hadith
4352
۞
When one of Imam Ali (AS)s companions (from the tribe of Kalb) said to him, ‘Indeed you have been given knowledge of the Unseen, O Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (AS) laughed, saying, ‘O brother of Kalb, this is not knowledge of the Unseen, but instruction from the Possessor of Knowledge. Verily the knowledge of the Unseen is the knowledge of the Hour, and what Allah, Glory be to Him, has listed in his verse: “Indeed the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah. He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs.”
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا قالَ لَهُ بعضُ أصحابِهِ (وكانَ كَلبِيّاً): لَقَد اُعطِيتَ يا أميرَ المؤمنينَ عِلمَ الغَيبِ، فَضَحِكَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ: يا أخا كَلبٍ، ليسَ هُو بعِلمِ غَيبٍ، وإنّما هُو تَعَلُّمٌ مِن ذِي عِلمٍ، وإنَّما عِلمُ الغَيبِ عِلمُ الساعَةِ، وما عَدَّدَهُ اللّهُ سبحانَهُ بقولِهِ: «إِنَّ اللّهَ عِندَهُ عِلمُ السّاعَةِ ويُنَزِّلُ الغَيثَ ويَعْلَمُ ما في الأرْحامِ».
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