1688 - اُولو العَزمِ من الأنبياء

1688. THE ARCH-PROPHETS (ULu AL-AZM)

(فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُولُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ لَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ بَلَاغٌ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ) .¹

"So be patient just as the resolute among the apostles were patient, and do not seek to hasten [the punishment] for them. The day when they see what they are promised, [it will be] as though they had remained only an hour of a day. This is a proclamation. So shall anyone be destroyed except the transgressing lot?" ²

5929.الإمامُ زين العابدينَ عليه السلام - لِبعضِ أصحابه - : مِنهُم خَمسَةٌ اُولو العَزمِ مِن الرُّسُلِ . قُلنا : مَن هُم ؟ قالَ : نُوحٌ ، وابراهيمُ ، وموسى‏، وعيسى‏ ، ومحمّدٌ صلَّى اللَّهُ علَيهِم ، قُلنا لَهُ : ما معنى‏ اُولو العَزمِ ؟ قالَ : بُعِثوا إلى‏ شَرقِ الأرضِ وغَربِها ، جِنِّها وإنسِها .³

5929. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said to some of his companions, 'From the Messengers there are five arch-prophets.' We asked, 'Who are they?' He said, 'Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace of Allah be upon them.' We asked, 'What does Ulu al-Azm mean?' He said, 'They were sent to the east of the earth and the west, to its Jinn and its humans.' ⁴

5930.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لمّا سَأَله سماعةِ بن مِهران عن قوله تعالى : (فاصْبِرْ كَما صَبَرَ اُولو العَزْمِ مِنَ‏الرُّسُلِ) - : نُوحٌ ، وإبراهيمُ ؛ وموسى‏ ، وعيسى‏ ، ومحمّدٌ صلَّى اللَّه عَليهِ وآلهِ وعلَيهِم . قلتُ : كيفَ صارُوا اُولي العَزمِ ؟ قالَ : لأنَّ نُوحاً بُعِثَ بكِتابٍ وشَريعَةٍ ، وكلُّ مَن جاءَ بعدَ نُوحٍ أخذَ بكِتابِ نُوحٍ وشَريعَتِهِ ومِنهاجِهِ ، حتّى‏ جاءَ إبراهيمُ عليه السلام بالصُّحُفِ وبعَزيمَةِ تَركِ كِتابِ نُوحٍ لا كُفراً بهِ ... .⁵

5930. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when Sumaa b. Mihran asked him about Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "So be patient just as the resolute among the apostles were patient", said, 'Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace be upon him, his progeny and them.' [Sumaa said,] I asked, 'How did they become the arch-prophets?' He said, 'Because Noah was sent with a divine book and law (sharia), and all who came after him adopted Noah's book, law and teachings, until Abraham (AS) came with the Scriptures being commanded to leave Noah's book without disbelieving in it...' ⁶