S 57 Ayat 13 to 17
قوله تعالى:
يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنٰافِقُونَ وَ الْمُنٰافِقٰاتُ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا انْظُرُونٰا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ قِيلَ ارْجِعُوا وَرٰاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراً فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بٰابٌ بٰاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ ظٰاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذٰابُ -إلى قوله تعالى- أَ لَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ [13-16]
On that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women-- their light running before them and on their right hand-- good news for you today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand achievement. On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say to those who believe: Wait for us, that we may have light from your light; it shall be said: Turn back and seek a light. Then separation would be brought about between them, with a wall having a gate in it; the inner side of it shall be mercy, while the outer side of it shall be punishment. They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They shall say: Yea! but you caused yourselves to fall into temptation, and you waited and doubted, and vain desires deceived you till the threatened punishment of Allah came, while the archdeceiver deceived you about Allah. So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your patron, and evil is the resort. Has not the time yet come for those who believe, that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah...
/10484 _1-علي بن إبراهيم،قال:يقسم النور بين الناس يوم القيامة على قدر إيمانهم،يقسم للمنافق فيكون نوره في إبهام رجله اليسرى،فينظر نوره،ثمّ يقول للمؤمنين:مكانكم حتّى أقتبس من نوركم،فيقول المؤمنون لهم:ارجعوا وراءكم،فالتمسوا نورا.فيرجعون فيضرب بينهم بسور[له باب]فينادون من وراء السور، يا مؤمنين [1]، أَ لَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْ قٰالُوا بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ قال:بالمعاصي وَ ارْتَبْتُمْ قال:شككتم و تربصتم.
/10484 ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm said: The light will be distributed among the people on the Day of Resurrection according to the degree of their faith. It will be allotted to the hypocrite such that his light will be in the big toe of his left foot. He will see his light and then say to the believers, “Wait for us so we may borrow some of your light.” The believers will say to them, “Go back and seek light.” So they will return, and a wall will be placed between them [which has a gate], and they will call out from behind the wall:
“O believers, were we not with you?” They will say: “Yes, but you caused your own souls to fall into temptation,” — he said: by sins — "and you waited and doubted..." — he said: you were in doubt and hesitated.
99-/10485 _2- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فِي كِتَابِ(الزُّهْدِ):عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ،عَنْ عَلِيٍّ،عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «إِنَّ النَّاسَ يُقَسَّمُ بَيْنَهُمُ النُّورُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى قَدْرِ إِيمَانِهِمْ،وَ يُقْسَمُ لِلْمُنَافِقِ فَيَكُونُ نُورُهُ عَلَى [قَدْرِ]إِبْهَامِ رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى،فَيَطَأُ [2]نُورَهُ،فَيَقُولُ:مَكَانَكُمْ حَتَّى أَقْتَبِسَ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ.قِيلَ: اِرْجِعُوا وَرٰاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراً يَعْنِي حَيْثُ قُسِمَ النَّارُ»
99-/10485 Al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd in the book Az-Zuhd, from al-Qāsim, from ʿAlī, from Abū Baṣīr, who said: Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, the light will be distributed among the people on the Day of Resurrection according to the level of their faith. And the light will be given to the hypocrite in proportion to the big toe of his left foot, so he will tread upon his light and say, 'Wait for me so that I may borrow from your light.' It will be said: 'Go back and seek a light' — meaning to where the Fire was apportioned."
"Go back then and seek a light."
_3) -الخصال:112/402.
_1) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:351.
_2) -الزهد:249/93.
[1] في المصدر:المؤمنين.
[2] في المصدر:فيطفؤ.
[1] In the source: al-mu’minīn (the believers).
[2] In the source: fa-yutfaʾu (so it is extinguished).
Page 285 in Arabic
.قَالَ:«فَيَرْجِعُونَ فَيُضْرَبُ بَيْنَهُمُ السُّورُ،فَيُنَادُونَهُمْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السُّورِ: أَ لَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْ قٰالُوا بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ تَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَ ارْتَبْتُمْ وَ غَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمٰانِيُّ حَتّٰى جٰاءَ أَمْرُ اللّٰهِ وَ غَرَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُورُ* فَالْيَوْمَ لاٰ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَ لاٰ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مَأْوٰاكُمُ النّٰارُ هِيَ مَوْلاٰكُمْ وَ بِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ».
