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al Abd al Salih, Abul Hassan al Madhi al Awwal, al Imam Musa ibn Ja'far al Kadhim AS Bab al Hawa'ij
1 My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
5 He decreed statutes for Jacob
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget his deeds
but would keep his commands.
8 They would not be like their ancestors—
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
1 My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
5 He decreed statutes for Jacob
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget his deeds
but would keep his commands.
8 They would not be like their ancestors—
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon the honest and trusted Musa the son of Ja`far, the dutiful, the faithful, the pure, the bright, the clear light, the striver, the seeker of Your rewards, and the bearer of harm for Your sake. O Allah, as he conveyed on the authority of his fathers all Your orders and prohibitions that were deposited with him, directed (people) to the clear course, and had to encounter the people of authority and persecution while he was facing troubles from the ignorant people, so, O Lord, bless him with the most favorite and most perfect blessings that You have ever conferred upon any one who obeyed You and wished well for Your servants. You are verily All-forgiving, All-merciful.
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon the honest and trusted Musa the son of Ja`far, the dutiful, the faithful, the pure, the bright, the clear light, the striver, the seeker of Your rewards, and the bearer of harm for Your sake. O Allah, as he conveyed on the authority of his fathers all Your orders and prohibitions that were deposited with him, directed (people) to the clear course, and had to encounter the people of authority and persecution while he was facing troubles from the ignorant people, so, O Lord, bless him with the most favorite and most perfect blessings that You have ever conferred upon any one who obeyed You and wished well for Your servants. You are verily All-forgiving, All-merciful.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned back on the day of battle;
10 they did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by his law.
11 They forgot what he had done,
the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned back on the day of battle;
10 they did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by his law.
11 They forgot what he had done,
the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
- From Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Mughira who has said the following: “The pious servant of Allah (Imam Kadhim (a.s)) passed in Mina by a woman who was weeping and her children around her also were weeping because her cow was dead. He went close to her and asked, ‘What has caused you to weep O slave of Allah?’ She said, ‘O servant of Allah, we have orphan children. Our cow that was our means for our living has died and we are left without any means of living.’ He asked ‘Oh maiden of Allah, would you like me to bring your cow back to life?’ She was just inspired to say, ‘Yes, O servant of Allah I will be very happy.’ He stepped aside and said two Rak‘at prayers. He then raised his hands gently and moved his lips. He then stood up and called the cow to get up. He pushed the cow with his foot or a staff and she was up straight and standing. When the woman looked at the cow she cried and said, ‘Jesus, son of Mary, I swear by the Lord of the Ka‘aba!’ Many people gathered around and he disappeared among them and went.”
17 But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God;
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat for his people?”
17 But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God;
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat for his people?”
And Al-Rasheed performed Hajj during that year. He began with the grave of the Prophet-saww. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I apologise to you-saww from something I want to do. I want to imprison Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, for he-asws intends to scatter between your-saww community and shed their blood!
And Al-Rasheed performed Hajj during that year. He began with the grave of the Prophet-saww. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I apologise to you-saww from something I want to do. I want to imprison Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, for he-asws intends to scatter between your-saww community and shed their blood!
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;
24 he rained down manna for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—
he had given them what they craved.
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;
24 he rained down manna for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—
he had given them what they craved.
‘A man from the sons of Umar Bin Al-Khattab was at Al-Medina hurting Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws and reviling him-asws whenever he saw him-asws and insulting Ali-asws. One of his-asws entourage said to him one day, ‘Leave us to kill this immoral one!’ He-asws forbade them from that with intense forbiddance and rebuke them. And he-asws asked about the Umary. It was said, he is cultivating in an area from the areas of Al Medina. He-asws found him in a farm of his. He-asws entered the farm with his-asws donkey. The Umary shouted at him-asws, ‘Do not trample our farm!’ But he-asws trampled with the donkey until he-asws arrived to him, and descended and sat with him, and was nice to him and made him smile. And he-asws said to him: ‘How much did you borrow upon this farm of yours?’ He said, ‘One hundred Dinars’. He-asws said: ‘How much do you hope to achieve?’ He said, ‘I am not a knower of the hidden matters’. He-asws said: ‘But rather I-asws said, how much do you hope to gain in it’. He said, ‘I hope to gain two hundred Dinars’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan-asws brought out a pouch wherein were three hundred Dinars and said: ‘This farm of yours is upon its state, and Allah-azwj will Grace you in it what you are hoping for’. The Umary stood up and kissed his-asws head and asked him-asws to excuse him about his excesses. Abu Al-Hassan-asws smiled at him and left.
