1689 - خَصائِصُ الأنبِياءِ عليهم السلام‏

1689. SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPHETS (AS)

5931.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّا مَعاشِرَ الأنبياءِ اُمِرنا أن نُكلِّمَ النّاسَ على‏ قَدرِ عُقولِهِم .¹

5931.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'We the prophets have been commanded to speak to people according to the capacity of their intellects.' ²

5932.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّا مَعاشِرَ الأنبياءِ تَنامُ عُيونُنا ولا تَنامُ قُلوبُنا ، ونَرى‏ مِن خَلفِنا كما نَرى‏ مِن بَينِ أيدِينا .³

5932.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'We the prophets are such that our eyes sleep but our hearts do not sleep, and we see behind us as we see in front of us.' ⁴

5933.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مِن أخلاقِ النَّبيِّينَ والصِّدِّيقينَ البَشاشَةُ إذا تَراءوا ، والمُصافَحَةُ إذا تَلاقوا .⁵

5933.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'From the morals of the prophets and the righteous ones is smiling when they see people, and shaking hands when they meet each other.' ⁶

5934.قَتادَة : ما بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبيّاً قَطُّ إلّا بَعَثَهُ حَسَنَ الوَجهِ ، حَسَنَ الصَّوتِ .⁷

5934. Qatada narrated, 'Allah has never sent a prophet without sending him with a handsome face and a pleasant voice.' ⁸

5935.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في صِفَةِ الأنبياءِ عليهم السلام - : كانُوا قَوماً مُستَضعَفِينَ ، قدِ اختَبرَهُمُ اللَّهُ بالمَخمَصَةِ ، وابتَلاهُم بالمَجهَدَةِ ، وامتَحَنَهُم بالمَخاوِفِ ، ومَخَضَهُم بالمَكارِهِ ...
ولَو أرادَ اللَّهُ سبحانَهُ لأنبيائهِ حَيثُ بَعَثَهُم أن يَفتَحَ لَهُم كُنوزَ الذِّهْبانِ ، ومَعادِنَ العِقْيانِ ، ومَغارِسَ الجِنانِ ... لَفعَلَ ، ولَو فَعَلَ لَسَقَطَ البَلاءُ ، وبَطَلَ الجَزاءُ ...
ولكنَّ اللَّهَ سبحانَهُ جَعَلَ رُسُلَهُ اُولي قُوَّةٍ في عَزائمِهِم ، وضَعَفةً فيما تَرَى الأعيُنُ مِن حالاتِهِم ، مَعَ قَناعَةٍ تَملَأُ القُلوبَ والعُيونَ غِنىً ، وخَصاصَةٍ تَملَأُ الأبصارَ والأسماعَ أذىً .⁹

5935. Imam Ali (AS), describing the prophets (AS), said, 'They were abased people, whom Allah had tried with hunger, afflicted with difficulty, tested with fear, and shaken with troubles. If Allah had wished to open for His prophets treasures of gold, mines of pure gold and grounds of gardens wherever He sent them... He would have done so, but if He did, tests would be invalid, and reward would be inapplicable. Rather, Allah the Glorified, made His prophets strong in their determination, and weak in their appearance as seen from the eyes, with contentment that fills the hearts and eyes with richness, and with poverty that pains the eyes and ears.' ¹⁰

5936.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ما بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبيّاً قَطُّ حتّى‏ يَستَرعِيَهُ الغَنَمَ ، يُعَلِّمُهُ بذلكَ رِعْيَةَ النّاسِ .¹¹

5936.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah never sent a prophet unless He had made him herd sheep [first], through which He taught him how to manage people.' ¹²

5937.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : ما بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ نَبيّاً ولا وَصِيّاً إلّا سَخِيّاً .¹³

5937.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, 'Allah, Almighty, did not send a prophet or a successor unless he was generous.' ¹⁴

5938.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : مِن أخلاقِ الأنبياءِ التَّنَظُّفُ .¹⁵

5938.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'Cleanliness is of the morals of the prophets.' ¹⁶

5939.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : الطِّيبُ مِن أخلاقِ الأنبياءِ .¹⁷

5939.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'Perfume is of the morals of the prophets.' ¹⁸

(اُنظر) البلاء : باب 263 .

(See also: THE ORDEAL: section 263)

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