Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the Clear Imam
قال مصنف هذا الكتاب - رضي الله عنه -: سألت أبا بشر اللغوي بمدينة السلام عن معنى الامام فقال: الامام في لغة العرب هو المتقدم بالناس، والامام هو المطمر وهو التر الذي يبنى عليه البناء، والامام هو الذهب الذي يجعل في دار الضرب ليؤخذ عليه العيار، والامام هو الخيط الذي يجمع حبات العقد، والامام هو الدليل في السفر في ظلمة الليل، والامام هو السهم الذي يجعل مثالا يعمل عليه السهام.
The compiler of this book, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I asked Abu Bishr, the Linguist, in the City of Peace about the meaning of the Imam, to which he said: The Imam in the language of the Arabs is the one who goes forward people; the Imam is the plumb, that is the plumbing line, by which a building is built; the Imam is the gold that is placed in the house of multiplication that the standard might be derived from it; the Imam is the line that gathers the beads in a knot; the Imam is the guide on a journey at the darkness of the night; and the Imam is the arrow that is made an example for arrows to be made like.
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