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THE HOLY QURAN – PART 35

IMAM AS-SADIQ (A.S.) & THE HOLY QURAN- (SECTION 4)

 

GUIDING OTHERS THROUGH QURAN

 

It is related that:

 

Once Imam Ja’ffar as-Sadiq (as) was in the market when he saw a man come to a bakery. The man diverted the attention of the baker, stole two loaves of bread and left the place. Imam (as) followed the man in order to guide him.

 

The man then came to a person who was selling pomegranates. Once again he managed to divert the seller’s attention, stole two pomegranates and walked away. Imam (as) was surprised by his action so he (as) kept following him.

 

With two loaves of bread and two pomegranates in his hand, the man then to a sick and needy person and gave him away all that he had stolen. Imam (as) stopped the man and informed him that he (as) was witness to his actions and that he had to offer an explanation for the same.

 

The man asked, “Are you Ja’ffar ibn Muhammad?”

 

Imam (as) replied, “Yes!”

 

So the man said, “It appears that you are ignorant about Quran”.

 

Imam (as) asked the man to tell him the verse of the Holy Quran, which he (as) was ignorant about and this is what the man had to say:

 

“Allah (SWT) says: “Whoever brings virtue shall receive ten times its like; but whoever brings vice shall not be requited except with its like, and they shall not be wronged”. (6:160) I first stole two loaves of bread so they were two evil deeds. I then stole two pomegranates so they too, were two evil deeds. All in all, I committed four evil deeds. Then I gave them (bread & pomegranates) in charity (alms), so I earned fourty good deeds. If you subtract four evil deeds from the fourty good deeds, I still remain with thirty six good deeds – so I am not a loser!”

 

When the Imam (as) heard this, he (as) realized that the man was misled. He (as) said to him,

 

“May your mother loose you! Have you not read this verse: “Allah accepts only from the Godwary”. (5:27)”.

 

What the Imam (as) implied was that means do not justify the end. Allah (SWT) accepts only those deeds that are pure and performed in accordance with His commands. This is what Quran guides us to.

 

 

 

[Abu Baseer asked Imam Ja’ffar as-Sadiq (as) to explain the verse, which reads: “O you who believe! Be wary of Allah with the wariness due to Him…” (3:102)

 

Imam (as) said, “Allah must be obeyed and not disobeyed; He (SWT) should be remembered (at all times) and never forgotten; and one should always be grateful and not ungrateful to Him”.]

                                                                                 (Bihar al-Anwaar)

 

 

 

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