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Shia hadith/Kitāb al-Zuhd 1

Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, record 147 of the digital edition

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · The Two Angels and what they Record

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Arabic text

النضر بن سويد عن حسين بن موسى عن أبي حمزة عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إن في الهواء ملكا يقال له إسماعيل على ثلاثمأة الف ملك كل واحد منهم على مأة الف يحصون أعمال العباد فإذا كان رأس السنة بعث الله إليهم ملكا يقال له السجل فانتسج ذلك منهم وهو قول الله تبارك وتعالى: يوم نطوى السماء كطي السجل للكتب.

Translation

5.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā, from Abū Ḥamzah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “Verily there is an angel in the air called Ismāʿīl who leads three hundred thousand angels, each of whom leads another hundred thousand angels. They count [and record] the actions of the servants, and when a new year begins, Allah sends to them an angel called al-Sijill who gathers [all] that from them. This is what is referred to in the verse wherein Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: On the Day we will roll up the sky as al-Sijill rolls up his scrolls [of recorded deeds] (Q21:104).” [1]

Translation: Shaykh Tahir Ridha Jaffer — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. 5.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated
  2. Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā
  3. Abū Ḥamzah
  4. Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said

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