[394]. Refer to footnote No. 382.

[395]. This aspect of the meaning of the Bismillah is stated by Mubyiddin ibn al-`Arabi in his al-Futuhatul Makkiyah, vol. 1, p. 102.

[396]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 149, "Book of at-Tauhid", ch. On "The Will Is Among the Attributes of Action...", hadith 4. Biharul Anwar, vol. 4, p. 145.

[397]. Mir'atul `Uqul, vol. 2, p. 19. Al-Wa-fi, vol. 1, p. 100.

[398]. Al-Wafi, vol. 1, p. 100, chs. On "Knowing His Attributes and Names, the Glorified," ch. On "The Attributes of the Act," explanation of hadith No. 4.

[399]. Usulul Kafi vol. 1, p. 196. "Book of at-Tauhid", ch. "Rarities", hadith 4.

[400]. From the noble invocation called Du`a'us-Simat, Misbahul Mutahajjid, p. 376.

[401]. Surah al-A'raf: 143.

[402]. Extracted from the dud' of as-Simat, Misbahul Mutahajjid, p. 376.

[403]. Surah Ta-Ha: 14.

[403a]. Refer to footnote No. 219.

[403b]. Refer to footnote No. 220.

[404]. "So he was at the measure of two bows or closer still". Surah an-Najm: 9.

[405]. Refer to footnote No. 199.

[406]. The exegesis of Du a'us-Sahar is of the exudations of the pen of Imam Khomeini (may Allah be pleased with him) in Arabic. The aim of writing it, as the exegete himself says, was to explain some aspects of the noble invocation called "mubahilah". (The invocation of Sahar has been narrated from the pure Imams [AS]). The writing of this noble book was completed in 1349, L.H.

[407]. Surah an-Nur: 35.

[408]. Surah az-Zukhruf: 84.

[409]. Majma'ul Bayan, vol. 1, p. 21, quoting Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (AS), with a slight difference.

[410]. Ma'aniyul Akhbar, p. 3. Bi`tarul Anwar, vol. 89, p. 229.

[411]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 4, p. 340, the "Book of the Invocation", ch. On "Invoking on Calamities", hadith 6. As-Sahifah as-Sajjadiyah, Invocation No. 54.

[412]. Surah al-A'raf: 156.

[413]. `Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 1, p. 57.

[414]. Ad-Durrul Manthur fi-Tafsir Bilmaa'thur, by Jalaluddin as-Suyuti, vol. 1, p. 9, quoted from al-Asna' was-Sifait, by al-Bayhaqi.

[415]. A current proverb. Asrarul Hikam, by Sabzawari, p.52.

[416]. Surah al-Humazah: 6 and 7.

[417]. In the Name of Allah. It must be noted that confining all praisings, or the quality [jins] of praising, to the two possibilities in the "a" [alif] and "l" [lam] is contrary to the philosophic causality, even if the causality is taken by its strict meaning, and it cannot be ,justified except by the tongue of the Qur'an and the gnosticism of the holy men [auliya'] (AS).

[418]. This is a reference to a line of poetry by Maulawi, which has previously been explained.

[419]. This refers to a line of poetry by Hafiz, in which he says: "I did not reach the far-away palace of the phoenix (of truth) by myself; I could cover it only by the help of Solomon's bird (the hoope)". I. E. The guide of wisdom.

[420]. A reference to ayah 12 of the surah Ta-Ha: "... put off your shoes, you are in the sacred valley..."

[421]. In some copies we find the word akhass (whose English equivalent is "most special"). In some other copies it is akhass (which means "the meanest"). The line is by Maulawi.

[422]. Misbahush-Shari`ah, ch. 5. Awalyul La'ali, vol. 1, p. 389.

[423]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 152, "Book of Faith and Disbelief', ch. On "Thanking", hadith No. 18.

[424]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 90, p. 210, quoted from al-Amali by at-Tusi, vol. 1, p. 18.

