The Office of the Supreme Leader
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  • Lessons From Nahj ul-Balaghah
    • CONTENTS
    • Lesson one
    • Lesson Two
    • Lesson Three
    • Lesson Four
    • Lesson Five
    • Lesson Six
      • The Continuity of Prophethood
      • Questions and Answers
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        Questions and Answers

        Q. Will Jesus Christ appear after the reappearance of Imam Mahdi?
        A. Yes, the Traditions attest this.
        Q. We know that the Torah and the Bible have been subjected to distortion. Why has the Qur’an been an exception?
        A. It has been proved with sound reasonings that not even a "," (and) has been deleted from or added to the Qur’an. During the time of the third Caliph (Uthman) someone recited the following verse of the Qur’an but intentionally omitted the «,» before „alladhin" which changed the meaning of the verse to a great extent, implying that only those priests and monks who bury gold and silver are condemned, whereas the verse refers to two groups of people - priests and monks who devour the substance of men in falsehood and the people(they may be by priests and monks or not)who pile gold and silver. The verse reads as follow, "0 ye who believe! There are indeed many among priests and anchorites, who in falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the way of God. And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of God.- announce unto them a most grievous penalty ... » (9: 34)
        At this event, 'Abdullah ibon Mas'ud, who was present there, put his sword on his shoulder and said angrily, „If you do not recite the verse with the "," you deleted, I will secede from Islam." They were this sensitive. They themselves had heard the Prophet reciting the verses of the Qur’an and had recorded them in their hearts and writings and, thus, they preserved them at the expense of their life. In this way, the Qur’an, which came down to the Prophet was preserved in the original form by the retentives and recitors who permanently recited the Qur’an and kept it from additions and deletions.
        Q. What is the difference between „bayyeneh" and „hujjat"?
        A. Bayyeneh is a clear and manifest proof which merely convinces a person but hujjat is a proof or reasoning by which a person disputes with his enemies.

    • Lesson Seven
    • Lesson Eight
    • FOOTNOTES
    • FOOTNOTES
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