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Master Ali Saei
What does it mean when God sends blessings upon the Prophet and the Imams?
Question No. 3275
31 August 2022
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What Does It Mean When God Sends Blessings upon the Prophet and the Imams?
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God’s blessings upon the Prophet and the Imams are a unique and special mercy, unlike His universal mercy and compassion. When God sends blessings, it means mercy; when the angels do so, it means purification; and when people do so, it means prayer. “Submission” means accepting God’s commands.
Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)
Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural CenterSince the blessings sent from the presence of «الله تبارک و تعالی» are His matchless mercy, and Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (صلی الله علیه و آله و سلم) are themselves divine mercy ( خیره رب العالمین و رحمه الله و برکاته), we may conclude that this particular kind of mercy—the blessings invoked upon them—comes neither from the matchless essence of His all-mercifulness nor from the purity of His all-compassionate nature. Rather, it is a special kind of mercy that no created being has ever experienced.
عن ابن أبی حمزه، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (علیه السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل: إن الله و ملائکته یصلون على النبی یا أیها الذین آمنوا صلوا علیه و سلموا تسلیما، فقال: «الصلاه من الله عز و جل رحمه، و من الملائکه تزکیه ، و من الناس دعاء، و أما قوله عز و جل: و سلموا تسلیما، فإنه یعنی التسلیم له فیما ورد عنه».
البرهان فی تفسیر القرآن، ج4، ص: 488
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