Hadith 59

The bequest of Musaasws Bin Ja’farasws to Hisham Bin Al-Hakam, and hisasws description of the intellect: – ‘O Hisham! Allahazwj Blessed and High Gave glad tidings to the people of the intellect and the understanding in Hisazwj Book, so Heazwj Said: therefore give glad tidings to My servants [39: 17] Those who are listening intently to the Word and they are following the best of it, those are they whom Allah Guided, and those, they are the ones of understanding [39: 18]. O Hisham! Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted Perfected the argument to the people by the intellects and Helped the Prophetsas with the proclamations, and Pointed themas upon Hisazwj Lordship by the evidence, so Heazwj Said: And your God is one God! There is no god except Him; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful [2: 163] Surely in the Creation of the skies and the earth, and the interchange of the night and the day, and the ships which sail in the sea with what benefits the people, and what Allah Sends down from the sky, from a water, so the earth is revived by it after its death, and the dispersal therein from every animal, and the changing of the winds, and the clouds subservient between the sky and the earth, there are signs for a people who are understanding [2: 164]. O Hisham! Allahazwj has Made that to be a pointer to Hisazwj recognition that it has been Regulated for them, so Heazwj Said: And He Made subservient for you the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon; and the stars are made subservient by His Command. Surely there are signs in this for a people who use their intellects [16: 12]. And Said: Surely, We have Revealed it as an Arabic Quran, so you may use your intellect [12: 2]. And Said: He is the One Who Shows you the lightning Causing fear and hope and Raises the heavy cloud [13: 12]. O Hisham! Then Heazwj Advised the people of the intellects and Made them to be desirous for the Hereafter, so Heazwj Said: And what is the life of the world except for a play and sport? And the House of the Hereafter is better for those who fear. Will you then not understand? [6: 32]. O Hisham! Then Heazwj Frightened those who are not using their intellects of Hisazwj Punishment, so the Exalted said: And you are passing by them in the morning And you are passing by them in the morning [37: 137] And at night. So, will you not use your intellects? [37: 138]. O Hisham! Then Heazwj Explained that the intellect is with the knowledge, so Heazwj Said: And these examples, We Strike these for the people, and none understand these except for the learned ones [29: 43]. O Hisham! Then Heazwj Condemned those who are not using their intellects, so Heazwj Said: And when it is said to them, ‘Follow what Allah has Revealed! ’, they are saying, ‘But, we follow what we found our fathers to be upon’, even though their fathers were neither understanding anything nor were they Guided [2: 170]. And the Exalted Said: Surely the vilest animals in the Presence of Allah are the deaf, the dumb, those who are not using their intellects [8: 22]. And if you were to ask them: ‘Who Created the skies and the earth? ’ They would be saying, ‘Allah’. Say: ‘The Praise is for Allah’. But, most of them are not using their intellects [31: 25]. Then Heazwj Condemned the majority, so Heazwj Said: And if you were to obey most of the ones in the earth, they would stray you from the Way of Allah. [6: 116]. And Heazwj Said: Most of the people are not using their intellect, and most of them are not aware (P. S. This Verse does not exist in the current version of the Quran)
O Hisham! Then Heazwj Praised the minority, so Heazwj Said: and a few from My servants are grateful [34: 13]. And Said: and they are few’ [38: 24]. And there did not believe in him except a few [11: 40]. O Hisham! Then Heazwj Mentioned the ones of the understanding with the best of the mentions, and Adorned them with the best of the adornments, so Heazwj Said: He Gives the Wisdom to one He so Desires to, and the one who is Given the Wisdom, so he has been Given abundant good; and none would mention (words of thanks) except for the ones of understanding [2: 269]. O Hisham! Allahazwj the Exalted is Saying in Hisazwj Book: Surely, there is a Zikr in that for one who has a heart for him [50: 37] – meaning the intellect. And Heazwj Said: ‘And We had Given the Wisdom to Luqman [31: 12]. Heasws said: ‘The understanding and the intellect’. O Hisham! Luqmanas said to hisas son: ‘Be humble to the Truth, you will come to be the most intellectual of the people, and that the attractiveness in front of the Truth is of little (value). O myas son! The world is a deep ocean. A lot of learned people have drowned in it, therefore make your ship in it to be the fear of Allahazwj, and the Eman to be its load, and the reliance (upon Allahazwj) as its sails, and the intellect as its captain, and the knowledge as its indicator (navigator), and the patience as its passenger’. O Hisham! For everything there is an indicator, and the indicator for the intellect is the pondering, and the indicator of the pondering is the silence. And for everything there is a ride, and a ride of the intellect is the humbleness and it would suffice with you as being an ignorant on