18. The nine miracles God granted to Moses
Back to book9-24 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب قال: حدثنا أبوإسحاق ولقبه يزيد بن إسحاق شعر قال: حدثني هارون بن حمزة الغنوي الصيرفي، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سألته عن التسع الآيات التي أوتي موسى عليه السلام فقال: الجراد والقمل والضفادع والدم والطوفان والبحر والحجر والعصا ويده
9-24 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil-Khat’tab, on the authority of Abu Ishaq - whose nickname was al-Yazid ibn Ishaq She’r, on the authority of Harun ibn Hamzih al-Qanavi al-Sayrafi, “I asked Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) about the nine signs given to Moses (MGB). The Imam (MGB) replied, ‘They were the locusts; the lice; the frogs; the blood (in the Nile); the storm; (the splitting of) the sea (so that Israel clan could pass through it); the stone; the cane (which turned into a snake); and his hand (which shone like the moon).’”
9-25 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا أحمد ابن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن محمد بن النعمان، عن سلام بن المستنير عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى تِسْعَ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ" قال: الطوفان والجراد والقمل والضفادع والدم والحجر والبحر والعصا ويده
9-25 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Nue’man, on the authority of Salam ibn al-Mostanir, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) regarding the following words of the Honorable the Exalted God, ‘To Moses We did give Nine Clear Signs’ The Imam (MGB) said, ‘They were the storm; the locusts; the lice; the frogs; the blood (in the Nile); the stone; (the splitting of) the sea (so that Israel clan could pass through it); the cane (which turned into a snake); and his hand (which shone like the moon).’”