Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · A Discussion with a Man From Medina About the Length of the Ghayba
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الصَّادِقَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عليه السلام عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ الم ذلِكَ الْكِتابُ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدىً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ فَقَالَ الْمُتَّقُونَ شِيعَةُ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام وَ الْغَيْبُ فَهُوَ الْحُجَّةُ الْغَائِبُ و شاهد ذلك قول الله عز و جل وَ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ لا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا الْغَيْبُ لِلَّهِ فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ فأخبر عز و جل أن الآية هي الغيب و الغيب هو الحجة و تصديق ذلك قول الله عز و جل وَ جَعَلْنَا ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَ أُمَّهُ آيَةً يعني حجة.
It is narrated from Ali bin Ahmad from Muhammad bin Abu Abdillah al-Kufi from Musa bin Imran al-Nakhii from his uncle Husain bin Yazid from Ali bin Abi Hamza from Yahya bin Abul Qasim from Imam Ja’far Sadiq bin Muhammad that the latter was asked about the verse: “Alif Lam Mim. This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who guard (against evil). Those who believe in the unseen…” (2:1-3) The Imam said: Here the pious means the Shias of Ali and the unseen implies the hidden proof of Allah. It is proved by the verse: “And they say: Why is not a sign sent to him from his Lord? Say: The unseen is only for Allah; therefore wait- surely I too, with you am of those who wait.” (10:20) Thus the Almighty Allah has informed that unseen is His sign and Proof. It is proved by the verse: “And We made the son of Maryam and his mother a sign.” (23:50) Meaning a proof.
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