حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا علي ابن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن يحيى بن أبي عمران، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن، عن سعدان، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: " ألم " هو حرف من حروف اسم الله الأعظم، المقطع في القرآن، الذي يؤلفه النبي صلى الله عليه وآلهوالامام فإذا دعا به أجيب. " ذلك الكتاب لا ريب فيه هدى للمتقين " قال: بيان لشيعتنا " الذين يؤمنون بالغيب ويقيمون الصلاة ومما رزقناهم ينفقون " قال: مما علمنا هم ينبئون ومما علمناهم من القرآن يتلون.
2.	We were told by Ahmad bin Ziyad bin Ja’far al-Hamdani, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Yahya bin Abi Imran, from Yunus bin Abdul-Rahman, from Sa’dan, from Abu Baseer, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: «Alif Laam Meem» is a letter from the letters of the Great Name of Allah that is segmented in the Qur’an, which is known by the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and the Imam by which if he supplicates, he will be answered. «That Book, in which there is no doubt, a guidance to the godfearing» (2:2). He said: It is a notice to our Shi’a. «Those who believe in the unseen, establish the prayer and from that which We sustained them, they spend.» (2:3) He said: From that which we know, they inform, and from that which we taught them of the Qur’an, they recite.