Al-Kafi 1542

Translation

One of our companions, from Ali Bin Al Abbas, from Ali Bin Muyassar, from Hammad Bin Amro Al Nasaybi who said, ‘A man asked ‘الْعَالِمَ’(Al-Alim - the knowledgeable one^asws, so he said, ‘O the ‘الْعَالِمَ’ knowledgeable one^asws! Inform me, which of the deeds is the most superior in the Presence of Allah^azwj?’ He^asws said: ‘That without which a ‘deed’ cannot be Accepted’. So he asked, ‘And what is that?’ He^asws said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> in Allah^azwj is that which is the highest of the deeds in levels, and its highest in share (Rewards), and its noblest is status’. I said, ‘Inform me about the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, is it a speech and a deed, or is it a speech without a deed?’ He^asws said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> is a deed, all of it, and the speech, some of that is the deed by an Imposition from Allah^azwj Explained in His^azwj Book. Its Light is clear, and its argument is affirm. The Book Testifies with it and calls towards Him^azwj’. I said, ‘Described that to me until I understand it’. So he^asws said: ‘The <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> has states, and levels, and layers, and status. So, from it is the complete, its completion being ultimate, and from it is the deficient, its deficiency being ultimate, and from it is the increase, its increase being pre-dominant’. I said, ‘Does the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> remain complete or it increases and decreases?’ He^asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And how is that?’ He^asws said: ‘Allah^azwj Blessed and High Imposed the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> upon the body parts of the children of Adam^as, and Distributed it upon them, and Separated it upon them. Thus, there is no body part from their body parts except that it has been Allocated from the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> with other than what its counterpart (Kufr) has been Allocated with. So, from these is his heart by which he minds, and understands, and realises, and it is the commander in his body which the body parts can neither refute nor implement except from its view and its command. And from these are his two hands which he extends with, and his two legs which he walks with, and his private part which he copulates with, and his tongue through which he recites the Book and testifies upon it, and his two eyes which he visualizes with, and his two ears which he hears with. And He^azwj Imposed upon the heart other than what He^azwj Imposed upon the tongue; and He^azwj Imposed upon the tongue with other than what He^azwj Imposed upon the two eyes; and He^azwj Imposed upon the two eyes with other than what He^azwj Imposed upon the hearing; and He^azwj Imposed upon the hearing with other than what He^azwj Imposed upon the two hands; and He^azwj Imposed upon the two hands with other than what He^azwj Imposed upon the two legs; and He^azwj Imposed upon the two legs with other than what He^azwj Imposed upon the private part; and He^azwj Imposed upon the private part with other that what He^azwj Imposed upon the face. So, as for what Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Imposed upon the heart from the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, so it is the acknowledgement, and the recognition, and the ratification, and the submission, and the oath, and the satisfaction with that there is no god except for Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Alone, there being no associates for Him<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, One, Last, neither having Taken a companion nor a child, and that Muhammad<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> is His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> servant and His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Rasool<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>’.

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