The chapter because of which we named this book, the Book of the Meanings of the Reports

The chapter of the meaning of a noun

The chapter of the meaning of «Bism-il-Laah-ir-Rahmaan-ir-Raheem»

Another chapter regarding the meaning of «Bism-il-Laah»

The chapter of the meaning of Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He

The chapter of the meaning of the One

The meaning of «al-Samad»

The meaning of the Saying of the Imams, peace be upon them, that Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, is a Thing

The meaning of «Glorified be Allah»

The meaning of Monotheism and Justice

The meaning of «Allah is Greater»

The chapter of the meaning of the First and the Last

The meaning of terms mentioned in the Book and the Tradition about Monotheism

The meaning of the satisfaction of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and His wrath

The meaning of guidance, aberration, success and abandonment from Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He

The meaning of «There is no force nor strength except by Allah»

The meaning of the separated letters at the beginning of the chapters of the Qur’an

The meaning of evening above the Throne

The meaning of the Throne and the Chair

The meaning of the Tablet and the Pen

The meaning of the scales by which the deeds of the servants are measured

The meaning of the Path

The meaning of the letters of the Adhan and Iqamah

The meaning of the letters of the alphabet

The meaning of the letters of sentences

The meaning of the names of the Prophets and Messengers, peace be upon them, and other than that

The meaning of the names of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and his Household, peace be upon them

The meaning of the names of Muhammed, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Hussain and the Imams, peace be upon them

The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «Whoever I am his Leader, then Ali is his Leader»

The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, to Ali, peace be upon him: «You are to me in the same position as Harun to Musa, except that there is no Prophet after me»

The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, to Ali, Hasan and Hussain: «You are the ones considered weak after me»

The meaning of terms mentioned about the characteristic of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family

The meaning of Two Weighty Things and the Family

The meaning of aal, ahl, ‘itra  and ummah

The meaning of the Clear Imam

The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, with regards to Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon that, that he is the Master of the Arabs

The meaning of the marriage of the Light to the Light

The meaning of the one who wrongs himself, the moderate and the forerunner

The meaning of what is narrated with regards to that Fatima shielded her private organ, to which Allah forbade her offspring from the Fire

The meaning of what is narrated with regards Fatima, peace be upon her, that she is the Mistress of the women of all the worlds

The meaning of the Trusts which Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, had ordered His servants to deliver to their people

The meaning of the Trusts that were presented upon the Heavens, the earth and the mountains, but which they refused to carry and feared, and which the human being carried

The meaning of the Abandoned Well and the Lofty Palace

The meaning of Tuba

The meaning of the hiding of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, to four within four

The meaning of the column whom the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, saw during the Night of the Ascension, whose origin is of silver, center is of ruby and peridot and top is of red gold

The meaning of Prophethood

The meaning of the sun, the moon, zuhra  and Two farqads

The meaning of the sending of blessings upon the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family

The meaning of the Means

The meaning of Three Sanctities

The meaning of disobedience to parents, fugitivity from masters and the sheep who strayed from the shepherd

The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «I am the Young Man, son of the Young Man, brother of the Young Man»

The meaning of adolescence and manhood

The meaning of the Father of Sand

The meaning of the Saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «I am Zaid bin Abd-Manaf bin ‘Amer bin Amru bin Mughaira bin Zaid bin Kilab»

The meaning of the Family of Yasin

The meaning of the narration that has been narrated of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «Do not antagonize the Days, lest they antagonize you»

The chapter of the meaning of the Tree from which Adam and Hawwa’ ate

The chapter of the meaning of the Words received by Adam from his Lord, after which He accepted his repentance

The meaning of the Word of Godfearness

The meaning of the Words with which Ibrahim was tested by his Lord, which he completed

The chapter of the meaning of the Remaining Word in the descendants of Ibrahim, peace be upon him

The meaning of the Infallibility of the Imam

The meaning of the forbidding of the Fire for the spine that (was a cause to have) ejaculated the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, the belly (that was caring) that carried him and the home that cared for him

The meaning of the words in which Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, has gathered all goodness for Adam, peace be upon him

The meaning of the disbelief that does not reach (the extent of) polytheism

The meaning of impurity

The meaning of Iblees

The meaning of the kohl of Iblees, the material he licks and his snuffle

The meaning of the Stoned

The meaning of the Treasure of Speech

The meaning of the Concealed Things

The meaning of the Master of Forgiveness-seeking

The meaning of the saying of al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: «Beware from being benefactors»

The meaning of equivalence and thankfulness

The meaning of the knowledge which ignorance of does not harm, and which knowledge of does not benefit

