Kitab Al-Kafi - HolyBooks.com

asked, "May Allah take my soul in service for your cause. What is the knowledge?"
The Imam (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) said, "It is whatever takes place during the night and during the
day, one matter after the other matter, and one thing after the other to the Day of Judgment."
No one has so far, in the history of man, has come up with such a statement.
The Subjects
This volume of al-Kafi in terms of the nature of the subjects consists of the following main topics
therein.
a. Intelligence and Knowledge
b. Allah, the Creator and the Guardian of all things
c. People to who Allah has given the Authority and means to be the guardian over His creatures.
Al-Kafi is not a book independent of the Holy Quran. This volume simply provides beautiful details
of the above matters as they are mentioned in various passages and verses of the Holy Quran.
Oneness of Allah
Part three of al-Kafi, volume one contains elaborate details of chapter 112 of the Holy Quran and
other such passages therein.
Intelligence
"No one can have faith without the permission of Allah. Allah will cast down filth on those who have
no understanding (unintelligent people)." (10:100)
"These are parables which We tell to human being, but only the learned ones understand them
(Intelligent people). " (29:43)
"Allah has made the day and the night, the sun and the moon, and all the stars subservient to you by
His command. In this there is evidence of the truth for people of understanding (Intelligent
people)." (16:12)
The Lord, His Guardianship and Leadership with Divine Authority
"Allah is the Waliy (Guardian) of the believers and it is He who takes them out of darkness into light.