S 3 A 15-17
وَ الْأَنْعٰامِ وَ الْحَرْثِ يعني الزرع وَ اللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَآبِ أي حسن المرجع إليه.
And the cattle and the tillage, meaning cultivated crops; and with Allah is the most excellent return, that is, the fairest place to return to Him.
قوله تعالى:
قُلْ أَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ ذٰلِكُمْ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهٰارُ خٰالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَ أَزْوٰاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ وَ رِضْوَانٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَ اللّٰهُ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ. الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَ قِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ. الصّٰابِرِينَ وَ الصّٰادِقِينَ وَ الْقٰانِتِينَ وَ الْمُنْفِقِينَ وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحٰارِ [آل عمران 15-17]
Qur’an 3:15-17 (M. H. Shakir): Say: Shall I tell you what is better than these? For those who guard (against evil) are gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and pure mates and Allah’s pleasure; and Allah sees the servants. Those who say: Our Lord! surely we believe, therefore forgive us our faults and save us from the chastisement of the fire. The patient, and the truthful, and the obedient, and those who spend (benevolently) and those who ask forgiveness in the morning times.
Arabic:
/1619 _1-من طريق المخالفين،عن ابن عبّاس،في قوله تعالى: قُلْ أَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ ذٰلِكُمْ الآيات: نزلت في علي و حمزة و عبيدة بن الحارث.
English:
/1619 _1- From the route of the opponents, from Ibn ‘Abbas, regarding His saying: Say: Shall I tell you what is better than these?—the verses: It was revealed about ‘Ali, Hamza, and ‘Ubayda b. al-Harith.
Arabic:
/1620 _2-علي بن إبراهيم:قال: أَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ ذٰلِكُمْ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهٰارُ خٰالِدِينَ فِيهٰا ثم أخبر أن هذا للذين يقولون: رَبَّنٰا إِنَّنٰا آمَنّٰا فَاغْفِرْ لَنٰا ذُنُوبَنٰا وَ قِنٰا عَذٰابَ النّٰارِ -إلى قوله- وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحٰارِ ثم أخبر أن هؤلاء هم اَلصّٰابِرِينَ وَ الصّٰادِقِينَ وَ الْقٰانِتِينَ وَ الْمُنْفِقِينَ وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحٰارِ وَ هُمُ الدَّعَّاءُونَ.
English:
/1620 _2- ‘Ali b. Ibrahim said: “Shall I tell you what is better than these? For those who guard (against evil) are gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them.” Then He informed that this is for those who say: “Our Lord! surely we believe, therefore forgive us our faults and save us from the chastisement of the fire”—up to His saying—“and those who ask forgiveness in the morning times.” Then He informed that these are the patient, the truthful, the devoutly obedient, the spenders, and those who ask forgiveness at dawn—and they are the ones who supplicate.
Arabic:
99-/1621 _3- الشَّيْخُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ فَضَالَةَ،عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ،عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ:اَلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ؟فَقَالَ:«اسْتَغْفَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي وَتْرِهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً».
English:
99-/1621 _3- The Shaykh, with his chain, from al-Husayn b. Sa‘id, from Fadala, from Husayn b. ‘Uthman, from Sama‘ah, from Abu Basir, who said: I said to him, “Those who ask forgiveness at dawn?” He said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sought forgiveness in his witr seventy times.”
Arabic:
99-/1622 _4- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «مَنْ قَالَ فِي وَتْرِهِ إِذَا أَوْتَرَ: أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ،سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً،وَ وَاظَبَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَمْضِيَ سَنَةٌ،كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ، وَ وَجَبَتِ الْمَغْفِرَةُ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ».
English:
99-/1622 _4- Ibn Babawayh, with his chain, from ‘Umar b. Yazid, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), said: “Whoever, in his witr when he performs the witr, says: Astaghfiru-llaha wa atubu ilayh (I seek Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance) seventy times, and perseveres in that until a year passes, Allah will write him among those who ask forgiveness at dawn, and forgiveness becomes incumbent for him from Allah, Mighty and Majestic.”
Arabic:
99-/1623 _5- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: فِيهٰا وَ أَزْوٰاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ. قَالَ:«لاَ يَحِضْنَ وَ لاَ يُحْدِثْنَ».
English:
99-/1623 _5- Al-‘Ayyashi, from Abu Basir, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), regarding Allah’s saying: “and pure mates”: He said, “They do not menstruate and they do not excrete.”
Arabic:
99-/1624 _6- عَنْ زُرَارَةَ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «مَنْ دَاوَمَ عَلَى صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ الْوَتْرِ،وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ فِي كُلِّ وَتْرٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً،ثُمَّ وَاظَبَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ سَنَةً،كُتِبَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ».
English:
99-/1624 _6- From Zurara, who said: Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever maintains the night prayer and the witr, and seeks Allah’s forgiveness in every witr seventy times, then continues upon that for a year, is written among those who ask forgiveness at dawn.”
Arabic:
99-/1625 _7- عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحٰارِ ؟ قَالَ:«اسْتَغْفَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي وَتْرِهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً».
