Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, narration 87

Translation

5. We were told by Hasan bin Muhammed bin Sa’eed al-Hashimi al-Kufi, that he said: We were told by Furat bin Ibrahim al-Kufi, that he said: We were told by Hasan bin Ali bin Hussain bin Muhammed, that he said: We were told by Ibrahim bin Fadl bin Ja’far bin Ali bin Ibrahim bin Sulayman bin Abdullah bin Abbas, that he said: We were told by Hasan ibn Ali al-Za’farani al-Basri, that he said: We were told by Sahl bin Bashhar, that he said: We were told by Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Talaqani, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abdullah, the servant of the sons of Hashim, from Muhammed bin Ishaq, from Waqidi, from Hudhail, from Makhul, from Tawus, from Ibn Mas’ud, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said to Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him: When Allah, Exalted and Glorious be His remembrance, created Adam and blew into him from His Spirit, made the Angels prostrate to him, resided him in His Garden and married him Hawwa’, his woman, and raised his look towards the Throne, and there were five lines written. Adam said: O Lord, who are these? Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, said to him: Those whom if My creation intercede with, I would intercede for them. Then Adam said: O Lord, by their position to You, what is their name? He, Exalted is He, said: As for the first, I am the Praised and he is Muhammed, and for the second, I am the High and he is Ali, and for the third, I am the Splitter and she is Fatima, and for the fourth, I am the Beneficent and he is Hasan, and for the fifth, I am the One with Good Deeds and he is Hussain. All of them were praising Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He.

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