Hadith 71

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Al Asbagh Bin Nubat, ‘From Ali-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘Ibn Al-Kawa came to him-asws. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Inform me about Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted, did He-azwj Speak to anyone from the children of Adam-as before Musa-as? ’
Ali-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj has Spoken to entirety of His-azwj creatures, their righteous ones, and their immoral ones, and they had responded the answer to Him-azwj’. That was heavy upon Ibn Al-Kawa and he did not understand it. He said to him-asws, ‘How did that happen, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws? ’
He-asws said to him: ‘Or have you not read the Book of Allah-azwj whereby He-azwj Said to His-azwj Prophet-saww: And when your Lord Seized from the Children of Adam, their offspring from their foreheads and Made them testify against their own selves: “Am I not your Lord? ” They said, ‘Yes, (we testify)’. [7: 172]? He-azwj Made all of them hear and they responded the answer to Him-azwj, like what you have heard in the Words of Allah-azwj, O Ibn Al-Kawa, They said, ‘Yes, (we testify)’. [7: 172]’. He-azwj Said: “Surely, I-azwj am Allah-azwj! There is no god except I-azwj, and I-azwj am the Beneficent! ”
They acknowledge to Him-azwj with the obedience and the Lordship, and the Messengers-as, and the Prophets-as and the successors-asws were distinguished, and He-azwj Commanded the creatures with obeying them. They acknowledged with that during the Covenant. The Angels said: ‘We are witnesses upon you all, O children of Adam-as, “Lest you should be saying on the Day of Judgment, ‘We were oblivious of this’ [7: 172]’’. [80]