[425]. Mustadrakul Wasa'il, printed by Alul Bayt Establishment, vol. 5, p. 314.

[426]. Makarimul Akhlaq, p. 307, section 10, ch. 3 on praising Allah (with a slight difference).

[427]. Reference untraceable.

[428]. Insha'ud-Dawa'ir, p. 28.

[429]. Surah al-Hashr: 22.

[430]. "In every thing He has a sign Proving that He is One." Kashful Asrar, by Maybudi, vol. 1, p. 436. Some ascribe this verse to the Arab poet, Abul `Atahiyah.

[431]. Poetry by Maulawi.

[432]. `Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 1, p. 381.

[433]. Surah Ta-Ha: 41.

[434]. Ibid: 13.

[435]. Surah al-Ghashiyah: 25.

[436]. `Uyunu Akhbarir-Rida, vol. 2, p. 272. al-Jami`ah al-Kabirah invocation.

[437]. Surah al-Ghashiyah: 25 and 26.

[438]. Surah Hud: 56.

[439]. Masari'ul Masari', by Khajah Nasiruddin, edited by Mu'izzi, p. 141.

[440]. The lover's religion is other than that of the others, The lovers' religion and creed is Allah. (Maulawi)

[441]. Such as: "Recite as the people recite" or "Recite as you have learnt." Wasa'ilush-Shi'ah, vol. 4, p. 821, "The Book of as-Salat", ch. On "Recitation in the Salat" ch. 74, hadiths 1-3.

[442]. Apparently, recitation according to any one of the ways of the recitations is unanimously agreed upon.

[443]. Surah al-Waqi'ah: 85.

[444]. Surah Qaf: 16.

[445]. Surah Nur: 35.

[446]. Surah Zukhruf: 84.

[447]. Surah al-Baqarah: 107.

[448]. `Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 1, p. 54.

[448a]. Usulul Kafi, vol., p. 170, "Book of at-Tauhid", ch. On "Movement and Mobility", hadith 3.

[449]. Ibid., hadith 4.

[450]. Surah al-Ghafir: 16.

[451]. Surah ash-Shora: 7.

[452]. Usulul Kafz, vol. 1, pp. 131 and 132.

[453]. Al Asjaarul Arba `ah, vol. 7, p. 32. Asrarul Hikam, p.559.

[454]. Surah az-Zumar: 68.

[454a]. Al-Asha `athtyat, p. 212, ch. On "What Necessitates Patience". Biharul Anwar, vol. 2, p. 39, "Book of Knowledge", hadith 72. From Useful Assemblies

[455]. "When evil appeared, in the morning and in the evening, naked, And there remaind but hostility, We so judged them as they did." Poetry by Sahl ibn Shayban, Jami`ush-Shawahid, ch. On "F and L", p.185.

[456]. Surah Ibrahim: 5.

[457]. Surah al-Ma'idah: 2.

[458]. Surah al-Baqarah: 45.

[459]. Abu `Abdullah as-Sadiq (AS) said: "The (hidden) polytheism is stealthier than the crawling of the ants." He also said: "... of it is (resorting to) turning the ring to remember a thing, and the like". Ma'aniyul Akhbar, p. 379, ch. On "Rare Meanings", hadith 1. Biharul Anwar, vol. 69, p. 96.

[459a]. Refer to note No. 219.

[460]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 191, "Book of Monotheism" ch. On "General Hadiths on Monotheism", hadith 6.

[461]. Wasa'ilush-Shi`ah, vol. 5, p. 379, "Book of as-Salat", chs. On "Congregational Salat", ch. 4, hadiths 2 and 5.

[462]. Surah al-Isra': 44.

[463]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 92, p. 226. Muslim's Sahih, vol 2, p. 92, with a slight difference in words.

[464]. `Ilalush-Shara'i`, p. 315, of the hadith "The Salat of al-Mi`raj.

