THE COMMON POINT FROM THE TIME OF
THE PREVIOUS PROPHETS TO THIS TIME
Precisely, by examine and looking into the knowledge and the teachings that was brought through the divine Prophets (Peace be upon them) right from the beginning of creation likewise the knowledge and science of the holy household of the holy Prophet (Peace be upon them) and all the development to this time, all of it has a point in common of which there is no any increase or changes in it. Because the entire knowledge and science that was taught by the previous Prophets (Peace be upon them) and all that our holy Prophet of God (Peace be upon him and his family) and his holy household (Peace be upon them) including the other scientist taught to the people has possessed one or two conditions. The whole people who benefited from their school of thought are either through their sense of hearing or sense of seeing; i.e. the entire people who achieved knowledge from the holy Prophets of God are either through written books or they directly heard it from them or through other source.
Be aware that there are other ways of attaining knowledge even though the general people didn't obtained that opportunity but some individual benefited from that way.
Then ways of achieving knowledge and information right from the time of the holy Prophets of Allah with all that was invented in it was through eyes and ears. Base on this, this may be what is meant by two parts which is the only two ways of attaining knowledge till the time of the rising of the holy Imam and it shall continue to be like that, i.e. attaining knowledge through sense of seeing and hearing.
The entire people have attained their knowledge through these two ways but with perfection of knowledge there shall be invention of other ways of attaining knowledge which shall be different from these two aforementioned ways, like attaining knowledge through inspiration to the mind by the angels which shall not be either seeing or hearing although this has been expounded in some narrations.
If we accept this explanation of development and wonderful expansion of science and knowledge during that time we shall be acquainted because according to the tittle we have given to the meaning of the narration, ways of attaining knowledge shall be increased by thirteen times and not that the entire knowledge shall be increased by thirteen times.
If the development that was attained by now is to be increase by thirteen times during the auspicious period of reappearance of the holy Imam compare to the perfection in people's knowledge, then that shall be a little development.
From the narration there are proves or at least there are signs which show that what is meant as twenty seven alphabets of knowledge by Imam al-Sadiq (Peace be upon him) is twenty seven sections of knowledge but it is pointing at another meaning because his saying that science from the time of the Prophets to his time and to the time of the rising of the holy leader of the time, if what he meant as two alphabets is two parts of knowledge then there is no any development in knowledge from the time of the holy Prophets till the time of the rising of the holy leader of the time (May our souls be sacrifice for him) and from that time till the time of the rising of Imam, because people has benefited from two parts of knowledge and there is stagnation in development of knowledge.
It is very clear that from the time of the previous Prophets up till now and till the time of reappearance of the holy Imam knowledge has been developed and improved by 100 times and people's information in religious issues and other issues has also increased by 100 time and not that it still remain in that two parts, then base on this, what is meant in the narration is ways of achieving knowledge.
What is apparent is that from the time of the sent Prophets to the time of reappearance of the holy Imam the only way of attaining knowledge by the general people but not the good friends of God is no other way than through the senses of seeing and hearing. From reading and writing books or by benefiting from lesson, lectures, recorders, radio, computers and other means which is possible to be form of development and improvement in knowledge but they are not out of the two ways of hearing and seeing.
If Imam al-Sadiq (Peace be upon him) that time said that way of attaining knowledge and science is twenty seven parts, will some people accept that or will some people of this time completely accept this issue?!
Another point of attraction that worth attentiveness is the expression of one and two alphabets in the narration that many sources also reported, though alphabet and alphabets are means of attaining science and knowledge and possibly what is intended by Imam (Peace be upon him) by his expression of alphabet ….. Means ways of acquiring knowledge and not what initially comes to our memory was meant by the Imam.
Just as two expressions like word and words, some time in verses and narrations is used but not in the meaning which initially came to our memory and the expression is from alphabets and letters, which a particular language speaks with. Then if concerning the holy Messenger of God (Peace be upon him and his family) and his holy household including Prophet Isa (Peace be upon him) are been expressed as the "word of Allah" then the word is not meant by alphabet and letters.
If through word and words we are able to manifest our determination while word and words are the symbols of our determination, then the words of Allah is also something by which through it Allah manifested the reality outwardly. In this respect the holy household of the holy Prophet (Peace be upon them) were expressed as Allah's word.[1]
Even though alphabets are what made up the expression by its initial meaning but in reality it means of transferring knowledge and awareness to others.
يقول الإمام الهادي علیه السلام حول هذه الآية {وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكيمٌ}[2]: «نحن الكلمات التي لا تدرك فضائلنا ولا تستقصى».
Imam al-Hadi (Peace be upon him) concerning the following holy verse "And were every tree that is in the earth (made into) pens and the (to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to increase it, the words of Allah would not come to an end; surely Allah is Mighty and Wise". He said: "We are the words of Almighty Allah that our virtue is not understood and has no ending"[3]
Base on this explanation, twenty seven alphabets of knowledge are means and ways of acquiring knowledge. If humanbeing till the period of reappearance of Imam acquires knowledge through two means and ways (i.e. the eye and the ear) during the period of reappearance of the holy Imam the means of attaining knowledge shall be spread up to twenty seven ways.
[1] - Rak, the explanation of supplication of Samat page 41 by late Ayatullah Sayyid Ali al-Qadi.
[2] - Surah Lukman: 27.
[3] - Bihar al-Anwar vol 50: 166.
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