ثُمَّ قَالَ:«يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ،أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا قَالَ اللَّهُ لِلْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى،وَ لَكِنَّهُ عَنَى أَهْلَ الْقِبْلَةِ».
He (peace be upon him) said: "So they will return, and the wall will be erected between them, and they will call out to them from behind the wall: ‘Were we not with you?’ They will say: ‘Yes, but you caused your souls to perish, and you waited, and you doubted, and vain desires deceived you until the command of Allah came, and the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.’ So today ransom shall not be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode is the Fire; it is your master, and evil is the destination." Then he said: "O Abā Muḥammad, by Allah, Allah did not say this to the Jews and Christians—but rather, He meant the people of the qiblah (i.e., those who prayed toward the Kaʿbah)."
99-/10486 _3- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَطَّانِ،وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ السِّنَانِيُّ،وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ابْنِ مُوسَى الدَّقَّاقُ،وَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ الْمُكَتِّبُ،وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَرَّاقُ(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)،قَالُوا:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا الْقَطَّانُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا تَمِيمُ بْنُ بُهْلُولٍ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حُكَيْمٍ،عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ،عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «لَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمُسْتَحْفَظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ لَهُ مَنْقَبَةٌ إِلاَّ وَ قَدْ شَرِكْتُهُ فِيهَا وَ فَضَلْتُهُ،وَ لِي سَبْعُونَ مَنْقَبَةً لَمْ يَشْرَكْنِي فِيهَا أَحَدٌ».
99-/10486 Ibn Bābawayh said: Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Qaṭṭān, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad as-Sinānī, ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā ad-Daqqāq, al-Ḥusayn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad ibn Hishām al-Mukattib, and ʿAlī ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Warrāq (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Zakarīyyā al-Qaṭṭān narrated to us, who said: Bakr ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Ḥabīb narrated to us, who said: Tamīm ibn Buhlūl narrated to us, who said: Sulaymān ibn Ḥakīm, from Thawr ibn Yazīd, from Makḥūl, who said:
Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, those entrusted with the preservation among the companions of the Prophet Muḥammad (peace be upon him and his family) know well that there is no man among them who possesses a virtue except that I have shared it with him—and excelled him in it—and I have seventy virtues in which none of them shared with me."
قُلْتُ:يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِهِنَّ،فَقَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):-وَ ذَكَرَ السَّبْعِينَ-قَالَ:«وَ أَمَّا الثَّلاَثُونَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)يَقُولُ:تُحْشَرُ أُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى خَمْسِ رَايَاتٍ،فَأَوَّلُ رَايَةٍ تَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ فِرْعَوْنِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ هُوَ مُعَاوِيَةُ،وَ الثَّانِيَةُ مَعَ سَامِرِيِّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ،وَ الثَّالِثَةُ مَعَ جَاثَلِيقِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ هُوَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ،وَ الرَّابِعَةُ مَعَ أَبِي الْأَعْوَرِ السُّلَمِيِّ،وَ أَمَّا الْخَامِسَةُ فَمَعَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ،تَحْتَهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ أَنْتَ إِمَامُهُمْ،
I said, “O Amīr al-Muʾminīn, then inform me of them.” He (peace be upon him) said—and he mentioned the seventy—he said:
"As for thirty of them, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) say: 'My nation will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection under five banners. The first banner to arrive before me will be the banner of the Pharaoh of this nation—and that is Muʿāwiyah. The second will be with the Sāmirī of this nation—and that is ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ. The third will be with the Catholicos (Jāthlīq) of this nation—and that is Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī. The fourth will be with Abū al-Aʿwar as-Sulamī. And as for the fifth, it will be with you, O ʿAlī—under it will be the believers, and you are their leader.'"
