2 - فضائل الإمام عليّ عن لسانه‏

2 - The Virtues of Imam Ali in His Own Words

123 - عِلمُ الإمامِ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام‏

123. Imam Ali (AS)'s Knowledge

386.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في خُطبتِه لمّا بُويِعَ بالخلافةِ - : يامعشرَ النّاسِ، سَلُوني قبلَ أن تَفْقِدوني ، سَلُوني فإنّ عندي عِلمَ الأوَّلينَ والآخِرِينَ. أمَا واللَّهِ لو ثُنِيَ لي الوِسادُ لَحَكَمْتُ بينَ أهلِ التّوارةِ بتَوراتِهم ...
- ثُمّ قالَ : - سَلُوني قبلَ أن تَفْقِدوني ، فوالّذي فَلَقَ الحَبّةَ وبَرأَ النَّسَمَةَ لو سَألتُموني عن آيةٍ آيةٍ لأخبَرتُكُم بوقتِ نُزولِها وفي مَن نَزلَتْ .¹

386. Imam Ali (AS), in his sermon after having been pledged allegiance to as the Caliph, said, 'O people, ask me before you lose me. Ask me for I have the knowledge of the past and the future. By Allah, if I was set up to judge, I would certainly judge for the people of the Torah with their Torah itself...'. He then said, 'Ask me before you lose me. By He who split the seed and originated man, were you to ask me about each and every verse of the Qur'an, I would inform you when the verse was revealed and the reason for its revelation.' ²

387.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اندَمَجْتُ على‏ مَكْنونِ عِلمٍ لو بُحْتُ بهِ لاضْطَرَبْتُمُ اضْطِرابَ‏الأرشِيَةِ فِي الطَّوِيِّ البعيدةِ .³

387.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'I am fused with a hidden knowledge such that were I to disclose it, you would be shaking like ropes hanging from a bucket in a deep well.' ⁴