[465]. This is a sentence which, according to narration, Imam as-Sadiq (AS) wrote on the shroud of his deceased son. It is said that a group of the Muslims, called the Akhbaris, who used to literally apply the texts of the akhbar [hadiths], used to write this very sentence on the shrouds of their deceased. Wasa'ilush-Shi ah, "Book of Purity", chs. On "Shrouding" ch. 29, hadith 2.

[466]. A nearly similar narrative is related in Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 2, p. 967.

[467]. Surah al-Baqarah: 143.

[468]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 270, "The Book of Divine Proof', ch. "The Imams are the Witnesses of Allah over His Creatures", hadith 2.

[469]. Al-Ayyashi's Exegesis, vol. 1, p. 63, hadith 111.

[469a]. Asrarul Hikam, p. 20.

[470]. Surah Hud: 56.

[471]. A hadith ascribed to the Messenger of Allah (SA). Jami'ul Asrar wa Manba'ul Anwar, by Sayyid Haydar Amuli, pp.8, 95 and 121. Lahiji's Commentary on Gulshan-i Raz, p. 153. Naqdun-Nusus, p. 185. Minhajut-Talibin, p. 221. Al-Usulul Asharah, p. 31.

[472]. Surah at-Tin: 5.

[473]. Surah an-Nahl: 23, and Surah al-Fatir: 8.

[474]. Ascribed to Amirul mu'minin ['Ali] (AS). At-Tauhid, p. 383, ch. On "Fatalism", hadith 32.

[475]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 136, "Book of Monotheism", ch. On "Forbidding any Attribute...", hadith 3.

[476]. Lisanul Arab, entry namat (type), vol. 7, p. 417, quoting Imam 'Ali (AS).

[476a]. `Afif 'Asayran, the editor of the book, "Preliminaries" of `Aynul Qudat, on page 276 of that book, has put it as a hadith. Asrarul Hikam by Sabzawari, p. 23.

[477]. Surah Ibrahim: 34. Surah an-Nahl: 18.

[478]. Al-'Urwatul wuthqa, p. 38.

[479]. Surah Ibrahim: 34.

[480]. Surah Ta-Ha: 10. Surah an-Naml: 7. Surah al-Qasas: 29.

[481]. Surah al-A'raf: 143.

[482]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 77, p. 23.

[483]. Ibid., vol. 92, p. 238. Three hadithes are narrated in this respect.

[484]. There may be an objection to our saying: the dot under the [ba'], that in the Kufi penmenship which was common when the Qur'an was revealed, there were no dots (in the alphabet). To this, one may say that this fact and reality will make no difference, although its role appeared late, which, in fact, had no effect on the facts. Rather, there is not a decisive evidence in support of the said claim. Mere convention is not a proof of absolute non-existence. So, think it over!

[485]. "I am the dot under the bal", Asrarul Hikam, p. 559.

[486]. As-Safi's Exegesis, vol. 2, p. 779, commenting on the noble ayah: "About the great event" (Surah an-Naba': 2].

[487]. Al-Ayyashi's Exegesis, vol. 1, p. 20, hadith 9.

[488]. Majma'ul Bayan, vol. 1, p. 17.

[489.] Ibid.

[490]. Al- Ayyashi's Exegesis, vol. 1, p. 20, Biharul Anwar, vol. 89, p. 237, hadith 34.

[491]. Surah al-Hijr: 87.

[492]. Surah an-Naml: 29 and 30.

[493]. `Uyunu Akhbarir-Rida, vol. 1, p. 301, under the title: "Concerning the Different Narratives Quoted from Imam 'Ali ibn Musa", hadith 60. Biharul Anwar, vol. 89, p. 227, hadith 5.

[494]. Nuruth-Thaqalayn Exegesis, vol. 1, p. 4, commenting on the surah of al-Hamd, hadith 8.

[495]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 89, p. 259. Majma `ul Bayan, vol. 1, p. 17.

