اللَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْهَا شَيْ ءٌ قَالَ مِنْهَا مَوْضُوعٌ وَ مِنْهَا مُحَرَّفٌ فَأَمَّا الْمُحَرَّفُ فَإِنَّمَا عَنَى أَنَّ عَلَيْكَ نَبِيٌّ وَ صِدِّيقٌ وَ شَهِيدٌ يَعْنِي عَلِيّاً عليه السلام وَ مِثْلَهُ وَ كَيْفَ لَا يُبَارَكُ لَكَ وَ قَدْ عَلَاكَ نَبِيٌّ وَ صِدِّيقٌ وَ شَهِيدٌ يَعْنِي عَلِيّاً عليه السلام وَ عَامُّهَا كَذِبٌ وَ زُورٌ وَ بَاطِلٌ.

Was nothing of them [sound]? He said: Some of them are fabricated and some distorted. As for the distorted, [the Prophet] only meant: "Upon you there is a prophet, a truthful one and a martyr" — that is, 'Ali, peace be upon him; and the like of it: "How should there be no blessing for you, when a prophet, a truthful one and a martyr have climbed upon you" — that is, 'Ali, peace be upon him. And the generality of them are falsehood, forgery and vanity.

أقول: سيأتي تمام الخبر في كتاب الإمامة في باب مظلوميتهم عليهم السلام.

I say: The complete report will come in the Book of the Imamate, in the chapter on the wrongs done to the infallible Imams, peace be upon them.

باب 29 علل اختلاف الأخبار و كيفية الجمع بينها و العمل بها و وجوه الاستنباط و بيان أنواع ما يجوز الاستدلال به

Chapter 29: The causes of the differences among the reports, how to reconcile them and act upon them, the ways of derivation, and a statement of the kinds of thing by which it is permissible to argue

الآيات؛

The verses

الأنعام: «وَ إِنْ تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ»(115) (و قال تعالی): «وَ إِنَّ كَثِيراً لَيُضِلُّونَ بِأَهْوائِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُعْتَدِينَ»(118) (و قال تعالى): «فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ»(143) (و قال تعالى): «قُلْ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ عِلْمٍ فَتُخْرِجُوهُ لَنا إِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا تَخْرُصُونَ»(148)

"And if you obey most of those who are on the earth, they will lead you astray from God's way. They follow nothing but conjecture, and they do nothing but guess." "Many [people] lead [others] astray by their own desires, out of ignorance. Truly your Lord knows best those who transgress." "So who is a greater wrongdoer than one who invents falsehood against God, in order to lead people astray out of ignorance? Truly God does not guide the wrongdoing people." "Say: Have you any knowledge that you may bring out for us? You follow nothing but conjecture, and you do nothing but lie."

الأعراف: «أَ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ ما لا تَعْلَمُونَ»(28)

"Do you ascribe to God what you do not know?"

التوبة: «فَلَوْ لا نَفَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِنْهُمْ طائِفَةٌ لِيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَ لِيُنْذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ»(121)

al-Tawba: "And it is not for the believers to go forth [to fight] all together. So why does not a party from every group among them go forth, that they may gain understanding in religion and warn their people when they return to them, that they may beware [of God's punishment]?"

يونس: «وَ ما يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا إِنَّ الظَّنَّ لا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِما يَفْعَلُونَ»(35) (و قال تعالی): «وَ ما يَتَّبِعُ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ شُرَكاءَ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ»(65)

Yunus: "And most of them follow nothing but conjecture; yet conjecture avails nothing against the truth. Truly God knows what they do." "Know that to God belongs whoever and whatever is in the heavens and whoever and whatever is on the earth. And those who call upon associate-gods besides God do not [truly] follow them; they follow nothing but conjecture and they do nothing but guess."

الأسرى: «وَ لا تَقْفُ ما لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَ الْبَصَرَ وَ الْفُؤادَ كُلُّ أُولئِكَ كانَ عَنْهُ مَسْؤُلًا»(35)

al-Isra': "And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge; truly the hearing, the sight and the heart — all of these will be questioned."

الزخرف: «ما لَهُمْ بِذلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ أَمْ آتَيْناهُمْ كِتاباً مِنْ قَبْلِهِ فَهُمْ بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ بَلْ قالُوا إِنَّا وَجَدْنا آباءَنا عَلى أُمَّةٍ وَ إِنَّا عَلی آثارِهِمْ مُهْتَدُونَ»(20 ،21 ،22)

al-Zukhruf: "And they say: Had the Merciful willed, we would not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this [claim]; they do nothing but guess." "Or have We given them a Book before this [Qur'an] to which they hold fast?" "[No,] rather they said: We found our fathers upon a creed and we, following in their footsteps, are rightly guided."