Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, narration 56

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The meaning of the Tablet and the Pen

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Arabic text

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن محمد الحسيني، قال: أخبرنا أبو جعفر أحمد بن عيسى بن أبي مريم العجلي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن زياد العرزمي، قال: حدثنا علي بن حاتم المنقري، عن إبراهيم الكرخي، قال: سألت جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام عن اللوح والقلم. فقال: هما ملكان.

Translation

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammed al-Hussaini, that he said: We were informed by Abu Ja’far, Ahmad bin Isa bin Abi Maryam al-‘Ajali, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ziyad al-‘Azrami, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Hatim al-Manqari, from Ibrahim al-Karkhi, that he said: I asked Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, about the Tablet and the Pen, so he said: They are two Angels.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan
  2. he said: We were told by Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammed al-Hussaini
  3. he said: We were informed by Abu Ja’far, Ahmad bin Isa bin Abi Maryam al-‘Ajali
  4. he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ziyad al-‘Azrami
  5. he said: We were told by Ali bin Hatim al-Manqari
  6. Ibrahim al-Karkhi, that

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