibrahim who disputed with Ibrahim concerning his Lord. He said: And he was a youth for four hundred years.

99-/1433 _3- عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَاباً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سَبْعَةُ نَفَرٍ: أَوَّلُهُمُ ابْنُ آدَمَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ، وَ نُمْرُودُ بْنُ كَنْعَانَ الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ».

English: From Hanan b. Sadir, from a man among the companions of Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), who said: I heard him say: The people with the most severe punishment on the Day of Resurrection are seven persons: the first is the son of Adam who killed his brother, and Nimrod son of Canaan who disputed with Ibrahim regarding his Lord.

99-/1434 _4- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَمَّا أُلْقِيَ نَمْرُودُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي النَّارِ، وَ جَعَلَهَا اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ بَرْداً وَ سَلاَماً، قَالَ: نَمْرُودُ: يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، مَنْ رَبُّكَ؟ قَالَ: رَبِّيَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ. قَالَ لَهُ نَمْرُودُ: أَنَا أُحْيِي وَ أُمِيتُ.

English: ‘Ali b. Ibrahim said: When Nimrod cast Ibrahim (peace be upon him) into the fire, and Allah made it coolness and peace upon him, Nimrod said: O Ibrahim, who is your Lord? He said: My Lord is He who gives life and causes to die. Nimrod said to him: I give life and cause death.

_9) -الخصال:10/623.

Transliteration: al-Khiṣāl 10:623.

_1) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:464/139.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:464/139.

_2) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:463/139.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:463/139.

_3) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:465/140.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 1:465/140.

_4) -تفسير القمّيّ 1:86.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-Qummī 1:86.

[2] في «س، ط»: و المصدر: عن أبان بن حجر، تصحيف، صحيحه ما أثبتناه، انظر روضة الكافي:559/368، معجم رجال الحديث 1:163.

Transliteration: fī “S, Ṭ”: wa’l-maṣdar: ‘an Abān b. Ḥajar, tasḥīf, ṣaḥīḥuhu mā athbatnāh, unẓur Rawḍat al-Kāfī: 559/368, Mu‘jam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth 1:163.