سُئِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) عَنْ إِسَافٍ وَ نَائِلَةَ وَ عِبَادَةِ قُرَيْشٍ لَهُمَا فَقَالَ نَعَمْ كَانَا شَابَّيْنِ صَبِيحَيْنِ وَ كَانَ بِأَحَدِهِمَا تَأْنِيثٌ وَ كَانَا يَطُوفَانِ بِالْبَيْتِ فَصَادَفَا مِنَ الْبَيْتِ خَلْوَةً فَأَرَادَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَفَعَلَ فَمَسَخَهُمَا اللَّهُ فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لَوْ لَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ رَضِيَ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ هَذَانِ مَعَهُ مَا حَوَّلَهُمَا عَنْ حَالِهِمَا .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> was asked about Isaaf and Na’ila (two of the idols), and the worshipping of the Qureysh to these two. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They were two good-looking youths, and with one of them were feminine traits, and they were both performing <span class="iTxt">Tawaaf</span> by the House (Kabah). So they came across each other in private, and one of them intended his companion, and he did it. Therefore, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Meatmorphosed them both. So the Qureysh said, ‘Had Allah<sup>azwj</sup> not been Pleased that these two be worshipped along with Him<sup>azwj</sup>, He<sup>azwj</sup> would not have Transformed them from their (original) state’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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