Imam knows all things

Issue #4 2010

which takes place, manifest or hidden, because it

The Quran and the Wisdom is an effect of His supreme will.
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 6:59]
[4:113] - - -
waanzala Ayyashi reports that according to Imam Musa bin
Allahu Jafar al Kazim, Imam Ali, while explaining verse 43
of al Rad, said: The book, mentioned in this verse,
AAalayka knowledge of which is stated to be with the witness
alkitaba who testifies to the prophethood of the Holy
waalhikmata Prophet along with Allah; and the book, mentioned
waAAallama in verse 12 of Ya Sin, containing all things, which
has been confined in a manifest or declared Imam,
ka ma lam
is the same clear book .
takun
taAAlamu Quran and teaching
wakana
Allah says in this ayat fadlu Allahi
clearly that the scripture [2:31] WaAAallama adama alasmaa kullaha
AAalayka
and wisdom are separate Aaatheeman And He taught Adam all the names.
things revealed to the - - - Allah [4:113] waAAallamaka ma lam takun
Holy Prophet PBUH. revealeth
taAAlamu wakana fadlu Allahi
When Allah gave the unto thee
Prophet PBUH the book the Allah taught the Holy Prophet PBUH that
and wisdom the Scripture which he knew not
knowledge of the entire and wisdom,
[96:5]
universe was in it. and
teacheth AAallama
alinsana ma
[6:59] WaAAindahu
mafatihu alghaybi la
thee that
which thou lam yaAAlam
In This Issue
yaAAlamuha illa huwa knewest not. Allah taught
wayaAAlamu ma fee The grace of man that
albarri waalbahri wama Allah toward • Quran
which he knew
tasqutu min waraqatin thee hath
not • Wisdom
illa yaAAlamuha wala been
habbatin fee thulumati infinite. [55:2] • Allah taught
alardi wala ratbin wala AAallama
• Iman Mubeen
yabisin illa fee kitabin mubeenin alqurana
• Rooh
And He taught
the Quran • Areeza
Everything seen and unseen is ordered and
regulated by the laws made by Him; the fresh and [55:3] Khalaqa
the withered, the living and the dead - nothing is
outside the plan of His creation. Allah knows that
alinsana
And He created man "I was the prophet of
Allah when Adam Purchase of the will of
In these last two verses
was between the Allah
Allah is referring to a
stages of water and
special man. A man clay.
whom He taught the
Quran and then created It was my light (nur)
him. Imam Ali (AS) was which Allah created
born in the kaaba and before all creation."
when the Holy Prophet
PBUH picked Imam Ali
in his lap the baby
Thus "man" (insan)
opened his eyes and
referred to in this verse
recited the ayats of sura
is the divinely [2:207] And of mankind is he who would sell
mominoon. Thus the
conditioned, integrated
special man who was
and perfected being of himself, seeking the pleasure of Allah; and
taught the Quran by Allah hath compassion on (His) bondmen.
the Holy Prophet. It was
Allah before he was
this original purity of the There are innumerable traditions from
created made himself
Holy Prophet which, bothShi'ah and Sunni chains that this verse
known to all.
when was invested with was revealed about 'Ali concerning his
[Pooya/Ali Adam, entitled him to sacrifice on the night of hijrah,. Tafsir al-
