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)
1.The word hujja in Arabic literally means: argument, proof, evidence or authority. In the context of these traditions, it refers mainly to the proofs of Allah on this earth in the form of His divine guidance through the prophets, the Imams, and divine revelation. (ed.)
2.الإسراء : ۱۵ .
3.Qur'an ۱۷:۱۵
4.الأنفال : ۴۲ .
5.Qur'an ۸:۴۲
6.غرر الحكم : ۶۷۸۱ .
7.Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۶۷۸۱
8.غرر الحكم : ۸۴۸۲ .
9.Ibid. no. ۸۴۸۲
10.التوحيد : ۴۵۹ / ۲۷ .
11.al-Tawhid, p. ۴۵۹, no. ۲۷
12.التوحيد : ۴۱۰ / ۲ .
13.Ibid. p. ۴۱۰, no. ۲
14.الكافي : ۲ / ۴۰۰ / ۸ .
15.al-Kafi, v. ۲, p. ۴۰۰, no. ۸