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِلْأَرْبَعَةِ: اِرْجِعُوا وَرٰاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراً فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بٰابٌ بٰاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ ،وَ هُمْ شِيعَتِي،وَ مَنْ وَالاَنِي،وَ قَاتَلَ مَعِي الْفِئَةَ الْبَاغِيَةَ وَ النَّاكِبَةَ عَنِ الصِّرَاطِ،وَ بَابَ الرَّحْمَةِ هُمْ شِيعَتِي، فَيُنَادِي هَؤُلاَءِ أَ لَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْ قٰالُوا بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ تَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَ ارْتَبْتُمْ وَ غَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمٰانِيُّ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَتّٰى جٰاءَ أَمْرُ اللّٰهِ وَ غَرَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُورُ* فَالْيَوْمَ لاٰ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَ لاٰ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مَأْوٰاكُمُ النّٰارُ هِيَ مَوْلاٰكُمْ وَ بِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ،ثُمَّ تَرِدُ أُمَّتِي وَ شِيعَتِي،فَيُرَوَّوْنَ مِنْ حَوْضِ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ بِيَدِي عَصَا عَوْسَجٍ، أَطْرُدُ بِهَا أَعْدَائِي طَرْدَ غَرِيبَةِ الْإِبِلِ».
Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will say to the first four groups: "Go back and seek a light." So a wall will be erected between them—a wall that has a gate. Its inner side contains mercy—and they are my Shīʿah, those who supported me and fought alongside me against the rebellious and those who deviated from the straight path. And the gate of mercy is my Shīʿah.
Then these (others) will call out: “Were we not with you?” They will say: “Yes, but you caused your souls to perish, and you waited, and you doubted, and the vain hopes of this world deceived you until the command of Allah came, and the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.” “So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode is the Fire, it is your master, and evil is the destination.” Then my nation and my Shīʿah will arrive, and they will be given drink from the pool (ḥawḍ) of Muḥammad (peace be upon him and his family), and in my hand will be a staff of ʿawsaj (a kind of thorny branch), with which I will drive away my enemies as a shepherd drives away stray camels.
99-/10487 _4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ جَدِّهِ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنِ الْأَحْوَلِ،عَنْ سَلاَّمِ بْنِ الْمُسْتَنِيرِ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى:
فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بٰابٌ بٰاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ ظٰاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذٰابُ* يُنٰادُونَهُمْ أَ لَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْ ».
99-/10487 Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās said: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Mahzīyār narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, from al-Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb, from al-Aḥwal, from Salām ibn al-Mustanīr, who said:
I asked Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted:
"Then a wall shall be placed between them with a gate, the inside of it in which is mercy, and the outside of it, before it, is punishment. They will cry out to them: Were we not with you?"
قَالَ:فَقَالَ:«أَمَا إِنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِينَا وَ فِي شِيعَتِنَا وَ فِي الْكُفَّارِ،أَمَا إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ حُبِسَ الْخَلاَئِقُ فِي طَرِيقِ الْمَحْشَرِ،ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ سُوراً مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ،فِيهِ بَابٌ بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ-يَعْنِي النُّورَ-وَ ظَاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ-يَعْنِي الظُّلْمَةَ-فَيُصَيِّرُنَا اللَّهُ وَ شِيعَتَنَا فِي بَاطِنِ السُّورِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ النُّورُ،وَ يُصَيِّرُ عَدُوَّنَا وَ الْكُفَّارَ فِي ظَاهِرِ السُّورِ الَّذِي يهِ الظُّلْمَةُ،فَيُنَادِيكُمْ أَعْدَاؤُنَا وَ أَعْدَاؤُكُمْ مِنَ الْبَابِ الَّذِي فِي السُّورِ ظَاهِرُهُ الْعَذَابُ:أَ لَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا،نَبِيُّنَا وَ نَبِيُّكُمْ وَاحِدٌ،وَ صَلاَتُنَا وَ صَلاَتُكُمْ[وَاحِدَةٌ]،وَ صَوْمُنَا وَ صَوْمُكُمْ وَاحِدٌ،وَ حَجُّنَا وَ حَجُّكُمْ وَاحِدٌ؟».
He (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, this verse was revealed about us, our Shīʿah, and the disbelievers. Verily, when it is the Day of Resurrection and the creation is halted on the path of the gathering place (maḥshar), Allah will erect a wall of darkness, within it a gate. Its inner side will contain mercy—that is, light—and its outer side will contain punishment—that is, darkness.
