أ ـ رُؤيَةُ نورِ الوَحيِ
Seeing the Light of Revelation
860. الإمام عليّ عليه السلامـ في خُطبَتِهِ المُسمّاةِ بِالقاصِعَةِ ـ:
860. Imam Ali (AS) said, in his sermon known as ‘The Crushing Sermon’:
ولَقَد كانَ ] صلى الله عليه و آله [ يُجاوِرُ في كُلِّ سَنَةٍ بِحِراءَ ،
“Every year the Messenger of God (SA) would go into seclusion to the cave of Hira’,
فَأَراهُ ولا يَراهُ غَيري .
where I saw him to the exclusion of others.
ولَم يَجمَع بَيتٌ واحِدٌ يَومَئِذٍ فِي الإِسلامِ غَيرَ رَسولِ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله وخَديجَةَ وأنَا ثالِثُهُما ؛
Islam has not then brought except the Messenger of God (s.a.w) and Khadija, and I was the third of them.
أرى نورَ الوَحيِ وَالرِّسالَةِ ،
I used to see the light of revelation and the message
وأشُمُّ ريحَ النُّبُوَّةِ .
and smell the scent of prophethood.
ولَقَد سَمِعتُ رَنَّةَ الشَّيطانِ حينَ نَزَلَ الوَحيُ عَلَيهِ صلى الله عليه و آله ،
When the revelation descended on him (s.a.w), I heard the plaintive cry of Satan,
فَقُلتُ : يا رَسولَ اللّهِ ، ما هذِهِ الرَّنَّةُ ؟
so I said: ‘O Messenger of God, what is this plaintive cry?’
فَقالَ : هذَا الشَّيطانُ قَد أيِسَ مِن عِبادَتِهِ .
He replied: ‘This is Satan who has lost all hope of being worshipped.
إنَّكَ تَسمَعُ ما أسمَعُ ، وتَرى ما أرى ،
Indeed, you see what I see and you hear what I hear,
إلّا أ نَّكَ لَستَ بِنَبِيٍّ ،
except that you are not a prophet,
ولكِنَّكَ لَوَزيرٌ ،
but you are a minister
وإنَّكَ لَعَلَى خَيرٍ .
and you are surely on [the path of] good.’ ”
نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 192 .
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 192.
ب ـ إمدادُ المَلائِكَةِ
Assistance of Angels
861. الإمام عليّ عليه السلام :
861. Imam Ali (AS) said:
لَقَد قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه و آله وإنَّ رأسَهُ لَفي حِجري ،
“The Prophet (SA) passed away with his head on my lap.
ولَقَد وُلّيتُ غُسلَهُ بِيَدي ،
I undertook to ritually wash him with my hands,
تُقَلِّبُهُ المَلائِكَةُ المُقَرَّبونَ مَعي .
while the archangels were turning him sideways with me.”
الأمالي للمفيد : ص235 ح5 .
Al-Amali by al-Mufid, p. 235, h. 5.
ج ـ إحياءُ الشَّجَرَةِ اليابِسَةِ
862. إرشاد القلوب عن الحارث الأعور الهمداني :
862. Irshad al-Qulub, reporting from al-Harith al-A‘war al-Hamdani, who said:
خَرَجنا مَعَ أميرِ المُؤمِنينَ حَتّى انتَهَينا إلَى العاقولِ (العاقُول : مَعطِف الوادي والنهر . وقيل : عاقول النهرِ والوادي والرمْلِ : ما اعوجَّ منه ، وكلّ مَعطِف وادٍ عاقولٌ، تاج العروس : ج15 ص509) .
“We went out with the Commander of the Faithful until we arrived at al-Aqul [Al-‘Aqul is a twist which is a sharp bend in a (river) valley or a river. (See Taj al-‘Arus‚ vol. 15‚ p. 509.)]
بِالكوفَةِ عَلى شاطِئِ الفُراتِ ،
in Kufah on the bank of the Euphrates.
فَإِذا نَحنُ بِأصلِ شَجَرَةٍ ،
We came across the roots of a tree
وقَد وقَعَ أوراقُها وبَقِيَ عودُها يابِسا ،
which had lost its leaves whose branches were dry.
فَضَرَبَها بِيَدِهِ المُبارَكَةِ وقالَ لَها :
The Imam tapped it with his blessed hands and said to it:
اِرجِعي بِإِذنِ اللّهِ خَضراءَ ذاتَ ثَمَرٍ !
‘By the permission of God, return green fruitful!’
فَإِذا هِيَ تَخضَرُّ بِأَغصانِها مُثمِرَةً مورِقَةً
All of a sudden its branches became green, fruitful, with leaves,
وحَملُها الكُمَّثَرى الَّذي لا يُرى مِثلُهُ في فَواكِهِ الدُّنيا !
and its yield was pears unparalleled among the fruits of this world!
وطَعِمنا مِنهُ وتَزَوَّدنا وحَمَلنا .
We ate from it and took provisions therefrom.
فَلَمّا كانَ بَعدَ أيّامٍ عُدنا إلَيها فَإِذا بِها خَضراءُ فيهَا الكُمَّثرى !
After a few days we returned to it and found that it was [still] green with pears.”
إرشاد القلوب : ص278 .
Irshad al-Qulub, p. 278.
