hadith
545
۞
5. And with the same chain of transmission, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of `Ali ibn ibn Ri’ab, on the authority of Fudayl ibn Yasir that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) said
O son of Adam! If a bird ate you heart, it would not fill him. If your eye was placed with a hole of a needle it would certainly be covered. And yet you seek to understand the heavens and the earth by means of your heart and your eyes? If what you claim is correct, namely, that you can understand Allah, then here is the sun, a creation from the creations of Allah, If your eyes can stand the sight of it, then what you say is true.
5 - وبهذا الإسناد، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن علي بن رئاب، عن فضيل ابن يسار، قال
سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: يا ابن آدم لو أكل قلبك طائر لم يشبعه، وبصرك لو وضع عليه خرق إبرة لغطاه، تريد أن تعرف بهما ملكوت السماوات والأرض، إن كنت صادقا فهذه الشمس خلق من خلق الله فإن قدرت أن تملأ عينيك منها فهو كما تقول.
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