سورة مريم

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "What does the verse وَ کَمْ أَهْلَکْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِکْزًا [And how many a generation have We destroyed before them! Do you sense any one of them or hear any sound from them?] mean?" He said: "Allah has destroyed countless nations, and He says: O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِکْزًا, that is, do you hear any mention of them?"

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِکْزاً [do you hear from them any sound] means a faint sound.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Jabir said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said regarding this verse هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِکْزاً [Do you sense any one of them or hear from them any sound]: "These are the Banu Umayyah; it is hoped that they will soon be so destroyed that not one of them will be found in whom any hope may be placed or from whom any fear may be had." I said: "Will that really come to pass?" He said: "How swiftly that day is coming. I heard Imam Zayn al-Abidin (peace be upon him) say that he had already witnessed the preliminaries of their decline and destruction."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): In the admonitions of Allah to Isa (peace be upon him) it is stated: "O Isa (peace be upon him)! I speak truly that no creature believes in Me except that it is humble before Me, and none is humble before Me except that it hopes for My reward.... O Isa! Be unattached to that which perishes, and tread upon the traces of those who were before you. Call them and speak with them secretly — see whether you sense any one of them. Take a lesson from them, and know that you too will join them [among those who follow after]."