Eternal Words 3-Sura-'Al-i-'Imran Verse52
Verse52
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(52) فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ عِيسَى مِنْهُمُ الْكُفْرَ قَالَ مَنْ أَنصَارِي إِلَى اللّهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ اللّهِ
آمَنَّا بِاللّهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ
52. "And when Jesus perceived infidelity on their part, he said: "who are going to be my helpers (on the way) towards Allah" The disciples: said: 'We are the helpers (on the way of) Allah! We believe in Allah and bear you witness that we are Muslims'."
Commentary:
The Arabic term /hawariyun/ (helpers) is the plural form of /hawari/ in the sense of ' change of way'. The ' helpers ' on the way towards Allah were those who left the deviated way of people and joined to the path of right.
In Safinat-ul-Bihar, it is narrated from Imam Rida (a.s.) who in this respect, said : "They were some people who purified and brightened themselves and tried to purify others both." (1)
It is cited in Al-Kafi, narrated from Imam sadiq (a.s.) who said: "The helpers of Jesus left him when the stage of action came forth, but our helpers heartily accept kind of calamities and do not abandon our obedience. ..." (2)
As Moses (a.s.) prophesied, too, before coming Jesus (a.s.), the Jewish people were waiting for his advent, but when he appeared and the unlawful interest of a perverted group of Children of Israel were exposed to danger, only a small group followed Jesus (a.s.). The verse says:
"And when Jesus perceived infidelity on their part, he said : ' Who are going to be my helpers (on the way) towards Allah?'..."
Here, only a small group responded this invitation positively. The Qur'an refers to these people as /hawariyun/ (helpers, the special disciples of Jesus (a.s.).)
"...The disciples said: 'We are the helpers (0n the way of) Allah! We believe in Allah and bear you witness that we are Muslims '."
To prove their sincerity; the disciples of Jesus, in answer to him, said that they were the helpers (on the way of) Allah and they did not say that they were his helpers.
(1) Safinat-ul-Bihar, vol. 2, p.493
(2) Ibid, narrated from AI-Kafi, Kitab-ul-Kufr
