A group of our people, among whom were ‘Abdu’l-A‘la, Abu ‘Ubaydah and ‘Abdullah ibn Bishr al-Khath‘ami, who have said the following:
“Once we heard Abu ‘Abdullah ( imam sadiq ) , recipient of Divine supreme covenant, say, ‘I certainly know what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. I know what is in paradise and what is in the fire ( hell ). I know what was there and what will be there.’ The narrator has said that the Imam paused for a while and found that what he had just said was much too heavy for the audience. He, recipient of Divine supreme covenant, then said, ‘I learned all of it from the book (Quran) of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High. Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, who has said, ‘In it there is the clarification of all things.’”
note:
Allah (God) has given this knowledge to the Imams
source:
Al-Kafi (al-Usul) (Volume 1) H . 673 (Ch. 48, H . 2)
