سورة الكهف

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): His companion — and he is Ali (peace be upon him) — said to him: أَ کَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِی خَلَقَکَ مِنْ تُرابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاکَ رَجُلًا [Do you disbelieve in Him who created you from dust, then from a drop, then fashioned you as a man?] — its meaning is that you have disbelieved in your Lord.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abd al-Ghaffar al-Jazi narrated: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "Allah the Mighty and Majestic created the believer from the clay of Paradise and created the disbeliever from the clay of Hell." And he said: "When Allah wills good for a servant, He purifies his soul and body, such that he hears nothing of good except that he recognizes it, and he hears no evil speech except that it is unfamiliar to him." I heard the Imam (peace be upon him) saying: "Clay is of three kinds: the clay of the Prophets, from which the believer is also created, with the difference that the Prophets are the elite of it, and they are its foundation and possess superiority, while the believers are its branch — from sticky clay. Thus Allah the Mighty and Majestic does not separate between them and their followers." And he said: "The clay of the nasib (enemy of the Ahl al-Bayt) is created from aged, foul-smelling black mud, but the clay of the mustad'afun (the oppressed weak ones) is from dust. No believer abandons his faith and no nasib abandons his belief, and Allah has a will concerning them."