Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara · Hadith 3

The Book of Divine Unity · Divine Unity and Negation of any Partnership in Essence, Creation, Worship and Regulation of the Universe · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 1, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

[300/3] العلل: أبي، عن سعد، عن ابن عيسى، عن محمد البرقي، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن حريز، عن جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام في قول الله عزوجل: وَقَالُوا لا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلا سُوَاعًا وَلا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا ، قال: كانوا يعبدون الله عزوجل فماتوا فضج قومهم وشق ذلك عليهم، فجاءهم إبليس لعنه الله فقال لهم: أتخذ لكم أصناما على صورهم فتنظرون إليهم وتأنسون بهم وتعبدون الله، فأعد لهم أصناما على مثالهم فكانوا يعبدون الله عزوجل، وينظرون إلى تلك الاصنام، فلما جاءهم الشتاء والامطار أدخلوا الاصنام البيوت فلم يزالوا يعبدون الله عزوجل حتى هلك ذلك القرن ونشأ أولادهم، فقالوا: إن آباءنا كانوا يعبدون هؤلاء، فعبدوهم من دون الله عزوجل، فذلك قول الله تبارك و تعالى: وَلا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلا سُوَاعًا

Published English translation

3. [3/300] al-Ilal: My father from Sa’d from Ibn Isa from Muhammad al-Barqi from Hammad b. Isa from Hariz from Ja’far b. Muhammad عليهما السلام about the words of Allah Mighty and Majestic: “They said: do not abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd, Suwa’, Yaghuth, Ya’uq and Nasr” (71:23) - He said: They (the people named in the verse) used to worship Allah Mighty and Majestic then they died. Their people cried out (because of that) and it weighed heavily on them. Iblis - curse of Allah be upon him - came to them and said: ‘I will make idols for you in their image, you will look at them and obtain comfort while continuing to worship Allah’. He made for them idols in their likeness. They used to worship Allah Mighty and Majestic and look upon those idols. When winter and the rains came they transferred the idols inside their houses. They continued worshipping Allah Mighty and Majestic until that generation died out and their sons grew up. They (the second generation) said: ‘Our fathers used to worship these (idols)’ so they began worshipping them instead of Allah Mighty and Majestic. This then is the interpretation of the words of Allah Blessed and Elevated: “Do not abandon Wadd nor Suwa’a …”

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Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni: معتبر

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