Commentary 55:3] receive obeisance from burhan gives five of those chains from ath-
the angels. The Holy Tha'labi and others.
Allah asked the angels Prophet's light passed
to prostrate before through the progeny of
Adam after breathing "We have gathered came toward the
Adam, manifested in the Prophet (p.b.u.h.). As
His spirit into him. The messengers and all things in a
prostration was not soon as the Messenger
prophets of Allah, and manifest Imam " (Ya of Allah (p.b.u.h.) saw
made before the body of reached Abdul Muttalib.
Adam but before the Then it bifurcated into
Sin: 12) him, he said: 'This man
spirit of Allah which is /'imām-in-mubīn/. He
his two sons Abdullah There are some Islamic is the Imam in whom
carried life or existence and Abu Talib; and from narrations available from Allah, the Exalted, has
(hayat), knowledge (ilm) Abdullah it manifested in
and authority (qudrat). the side of Ahl-ul-Bayt numbered the
Muhammad and from (a.s.) in which the knowledge of
As the angels did not Abu Talib it manifested
have the knowledge Qur'ānic phrase: /'imām- everything'." (Ma'ānī-
in Ali. in-mubīn/ has been ul-'Akhbār, by Sadūq)
taught to Adam, the
command to accept rendered into 'Amir-ul-
Adam's superiority was Mu'mineen Ali (a.s.). Rooh
just. It means that the The Holy Prophet Among them is a
integration of divine said: tradition narrated from [Pooya/Ali
faculties in Adam took Imam Bāqir (a.s.) from Commentary 17:85]
place because of the "I and Ali are from his father, from his
Wayasaloonaka AAani
spirit of Allah which one and the same grandfather (a.s.) who
alrroohi quli alrroohu
purified him. Adam was said: "When this verse
the grand sire of the
light." min amri rabbee wama
was revealed, Abūbakr
thoroughly purified Ahl ul and 'Umar stood up and ooteetum mina
Bayt mentioned in said: 'O messenger of alAAilmi illa qaleelan
Ahzab: 33. Then again these two Allah! Is its purpose the
rays of the divine light Turah?' He answered:
were united, through Ali 'No'. They asked: 'Is it Aqa Mahdi Puya says:
and Fatimah, and Bible?' He said: 'No'.
The Holy Prophet manifested in Hasan, Ruh has been used in
They said: 'Is its purpose the Quran in various
said: Husayn and the nine the Qur'ān?' He said:
Imams in their progeny meanings:
'No'. At this time Amir-ul-
Mu'mimeen Ali (a.s.)
(i) The life or spirit angels and the Spirit
breathed into Adam
(Hijra: 29).
stand arrayed, they Hadith Thaqalayn
speak not, saving him
whom the Beneficent
(ii) The life in every alloweth and who
conscious being.
speaketh right.
Aqa Mahdi Puya says:
(iii) Isa is a word of
Allah and a spirit None shall have the right
(proceeding) from Him. to address Allah to seek
(Nisa: 171). blessings or address
others to convey His
blessings save those
whom He gives
(iv) The Quran as
permission (the Holy
mentioned in Shura:
Prophet and his Ahl ul
52. Bayt). Verse 4 of Qadr
confirms verse 38 of this
surah that ruh (spirits)
(v) The spirit which and malak (angels) are
comes down in the two different entities of
night of qadr with the the spiritual world.
angels (Quran: 4).

