Hadith 152

And it is supported by what is reported by Ali Bin Ibrahim in his Tafseer, from his father, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid, ‘From Al-Reza-asws regarding Words of the Exalted: ‘I asked him-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: The Beneficent [55: 1] Taught the Quran [55: 2], so he-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Taught Muhammad-saww the Quran’. I said, ‘(What about): Created the human being [55: 3]? ’ He-asws said: ‘That is Amir Al-Momineen-asws’. I said, ‘Taught him the clarification [55: 4]? ’ He-azwj Taught him-asws the clarification of everything from what the people would be needy to him-asws. I-asws said: ‘The sun and the moon are both with Reckonings [55: 5]? ’ He-asws said: ‘They are both (Abu Bakr and Umar) in the Punishment of Allah-azwj’. I said, ‘The sun and the moon are both Punished? ’ He-asws said: ‘You have asked about a thing, so be certain of it. The sun and the moon are two Signs from the Signs of Allah-azwj, flowing by His-azwj Command, being obedient to Him-azwj. Their illumination is from the Noor of His-azwj Throne, and their heat is from Hell. When it will be the Qiyamah, both their lights (Noor) would return to the Throne, and their heat would return to the Fire (Hell). So, there would neither happen to be a sun nor a moon, and rather it means those two (Abu Bakr and Umar). Or haven’t the people reported that Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The sun and the moon are two Noors in the Fire? ! ’ I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Have you not heard the words of the people, ‘So and so and so and so are the sun of this community and its Noor? ! So, they are both in the Fire’. I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! It does not mean other than the two’ – up to the end of the Hadeeth as I (Majlisi) would be coming with it’’. [118]