with Prophethoodحدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد بن همام قال: حدثنا حميد بن زياد الكوفي قال: حدثنا الحسن بن محمد بن سماعة، عن أحمد بن الحسن الميثمي، عن عبد الله بن الفضل الهاشمي قال: قال الصادق جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام: لما أظهر الله تبارك وتعالى نبوة نوح عليه السلام وأيقن الشيعة بالفرج، اشتدت البلوى، وعظمت الفرية، حتى نالهم من الكفار أنواع الأذى. كان نوح عليه السلام يواجه من العذاب ما يفقده وعيه ثلاثة أيام متتالية، يسيل الدم من أذنه، ثم يفيق، وذلك بعد ثلاثمائة سنة من بعثته. وكان خلال هذه المدة يدعو قومه ليلًا ونهارًا، فيفرون منه، ويدعوهم سرًّا، فلا يجيبونه، ويدعوهم علانية، فيدبرون عنه. وبعد ثلاثمائة سنة همّ بالدعاء عليهم، فجلس بعد صلاة الفجر لذلك، فنزل عليه وفد من السماء السابعة، وهم ثلاثة ملائكة، فسلّموا عليه، وقالوا: يا نبي الله، لنا إليك حاجة. قال: وما هي؟ قالوا: أخر الدعاء على قومك، فإنها أول مرة ينزل فيها بأس الله إلى الأرض. فقال: قد أخرت الدعاء ثلاثمائة سنة. فعاد إلى قومه، يدعوهم كما كان، وهم على ما كانوا عليه من الصدّ والإعراض. فلما انقضت ثلاثمائة سنة أخرى، ويئس من إيمانهم، جلس في وقت الضحى للدعاء، فنزل عليه وفد من السماء السادسة، ثلاثة ملائكة، فسلّموا عليه، وقالوا: نحن وفد السماء السادسة، خرجنا بكرة وجئناك في الضحى، ونرجو منك أن تؤخر الدعاء على قومك. فأجابهم كما أجاب الوفد الأول، وعاد إلى دعوته، فلم يزده دعاؤه إلا نفورًا، حتى انقضت ثلاثمائة سنة أخرى، فتمّت تسعمائة سنة من الدعوة. فجاءته الشيعة، وشكوا ما أصابهم من الطغاة والعامة، وسألوه أن يدعو لهم بالفرج، فاستجاب لهم، وصلّى ودعا. فنزل عليه جبرئيل عليه السلام، وقال له: إن الله قد أجاب دعاءك، فقل للشيعة: يأكلوا التمر، ويغرسوا النوى، ويراعوه حتى يثمر، فإذا أثمر، فرّج الله عنهم. فحمد نوح عليه السلام الله، وأخبرهم بذلك، ففرحوا، وفعلوا ما أُمِروا به، حتى أثمرت النوى. فجاؤوا إلى نوح عليه السلام بالتمر، وقالوا: أنجز لنا الوعد، فسأل الله عز وجل، فأوحى إليه: قل لهم: كلوا هذا التمر، واغرسوا نواه، فإذا أثمر، فرّج عنكم. فلما ظنوا أن الوعد قد خُلف، ارتدّ منهم الثلث، وبقي الثلثان، فأكلوا التمر وغرسوا النوى، حتى أثمرت، فجاؤوا إلى نوح عليه السلام، فدعا الله، فأوحى إليه: قل لهم: كلوا هذا التمر واغرسوا النوى. فارتدّ الثلث الآخر، وبقي الثلث، ففعلوا، حتى أثمرت النوى، فأتوه وقالوا: لم يبقَ منا إلا القليل، ونخشى على أنفسنا الهلاك من تأخير الفرج. فصلى نوح عليه السلام، وقال: يا رب، لم يبق من أصحابي إلا هذه العصابة، وإن تأخر الفرج هلكوا. فأوحى الله إليه: قد أجبت دعاءك، فابنِ الفلك. وكان بين الدعاء والطوفان خمسون سنة.
Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq (ra) who said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hammam, who said: Narrated to us Humaid ibn Ziyad Kufi who said: Narrated to us Hasan bin Muhammad bin Samaa-a, from Ahmad bin Hasan al-Muthanna, from Abdullah bin Fadl al-Hashmi that he said: “As-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammad (as) said: When Allah, the Mighty and the High declared the Prophethood of Nuh (as) and his Shias (followers) became sure that the time of deliverance was near the calamities became severe and mental torture kept on increasing and the infidels made all sorts of allegations against them. Nuh (as) had to face such tortures that sometimes he remained unconscious for three days at a stretch and regained consciousness when his ears bled. This happened three hundred years after his appointment. During this period he invited the people towards Allah, day and night, but they fled from him. If he invited secretly he did not get a positive response. If he called openly they used to flee. After three hundred years he decided to invoke curse upon them and sat down to curse after the Morning Prayer. A delegation of three angels from the seventh heaven came to him and said, ‘O Prophet of Allah, we have a request for you.’ ‘What is that?’ asked Nuh (as). They replied, ‘Postpone the act of cursing the people, because this would be the first instance of divine wrath to descend to the earth.’ Nuh (as) replied, ‘I postpone it for three hundred years.’ He returned to his people and again continued to invite them towards Allah. But the people continued to torment and torture him. This went on for another three hundred years and at last Nuh (as) lost hope of them ever coming towards faith. One afternoon (Zuhr) he decided to curse them. Suddenly a group of three angels from the sixth heaven came down and after salam said, ‘We started from the sixth heaven in the morning and have reached you at this time and we desire that at present you set aside the curse that you intend to invoke upon your people.’ Again Nuh (as) promised to abstain from cursing them for three hundred years and returned to his people and began preaching among them. But it had no effect till the second respite of three hundred years expired. In all nine hundred years of propagation passes in this manner. His followers came to him and complained to him about all they had suffered at the hands of the cruel kings and infidels and requested him to pray so that Allah may relieve them from the persecution. Nuh (as) accepted the request and prayed to the Lord. Jibraeel (as) descended and said that the Almighty has accepted his supplication and commands him to tell his followers to consume date and plant its seeds and to take care of the trees till they bear fruit. ‘When the trees bear fruits We will provide them salvation.’ Hearing this Nuh (as) praised Allah, the Mighty and Sublime and gave glad tidings to his followers. They also became happy and waited till the trees bore fruits. They brought the fruits to Nuh (as) and requested him to fulfill his promise. Nuh (as) prayed to the Almighty and the Almighty said, ‘Tell these people to eat these dates too and sow their seeds. And when those trees bear fruits I will bestow give them salvation.’ When the people heard this, they thought that the promise has not been fulfilled and two-third of them renounced faith. Only a third of them remained firm on the faith of Nuh (as). They ate the dates and sowed the seeds. When they bore fruits they came to Nuh (as) and said, ‘Very few of us have remained on religion and if there is a delay in repelling our hardships, all of us might turn away from religion.’ Hearing this Nuh (as) offered his prayers and supplicated fervently, ‘O Lord, very few followers are left and if they do not receive salvation, I fear that they might also perish.’ It was revealed to him that his prayer has been accepted and that he should start building the Ark. Between the acceptance of his prayers and the Deluge there was a period of fifty years.”