THE HOLY QURAN – PART
40
IMAM AL-RIDHA
(A.S.) & THE HOLY QURAN- (SECTION 3)
HIS GUIDANCE
FROM QURAN
“Faith (Imaan)
stands on four supports: Trust in Allah; Satisfaction in whatever He
destines; Submission to His commandments; and entrusting Him with
all the affairs. The virtuous servant says:
‘..And I
entrust my affairs to Allah. Indeed Allah sees best the servants.
Then Allah saved him from their evil schemes..’
(40:44-45)”
(Tuhaf al-‘Uqool)
“Regard
your relatives even by providing them a mouthful of water. The best
form of maintaining ties with your relatives is to save them from
your evil. Allah says:
‘Do not
render your charities void by reproaches and affronts’.
(2:264) (Tuhaf al-‘Uqool)
In other
words, the instruction is that do not make your charities towards
your relatives fruitless by reproachfully reminding them about your
favours and making them feel inferior and insulted.
Imam ar-Ridha (as) was
once in the court of Mamoon ar-Rasheed during the session in which
the discussion was about whether night preceded day in creation or
vice-versa. Al-Fadhl bin Sahl addressed the question to Imam (as).
Imam (as) asked,
“Do you want
me to extract the answer from Allah’s Book or the astronomical
estimations?”
Al-Fadhl said, “I would like you to mention the astronomical
estimations first”. Imam (as) said,
“You claim
that the world began with Cancer and the stars were in its prospect.
On that account, Saturn was in Libra, Jupiter in Cancer, Mars in
Capricorn, Venus in Pisces, the Moon in Taurus and the Sun in Aries
in the middle of the sky. This occurs only in daylight”.
Al-Fadhl asked, “What
about the Book of Allah?” Imam (as) replied,
“The answer is in Allah’s saying:
‘Neither it behooves the sun to overtake the moon, nor may the night
outrun the day…” (36:40) This means
that day preceded night.” (Tuhaf al-‘Uqool)