Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. Muhammad b. `Amer narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from `Abdullah b. al-Qasim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his grandfather from `Ali . He said:

Be more hopeful in that which you have no hope than in that which you have hope. Surely, Musa b. `Imran went to fetch some fire for his family, yet Allah spoke to him and he returned [to them] as a prophet. The queen of Saba’ came out and accepted Islam with Sulayman . The magicians of Pharaoh went out seeking glory for Pharaoh, yet they returned as believers.