457 - لِلَّهِ الحُجَّةُ البالِغَةُ

457. To Allah Belongs the Conclusive Argument

(قُلْ فَلِلَّهِ الْحُجَّةُ الْبَالِغَةُ فَلَوْ شاءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ) .¹

"Say, 'To Allah belongs the conclusive argument. Had He wished he would have surely guided you all." ²

1406.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏ : (قُلْ فللّهِ الحُجَّةُ البالِغَةُ) - : إنَّ اللَّهَ تعالى‏ يقولُ للعبدِ يَومَ القيامَةِ : عَبدي ، أكنتَ عالِماً ؟ فإنْ قالَ : نَعَم ، قالَ لَهُ : أفلا عَمِلْتَ بما عَلِمْتَ ؟! وإنْ قالَ : كُنتُ جاهِلاً ، قالَ لَهُ : أفلا تَعلّمْتَ حتّى‏ تَعْمَلَ ؟! فيُخْصَمُ ، فتِلكَ الحُجَّةُ البالِغَةُ .³

1406. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regards to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "Say, 'To Allah belongs the conclusive argument", said, 'Verily Allah, most High, will ask the servant on the Day of Resurrection, "My servant! Did you know?" If he then answers: "Yes", Allah will tell him, "Then why did you not act upon what you knew?" But if he says, "I was ignorant", He will tell him, "Why did not you learn in order that you may act?!" He will then be disarmed - and that is the conclusive argument.' ⁴

1407.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الحُجَّةُ قَبل الخَلقِ، ومَع الخَلقِ، وبَعد الخَلقِ .⁵

1407.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The Argument existed before the creation of people, it exists alongside creation, and will remain after them.' ⁶

88 - الحجّة

88. THE ARGUMENT ¹

456 - إِقامَةُ الحُجَّةِ

456. Presenting The Argument

(وَما كُنّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى‏ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً).²

"We do not punish [any community] until We have sent [it] an apostle." ³

(لِيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَى‏ مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ).⁴

"So that he who perishes might perish by a manifest proof, and he who lives may live on by a manifest proof." ⁵

(اُنظر) البقرة : 256 ، 286 والأعراف : 42 و الأنفال : 42 و التوبة : 115 و طه : 134 و الحجّ : 71 و العشراء : 208 و 209 والقصص : 46 و 59 والطلاق : 7 .

(See also: Qur'an 2:256, 2:286, 7:42, 8:42, 9:115, 20:134, 22:71,

1401.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : قُوّةُ سُلطانِ الحُجّةِ أعظَمُ مِن قُوّةِ سُلطانِ القُدرَةِ .⁶

1401.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The force of the authority of the argument is greater than the force of the authority of power.' ⁷

1402.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن صَدَقَتْ لَهجَتُهُ قَوِيَتْ حُجَّتُهُ .⁸

1402.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who is true in his speech will be strong in his argument.' ⁹

1403.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - وقد سُئلَ عن حُجّةِ اللَّهِ‏على‏ العِبادِ - : أنْ يَقولوا ما يَعْلَمونَ ، ويَقِفوا عِند ما لا يَعْلَمونَ .¹⁰

1403. Imam al-Baqir (AS), when he was asked about the argument of Allah with people, replied, 'It is [for them] to say what they know and to stop at what they do not know.' ¹¹

1404.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ عزّوجلّ احْتَجَّ على‏ النّاسِ بما آتاهُم وما عَرّفَهُم.¹²

1404.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Indeed Allah, Mighty and Exalted, will use as an argument against people all that He has given them and all that He has acquainted them with.' ¹³

1405.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن شَكَّ أو ظَنَّ فأقامَ على‏ أحَدِهِما أحْبَطَ اللَّهُ عَمَلَهُ ، إنَّ حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ هِي الحُجَّةُ الواضِحَةُ .¹⁴

1405.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He who doubts or suspects, and still acts according to either of them [i.e. his doubt or suspicion], Allah will nullify his deed. Indeed the argument of Allah is the clear argument.' ¹⁵

(اُنظر) الإمامة : باب 91 .

(See also: DIVINE LEADERSHIP (IMAMA): section 91)