[Pooya/Ali THE PROPHET LEFT TWO THINGS AMONGST

(vi) The spirit which
will stand with the Commentary 40:15] HIS NATION
angels on the day of 2-97 Al-Hassan ibn Abdullah ibn Sa’id al-Askari
resurrection. (Naba: RafeeAAu alddarajati
narrated that Muhammad ibn Hamdan al-Qushayri
38) thoo alAAarshi yulqee quoted Al-Muqayrih ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muhlib,
alrrooha min amrihi on the authority of his father, on the authority of
AAala man yashao Abdullah ibn Davood, on the authority of Fuzayl ibn
(vii) The holy ghost Mazooq, on the authority of Atiye al-Oafi, on the
(Ma-idah: 11). min AAibadihi authority of Abi Sa’id al-Khidry that God’s Prophet
liyunthira yawma (MGB) said, “I have left amongst you two things
alttalaqi each of which is longer than the other one. They
(viii) The spirit sent to are the Book of God which is a Rope that extends
Maryam which from the heavens to the Earth and my Itrat. These
appeared before her as two shall not be separated from each other until
a man. (Maryam: 17). [40:15] The Exalter of they meet me at the Heavenly Pool.[142] ”
Ranks, the Lord of the
Throne. He causeth (The narrator of this tradition added:) I asked Abi
[Pooya/Ali the Spirit of His Sa’id (al-Khidry), “Who are the Prophet’s Itrat?” He
Commentary 78:37] command upon replied, “They are the members of his Holy
Household.”
Yawma yaqoomu whom He will of His
alrroohu slaves, that He may proceeding from Allah's men whom He wants to
waalmalaikatu saffan warn of the Day of command which is cast make a leader. This rooh
upon whomsoever of His can go from East to
la yatakallamoona Meeting, servants (His prophet or West in an instant and
illa man athina lahu Aqa Mahdi Puya says: messenger) He wills. from the earth to the sky.
alrrahmanu The rooh knows the past
This verse and verse 52 and the present.
waqala sawaban of Shura refer to the light Thus Allah sends His
of divine attention rooh to those amongst
On the day when the
[Pickthal 15:29] So, Mutawalli of the Holy
when I have made
Ka’aba questioned The Ariza
Imam for several days
him and have In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful.I
before he was satisfied
have written to you O my Master,may His mercy and
breathed into him of and accepted him as the
blessing be on you, seeking a favour from you. I have
Imam of the Time. Once
My Spirit, do ye fall a man was passing by
complained to you for what has happened to me
seeking solutions firstly from Allah and then from you
down, prostrating and the Imam was was for a matter that has obsessed me. I am helpless in
yourselves unto him. 7 or 10 years old. Imam combating the problem and for that I have resorted to
Reza had just been seeking help from Allah and from you, knowing the
Faitha sawwaytuhu martyred. The muslim status you have with Allah. I am confident that you will
wanafakhtu feehi man thought these shia help me get the solution to my problems swiftly and
are stupid and call this that you will intercede on my behalf. I am helpless
min roohee little boy Imam. The and moreover I am sinful, so help O my Master and
faqaAAoo lahu Imam said it is not as present this problem to Allah and I pray to Him that
sajideena you think. The man fell He will solve this quickly and grant me victory and
at his feet and said you success in finding the solution to my problems.
are the representative of I am not able to carry or bear with it. Although I am
the prophet without any responsible for the increase of my sins and ignorant
Thus the angels were to doubt. This incident also about my responsibilities (Wajibats) from Allah which
prostrate after Allah blew illustrates that the Imam are given to me. So help me O my Master peace be
the Rooh into Adam. knows that which is in upon you.During this time of problems and sorrow
your heart. present my prayers to Allah before I compensate and
before my enemies engulfs me, for you have shown
Issah is thus called me your blessings. So I pray to Allah for great
Roohallah. He brings
dead back to life. He Summary salvation and near victory with calmness from all
fears. For Allah is most high and does what he wants.
knew all things hidden in Allah is sufficient for me from the beginning and in my
peoples hearts. The As this collection of hopes. Whatever Allah wishes there is neither
rooh knows that which is ayats shows us Allah strength nor any power except in Allah the high, the
in your hearts. This is revealed the Quran and great.
only possible if the rooh the wisdom. He taught
knows you inside out. It the prophets and the
reads your mind. Thus Imams all that they
the Imam does not need knew. The taught in
to be told. you thought addition a special man
and he knows. Imam Ali (AS) all the
knowledge. Further all
At the time of the death knowledge was collected
of Imam Ali Al-Reza in a manifest Imam. The
(AS) our 9th Imam was Rooh which is with the
only 9 years old. Some [When dropping the Ariza in the sea, we normally
Imam also knows all recite the following addressing Husain Bin Rawh, the
people from among the things. Therefore the
followers of Ahlulbayt 3rd Na’eb] of the 12th Imam]
Imam knows all things,
and others, doubted thus if you were to write O Husain Bin Rawh, Salamun Alaikum. I bear witness
Imam’s eligibility to a letter to our 12th Imam that you died in the path of Allah and (hence) you are
become Imam at this he is aware of this alive and are sustained by Allah. I am addressing you
young age. Kulaini in his areeza. in your “life” which you lead with Allah – this is my
Kafi relates that the note and wishes to the Master of the Era (the 12th
Imam) (a.s), so please hand it over to him for you are
indeed trustworthy.