سورة القصص

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Ansari said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) about this saying of Allah: وَ ما کُنْتَ بِجانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نادَیْنا [And you were not on the side of the Mount when We called]." The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Two thousand years before the creation of the creatures, Allah wrote a writing on the leaf of the myrtle tree which He had caused to grow, and He placed it upon the Throne, and He called out: 'O ummah of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! My mercy has surpassed My wrath; before you ask anything of Me I have granted you, and before you seek forgiveness I have pardoned you. So whoever of you meets Me bearing witness that there is no god but I and that Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) is My servant and My messenger, I shall admit him into Paradise through My mercy.'"

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): When Allah sent Musa ibn Imran (peace be upon him) and chose him and split the sea for him and saved the Children of Israel and gave him the Torah and the Tablets, he saw that he had nearness and rank before Allah. He said, "My Lord! You have honoured me with such an honour that You have not honoured anyone before me with the like of it." Allah said, "O Musa! Do you not know that Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) is better in My sight than all My angels and all My creation?" Musa (peace be upon him) said, "My Allah! If Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) is more honoured with You than all the worlds, then is there among the households of the prophets any more honoured than my household?" Allah said, "O Musa! Do you not know that the excellence of the family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) over all the families of the prophets is like the excellence of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) over the prophets?" Musa (peace be upon him) said, "My Allah! If the family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) are such, then among the communities of the prophets, is there any more excellent with You than my community — over whom You cast the shade of the cloud, and upon whom You sent down the quail and the roasted bird [al-mann wa al-salwa], and for whom You split the sea?" Allah said, "O Musa (peace be upon him)! Do you not know that the excellence of the community of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) over all communities is like My excellence over all My creation?" Musa (peace be upon him) said, "My Lord! If only I could see them!" Allah revealed to him, "You will not see them; now is not the time of their appearance. But in the future, in Paradise, in the Gardens of Eden and Firdaws, in the presence of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), you will see them — immersed in its blessings and reclining upon its stations of delight. Would you like Me to make you hear their speech?" He said, "Yes, my Lord!" He said, "Stand and tighten your belt, like the standing of a lowly slave before the majestic King." Musa (peace be upon him) did so, and Allah called out, "O community of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)!" They all answered Him, while they were in the loins of their fathers and the wombs of their mothers, and said: لَبَّیْکَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّیْکَ لَبَّیْکَ لَا شَرِیکَ لَکَ لَبَّیْکَ إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَ النِّعْمَةَ لَکَ وَ الْمُلْکَ لَا شَرِیکَ لَکَ [Here I am, O Allah, here I am; here I am, You have no partner, here I am; indeed all praise and blessing belong to You, and the sovereignty — You have no partner]. Allah made this very answer the emblem of the Hajj. Then Allah addressed them, "O community of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! My mercy has outstripped My wrath, and My forgiveness precedes My punishment and chastisement. Before you call Me, I have answered your prayer, and before you ask, I have given to you. Whoever meets Me with the testimony أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِیکَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ [that there is no god but Allah alone, He has no partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger] — being truthful in his claim, his deeds matching his words — and testifies that Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) is his brother and his successor after the passing of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and his wali, and holds obedience to him as binding as obedience to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), and testifies that the chosen, pure-natured awliya, adorned with the wondrous signs of Allah and possessing the proofs of Allah's hujjas, are, after Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and Ali (peace be upon him), his successors and awliya — whoever gives such a testimony, I shall admit him into My Paradise, even if his sins be like the foam upon the sea." He said, "When Allah sent our Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa (peace be upon him and his family), He said, 'Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), وَ ما کُنْتَ بِجانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نادَیْنا [And you were not on the side of the mountain when We called] your community with this honour.'"