So Allah will place us and our Shīʿah on the inner side of the wall where there is mercy and light, and He will place our enemies and the disbelievers on the outer side of the wall where there is darkness. Then your enemies and our enemies will call out to you from the gate in the wall whose outer side is punishment: ‘Were we not with you in the world? Was not your Prophet and our Prophet one and the same? Was not our prayer and your prayer the same? Was not our fasting and your fasting the same? Was not our ḥajj and your ḥajj the same?’"
_3) -الخصال:1/575.
_4) -تأويل الآيات 2:11/660.
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قَالَ:«فَيُنَادِيهِمُ الْمَلَكُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ:بَلَى،وَ لَكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكُمْ،ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ،وَ تَرَكْتُمُ اتِّبَاعَ مَنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِهِ نَبِيُّكُمْ،وَ تَرَبَّصْتُمْ بِهِ الدَّوَائِرَ،وَ ارْتَبْتُمْ فِيمَا قَالَ فِيهِ نَبِيُّكُمْ،وَ غَرَّتْكُمْ الْأَمَانِيُّ وَ مَا اجْتَمَعْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خِلاَفِكُمْ لِأَهْلِ الْحَقِّ،وَ غَرَّكُمْ حِلْمُ اللَّهِ عَنْكُمْ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَالِ،حَتَّى جَاءَ الْحَقُّ-
He (peace be upon him) said:
"Then the angel will call out to them from before Allah: 'Yes, indeed. But you led yourselves into ruin after your Prophet. Then you turned away and abandoned following the one your Prophet had commanded you to follow. You awaited his downfall, and you doubted what your Prophet said about him. Vain desires deceived you, and what united you was your opposition to the people of truth. Allah’s forbearance toward you in that situation deceived you—until the truth came...'"
يَعْنِي بِالْحَقِّ ظُهُورَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)وَ مَنْ ظَهَرَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)بِالْحَقِّ-وَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ غَرَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُورُ يَعْنِي الشَّيْطَانَ فَالْيَوْمَ لاٰ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَ لاٰ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَيْ لاَ تُوجَدُ لَكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ تَفْدُونَ بِهَا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مَأْوٰاكُمُ النّٰارُ هِيَ مَوْلاٰكُمْ وَ بِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ».
He (peace be upon him) said:
“By ‘the truth’ is meant the rising of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him) and those Imams (peace be upon them) who appeared after him with the truth. And the saying of the Exalted: ‘And the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah’—this means Shayṭān. So today ransom shall not be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved—that is, you will have no good deed with which you can ransom yourselves. Your abode is the Fire; it is your master, and evil is the destination.”
99-/10488 _5- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَاشِمِيِّ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْعُبَيْدِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ،وَ كَانَ خَيِّراً،عَنْ شَرِيكٍ،عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ،عَنْ عَطَاءٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بٰابٌ بٰاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ ظٰاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذٰابُ ،فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):«أَنَا السُّورُ،وَ عَلِيٌّ الْبَابُ».
99-/10488 And from him: from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Hāshimī, from Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā al-ʿUbaydī, who said: Abū Muḥammad al-Anṣārī, who was a virtuous man, narrated to us, from Sharīk, from al-Aʿmash, from ʿAṭā’, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said:
I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "Then a wall shall be placed between them with a gate, the inside of it in which is mercy, and the outside of it, before it, is punishment." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: "I am the wall, and ʿAlī is the gate."
99-/10489 _6- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هَوْذَةَ،عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ،عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ،قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بٰابٌ بٰاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ ظٰاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذٰابُ ،فَقَالَ:«أَنَا السُّورُ،وَ عَلِيٌّ الْبَابُ،وَ لَيْسَ يُؤْتَى السُّورُ إِلاَّ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْبَابِ».
99-/10489 And from him: from Aḥmad ibn Hawdhah, from Ibrāhīm ibn Isḥāq, from ʿAbdullāh ibn Ḥammād, from ʿAmrū ibn Abī al-Miqdām, from his father, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) was asked about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "Then a wall shall be placed between them with a gate, the inside of it in which is mercy, and the outside of it, before it, is punishment." He said: "I am the wall, and ʿAlī is the gate, and the wall is only entered from the direction of the gate."