[496]. Ibid.

[497]. Majma `ul Bayan, vol. 1, p. 17.

[498]. At-Tafsirul Kabir, vol. 1, p. 178.

[499]. Mustadrakul wasa'il, "Book of as-Salat", chs. On "Recitation", ch. No. 44, hadith 3.

[500]. Majma'ul Bayan, vol. 1, p. 18.

[501]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 122, "Book of at-Tauhid", ch. On "Lineage", hadith 1.

[502]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 125, "Book of at-Tauhid", ch. On "Prohibition of Talking on the Quality", hadith 4.

[503]. Dehkhuda's Lexicon, under the entry Aristotle, takes Theologia to be among the books written by Aristotle, and says: Theologia is a discourse about Divinity, explained by Porphyrius (Prophyry) of Tyre, and translated into Arabic by 'Abdul Masih ibn `Abdullah the Na`imi of Hims. Then Abu Yusuf, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi corrected it for Ahmad ibn al-Mu'tasim. It was printed in Berlin in the year 1882 A.D. It was also printed in Iran in the margin of al-Qabasat by Mirdamad, in the year 1314 H. (Lunar year). And under the entry Theologia it says: Theologia is taken from the Greek, meaning "theology". Mayamir is a book by Plotinus, who is known by the Muslims as ash-Shaykh al-Yunani (the Greek Oldman). This book covers the 4th to 6th book of "the Enneads". Some of the ancients mistakenly ascribed this book to Aristotle. In the year of 1314 H. The book of Theologia, was printed in the margin of al-Qabasat, by Abut Qasim ibn Akhund Mulla Rida Kamarbuni. The date of composing the book is mistakenly stated in Dehkhuda's Lexicon to be the date of its printing.

[504]. Surah al-Hadid: 3.

[505]. Ibid.: 4.

[506]. This refers to a narrative quoted from the Messenger of Allah (SA), saying: "We knew You not as You should be known, and we worshipped You not as You should be worshipped". Mir'atul Uqul, vol. 8, p. 146, "Book of Faith and Disbelief', ch. On "Thanking".

[507]. Nahjul Balaghah, edited by Faydul Islam, Sermon 1.

[508]. As-Sahifatus-Sajjadryah, Invocation 32.

[509]. Surah ar-Rahman: 29.

[510]. When the Prophet (SA) was asked: "Where was our Lord before creating the heavens and the earth?", he said: "He was in the 'amā "' [high]. Awali al-La'ali, vol. 1, p. 54, ch. 4, hadith 79.

[511]. `Uyunu Akhbarir-Rida, vo1.2, p. 277, quoted from the invocation of "Al-Jami'ah al-Kabirah".

[512]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 89, p. 107.

[513]. Nahjul Balaghah, edited by Faydul Islam, p. 737, sermon 228.

[514]. Derived from Surah Ibrahim: 24.

[514a]. Surah Ibrahim: 26.

[515]. Surah ar-Rahman: 29.

[516]. It is a reference to a Prophetic hadith, saying: "I have been given the Collective Words". Al-Khisal, ch. 5, hadith 56.

[517]. Surah al-Anbiya': 22.

[518]. A philosophic principle. Al-Isharat wat-Tanbihat, (explained by Khajah Nasir), vol. 3, p. 122. Al-Asf`ar al-Arba`ah, vol. 2, p. 204, ch. 13.

[519]. Surah ash-Shura: 11.

[520]. Refer to footnote No. 97.

[521]. At-Tauhid, p. 88, ch. On "Commentary on: Say, He, Allah, is One", hadith 1.

[522]. Ibid., hadith 2.

[523]. Ibid,. hadith 3.

[524]. Ibid,. hadith 4.

[525]. Ibid,. hadith 6.

[526]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 4, p. 425, "Book of the Merit of the Qur'an", ch. On "The Merit of the Qur'an", hadith 1.

[527]. Ibid., hadith 4.

