Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, narration 128

Translation

2. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Hasan bin Ali bin Hussain al-Sukkari, that he said: We were informed by Muhammed bin Zakariya al-Jawhari, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Muhammed bin ‘Umara, from his father, from Jabir bin Yazid al-Ju’fi, from Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them both, that he said: I asked him about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Then, We made the Book an inheritance to those whom We Chose from Our servants. And among them was the one who wronged himself, and among them was an economical, and among them was a forerunner good deeds by the permission of Allah» (35:32) So he said: The wrongdoer among us is the one who does not know the right of the Imam, the moderate is the one who knows the right of the Imam and the forerunner in good deeds by the permission of Allah is the Imam. «Gardens of Eden which they will enter» (35:33) meaning the forerunner and the moderate.

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.