[Holy Qur'an 17:81] And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Imam Ali(as) and his Shia is the best creature

Bismillah

Sunni Scholars who dealt with the subject "the best creatures"



Sura Bayyinah



(The Clear Evidence)



No.98 (6-8 Verses)



إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ

فِيهَا أُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِيَّةِ {6}

ِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ {7}

جَزَاؤُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ

فِيهَا أَبَدًا رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ رَبَّهُ {8}





Sura Bayyinah



(The Clear Evidence)



No.98 (6-8 Verses)



6. "Surely those who disbelieve from among the People of the Book and the polytheists shall be in the fire of Hell, therein dwelling forever; they are the worst of all creatures."

7. "Surely those who believe and do righteous deeds, they are the best of all creatures. "

8. "Their reward with their Lord will be Gardens of eternity, beneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him. That is for him who fears his Lord and Cherisher."

 commentaries :

"For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb. Those who understand not.". Or similar still, to what Sura A'raf. No.7. verse 179 says after referring to the people of Hell with the same characteristics: "...they are like cattle, nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning).".


There are a great many narrations quoted by famous Sunnite and Shi'ite sources in which the verse: "...They are the best of all creatures" is rendered to mean Hazrat Ali (a) and his followers.



tafsir 1:

Hakim Haskani Neyshaburi, one of the famous Sunnite scholars, in the fifth century A.H., has cited some narrations with different references whose number is more than twenty in his well-known book

Shawahid-ut-Tanzil, vol. 2, p.357, tradition 1126.. The following are some examples:



1. Ibn-Abbas says that when the verse: "Surely those who believe and do righteous deeds, they are the best of all creatures" was revealed, the holy Prophet (s) told Hazrat Ali (a): "It is you and your followers who will come on the Day of Reckoning when you and your followers are well-pleased (yourselves) and well-pleasing Him and your enemy will come angrily pushed (into Hell)".


tafsir 2 : Shawahid-ut-Tanzil, vol. 2, p.359, tradition 1130.

Abu Barazah has narrated a tradition from the Prophet (s) who recited the verse best of creature and said: "They are you and your followers. O' Ali! The appointment for you and me is (beside) the Pool of Abundance"

tafsir 3 : Shawahid-ut- Tanzil, vol 2, p 362, tradition 1139

Jabir- ibn -'Abdillah -Ansari narrates in another tradition that they were sitting with the holy Prophet (s) in the Sacred House when Ali (a) came to them. As soon as the Prophet (s) saw him, he said: "My brother is coming to you". Then, he turned toward the Ka'ba and said: "By the Lord of this Structure! Surely this man and his followers will be triumphant on the Day of Judgement". Then, he addressed them and added: "By Allah! Truly he was formost to all of you in believing in Allah; and among you all he is the most correct in obeying Allah; the most faithful in fulfilling the covenant of Allah; the hardest to the decree of Allah, the best distributor of the (treasury) in equality, the justest to the citizen." and the most important in position with Allah".



Jabir said it was then that Allah sent down the verse: "Surely those who believe and do righteous deeds, they are the best of all creatures", and from then on whenever Ali came, the Helpers of the Prophet (s) would say. "The best of all creatures next to the Messenger of Allah came".


tafsir 5 : Durr-ul Manthur, vol 6, p 379

It is narrated from Ibn-'Abbas in Durr-ul-Manthur that when the verse. "Surely those who believe and do righteous deeds, they are the best of all creature.," was revealed the holy Prophet (s) told Ali: "It is you and your followers who, on the Day of Reckoning are well-pleased (yourselves) and well-pleasing (Him)."


These preponderance of evidence is enough to show you that above hadith is authentic one.

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