‘A man from the sons of Umar Bin Al-Khattab was at Al-Medina hurting Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws and reviling him-asws whenever he saw him-asws and insulting Ali-asws. One of his-asws entourage said to him one day, ‘Leave us to kill this immoral one!’ He-asws forbade them from that with intense forbiddance and rebuke them. And he-asws asked about the Umary. It was said, he is cultivating in an area from the areas of Al Medina. He-asws found him in a farm of his. He-asws entered the farm with his-asws donkey. The Umary shouted at him-asws, ‘Do not trample our farm!’ But he-asws trampled with the donkey until he-asws arrived to him, and descended and sat with him, and was nice to him and made him smile. And he-asws said to him: ‘How much did you borrow upon this farm of yours?’ He said, ‘One hundred Dinars’. He-asws said: ‘How much do you hope to achieve?’ He said, ‘I am not a knower of the hidden matters’. He-asws said: ‘But rather I-asws said, how much do you hope to gain in it’. He said, ‘I hope to gain two hundred Dinars’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan-asws brought out a pouch wherein were three hundred Dinars and said: ‘This farm of yours is upon its state, and Allah-azwj will Grace you in it what you are hoping for’. The Umary stood up and kissed his-asws head and asked him-asws to excuse him about his excesses. Abu Al-Hassan-asws smiled at him and left.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;
in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he ended their days in futility
and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,
that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
a passing breeze that does not return.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;
in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he ended their days in futility
and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,
that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
a passing breeze that does not return.
10-1 Ali ibn Abdillah al-Warraq - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdillah quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Rabi ibn Abdurrahman, “I swear by God that Musa ibn Ja’far (s) was extremely intelligent. He knew those who will stop believing in Divine Leadership after him, and not accept the next Divine Leaders. However, he (s) quenched his anger and did not divulge what he (s) knew about them. That is why he (s) is called ’Kadhim.“
10-1 Ali ibn Abdillah al-Warraq - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdillah quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Rabi ibn Abdurrahman, “I swear by God that Musa ibn Ja’far (s) was extremely intelligent. He knew those who will stop believing in Divine Leadership after him, and not accept the next Divine Leaders. However, he (s) quenched his anger and did not divulge what he (s) knew about them. That is why he (s) is called ’Kadhim.“
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
And he ordered the messenger to have him-asws submitted to Isa Bin Ja’far Bin Al-Mansour, and he was (governor) upon Al-Basra in those days. He went with him-asws, and he-asws was imprisoned with him for a year. Then he wrote to Al-Rasheed, ‘Take him-asws from me and submit him-asws to whoever you so desire to, else free his way, for I have struggle to find any argument against him-asws, and I am not able upon that, to the extent that I tend to listen to his-asws supplications when he-asws supplicates. Perhaps he-asws would supplicate against me or against you. But I have not heard him-asws supplicate except for himself-asws. He-asws asks for the Mercy and the Forgiveness’.
And he ordered the messenger to have him-asws submitted to Isa Bin Ja’far Bin Al-Mansour, and he was (governor) upon Al-Basra in those days. He went with him-asws, and he-asws was imprisoned with him for a year. Then he wrote to Al-Rasheed, ‘Take him-asws from me and submit him-asws to whoever you so desire to, else free his way, for I have struggle to find any argument against him-asws, and I am not able upon that, to the extent that I tend to listen to his-asws supplications when he-asws supplicates. Perhaps he-asws would supplicate against me or against you. But I have not heard him-asws supplicate except for himself-asws. He-asws asks for the Mercy and the Forgiveness’.
42 They did not remember his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
43 the day he displayed his signs in Egypt,
his wonders in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them,
and frogs that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,
their produce to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,
the first fruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand had taken.
55 He drove out nations before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
42 They did not remember his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
43 the day he displayed his signs in Egypt,
his wonders in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them,
and frogs that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,
their produce to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,
the first fruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand had taken.
