Persian Translation

 

 

Question : What is plate (Loh) of Hazrat Zahra (peace be upon her) and what is its difference with her book (Moshaf)?

Answer :

The relatives of prophet (peace be upon him) prescribed through several narrations that the book of Hazrat Zahra (Moshaf) had been kept by herself.

In the book: (Basaer Aldarajat) by Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) it has been narrated that Fatemeh (peace be upon her) has remained a book which is not Koran, but it is a speech of God which has been sent by God to Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.). This collection has been written by prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) and by Ali (p.b.u.h.).

Abou Basir said: I went to Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) and said: “Dearest! I have a question. Is there anyone who hears me, except you? Imam put out the curtains between him and the room of others and stated: “Ask me whatever you wish, Abou Mohammad!” I replied: Dearest! Your Shiite believe that prophet of God has opened a door of knowledge to Ali (p.b.u.h.) through which one thousand of doors were opened.”

Imam stated: “Bou Mohammad!, prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) taught to Ali thousand chapters of science, through which thousand of doors were opened.” I mentioned: “I take oath to God that it is the whole science.” Imam gazed on the land and then prescribed: “This is the science, but not all of it. Abou Mohammad! Community is with us, but the people do not know what it is.” I asked: “what is the community?” He prescribed: “It is a roll with a length of seventy zare, written by prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) with manuscript of Ali (p.b.u.h.) where all the acts prohibited or allowed  have been mentioned, whatever is needed by the people, even the blood money for a little scratch of face.” Then he touched me and said: “Abou Mohammad! Do you let me?” I answered: “Dearest! I am at your service, do whatever you wish.” Imam pinched him and said: “even the blood money for this; if it is by disgust.” I said: “I take oath to God that it is whole science.” He prescribed: “This is the science, but not all of it.” 

After a few moments of silence, he prescribed: “jafar is also with us, but the people do not know. I asked: “what is jafar?” He prescribed: “it is a leather bag which contains knowledge of the prophet and their successors, contains the previous knowledge of Israel.” I asked: “Indeed, it is the whole knowledge.” He prescribed: “this is the whole knowledge, but it is not all.”

Imam thought again and prescribed: “Moshaf of Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) is with us, but no one knows what it is.” I asked: “What is Moshaf of Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.)?” He prescribed: “it is three times bigger than your Koran and I take oath to God that there is not even a word of your Koran in that Moshaf.” I said: “I swear to God that this is the whole knowledge.” He prescribed: “This is knowledge, but not the whole of it.”

Again he waited and said: “it is with us whatever had been since the beginning and whatever will remain till pandemonium.” I said: “dearest! I swear to God that it is the whole science.” He prescribed: “This is science, but not all of it.” I asked: “Dearest! So what is it?” He prescribed: “whatever happens every night and every day, one after the other until the day of pandemonium1.”

Imam Reza (p.b.u.h.) prescribes: “Imam has some signs, one of which is moshaf of Hazrat Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) which is at her hand”.

Sahifeh is a piece of skin or paper on which something has been written: Sahifeh Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.). It has also been narrated that this sahifeh is 70 zara long with the width of skin, where all the needs of human beings, even the extent of blood money for a tiny scratch of body has been registered.

In another narration, Imam (p.b.u.h.) was asked: Fatemeh Zahra (p.b.u.h.) lived 75 days after prophet of God passed away, within the period, she was bearing difficult sorrows for her father. Gabriel (p.b.u.h.) was coming to her to console her and to remove the pains and to report to her some facts and matters about her father. Ali (p.b.u.h.) was writing the reports and maters and the same has been reflected in Moshaf of Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.).

Based on narrations of Abou Basir, it has been reported: Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) prescribed: “My father, Mohammad ibn Ali Albagher (p.b.u.h.) said to Jaber ibn Abdollah Ansari: Jaber! I want to speak with you. When will you have time so that we talk about a subject? Jaber said: Whenever you wish.”

There was an opportunity and Imam talked to Jaber. In this dialogue, Imam asked Jaber to tell him about what he had observed in the plate at hands of his grand mother Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) and to make him aware of the matters having been written in the plate.

Jaber answered: “I witness that  I met your mother, Zahra (p.b.u.h.) one day when prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) was alive to congratulate her for birthday of Hossein ibn Ali (p.b.u.h.), when I saw at the hands of the great woman a green plate and thought that it was emerald. I noticed in that plate a white book which was shining like the sun and asked her: “Dearest! What is the plate?” Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) prescribed: “this is the plate Almighty God granted to His prophet Mohammad Mostafa (p.b.u.h.). Where the names of my father, husband, my children (Hassan & Hossein), the names of Imams from generation of my son (Hassan (p.b.u.h.)) have been mentioned. My father, prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) granted it to me, to take a look at it to be happy. “

Narration of Loh, is one of the most famous narrations of Shiite, relying on which the narrators have proved remarkable matters.

The most important matters indicated by narration of Loh are as follows:

  1. Imamate of  Imam Ali and his sons and grand sons (peace be upon them)

  2. Prediction of some events which would occurr in the period of life of the Imams, such as science of Imam, martyrdom of Imam, place of date of Imam, encounter of those who oppose and those who favor Imam.

  3. Description of apparent, spiritual specifications of Imam Mahdi (May God hasten his coming), statement of the political, social, cultural situation at the time of his coming and also the social improvements and occurrences after his coming.

  4. All Imams are a unit soul at different goodies and one who accepts all 12 Imams, will be prosperous. Concentration on one of Imams serves as denial and being ignored of others.

  5. Completion of Imamate by coming of Hazrat Hojatollah (May God hasten his coming).

  6. Imamate of Hazrat Mahdi (May God hasten his coming) is not special for the Muslims or Shiite, but his imamate is a wide grace covering all the people.

  7. The green plate had been sent from divine and green color of the plate indicated to white and shiny light of divinity, being mixed with black color of the world of materials or the world of witness; but the contents of this loh are white, because such manuscripts have been sent from higher world which is pure light3.

The differences available at Moshaf Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) with those of her Loh are as follows.

  1. Moshaf of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) has been sent to her by Gabriel or an angle of God and was written by Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.); while Loh of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) was gifted by God to his prophet and prophet gifted it to her when she gave birth to Imam Hossein (p.b.u.h.).

  2. Contents of Moshaf of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) are news, accidents, mystic events about prophet (p.b.u.h.) and his family which would occur till pandemonium. Exactly, it contains the science of events, while Loh of Hazrat Zahra begins by God’s prioritizing Mohammad (p.b.u.h.) to all the prophets, then naming twelve innocent Imams from Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) to Hojatollah ibn Alhassan Almahdi (May God hasten his coming).

  3. At the time prophet was alive, loh was kept by Hazrat Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.); but moshaf was inspired to her after death of prophet.

 


Sources:

  1. Kolbeh Akhran by Sheikh Abbas Ghomi, page: 60.
  2. History of Holy Koran by Seyed Mohammad Bagher Hojati, p: 427
  3. Alkafi, volume: 1, p: 532, Man La Yahzar Alfaghih, volume 4, p: 180, Tahzib Alahkam, volume 1, p: 227, Bahar Alanvar, volume: 36, p: 198, Kamal Aldin va Tamam Alnamat by Sheikh Sadough, p: 308.