17. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Jamil ibn Salih from Zurara from abu Ja‘far about the words of Allah, the Most High. “. . you will certainly pass through one stage after another.” (84:19).

The Imam said, “O Zurara, Has this ’Umma (nation) not passed through stages after the Holy Prophet and the affairs of three so and sos?”