Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Then he said: "Indeed Allah has created peoples for Hell and the Fire. We were commanded to convey [the message] to them, and we did so, but they did not accept it and their hearts recoiled from it and they returned it to us and could not bear it and disbelieved in it and said: 'a magician and a liar.' And Allah set a seal upon their hearts and caused them to forget it. Then He loosed their tongues with some part of the truth, and they utter it with their tongues but their hearts deny it, so that through this a defence may be provided for the friends of Allah and the people of His obedience; and were it not for that, Allah would not be worshipped in His earth. And we were commanded to conceal from them and to keep it hidden. So you too — conceal from those from whom Allah has commanded [us] to refrain, and keep hidden and secret from those whom Allah has commanded [us] to keep it hidden and secret from." Then he raised his hand and wept, and said: "O Allah, indeed this group is but a small company; make them share our life and our death, and do not set an enemy of Yours over them, so as to grieve us with their [death]; for if You grieve us with them, You will never be worshipped in Your earth. And may Allah's abundant blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and his family (peace be upon them)."