عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَما كانَ الله لِيُضِلَّ قَوْماً بَعْدَ إِذْ هَداهُمْ حَتَّى يُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ ما يَتَّقُونَ قَالَ حَتَّى يُعَرِّفَهُمْ مَا يُرْضِيهِ وَمَا يُسْخِطُهُ وَقَالَ فَأَلْهَمَها فُجُورَها وَتَقْواها قَالَ بَيَّنَ لَهَا مَا تَأْتِي وَمَا تَتْرُكُ وَقَالَ إِنَّا هَدَيْناهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شاكِراً وَإِمَّا كَفُوراً قَالَ عَرَّفْنَاهُ إِمَّا آخِذٌ وَإِمَّا تَارِكٌ وَعَنْ قَوْلِهِ وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْناهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمى‏ عَلَى الْهُدى‏ قَالَ عَرَّفْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَى عَلَى الْهُدَى وَهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ بَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ.
A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ibn Faddal from Tha‘laba ibn Maymun from Hamza ibn Muhammad al- Tayyar from abu ‘Abd Allah , who has said the following about the words of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious:
“Allah does not misguide a nation after having given them guidance until the means of piety are made known to them . . .” (9:115) The Imam , said, ‘It (means of piety) means before giving the knowledge of what He is pleased with and what He is displeased with.’ The Imam , said the words of Allah ‘. . . and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety,’ (91:8) convey that He has explained what people must do and what they must not do. The words of Allah, ‘We showed him the right path whether he would be grateful or ungrateful’ (76:3), say that Allah has given them the knowledge. They may follow or they may ignore. About the words of Allah, ‘We sent guidance to the people of Thamud but they preferred blindness to guidance so a humiliating blast of torment struck them for their evil deeds.’ (41:17) The Imam said, ‘It means that Allah gave them the knowledge but they preferred blindness over guidance and they knew it.’”
In another Hadith it says, “We explained to them.”