Pearl of Wisdom
once asked a man about his tribe and brothers whom he had left back home, which the latter replied by praising them, attesting to their integrity and extolling them. Then Imam (AS) asked, 'Do the rich among them visit the poor when they are ill?' He replied, 'Not much.' 'Do the rich frequent the poor at all?' asked Imam. The man replied, 'Not much.' 'Then, do the rich maintain relations with the poor?' The man replied, 'Verily you are listing virtues that people amongst us rarely possess.' Imam said, 'Then how can these people claim to be shi'a?!'
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as] al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 173, no. 10
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QURAISH (WINTER, QURAYSH) |
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Total Verses: 4
Revealed At: MAKKA 106.001
YUSUFALI: For the covenants (of security and safeguard enjoyed) by the Quraish,
PICKTHAL: For the taming of Qureysh.
SHAKIR: For the protection of the Qureaish-- 106.002
YUSUFALI: Their covenants (covering) journeys by winter and summer,-
PICKTHAL: For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer.
SHAKIR: Their protection during their trading caravans in the winter and the summer-- 106.003
YUSUFALI: Let them adore the Lord of this House,
PICKTHAL: So let them worship the Lord of this House,
SHAKIR: So let them serve the Lord of this House 106.004
YUSUFALI: Who provides them with food against hunger, and with security against fear (of danger).
PICKTHAL: Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.
SHAKIR: Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear.
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