Brief introduction
Pearls of Wisdom from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (`a)This text is the English translation of the Tradition of Mufaddal, as narrated by his companion Mufaddal ibn `Umar. Recorded by by 'Allamah Majlisi (d. 1110 AH) in Bihar al-'Anwar, volume 3, page 57, chapter (bab) 4, tradition (riwayah) no. 29. It describes the amazing ingenuity the Almighty manifested in the universe, human beings, the animal kingdom, nature and natural disasters. Published by Bashir Alidina.
Contents in brief
First session: Imam Sadegh (A.S) in the first session states that the reason of denying and doubting in existence of Allah is ignorance towards the causes of the creation. Afterwards argues about this fact that how the whole world was created? The creation of human beings and all his organs like digestive system and five senses and talks about the discipline and harmonies between human and Allah.
Second session: in this session Imam (A.S) points to some existed secrets in animals. He mentions some secrets about reptiles such as snakes, quadrupeds like elephant, giraffe, monkey and dog and birds like chicken and bat and insects like bee, locust and ant and various fishes.
Third session: Imam points out some secrets about the creation of sky and earth. He talks about the color, sunset, sunrise of the sun and seasons of the year and month and other stars.
Fourth session: in the last session Imam argues issues like the reason of disasters, problems, death and perdition. He talks about the reality of death and life, the reason of human creation, and the way of understanding the world and mentioning the difference of sense and wisdom in cognition of the world and its facts.
