1506 - قَالَ سَيِّدُ اَلْعَابِدِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ مِنَ اَلْآيَاتِ اَلَّتِي قَدَّرَهَا اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِلنَّاسِ مِمَّا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ اَلْبَحْرَ اَلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ اَللَّهُ بَيْنَ اَلسَّمَاءِ وَ اَلْأَرْضِ قَالَ وَ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وتَعَالَى قَدْ قَدَّرَ مِنْهَا مَجَارِيَ اَلشَّمْسِ وَ اَلْقَمَرِ وَ اَلنُّجُومِ وَ قَدَّرَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ عَلَى اَلْفَلَكِ ثُمَّ وَكَّلَ بِالْفَلَكِ مَلَكاً مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ فَهُمْ يُدِيرُونَ اَلْفَلَكَ فَإِذَا أَدَارُوهُ دَارَتِ اَلشَّمْسُ وَ اَلْقَمَرُ وَ اَلنُّجُومُ مَعَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ فِي مَنَازِلِهَا اَلَّتِي قَدَّرَهَا اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِيَوْمِهَا وَ لَيْلَتِهَا فَإِذَا كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُ اَلْعِبَادِ وَ أَحَبَّ اَللَّهُ أَنْ يَسْتَعْتِبَهُمْ بِآيَةٍ مِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَمَرَ اَلْمَلَكَ اَلْمُوَكَّلَ بِالْفَلَكِ أَنْ يُزِيلَ اَلْفَلَكَ عَنْ مَجَارِيهِ» قَالَ «فَيَأْمُرُ اَلْمَلَكُ اَلسَّبْعِينَ أَلْفَ اَلْمَلَكِ أَنْ أَزِيلُوا اَلْفَلَكَ عَنْ مَجَارِيهِ» قَالَ «فَيُزِيلُونَهُ فَتَصِيرُ اَلشَّمْسُ فِي ذَلِكَ اَلْبَحْرِ اَلَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ اَلْفَلَكُ فَيَنْطَمِسُ ضَوْؤُهَا وَ يَتَغَيَّرُ لَوْنُهَا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُعَظِّمَ اَلْآيَةَ غُمِسَتْ فِي اَلْبَحْرِ عَلَى مَا يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُخَوِّفَ عِبَادَهُ بِالْآيَةِ» قَالَ «وَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ اِنْكِسَافِ اَلشَّمْسِ وَ كَذَلِكَ يُفْعَلُ بِالْقَمَرِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُجَلِّيَهَا وَ يَرُدَّهَا إِلَى مَجْرَاهَا أَمَرَ اَلْمَلَكَ اَلْمُوَكَّلَ بِالْفَلَكِ أَنْ يَرُدَّ اَلْفَلَكَ عَلَى مَجْرَاهُ فَيَرُدُّ اَلْفَلَكَ وَ تَرْجِعُ اَلشَّمْسُ إِلَى مَجْرَاهَا» قَالَ «فَتَخْرُجُ مِنَ اَلْمَاءِ وَ هِيَ كَدِرَةٌ وَ اَلْقَمَرُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ لاَ يَفْزَعُ لِلْآيَتَيْنِ وَ لاَ يَرْهَبُ إِلاَّ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمَا فَافْزَعُوا إِلَى اَللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ رَاجِعُوهُ.
Hadith.1506 - Imam Zain al-Abidin Ali ibn al-Hussein 
said:
"Among the signs that Allah (swt), the Mighty and Glorious, has decreed for people and that they are in need of is the sea which Allah (swt) created between the sky and the earth."
Imam continued, "Indeed, Allah (swt), Blessed and Exalted, has arranged within it the courses of the sun, the moon, and the stars, and He has placed all of these upon a celestial sphere. He has assigned an angel to this sphere, along with seventy thousand other angels, and they rotate the sphere. When they cause it to rotate, the sun, moon, and stars also rotate with it, moving into the positions that Allah (swt) has ordained for them for each day and night. When the sins of the servants increase and Allah (swt) wills to warn them with a sign from His signs, He commands the angel in charge of the celestial sphere to move it from its usual course."
Imam said: "The angel commands the seventy thousand angels to shift the sphere from its course."
Imam added, "As a result, the sun descends into the sea where the celestial sphere is, causing its light to be obscured and its color to change. If Allah (swt), the Mighty and Glorious, wills to make the sign more significant, He immerses it further into the sea, as He desires to instill fear in His servants with this sign."
Imam continued, "This happens during a solar eclipse, and the same occurs with the moon. When Allah (swt), the Mighty and Glorious, wills to reveal and return it to its course, He commands the angel in charge of the sphere to restore it. The angel then returns it to its course, and the sun emerges from the water, appearing dim, and the moon experiences the same."
Then, Imam Zain al-Abidin Ali ibn al-Hussein said: "No one becomes fearful of these signs or is filled with awe except those who are from our followers. When such signs occur, seek refuge with Allah (swt) the Exalted and turn to Him."
