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About the Words of Allah, the Most High, ’In It There Are Clear Signs’

alkafi-6742Vol. 4, p. 223

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ‌ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبارَكاً وَ هُدىً لِلْعالَمِينَ فِيهِ آياتٌ بَيِّناتٌ‌[1] مَا هَذِهِ الْآيَاتُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ قَالَ مَقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَيْثُ قَامَ عَلَى الْحَجَرِ فَأَثَّرَتْ فِيهِ قَدَمَاهُ وَ الْحَجَرُ الْأَسْوَدُ وَ مَنْزِلُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ع.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘The first ever house built for people is that which is in Bakkah, the blessed and a guide for the worlds. In it there are signs which are very clear.’ (3:96-97) I asked, ‘What are these signs which are very clear?’ He

alkafi-6743Vol. 4, p. 223

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَدْ أَدْرَكْتَ الْحُسَيْنَ ع قَالَ نَعَمْ أَذْكُرُ وَ أَنَا مَعَهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَ قَدْ دَخَلَ فِيهِ السَّيْلُ وَ النَّاسُ يَقُومُونَ عَلَى الْمَقَامِ يَخْرُجُ الْخَارِجُ يَقُولُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ بِهِ السَّيْلُ وَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْخَارِجُ فَيَقُولُ هُوَ مَكَانَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا فُلَانُ مَا صَنَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ يَخَافُونَ أَنْ يَكُونَ السَّيْلُ قَدْ

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘Did you meet al-Husayn (a.s.) ?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Yes, I remember when I was with him in the Sacred Masjid while the flood had entered it. People stood on the station of Ibrahim and those coming out said, “The flood has moved the station away,” and others when coming out said, “