سورة البقرة

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): [Those referred to as لَهُمْ (to them) in the verse] are those who broke the pledge of allegiance. [And those who address this group] are the chosen, righteous believers such as Salman, Miqdad, Abu Dharr and Ammar (peace be upon them).

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Believe in the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) and in Ali (peace be upon him), the one whom [the Prophet] seated in his rightful place and appointed to his rightful rank, the one on whom all the affairs of religion and the world depend.

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): As believing people like Salman, Miqdad, Abu Dharr and Ammar (peace be upon them) believed.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): As Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), Ja'far al-Tayyar, Hamza, Salman, Abu Dharr, Ammar, Miqdad, Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman and others believed.

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): The hypocrites, to anyone other than believers — since they did not dare reveal their true answer in front of believers — would give this answer to the hypocrites of their own household whom they trusted, or to the helpless ones and believers whom they trusted to keep their words secret: 'Shall we believe like the ignorant?' — meaning Salman (may Allah have mercy on him) and his companions; because they (Salman and his companions) had sincerely given their hearts to Ali (peace be upon him) and submitted to his command, openly loving his friends and showing enmity to his ill-wishers, to the point that when the matter [of the prophethood and lifetime] of Muhammad came to an end, his enemies shed their blood, and the other rulers and opponents of Muhammad destroyed them. Hence, the hypocrites meant that, because Salman (may Allah have mercy on him) and his companions opposed the enemies of Muhammad, they were ignorant and foolish. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, [in answer to them] said: They are the light-minded, unsound in thought, who did not look carefully and properly at the matter of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) so as to recognize his prophethood and, through it, realize that he had truly and rightfully placed the good of religion and the world in [obedience to] Ali (peace be upon him). But because the hypocrites do not reflect on Allah's clear signs, they remained ignorant and became fearful of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family).

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): The foolish ones in the verse أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهاءُ [Indeed, they are the foolish] are those of little intellect and unsound opinion, who did not attend carefully to the matter of the Messenger of Allah so as to recognize his prophethood and, through it, understand that all matters of religion and the world, for their preservation, depend on Ali (peace be upon him); to the point that, because of not reflecting and not looking carefully at Allah's proofs, they remained ignorant and became fearful of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family).

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): O Kumayl! Beware of disputation, for [by doing so] you encourage the foolish in this and ruin brotherhood. O Kumayl! Whenever you debate about Allah, address only the wise and argue only with them, and observing this saying is necessary. O Kumayl! In any case they are foolish, as Allah the Exalted has said: أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهاءُ وَ لکِنْ لایَعْلَمُونَ [Indeed, they are the foolish, but they do not know].

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): They are foolish because, on account of their hypocrisy, they could win neither the affection of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and the believers, nor even the affection of the Jews and other disbelievers. For they had turned their backs on both the believers and the disbelievers; on one side they turned away from accepting the walayah (allegiance) of Muhammad and the walayah of his brother Ali (peace be upon him), and on the other side their [outward] enmity toward the Jews, the Christians and the Nasibis, like their [inward] enmity toward the Prophet and Ali (peace be upon him), caused the disbelievers to suppose that the hypocrites dealt with them, too, with the same hypocrisy with which they dealt with Ali and Muhammad.

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): The hypocrites do not understand that the matter is not as they suppose, for Allah informs His Prophet of their secrets, and then rejects, curses and destroys them.