حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد الهمداني مولى بني هاشم، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن عبد الله   بن جعفر بن عبد الله بن جعفر بن محمد بن علي ابن أبي طالب، قال: حدثنا كثير بن عياش القطان عن أبي الجارود زياد بن المنذر، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليهما السلام قال: لما ولد عيسى ابن مريم عليه السلام كان ابن يوم كأنه ابن شهرين، فلما كان ابن سبعة أشهر أخذت والدته بيده وجاءت به إلى الكتاب فأقعدته بين يدي المؤدب، فقال المؤدب: قل: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. فقال عيسى عليه السلام: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. فقال له المؤدب: قل: أبجد. فرفع عيسى عليه السلام رأسه، فقال: فهل تدري ما أبجد؟ فعلاه بالدرة ليضربه، فقال: يا مؤدب لا تضربني إن كنت تدري وإلا فسلني حتى أفسر لك. قال: فسره لي. قال عيسى عليه السلام: " الألف " آلاء الله، و " الباء " بهجة الله، و " الجيم " جمال الله، و " الدال " دين الله. " هوز " " هاء " هول جهنم، و " الواو " ويل لأهل النار و " الزاي " زفير جهنم " حطي " حطت الخطايا عن المستغفرين. " كلمن " كلام الله لا مبدل لكلماته. " سعفص " صاع بصاع، والجزاء بالجزاء. " قرشت " قرشهم  جهنم فحشرهم. فقال المؤدب: أيتها المرأة خذي بيد ابنك فقد علم فلا حاجة له في المؤدب.
1.	We were told by Muhammed bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed al-Hamdani, the servant of the sons of Hashim, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Muhammed bin Ali ibn Abi Talib. He said: We were told by Katheer bin ‘Ayyash al-Qattan, from Abu’l-Jaroud, Ziyad bin Mundhir, from Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them both, that he said: When Isa ibn Maryam [1], peace be upon him, was born, he was as a child of one day seeming as child of two months, and when he was a child of seven months, his mother took by his hand and brought him to the writers and made him sit between the hands of the teacher. Then the teacher said: Say: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful with all the creation, the Merciful to the believers in particular. Then Isa, peace be upon him, said: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful with all the creation, the Merciful to the believers in particular. Then the teacher said to him: Recite the alphabet. Then Isa, peace be upon him, raised his head and said: Do you know what I should recite of the alphabet? Then he raised the whip to hit him, so he said: O teacher, do not hit me if you were to know. Otherwise, ask me that I might interpret to you. He said: Interpret to me. Isa, peace be upon him, said: The «Alif» is the Bounties of Allah, the «Baa’» is the Delight of Allah, the «Jeem» is the Beauty of Allah, the «Daal» is the Religion of Allah, the «Huz» - «Haa’» - is the dread [2] of Hell, the «Waw» refers to the woe to the people of the Fire, the «Zaay» is the sigh [3] of Hell, «Hhatti» is the falling [4] of intentional mistakes from (the account of) the seekers of forgiveness, «Kalman» is the Speech [5] of Allah, whose Speech none will replace, «Saa’fass» refers to a Ssaa’ [6] for a Ssaa’, the reward is based upon requital, and «Qarasht» refers to that He assembled them in Hell and gathered them. Then the teacher said: O woman, take by the hand of your son, for he has known, and there is no need to him for a teacher.