The still sun in an attributed interpretation
interpretation
On: a sign from heaven
Source quotation · Al-Mufid, al-Irshad II, transmitted report with its full chain; new Rainbow Watch English translation from Arabic
English translation — Rainbow Watch
Wuhayb ibn Hafs, from Abu Basir, who said: I heard Abu Ja‘far, peace be upon him, say concerning God’s words, “If we wish, we shall send down upon them a sign from heaven, before which their necks will remain bowed”: “God will do that to them.” I asked, “Who are they?” He said, “The Umayyads and their Shi‘a.” I asked, “What is the sign?” He said, “The sun standing still from noon until the afternoon prayer, and a chest and face appearing within the sun, recognized by standing and lineage. This is in the Sufyani’s time, and then will come his ruin and his people’s ruin.”
Arabic source
وُهيب بن حفص ، عن أَبي بصير قالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبا جعفرَ عليهالسلام يقولُ في قوله تعالى: ( إِنْ نَشَأ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ ) قالَ : «سَيَفْعَلُ الله ذلك بهم » قُلْتُ : مَنْ هم؟ قالَ : «بنو أُميةَ وشيعتُهم» قُلْتُ : وما الآيةُ؟ قالَ : «رُكودُ الشمسِ ما بين زوالِ الشمسِ إِلى وَقْتِ العصرِ ، وخُروجُ صَدرْ ووَجْهٍ في عينِ الشمسِ يُعْرفُ بحسبِه ونَسَبِه ، وذلك في زمانِ السفياني ، وعندها يكونُ وبَوارُه وبَوارُ قومِه » .
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English translation — Rainbow Watch
Wuhayb ibn Hafs, from Abu Basir, who said: I heard Abu Ja‘far, peace be upon him, say concerning God’s words, “If we wish, we shall send down upon them a sign from heaven, before which their necks will remain bowed”: “God will do that to them.” I asked, “Who are they?” He said, “The Umayyads and their Shi‘a.” I asked, “What is the sign?” He said, “The sun standing still from noon until the afternoon prayer, and a chest and face appearing within the sun, recognized by standing and lineage. This is in the Sufyani’s time, and then will come his ruin and his people’s ruin.”
Arabic source
وُهيب بن حفص ، عن أَبي بصير قالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبا جعفرَ عليهالسلام يقولُ في قوله تعالى: ( إِنْ نَشَأ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ ) قالَ : «سَيَفْعَلُ الله ذلك بهم » قُلْتُ : مَنْ هم؟ قالَ : «بنو أُميةَ وشيعتُهم» قُلْتُ : وما الآيةُ؟ قالَ : «رُكودُ الشمسِ ما بين زوالِ الشمسِ إِلى وَقْتِ العصرِ ، وخُروجُ صَدرْ ووَجْهٍ في عينِ الشمسِ يُعْرفُ بحسبِه ونَسَبِه ، وذلك في زمانِ السفياني ، وعندها يكونُ وبَوارُه وبَوارُ قومِه » .