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In praise of Zurarah ibn ‘Ayun

alkafi-14871Vol. 8, p. 145

قُلْتُ لَهُ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ‌ صِراطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ‌ ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَ عَنْ أَيْمانِهِمْ وَ عَنْ شَمائِلِهِمْ‌ وَ لا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شاكِرِينَ‌[3] قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا زُرَارَةُ إِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا صَمَدَ لَكَ‌[4] وَ لِأَصْحَابِكَ فَأَمَّا الْآخَرُونَ فَقَدْ فَرَغَ مِنْهُمْ.

I said to him (asws), ‘The Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “[7:16] I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path [7:17] Then I will certainly come to them from before them and from behind them, and from their right-hand side and from their left-hand side; and Thou shalt not find most of them thankful

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