55 He drove out nations before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
After him there will be a dark sedition. Definitely the thread of My guidance will never be cut and My proof will never disappear. My saints will drink with the full cup. They are My deputies on the earth. Whoever denies any one of them, denies My favors and whoever changes a verse of My Book fabricates lies against Me. Woe unto the fabricators and deniers when the time of My slave, beloved and choice Musa has elapsed. He, who mistrusts him, as if he has mistrusted all My loyal saints. He is My guardian and supporter and it is he, whom I try with the burdens of prophethood.
After him there will be a dark sedition. Definitely the thread of My guidance will never be cut and My proof will never disappear. My saints will drink with the full cup. They are My deputies on the earth. Whoever denies any one of them, denies My favors and whoever changes a verse of My Book fabricates lies against Me. Woe unto the fabricators and deniers when the time of My slave, beloved and choice Musa has elapsed. He, who mistrusts him, as if he has mistrusted all My loyal saints. He is My guardian and supporter and it is he, whom I try with the burdens of prophethood.
56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58 They angered him with their high places;
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58 They angered him with their high places;
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws became honourable, noble in the presence of Haroun, and he used to enter to see him-asws every Thursday, until he imprisoned him-asws a second time. He did not free him-asws he submitted him to Al-Sindy Bin Shahak, and he killed him-asws with the poison’’.
Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws became honourable, noble in the presence of Haroun, and he used to enter to see him-asws every Thursday, until he imprisoned him-asws a second time. He did not free him-asws he submitted him to Al-Sindy Bin Shahak, and he killed him-asws with the poison’’.
59 When God heard them, he was furious;
he rejected Israel completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the tent he had set up among humans.
61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;
he was furious with his inheritance.
63 Fire consumed their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;
64 their priests were put to the sword,
and their widows could not weep.
59 When God heard them, he was furious;
he rejected Israel completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the tent he had set up among humans.
61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;
he was furious with his inheritance.
63 Fire consumed their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;
64 their priests were put to the sword,
and their widows could not weep.
And Ali Bin Yaqteen wrote to Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws with the situation of the matter. The letter arrived. When it was morning, he-asws presented his-asws family members and his-asws Shias, and Abu Al-Hassan-asws notified them upon what news had arrived to him-asws, and he-asws said to them: ‘What are your consultations regarding this? They said, ‘May Allah-azwj Keep you-asws well! We consult upon you-asws and it is upon us to be with you-asws and to distance your-asws person away from this tyrant, and to disappear your-asws person besides (away from) him, for there is no safety from his evil, and his habits, and his norm, and he has threatened you-asws, and he means us along with you-asws’. Musa-asws smiled, then gave an example with a couplet of Ka’ab Bin Malik, brother of clan of Salama, and it is: ‘Sakheena alleges that it would overcome its lord, so let the overcomed one, overcome the overcomer’.
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Then he-asws faced towards the ones from his-asws friends and family members present. He-asws said: ‘Let your awe reduce, for the first letter would not arrive from except with the death of Musa Bin Al-Mahdy and his death’. He said, ‘And what is that? May Allah-azwj Keep you-asws well!’ He-asws said, ‘By the sanctity of this grave! He died during this day of his. By Allah-azwj, It is the Truth, similar to what you are talking about [51:23]. I-asws shall inform you with that. While I-asws was seated in my-asws prayer mat after my-asws being free from my chanting (GlorifyingAllah-azwj), and my-asws eyes were flowing, when my-asws grandfather-saww Rasool-Allah-saww came to my-asws mind. I-asws complained to him-saww of Musa Bin Al-Mahdy, and I-asws mentioned what had transpired from him among his family, and I-asws was fearful from his assassinating me-asws. He-saww said to me-asws: ‘Let your-asws soul feel good, O Musa-asws, for Allah-azwj will not Make a way to be for Musa against you-asws’. While he-saww was narrating to me-asws when he-saww held my-asws hand and said to me-asws: ‘Allah-azwj has Destroyed your-asws enemy just now, so let your-asws gratefulness to Allah-azwj be excellent’’.
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He (narrator) said, ‘Then we stood up to (pray) the Salat, and the people dispersed. They did not gather except to recitation of the letter having arrived with (news of) the death of Musa Bin Al-Mahdy and the allegiance to Haroun Al-Rasheed’’.