/10490 _7-علي بن إبراهيم،قوله تعالى: فَالْيَوْمَ لاٰ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ ،قال:و اللّه ما عنى بذلك اليهود و لا النصارى،و إنّما عنى بذلك أهل القبلة،ثمّ قال: مَأْوٰاكُمُ النّٰارُ هِيَ مَوْلاٰكُمْ يعني هي أولى بكم، و قوله تعالى: أَ لَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يعني أ لم يجب.قوله تعالى: أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ يعني الرهب لِذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ .
99-/10490 ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm, regarding the saying of the Exalted: "So today ransom shall not be accepted from you..." He said: By Allah, He did not mean the Jews or the Christians by this, but rather He meant the people of the qiblah (i.e., those who profess Islam).
Then He said: "Your abode is the Fire; it is your master," —meaning: it is more deserving of you.
And His saying, the Exalted: "Has not the time yet come for those who believe..." —meaning: Has it not become obligatory.
"That their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah" —meaning: that they should feel awe and reverence at the remembrance of Allah.
قوله تعالى:
وَ لاٰ يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتٰابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطٰالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ كَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ فٰاسِقُونَ [16-17]
And let them not be like those who were given the Book before, but the time became prolonged to them, so their hearts hardened, and most of them are transgressors. Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you that you may understand.
_5) -تأويل الآيات 2:12/661.
_6) -تأويل الآيات 2:13/662.
_7) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:351.
_1) -الغيبة:24.
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99-/10491 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النُعْمَانِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْكُوفِيُّ، قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيُّ،عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ الْحَدِيدِ وَ لاٰ يَكُونُوا [1]كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتٰابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطٰالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ كَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ فٰاسِقُونَ فِي أَهْلِ زَمَانِ الْغَيْبَةِ،ثُمَّ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اِعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهٰا قَدْ بَيَّنّٰا لَكُمُ الْآيٰاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ،وَ قَالَ:«إِنَّ الْأَمَدَ أَمَدُ الْغَيْبَةِ».
99-/10491 Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī said: Muḥammad ibn Hammām narrated to us, who said: Ḥumayd ibn Ziyād al-Kūfī narrated to us, who said: al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Samāʿah narrated to us, who said: Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mīthamī narrated to us, from a man among the companions of Abū ʿAbdillāh Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad (peace be upon them), who said:
I heard him say:
"This verse in Sūrat al-Ḥadīd was revealed about the people of the time of occultation (ghaybah): ‘And let them not be like those who were given the Book before, but the term was prolonged for them, so their hearts became hard, and many of them are transgressors.’ Then He, the Mighty and Majestic, said: ‘Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death; indeed, We have made the signs clear to you so that you may understand.’ And he (the Imam) said: “Indeed, the ‘term’ (al-amad) refers to the time of occultation.”
99-/10492 _2- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ فِي مَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ابْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ،عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ وَ غَيْرِهِ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي الْقَائِمِ: وَ لاٰ يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتٰابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطٰالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ كَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ فٰاسِقُونَ ».
99-/10492 Ibn Bābawayh said: ʿAlī ibn Ḥātim informed me in a letter he wrote to me, saying: Ḥumayd ibn Ziyād narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Samāʿah, from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mīthamī, from Samāʿah and others, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said:
*"This verse was revealed regarding the Qāʾim: ‘And let them not be like those who were given the Book before, but the term was prolonged for them, so their hearts became hard, and many of them are transgressors.’"
99-/10493 _3- الشَّيْخُ الْمُفِيدُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ،عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ:
سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَ لاٰ يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتٰابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطٰالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ كَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ فٰاسِقُونَ ،فِي أَهْلِ زَمَانِ الْغَيْبَةِ،وَ الْأَمَدُ أَمَدُ الْغَيْبَةِ»كَأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،يَا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ،أَوْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الشِّيعَةِ،لاَ تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْأَمَدُ.فَتَأْوِيلُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ جَارٍ[فِي أَهْلِ]زَمَانِ الْغَيْبَةِ وَ أَيَّامِهَا دُونَ غَيْرِهِمْ.
