١٦ - حدثنا أبي، ومحمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد رحمهما الله قالا: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن علي بن عبد الله، عن أحمد ابن محمد البرقي  عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: (وسيحلفون بالله لو استطعنا لخرجنا معكم يهلكون أنفسهم والله يعلم أنهم لكاذبون) قال: أكذبهم الله عز وجل في قولهم: (لو استطعنا لخرجنا معكم) وقد كانوا مستطيعين للخروج. 
16. My father and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid  both said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa said, on the authority of `Ali ibn `Abd Allah, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Barqi that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq  was asked to interpret the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And they swear by Allah: If we had been able, we would certainly have gone forth with you; they cause their own souls t perish, and Allah knows that they are most surely liars. He  said: “Allah, the Mighty and High, has refuted their statement: If we had been able, we would certainly have gone forth with you; stating that they did indeed have the means of going forth.”