The Descent of the Messiah — Page 306
THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH ancestors. You should also have presented a Hadith from Bukhārī or Muslim, which is accepted by the claimant to Imāmat, to strengthen your claim. Or, setting aside your ire, you should have turned to your own commentaries as to what they say. From what I see in my interpretations, there are various opinions regarding the interpretation of this verse. One person refers to the opinion of Bayhaqi, Hakim, and Abū Naim, while another narrates a tra- dition or event. The second person, on the other hand, presents God's Word by extracting it from the Holy Quran and presents the authentic Sunnah and Hadith as evidence for his claim. Whom should we believe and whom should we consider a scholar and one who acts according to the Holy Quran? فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِنْ رَّبِّهِ كَلِمْ Then you say, "It is proven that Hussain and his ancestors have been declared by the Prophets and Messengers to be the medium between them and God, through whom their needs were fulfilled. " You base your claim on the statements of Mujahid, Tabarānī and Hākim, etc. and regard the verse, to support your claim. It seems as if your statement was a summary which was already present in some heavenly book and the Holy Quran has explained it explicitly. Fie on such intelligence and wisdom! You taunt your opponent on the basis of this flimsy understanding. Please be fair and take a look at your own books to see whether the Imami scholars and commentators have relied only on these bless- ed names for the purpose of the commentary. At this moment, I have three commentaries of the Imams before me. These are Tafsir ‘Umdatul-Bayān, Khulāșatul-Minhāj and Majmaʻul-Bayān. They all contain many differing statements. Then look at the differing reports in Hayātul-Qulüb, Volume I, pages 56 to 57, and look at how the sayings have been copied. Regarding each one of them, 1 "Then Adam learnt from his Lord certain words of prayer" Al-Baqarah, 2: 38. [Publisher] 306