99-/10493 Shaykh al-Mufīd, through his chain of transmission, from Muḥammad ibn Hammām, from a man among the companions of Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said:
I heard him say:
"This verse was revealed about the people of the time of occultation (ghaybah): ‘And let them not be like those who were given the Book before, but the term was prolonged for them, so their hearts became hard, and many of them are transgressors.’ And al-amad (the term) refers to the period of occultation. It is as if He, the Mighty and Majestic, intended to say: ‘O nation of Muḥammad, or O community of the Shīʿah, do not be like those who were given the Book before, but the term was prolonged for them.’ So the interpretation of this verse applies specifically to the people of the time of occultation and its days, and not to others.
99-/10494 _4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ،عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَعْدَانَ،عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ،عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهٰا ،قَالَ:
«لَيْسَ يُحْيِيهَا بِالْقَطْرِ،وَ لَكِنْ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ رِجَالاً،فَيُحْيُونَ الْعَدْلَ،فَتُحْيَا الْأَرْضُ لِإِحْيَاءِ الْعَدْلِ،وَ لَإِقَامَةُ الْحَدِّ فِيهَا [2]أَنْفَعُ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْقَطْرِ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً».
99-/10494 Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb from Aḥmad ibn Mihrān, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī, from Mūsā ibn Saʿdān, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥajjāj, from Abū Ibrāhīm (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic:
"He gives life to the earth after its death..." He (peace be upon him) said: "He does not give it life through rain, but rather, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will send men who will revive justice, so the earth will come to life by the revival of justice. And the establishment of legal punishment (ḥadd) in it is more beneficial to the earth than rain for forty mornings."
99-/10495 _5- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ،عَنْ يُونُسَ،عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ ،أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: اِعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهٰا ،قَالَ:«الْعَدْلَ بَعْدَ الْجَوْرِ».
99-/10495 And from him: from Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn aṣ-Ṣalt, from ʿAbdullāh ibn aṣ-Ṣalt, from Yūnus, from Mufaḍḍal ibn Ṣāliḥ, from Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥalabī, who asked Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic:
"Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death..." He (peace be upon him) said: "It means: justice after oppression."
_2) -كمال الدين و تمام النعمة:12/668.
_3) -تأويل الآيات 2:14/662.
_4) -الكافي 7:2/174.
_5) -الكافي 8:390/267.
_6) -كمال الدين و تمام النعمة:13/668.
[1] كذا،و في الآية: وَ لاٰ يَكُونُوا .
[2] في المصدر:للّه.
[1] So it is, but in the verse it is: "وَ لاٰ يَكُونُوا" (and they should not be).
[2] In the source: for Allah (للّه).
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99-/10496 _6- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَمَاعَةَ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ الطَّاقِ،عَنْ سَلاَّمِ بْنِ الْمُسْتَنِيرِ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: اِعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهٰا ،قَالَ:يُحْيِيهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِالْقَائِمِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا-يَعْنِي بِمَوْتِهَا؛كُفْرَ أَهْلِهَا-وَ الْكَافِرُ مَيِّتٌ».
99-/10496 Ibn Bābawayh said: ʿAlī ibn Ḥātim informed me in what he wrote to me, saying: Ḥumayd ibn Ziyād narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Samāʿah, from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mīthamī, from al-Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb, from Muʾmin al-Ṭāq, from Salām ibn al-Mustanīr, from Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic:
"Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death." He said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will revive it through the Qāʾim (peace be upon him) after its death — meaning by its death, the disbelief of its people — and the disbeliever is dead."
99-/10497 _7- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ،عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْوَلِ،عَنْ سَلاَّمِ بْنِ الْمُسْتَنِيرِ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: اِعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهٰا :«يَعْنِي بِمَوْتِهَا؛كُفْرَ أَهْلِهَا،وَ الْكَافِرُ مَيِّتٌ،فَيُحْيِيهَا اللَّهُ بِالْقَائِمِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَيَعْدِلُ فِيهَا،فَتَحْيَا الْأَرْضُ وَ يَحْيَا أَهْلُهَا بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمْ».
99-/10497 Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās, from Ḥumayd ibn Ziyād, from al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Samāʿah, from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mīthamī, from al-Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb, from Abū Jaʿfar al-Aḥwal, from Salām ibn al-Mustanīr, from Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic:
"Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death." He said: "Its death means the disbelief of its people, and the disbeliever is dead. Then Allah will revive it through the Qāʾim (peace be upon him), and he will establish justice in it, so the earth will be revived, and its people will be revived after their death."