English:
99-/1625 _7- From Abu Basir, who said: I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) regarding the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted: “and those who ask forgiveness at dawn?” He said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sought forgiveness in his witr seventy times.”
Arabic:
99-/1626 _8- عَنْ عُمَرَ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «مَنْ قَالَ فِي آخِرِ الْوَتْرِ فِي السَّحَرِ:أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ دَامَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ سَنَةً،كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ». وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى،عَنْهُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْمَغْفِرَةُ».
English:
99-/1626 _8- From ‘Umar, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), who said: “Whoever says, at the end of the witr at the time of sahar: Astaghfiru-llaha wa atubu ilayh (I seek Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance) seventy times, and continues upon that for a year, Allah writes him among those who ask forgiveness at dawn.” And in another narration from him (peace be upon him): “Forgiveness is incumbent for him.”
Arabic:
99-/1627 _9- عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ: «مَنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فِي الْوَتْرِ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ،فَدَامَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ سَنَةً،كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ».
English:
99-/1627 _9- From ‘Umar b. Yazid, who said: I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) say: “Whoever seeks Allah’s forgiveness seventy times in the witr after the bowing, and continues upon that for a year, is among those who ask forgiveness at dawn.”
Arabic:
99-/1628 _10- عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،تَفُوتُنِي صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ فَأُصَلِّي الْفَجْرَ،فَلِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ بَعْدَ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ مَا فَاتَنِي مِنْ صَلاَةٍ وَ أَنَا فِي صَلاَةٍ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ؟ قَالَ:«نَعَمْ،وَ لَكِنْ لاَ تُعْلِمْ بِهِ أَهْلَكَ فَتَتَّخِذَهُ سُنَّةً،فَتُبْطِلَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحٰارِ ».
English:
99-/1628 _10- From al-Mufaddal b. ‘Umar, who said: I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him): “May I be your ransom, the night prayer sometimes escapes me, and I then pray the dawn prayer; may I pray, after the dawn prayer, what I missed of prayer—while I am in prayer—before sunrise?” He said: “Yes, but do not inform your family so that they take it as a (public) practice and thereby nullify the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: ‘and those who ask forgiveness at dawn.’”
قوله تعالى:
شَهِدَ اللّٰهُ أَنَّهُ لاٰ إِلٰهَ إِلاّٰ هُوَ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ أُولُوا الْعِلْمِ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ لاٰ إِلٰهَ إِلاّٰ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ [آل عمران 18]
Qur’an 3:18 (M. H. Shakir): Allah bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining justice; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.
Arabic:
99-/1629 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ:عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ،عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنَ الْفَرَائِضِ مَا لَيْسَ عَلَى شِيعَتِهِمْ،وَ عَلَى شِيعَتِنَا مَا أَمَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَا لَيْسَ عَلَيْنَا،إِنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَسْأَلُونَا وَ أُولُوا الْعِلْمِ قٰائِماً بِالْقِسْطِ الْإِمَامُ.
English:
99-/1629 _1- Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar, from ‘Abdullah b. Ja‘far, from Muhammad b. ‘Isa, from al-Hasan b. ‘Ali al-Washsha’, from Abu al-Hasan (peace be upon him), said: “Upon the Imams are obligations that are not upon their Shi‘a, and upon our Shi‘a is what Allah has commanded them that is not upon us. It is incumbent upon them to ask us; and ‘those endowed with knowledge, maintaining justice’—the Imam.”
Footnotes:
_1) -تفسير الحبري:11/245.
Tafsir al-Hubari 11:245.
_2) -تفسير القمّيّ 1:97.
Tafsir al-Qummi 1:97.
_3) -التهذيب 2:501/130.
Al-Tahdhib 2:501/130.
_4) -الخصال:3/581.
Al-Khisal 3:581.
_5) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:11/164.
Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:11/164.
_6) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:12/165.
Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:12/165.
[1] في المصدر:مرة و هو قائم،فواظب.
[1] In the source: “once while standing; then he persevered.”
[2] البقرة 2:25،النّساء 4:57.
[2] Al-Baqara 2:25; Al-Nisa’ 4:57.
_7) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:13/165.
Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:13/165.
_8) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:14/165،15.
Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:14/165, 15.
_9) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:16/165.
Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:16/165.
_10) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:17/165.
Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:17/165.
_1) -بصائر الدرجات:28/63.
Basa’ir al-Darajat 28:63.
[1] لم نجد في بصائر الدرجات المطبوع و المخطوط،بل روى فيه حديثا نحوه ص 28/63 دون ذكر ذيل الحديث،و روى في نور الثقلين 1: 69/323 و كنز الدقائق 3:55 الحديث عن بصائر الدرجات بنفس الإسناد،و متنه هكذا«قال:قلت: و أولوا العلم قائما بالقسط قال: الإمام».
[1] We did not find it in the printed or manuscript copies of Basa’ir al-Darajat; rather, it narrates a similar hadith on p. 28/63 without mentioning the end of the hadith. And in Nur al-Thaqalayn 1:69/323 and Kanz al-Daqa’iq 3:55, the hadith is narrated from Basa’ir al-Darajat with the same chain; its text is thus: “He said: I said, ‘And those possessed of knowledge, maintaining justice?’ He said: ‘The Imam.’”