And Ali Bin Yaqteen wrote to Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws with the situation of the matter. The letter arrived. When it was morning, he-asws presented his-asws family members and his-asws Shias, and Abu Al-Hassan-asws notified them upon what news had arrived to him-asws, and he-asws said to them: ‘What are your consultations regarding this? They said, ‘May Allah-azwj Keep you-asws well! We consult upon you-asws and it is upon us to be with you-asws and to distance your-asws person away from this tyrant, and to disappear your-asws person besides (away from) him, for there is no safety from his evil, and his habits, and his norm, and he has threatened you-asws, and he means us along with you-asws’. Musa-asws smiled, then gave an example with a couplet of Ka’ab Bin Malik, brother of clan of Salama, and it is: ‘Sakheena alleges that it would overcome its lord, so let the overcomed one, overcome the overcomer’.
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Then he-asws faced towards the ones from his-asws friends and family members present. He-asws said: ‘Let your awe reduce, for the first letter would not arrive from except with the death of Musa Bin Al-Mahdy and his death’. He said, ‘And what is that? May Allah-azwj Keep you-asws well!’ He-asws said, ‘By the sanctity of this grave! He died during this day of his. By Allah-azwj, It is the Truth, similar to what you are talking about [51:23]. I-asws shall inform you with that. While I-asws was seated in my-asws prayer mat after my-asws being free from my chanting (GlorifyingAllah-azwj), and my-asws eyes were flowing, when my-asws grandfather-saww Rasool-Allah-saww came to my-asws mind. I-asws complained to him-saww of Musa Bin Al-Mahdy, and I-asws mentioned what had transpired from him among his family, and I-asws was fearful from his assassinating me-asws. He-saww said to me-asws: ‘Let your-asws soul feel good, O Musa-asws, for Allah-azwj will not Make a way to be for Musa against you-asws’. While he-saww was narrating to me-asws when he-saww held my-asws hand and said to me-asws: ‘Allah-azwj has Destroyed your-asws enemy just now, so let your-asws gratefulness to Allah-azwj be excellent’’.
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He (narrator) said, ‘Then we stood up to (pray) the Salat, and the people dispersed. They did not gather except to recitation of the letter having arrived with (news of) the death of Musa Bin Al-Mahdy and the allegiance to Haroun Al-Rasheed’’.
~~65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine. ~~
~~65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine. ~~
Allah! There is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who could possibly intercede with Him without His permission? He knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them, but no one can grasp any of His knowledge—except what He wills. His Seat encompasses the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of both does not tire Him. For He is the Most High, the Greatest.
Allah! There is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who could possibly intercede with Him without His permission? He knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them, but no one can grasp any of His knowledge—except what He wills. His Seat encompasses the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of both does not tire Him. For He is the Most High, the Greatest.
Al Baqarah:255
Al Baqarah:255
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
with skillful hands he led them.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
with skillful hands he led them.
1 - Narrated to us my father and Muhammad bin Hasan - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from Hasan bin Isa bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Ja’far from his father from his grandfather Muhammad bin Ali from Ali bin Ja’far from his brother, Musa bin Ja’far (a.s.) that he said:
“When the fifth descendant of the seventh Imam goes into occultation, for the sake of Allah protect your religion. None of you must let go of your religion. O son, occultation is necessary for the master of this affair. So much so that even those who say that it is a test from Allah, they would also turn away from him. And if in the knowledge of your forefathers there had been some other religion more correct and better than this, they would have followed that only.” I asked: “Master, tell us who is the fifth descendant of the seventh Imam?” He replied: “Son, your intellects are small, he cannot be accommodated in it. Your understanding is so restricted that you cannot bear it, but if you live till that time you will indeed find him.”
1 - Narrated to us my father and Muhammad bin Hasan - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from Hasan bin Isa bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Ja’far from his father from his grandfather Muhammad bin Ali from Ali bin Ja’far from his brother, Musa bin Ja’far (a.s.) that he said:
“When the fifth descendant of the seventh Imam goes into occultation, for the sake of Allah protect your religion. None of you must let go of your religion. O son, occultation is necessary for the master of this affair. So much so that even those who say that it is a test from Allah, they would also turn away from him. And if in the knowledge of your forefathers there had been some other religion more correct and better than this, they would have followed that only.” I asked: “Master, tell us who is the fifth descendant of the seventh Imam?” He replied: “Son, your intellects are small, he cannot be accommodated in it. Your understanding is so restricted that you cannot bear it, but if you live till that time you will indeed find him.”
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