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KNOWLEDGE OF IMAM ALI (AS)
As it has been stated in earlier
article, more than 300 verses of
Holy Qur’an have been revealed
in praise of Imam Ali (AS), some
of these are reproduced below:
1.
Sura Ar-Ra’d verse 43 “ And
those who disbelieve say “You
are not a messenger” say O
Muhammad, Sufficient is Allah as
witness between me and you, (and
the witness of) whoever has the
knowledge of the Scripture”
2.
Sura An-Nisa verse 59 “O You who
believed, obey Allah, obey the
Messenger and those in authority
among you”
3.
Sura Al-A’Raf verse 48 “And the
companions of the Elevation will
call to men (within Hell) whom
they recognize by their mark,
saying “ Of no avail to you was
your gathering and (the fact )
that you were arrogant”
4.
Sura Fatir verse 32 “Then we
caused to inherit the Book those
we have chosen...”
The Holy Prophet (P) said
1.
I am the city of knowledge and
Ali is its gate.
2.
Ali is the most knowledgeable
and wise person.
3.
Ali is the most judicious
person.
4.
Whoever wants to see knowledge
of Adam, acumen of Noah, piety
of Yahya, dread of Musa should
look at Ali.
5.
Ali will fight for the
interpretation of Qur’an as I
fought on the revelation.
Imam Ali (AS) has said:
1.
I know the true nature of every
thing.
2.
Ask me about anything on the
earth or the skies.(he was the
only man in history to have
given such a challenge)
Islamic learning rotates on the
pivot of his intellect. There
was no branch of science which
was either founded by him or had
a big part in its foundation. He
had left deep marks on social
sciences. From spiritual point
of view, there is a hadees that
the Prophet (P) and Imam Ali
(AS) were made of one light (noor)
long before Adam was created.
This universe was created in
front of them hence they knew
the nature of every thing.
Further more, the Prophet (P)
had given his sacred tongue in
the mouth of infant Ali in Kabaa,
hence it was the effect of the
prophetic saliva that all types
of knowledge were transmitted to
him. As a sample we can narrate
few incidents of his matchless
intellect and divine knowledge:
Abdullah bin Abbas was in his
presence when he explained in
detail the meaning and
significance of alphabet ‘Ba’ in
the verse Bismillah Hirrahmanir
Rahim. Near the time of dawn, he
said that he could write the
explanations of ‘Ba’ which could
be so enormous as to form the
load of 70 camels!
Once a very pious man named
Muzar asked Imam Ali (AS)
1.
Who was the masculine born
without parents? Imam replied
“Adam”
2.
Who was the feminine born
without parents? Imam replied “
Eve”
3.
Who was that masculine born
without father? Imam replied “
Jesus”
4.
Who was the prophet who was
neither from men nor Jinn nor
angel? Imam replied “the crow
who taught Qaabeel to bury his
brother Haabeel”
5.
Which was the grave which roamed
around with its inmate? Imam
replied “ The fish which carried
Prophet Younus for three days”
6.
Which was that animal who warned
its companions? Imam replied “
The ant which warned about
Prophet Suleiman’s approaching
army”
7.
Which was the body which ate but
did not drink? Imam replied “
the baton of Prophet Musa which
swallowed the magician’s snakes”
8.
Which is that land on which sun
shined only once? Imam relied “
River Nile which gave way for
Prophet Musa and his followers”
9.
Which was the stone that gave
birth to a living thing? Imam
replied “ Female camel of
Prophet Saleh”
10.
Who was the woman who gave birth
in three hours? Imam replied “
Lady Miriam who was pregnant in
one hour, one hour in labor pain
, one hour in delivery”
11.
What are the two moving things
which will not be stationery?
Imam replied “Sun and the Moon”
12.
Who are the two friends who will
never be enemies? Imam replied “
Body and the soul”
13.
Who are the two enemies who will
never be friends? Imam replied “
Life & death”
14.
What is a thing (shay)? Imam
replied “ Faithful”
15.
What is nothing (la shay)? Imam
replied “ Disbeliever”
16.
What is the most beautiful
thing? Imam replied “ Face of a
human being”
17.
What is the ugliest thing? Imam
replied “ A body without head”
18.
What is the first thing made in
the womb? “ Imam replied “
Finger used in reciting Kalema”
19.
What is the thing which falls
last in the grave? Imam replied
“End of spinal cord”
During the period of the second
caliph, there was a case in
which two women gave birth to a
boy and a girl. The girl’s
mother switched her baby with
the boy of another woman. When
the matter was brought to the
caliph, he could not resolve it
and requested Imam Ali (AS) to
help. Imam Ali (AS) asked to
bring weights and a bottle and
both women to fill the bottle
with their milk. He gave the boy
to the woman whose milk was
heavier and the girl to the
woman whose milk was lighter.
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