[528]. Ibid., hadith 7.

[529]. Ibid., hadith 13.

[530]. Wasa'ilush-Shi'ah, vol. 4, p. 868, "Book of the Salat", chs. On "Reciting the Qur'an", ch. 31, hadith 5. Ma`aniyul Akhbar, p. 234, ch. On "The Meaning of Salman's Saying".

[531]. Thawabul A`mal, p. 156, "The Reward of Reciting `Say: He, Allah, is One', hadith 2.

[532]. Wasa'ilush-Shi `ah, vol. 4, pp. 866 and 870, "Book of the Salat", chs. On "Reciting the Qur'an", chs. 31 and 33. Mustadrakul Wasa'il, "Book of the Salat", chs. On "Reciting the Qur'an", chs. 24 and 26.

[533]. Surah ad-Dukhan: 3.

[534]. Surah al-Hijr: 9.

[535]. Surah ash-Shu'ara': 193.

[536]. Surah Mu'min: 36.

[537]. Surah al-Anfa1: 17.

[538]. "The Book of Allah and my 'itrat (progeny) will not be separated from each other until they come to me at the Pool (of Kauthar)." This is a part of a well-known and successively related hadith called Hadithuth-Thaqalayn. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, page 299, "The Book of Divine Proof', ch. "Concerning What Allah and His Messenger Imposed of Being with the Imams (AS)", hadith 6; and vol 4, p. 141, "The Book of Faith and Disbelief', ch. "Concerning the Least by which a Servant may be a Believer", hadith 1.

[539]. Surah al-Ahzab: 72.

[540]. Ihya'u 'ulumiddin, vol. 4, p. 256. A Divine utterance. In some edition it is "qibabi" (my domes) and in some other edition it is "qiba'i" (my cloak).

[541]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 89, p. 83.

[542]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 4, p. 438, "The Book of the Merits of the Qur'an", ch. "The Rarities", hadith 12.

[543]. Nahjul Balaghah, edited by Faydul Islam, p. 737, sermon 228.

[544]. Surah at-Talaq: 7.

[545]. It demands consideration because this allegation can be claimed here from another aspect, and it is that the appearance in ascribing a predicate to a proposition is that the proposition itself has the same status and it is the proposition in complete, as the Shaykh, our teacher in the conventional sciences used, concerning generalization [itlaq], to call this statement, without needing preliminaries, to prove the generalization.

[546]. Surah Hud: 112.

[547]. Khalil ibn Ahmad ibn `Umar ibn Tamim, Abu Abdur-Rahman al-Bahili, al-Basri, the grammarian and prosodist, born in the year 100 or 105 H. In al-Basrah, and died in 160, 170 or 175 H. He was a famous linguist and a writer. He discovered the meters of poetry. He was an Imami and, as some say, he was a companion of Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (AS) and quoted him in his narrations. He wrote many books on diverse arts, including Zubdatul Arud (the Gist of Prosody), al-Ayn, a book on Imamate, al-Iqa' (rhythm), an-Nu'm (tone or softness), al-Jumal [syntax], ash-Shawahid (ancient verses as evidences), an-Nuqat wa ash-Shikl (dots and form), and a book on the meanings of the alphabetic letters. For further information bibliographies and books on rijal such as Ayanush-Shi ah, vol. 30, p. 50, may be consulted.

[548]. Furu'ul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 236, the "Book of Funerals", ch. On "Questioning in the Grave", hadith 6.

[549]. This concept is referred to Imam as-Sadiq (AS) through several channels in Ma'alimul Usul, p. 7.

[549a]. Refer to footnote No. 97.

[550]. Surah ad-Dukhan: 1-4. Al-Burhan Exegesis, vol. 4, p. 158.

[551]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 2, p. 326, the "Book of the Proof', ch. On "The Birth of the Prophet (SA), hadith 4.