The meaning of the hypocrite

The meaning of complaint during illness

The meaning of the wind that causes forgetfulness and bestows

The meaning of the saying of al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: «People are two: one who relieves, and another who rests»

The meaning of the secret and what is more hidden

The meaning of the Arabization of the Nabatean, and the Nabateaization of the Arab

The chapter of the meaning of what has been narrated with regards to that a woman has no equal, neither for her good, nor for her bad

The chapter of the meaning of consulting Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He

The chapter of the meaning of aggravation

The chapter of the meaning of the most sincere of names and the best of them

The chapter of the meaning of the unseen and the witnessed

The chapter of the meaning of that which deceives the eyes

The chapter of the meaning of the kantar

The meaning of baheera, sa’iba, waseela and haam

The meaning of the cruel and the villainous

The meaning of the drinking of thirsty cattle

The meaning of the two small, the two big and the two guises

The meaning of generosity of the grace

The meaning of the evil-wisher

The meaning of few

Another meaning of few

The meaning of the report which narrated that ill-omen is in three: in a woman, a riding animal and a home

The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «Any man who leaves two dinars, they are to burn between his eye»

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن محمد الحسيني قال: حدثنا أبو الطيب محمد بن الحسين بن حميد اللخمي قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن زكريا، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الرحمن المهلبي، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن محمد بن سليمان، عن أبيه، عن عبد الله بن الحسن، عن أمه فاطمة بنت الحسين عليهما السلام قال: لما اشتدت علة فاطمة بنت رسول الله صلوات الله عليها اجمتع عندها نساء المهاجرين والأنصار فقلن لها: يا بنت رسول الله كيف أصبحت، من علتك؟ فقالت: أصبحت والله عائفة لدنياكم قالية لرجالكم  ، لفظتهم قبل أن عجمتهم، وشنأتهم بعد أن سبرتهم، فقبحا لفلول الحد وخور القناة ، وخطل الرأي، وبئس ما قدمت لهم أنفسهم أن سخط الله عليهم وفي العذاب هم خالدون، لا جرم لقد قلدتهم ربقتها وشننت عليهم عارها فجدعا وعقرا و سحقا للقوم الظالمين، ويحهم أنى زحزحوها عن رواسي الرسالة وقواعد النبوة ومهبط الوحي الأمين والطبين بأمر الدنيا والدين، ألا ذلك هو الخسران المبين، وما نقموا من أبي حسن، نقموا والله منه نكير سيفه، وشدة وطأته، ونكال وقعته، وتنمره في ذات الله عز وجل، والله لو تكافوا عن زمام نبذه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لاعتلقه، ولسار بهم سيرا سجحا لا يكلم خشاشه ولا يتعتع راكبه، ولا وردهم منهلا نميرا فضفاضا تطفح ضفتاه، ولأصدرهم بطانا، قد تخير لهم الري  غير متحل منه بطائل إلا بغمر الماء وردعه سورة الساغب ولفتحت عليهم بركات السماء والأرض وسيأخذهم الله بما كانوا يكسبون، ألا هلم فاسمع وما عشت أراك الدهر العجب وإن تعجب وقد أعجبك الحادث، إلى أي سناد استندوا؟ وبأية عروة تمسكوا؟ استبدلوا الذنابى والله بالقوادم، والعجز بالكاهل، فرغما لمعاطس قوم يحسبون أنهم يحسنون صنعا، ألا إنهم هم المفسدون ولكن لا يشعرون، أفمن يهدي إلى الحق أحق أن يتبع أمن لا يهدي إلا أن يهدي فمالكم كيف تحكمون؟ أما لعمر إلهك لقد لقحت فنظرة ريثما ننتجوا، ثم اختلبوا طلاع القعب دما عبيطا وزعافا ممقرا، هنالك يخسر المبطلون ويعرف التالون غب ما أسس الأولون، ثم طيبوا عن أنفسكم [أ] نفسا، واطمأنوا للفتنة جأشا وأبشروا بسيف صارم وهرج شامل واستبداد من الظالمين، يدع فيئكم زهيدا وزرعكم حصيدا. فيا حسرتي لكم وأنى بكم وقد عميت عليكم أنلزمكموها وأنتم لها كارهون

