سورة الحجر

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abdullah ibn Sulayman narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): I asked the Imam (peace be upon him) about the verse وَ إِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِیلٍ مُقِیمٍ [And indeed it is on an established road], and he said: It shall never depart from us (the Imams).

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) delivered a sermon to the people in Medina, and after praising and glorifying the Lord Most High, he said: "Allah the Exalted has never destroyed the tyrants of any age except after granting them respite and ease, and He has not mended the broken bone of any of the [past] nations except after distress and trial. O people! In what you have come to face of hardships and the great calamities you have left behind, there is a lesson; but [what can be done, for] not everyone who has a heart is wise, nor is every listener one who truly hears, nor is everyone who looks with his eyes one who truly sees. Be aware — look well, O servants of Allah, into what benefits you. Then look upon the spacious dwellings of those whom Allah destroyed on account of their deeds; they lived in the manner of the people of Pharaoh, possessors of gardens and springs and cultivated fields and a most exalted station. So these are an arena of lesson for the perceptive and insightful — it is a plain and established road; whoever sets foot upon it, it warns him of destruction after delight and comfort and ease, and restores to man peace of mind and joy. And whoever among you exercises patience will have a good end."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ إِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِیلٍ مُقِیمٍ [And indeed they are on a road still remaining]; it is [reported] in the tradition that this سَبِیلٍ مُقِیمٍ [abiding road] is the successor (wasi) after the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family).