بيان: قوله فإن علمه غيره أي المتعلم و يحتمل المعلم أيضا.
"Fa-in 'allamahu ghayrahu" has two senses: it may mean the student — that is, the learner has such a reward; and it may mean the teacher — that is, the instructor has such a reward.
«44»- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الْحَارِثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله يَجِي ءُ الرَّجُلُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ لَهُ مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ كَالسَّحَابِ الرُّكَامِ أَوْ كَالْجِبَالِ الرَّوَاسِي فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَنَّى لِي هَذَا وَ لَمْ أَعْمَلْهَا فَيَقُولُ هَذَا عِلْمُكَ الَّذِي عَلَّمْتَهُ النَّاسَ يَعْمَلُ بِهِ مَنْ بَعْدَكَ.
Basa'ir al-Darajat: Hammad al-Harithi related from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, from the Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — that he said: A man will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like piled-up clouds or like firm, towering mountains. He will say: My Lord, whence came these to me? I did nothing to earn them. God will say: This is your knowledge, which you taught to people and they acted upon after you.
بيان: الركام بالضم الضخم المتراكم بعضه فوق بعض.
"Al-rukam", with damma, is what is massive and heaped one part upon another.
«45»- ير، بصائر الدرجات ابْنُ يَزِيدَ وَ ابْنُ هَاشِمٍ مَعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ: عَالِمٌ يُنْتَفَعُ بِعِلْمِهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ عَابِدٍ.
Basa'ir al-Darajat: Abu Hamza al-Thumali related from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, that he said: A scholar whose knowledge is profited by is better than the worship of a thousand worshippers.
«46»- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْأَهْوَازِيِّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِ الْقَمَرِ عَلَى سَائِرِ النُّجُومِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ.
Basa'ir al-Darajat: Al-Qaddah related from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, from his father, that the Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like that of the moon on the fourteenth night over the other stars.
«47»- ير، بصائر الدرجات بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْهُ عليه السلام قَالَ: فَضْلُ الْعِلْمِ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ فَضْلِ الْعِبَادَةِ.
Basa'ir al-Darajat: It is related from the Imam, peace be upon him, that he said: The merit of knowledge is dearer to me than the merit of worship.
«48»- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ١ عَنْ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَبَدٍ عَنِ الدَّوَاوَنْدِىِّ ٢ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عليهما السلام قَالَ: يَأْتِي صَاحِبُ الْعِلْمِ قُدَّامَ الْعَابِدِ بِرَبْوَةٍ مَسِيرَةَ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ.
Basa'ir al-Darajat: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: The man of knowledge enters his place of honour and station five hundred years before the worshipper; and it may also be said that the elevation of the scholar's station above the worshipper's is the measure of a five-hundred-year journey.
بيان: الربوة مثلثة ما ارتفع من الأرض و لعل المراد أنه يأتي إلى مكان مرتفع هو محل استقرارهم و موضع شرفهم قبل العابد بخمسمائة عام أو ارتفاع الربوة
"Al-rabwa", with any of the three vowels, is rising ground. Perhaps what is meant is that the scholar reaches the elevated place which is their abode and the seat of their honour five hundred years before the worshipper.