1.	We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammed al-Hussaini, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Teeb, Muhammed bin Hussain bin Hameed al-Lakhmi, that he said: We were told by Abu Abdillah, Muhammed bin Zakariya, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abdul-Rahman al-Muhallabi, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Muhammed bin Sulayman, from his father, from Abdullah bin Hasan, from his mother, Fatima bint Hussain, peace be upon them both, that he said: When the illness of Fatima, the daughter of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon her, was severed, the women of the Muhajirun and the Ansar gathered at her place, and they said to her: O daughter of Allah’s Messenger, how have you become this morning from your illness? She said: I have become at this morning, by Allah, one who will leave this world of yours and detests your men; I spat them before I chewed them, and I have become to disgust them after having examined them. Hence, ugliness (be to them) due to the roundedness of the edges (of swords), weakness of the spears and clumsiness of opinions. Moreover, evil is what their own selves presented for them, that (it caused) Allah (to) became angry at them, and that they are to abide in torment. Assuredly, I had certainly bound the nooses to them and poured its shame upon them. Hence, may mutilation, slaughter and crushing afflict the oppressive people. Woe to them, how did they remove it from the Mountains of the Message, the Foundations of Prophethood, the descension spot of the Trusted Revelation and the Knowledgeable of matters of materialism and Religion. Alas, that is the clear loss! Whatever they harbored of malice towards Abu Hasan, they harbored, and Allah will be, for his sake, in disavowal with His Sword. Severe shall His touch be, and by exemplary punishment shall His affliction be, due to his rage for the sake of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He. By Allah, if they had refrained from the ropes cast by Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, he would have taken it, and he would have walked with them in a suggestible manner by which its khashash will not cause injury, nor will its rider shake, and he would have made them approach a good, high-flowing spring whose banks are full to the brim, and he would have sent them off while they are full. He chose for them irrigation without seeking lawfulness to it with an enormous thing, except by a tumbler of water and the repelling of the evil of the famished. Moreover, the blessings of the Heaven and the earth would have opened to them. Allah will take them for what they acquired. Alas, come and hear. When you live (to see), life will show you wonder, and if you are wondered by the occurring, to what buttress did they lea non, and to what rope did they adhere? They replaced, by Allah, that which is behind the tail for that which is before it, and the bottoms for the upper back. Hence, there shall be spite against the sneezers for the disobediences of a people who assume that they are doing good. Alas, they are, indeed, the causers of corruption, however, they do not sense. «Is the one who guides to the truth more worthy of being followed, or the one who does not guide except that he is guided?» (10:35) Hence, what is it with you, how do you judge? Verily, by the religion of your God, I have become upset. Thus, wait a little, while you are producing, then, (you may) seek to milk until the fullness of the large vessel, from tender blood and pungent venom. There, the falsifiers will lose, and the followers will know the outcome of what the first established. So, be pleasant for yourselves, and be confident for agitation due to tribulation, and hear the tidings of a cutting sword, an inclusive turmoil and despotism from the oppressors; it will leave your booty small in size and your crops to be harvested. How heartbreaking will that be for you! And how can assistance be sought from you, when you have been blinded? Shall we bind you to it while you are disliking it?

وحدثنا بهذا الحديث أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن الحسن المعروف بابن مقبرة القزويني، قال: أخبرنا أبو عبد الله جعفر بن محمد بن حسن بن جعفر بن حسن بن حسن بن علي بن أبي طالب عليهما السلام، قال: حدثني محمد بن علي الهاشمي، قال: حدثنا عيسى بن عبد الله بن محمد بن عمر بن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام قال: حدثني أبي، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام قال: لما حضرت فاطمة عليها السلام الوفاة دعتني فقالت: أمنفذ أنت وصيتي وعهدي؟ قال: قلت: بلى، أنفذها. فأوصت إلي وقالت: إذا أنا مت فادفني ليلا ولا تؤذنن رجلين ذكرتهما. قال: فلما اشتدت علتها اجتمع إليها نساء المهاجرين والأنصار فقلن: كيف أصبحت يا بنت رسول الله من علتك؟ فقالت: أصبحت والله عائفة لدنياكم وذكر الحديث نحوه.

We were told of this narration by Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Muhammed bin Hasan, known as Ibn Maqbara al-Qazwini, that he said: We were informed by Abu Abdillah, Ja’far bin Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ja’far bin Hasan bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon them both, that he said: I was told by Muhammed bin Ali al-Hashimi, that he said: We were told by Isa bin Abdullah bin Muhammed bin Umar bin Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, that he said: I was told by my father, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, that he said: When Fatima, peace be upon her, was about to demise, she called to me and said: Are you to fulfill my testament and oath? He said: I said: Sure, I will fulfill it. She then bequeathed to me and said: If I die, then bury me at night, and do not give permission to two men whom she mentioned. He said: Then, when her illness severed, the women of the Muhajirun and the Ansar gathered to her and said: How have you become this morning, O daughter of Allah’s Messenger, from your illness? She said: I have become at this morning, by Allah, one who will leave this world of yours. He then mentioned the narration, similar to it.

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

Book 1, Chapter 401