سورة النحل

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): What is meant by هَلْ یَنظُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن تَأْتِیَهُمُ الْمَلائِکَةُ أَوْ یَأْتِیَ أَمْرُ رَبِّکَ [Do they wait for anything but that the angels should come to them or the commandment of your Lord should come to pass] is punishment, death, and the appearance of the Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble reappearance).

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Indeed Allah created the creation by His power and placed excellences among them according to His knowledge. From among them He chose servants for Himself so that through them He may complete the proof upon the people. He made the sign of those He honoured obedience to Him, and the sign of those He debased disobedience to Him. He made the reward of the people of His obedience a radiant countenance in the abode of security and everlasting life whose inhabitants are not frightened, and He made the punishment of the people of His disobedience a fire that blazes with His wrath. Allah did not wrong them, rather they wronged themselves; وَ ما ظَلَمَهُمُ اللهُ وَ لکِنْ کانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ یَظْلِمُونَ [And Allah was not unjust to them, but they were unjust to themselves].