[552]. Al-Burhan Exegesis vol. 4, p. 457, "Surah al-Fajr", hadith 1.

[553]. Al-Burhan Exegesis vol. 4, p. 487, "Surah al-Qadr", hadith 25.

[554]. Majma `ul Bayan, vol. 10, p. 519. Nuruth-Thaqalayn, vol. 5, P. 628, "Surah al-Qadr", hadith 71.

[555]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 95, p. 149.

[555a]. Majma'ul Bayan, vol. 10, p. 519. Wasa'ilush-Shi`ah, vol. 7, p. 263, "Book of Fasting", ch. 32, hadith 21.

[556]. Iqbalul A`mal, p. 206.

[557]. Ibid., p. 207.

[558]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 98, p. 168.

[559]. Surah Qaf: 37.

[560]. Surah al-A'raf: 143.

[561]. Ibid.

[562]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 94, p. 8, quoting Majalis-i Shaykh, the Tafsir of Ali ibn Ibrahim, p. 732. Al-Burhan Exegesis, vol. 4, p. 486. Raudatul Kafi, p. 222, hadith 280.

[563]. Source unknown.

[564]. Such as the narrative quoted from Imam as-Sadiq (AS) to the effect that: "When the soul is taken (in death), it remains hovering over the body..." On this he comments: "This narrative and the one after it, and the many other similar narratives, and the other successive narratives, as well as the apparent literal meanings of the Qur'anic ayahs, all prove the spiritual resurrection, i.e. The survival of the soul after the destruction of the body..." Raudatul Muttaqin, vol. 1, p. 492.

[565]. Surah al-Muddaththir: 31.

[566]. Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 1, p. 250. Al-Kafi (ar-Raudah), p. 231, hadith 301.

[567]. Surah an-Naba': 38.

[568]. Nuruth-Thaqalayn Exegesis, vol. 5, p. 389, hadith 9. Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 1, p. 154.

[569]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 1, p. 97.

[570]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 2, p. 18, "The Book of Divine Proof', ch. On "The Spirit by which Allah Directs the Steps of the Imams" (AS), hadith 3.

[571]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 25, p. 64, "The Book of the Imamah", chs. On "Their Creation, Nature and Spirits", ch. 3, hadith 45.

[571a]. Surah Isra': 85.

[572]. Surah Ya-Sin: 83.

[573]. Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 1, p. 259.

[574]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 56, p. 144 ff. ch. On "The Angels".

[575]. Surah Maryam: 17.

[576]. Source unknown.

[577]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 4, p. 437, "The Book of the Merits of the Qur'an", ch. On "Rarities", hadith 6.

[578]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 23, pp. 338, 346 and 347. And as-Safi Exegesis.

[579]. Al-Burhan Exegesis, vol. 4, p. 487, "Suratul Qadr", hadith 22.

[580]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 4, p. 427, "The Book of the Merit of the Qur'an", ch. On "The Merit of the Qur'an", hadith 6.

[581]. Al-Burhan Exegesis, vol. 4, p. 480, "Suratul Qadr", hadith 1. From Khawassul Qur'an.

[582]. Ghurarul Hikam, ch. 3, letter R, hadith 1.

[583]. Misbahul Mutahajjid, p. 534, an extract from Abu Hamzah's invocation.

[584]. Refer to footnote No. 272.

[585]. Furu `ul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 265, "The Book of as-Salat", ch. On "The Merit of as-Salat", hadith 6.

[586]. Surah al-Baqarah: 2.

[587]. Surah an-Naml: 62.

[588]. `Ilalush-Shara'i` p. 315. A part of the hadith concerning al-mi`raj salat.

[589]. Misbahush-Shari`ah, p. 12. Biharul Anwar, vol. 89, p. 108.

[590]. Surah al-Baqarah: 31.

[591]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 191, "The Book of Monotheism", ch. On "General Hadiths on Monotheism", hadith 6.

[592]. Surah al-`Ankabut: 69.

