حکمت 317: ما درباره آن چه که از او · Saying 317

وَ قَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ الْيَهُودِ مَا دَفَنْتُمْ نَبِيَّكُمْ حَتَّي اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ فَقَالَ (عليه السلام): لَهُ إِنَّمَا اخْتَلَفْنَا عَنْهُ لَا فِيهِ وَ لَكِنَّكُمْ مَا جَفَّتْ أَرْجُلُكُمْ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ حَتَّي قُلْتُمْ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ اجْعَلْ لَنا إِلهاً كَما لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Some Jews said to Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him: You had not buried your Prophet when you picke up differenees about him, when Amir al-Mu'minin, replied: We did not differ about him but we differed after him (i.e. about his succession); whereas you had not dried up your feet after coming out of the river (Nile) when you began asking your Prophet: Make you for us a god as they have gods of their own. Said he: "Verily you are a people behaving ignorantly," (Qur 'an, 7:138)