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Al-Kafi · Hadith 14

The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran · No name · Volume 2, book 3, chapter 1, Hadith 14

Original Arabic text

14- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ غَالِبٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِذَا جَمَعَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الأوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ إِذَا هُمْ بِشَخْصٍ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ لَمْ يُرَ قَطُّ أَحْسَنُ صُورَةً مِنْهُ فَإِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَهُوَ الْقُرْآنُ قَالُوا هَذَا مِنَّا هَذَا أَحْسَنُ شَيْ‏ءٍ رَأَيْنَا فَإِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِمْ جَازَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ الشُّهَدَاءُ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى آخِرِهِمْ جَازَهُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ فَيَجُوزُهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ فَيَجُوزُهُمْ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْمَلائِكَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ فَيَجُوزُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنْتَهِي حَتَّى يَقِفَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ فَيَقُولُ الْجَبَّارُ وَعِزَّتِي وَجَلالِي وَارْتِفَاعِ مَكَانِي لأكْرِمَنَّ الْيَوْمَ مَنْ أَكْرَمَكَ وَلأهِينَنَّ مَنْ أَهَانَكَ.

Published English translation

14. Ali b. Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ibrahim b. Abd al-Hamid from Ishaq b. Ghalib who said: Abu Abdillah (as) has said: "When Allah (azwj) will gather together [the people of] the first and last [generation], they will be in the presence of a person whom they have never seen a more beautiful form than him. When the believers look at him, and he is the Quran, they will say, 'This is from us; this is the most beautiful thing we have ever seen.' When he reaches them, he will pass by them and then the martyrs will look at him [and this continues] until he passes by the last of them. They will say, ‘This is the Quran', and he will pass all of them towards the Messengers [of Allah] who will say, ‘This is the Quran,’ and he will pass them towards the angels who will say, ‘This is the Quran,’ and he will pass them until he will approach the right side of the Throne and stand up at that point. Al-Jabbar (a name of God; The Compeller): will say, ‘[I swear] by My Majesty, Glory and My High status, this day I will honor those who had honored you (the Quran) and humiliate those who have humiliated you.'"

Narrator and transmission

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن أو موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/484)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Al-Kafi, volume 2, Thaqalayn digital edition / Muhammad Sarwar translation
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Muhammad Sarwar
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