[595]. Surah al-Waqi'ah: 74.

[596]. Surah al-Al'a: 1.

[597]. Majma `ul Bayan, vol. 9, p. 224, commenting on ayah 74 of surah al-Waqi'ah.

[598]. Usulul Kafi, vol. 1, p. 153, "The Book of at-Tauhid," ch. On "The Originality of the Names (of Allah), hadith 2.

[599]. In the Ms (manuscript), before starting "Chapter Four", the Imam has scribed nearly two pages under the title "A Gnostic Note", then these were crossed out as to be deleted, and in the margin he wrote: "This note is not needed and it is to be completely effaced." In the book's latest Ms (manuscript) this part is omitted. But it appears in the former editions of this book. In this edition that passage is not printed.

[600]. Surah al-A'raf: 29.

[601]. Surah al-Qasas: 68.

[602]. Misbahush-Shari`ah, ch. 17, on "The Tashahhud".

[603]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 15, p. 15: "We are the first and we are the last". Muslim's Sahih, vol. 2, p. 585. Al-Bukhari's Sahih, vol. 1, p. 36: "We are the last and we are the preceding ones".

[604]. Misbahush-Shari'ah, ch. 18, "On Salam". Biharul Anwar, vol. 82, p. 307.

[605]. Surah al-Ankabut : 45.

[606]. Al-Mawahibus-Saniyah, p. 77. Al-Mahajjatul Bayda', vol. 8, p. 58 (with a slight difference).

Notes:

[607]. Poetry from Hafiz Shirazi.

[608]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 94, p. 150, "Supplication Eighteen", "The Supplication of the Gnostics".

[609]. Surah al-Hadid: 3.

[610]. Surah al-Anfa1: 17.

[611]. Surah at-Taubah: 111.

[612]. The du`a' that begins with: "La ilaha illallah al-Halim al-Karim" (There is no god but Allah, the Clement, the Generous). Wasa'ilush Shi'ah, vol. 4, p. 906. "The Book of the Salat", chs. On "The Qunut", ch. 7, hadith 4. Mustadrakul Wasa'il, "The Book of the Salat", chs. On "The Qunut", ch. 6, hadith 4 and 9.

[613]. There are many narratives, to the limit of prolixity [istifadah], to the effect that if somebody gets the information - by hearing or reading - that to perform a certain act results in getting a reward, and he performs that act, he will receive the promised reward, even if his information turned to be incorrect. Such narratives are known as "the narratives of the attainer" and their contents are called "Tolerating the Proofs of the Traditions." Refer to Biharul Anwar, vol. 2, p. 256, "The Book of Knowledge", ch. 30. Usulul Kafi vol. 3, p. 139, "The Book of Faith and Disbelief', ch. On "The One Who Attained to a Reward from Allah for an Act".

[614]. At-Tauhid, ch. On "The Names of Allah, the Exalted", ch. 29, hadith 14.

[615]. "Munajat-i Shabaniyyah", Biharul Anwar, vol. 91, p. 99.

[616]. Wasa'ilush-Shi`ah, vol. 4, p. 1030, "The Book of the Salat" chs. On "After-the-Salat Invocation" ch. 14, hadith 2.

[617.] Furu `ul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 343, "The Book of the Salat" ch. On "The After-the-Salat Du'a"', hadith 14.

[618]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 83, p. 332, quoting Thawabul A'mal, p. 149. Wasa'ilush-Shi'ah, vol. 4. p. 1024, " The Book of as-Salat ", chs. On "After the-Salat Invocation", ch. 9, hadith 2.

[619]. Biharul Anwar, vol. 24, p. 239, quoting al-khisal, vol. 2, p. 394, ch.7.

[620]. Refer to footnote No. 63.

[621]. "The Sha'baniyah Supplication", Biharul Anwar, vol. 91, p. 99.

[622]. Conformable to 30th of Farwardin, 1321 Solar Hijri Year.