سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ كانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَلَمَّا جاءَهُمْ ما عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِهِ قَالَ كَانَ قَوْمٌ فِيمَا بَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عِيسَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ كَانُوا يَتَوَعَّدُونَ أَهْلَ الْأَصْنَامِ بِالنَّبِيِّ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ يَقُولُونَ لَيَخْرُجَنَّ نَبِيٌّ فَلَيُكَسِّرَنَّ أَصْنَامَكُمْ وَ لَيَفْعَلَنَّ بِكُمْ [وَ لَيَفْعَلَنَّ] فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَفَرُوا بِهِ.
Translation
<a id="_Toc492473613">H 14930</a> – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said: <span class="first-chapter-phrase"><span class="first-in-chapter character-i">‘I</span> asked Abu Abdullah</span><sup>asws</sup> about the Statement of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High: <span class="ibTxt">“<a href="/#/books/quran:2#h89"><a href="/books/quran:2#h89">[2:89]</a></a> and before that they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieve, but when there came to them (Prophet) that which they did not recognize, they disbelieved in him”</span>. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘A people who were in between (the era of) Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> and Isa<sup>as</sup>, and they would inform the idol worshippers about the promised Prophet<sup>saww</sup>, and they were saying, ‘When the Prophet<sup>saww</sup> comes out, he<sup>saww</sup> would break your idols, and will do this with you, and that with you’. However, when the Rasool Allah<sup>saww</sup> came out, they denied him<sup>saww</sup>’.
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