سورة الشعراء

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): There are three things that have never been asked of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, with anything comparable: that you say, "O Allah! Grant me understanding of the religion and make me beloved among the Muslims"; وَ اجْعَلْ لِی لِسانَ صِدْقٍ فِی الْآخِرِینَ [And grant me a truthful mention among later generations].

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): A truthful mention that Allah gives a man among people is better than the wealth he eats and leaves as inheritance. (al-Wilayah)

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): He is Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), whose guardianship was presented to Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and he said: "O Allah, make him from my descendants", and Allah granted his prayer.

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): Yunus ibn Abd al-Rahman said: I said to Abu al-Hasan al-Rida (peace be upon him): "Some people demanded of me the name of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (peace be upon him), in the Book of Allah. I told them: his name is used from the word of Allah the Exalted: وَ جَعَلْنا لَهُمْ لِسانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِیًّا [We gave them a good name and an exalted rank among all nations]. (Maryam/50)". Imam Rida (peace be upon him) said: "You have spoken the truth, it is so".

Ali ibn Ibrahim: Regarding the words وَ اجْعَلْ لِی لِسانَ صِدْقٍ فِی الْآخِرِینَ [And grant me a truthful mention among later generations], he said: this refers to the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him).

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) in the hadith of the occultation of Ibrahim, that he began explaining this hadith until he reached this point: ... Then, for the second time, when the tyrant exiled him from his city, he went into hiding and said: "وَأَعْتَزِلُکُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَأَدْعُو رَبِّی عَسَی أَلَّا أَکُونَ بِدُعَاءِ رَبِّی شَقِیًّا [And I will withdraw from you and what you invoke besides Allah, and I will invoke my Lord; I hope that I will not be unblessed in invoking my Lord] (Maryam/48)". Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: when he withdrew from them and what they worshipped besides Allah, We granted him Ishaq and Ya'qub, and each of them We made a [great] prophet! And We granted them of Our mercy, and We gave them a good name and an exalted rank [among all nations]! (Maryam/49-50). And when he withdrew from them and from what they worshipped instead of Allah, We granted him Ishaq and Ya'qub (peace be upon them) and made all of them prophets, and We granted them of Our mercy, and gave them a lofty, good mention; وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِیًّا [And We gave them a truthful, lofty mention] is Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him). Because Ibrahim (peace be upon him) had prayed to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to give him a lofty mention among others, and Allah gave him and Ishaq and Ya'qub (peace be upon them) Ali as that lofty mention and renown. And Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) also narrated that the Qa'im (peace be upon him) is the eleventh of his descendants, and that he is the very Mahdi (peace be upon him) who will fill the earth with justice and equity, just as it had been filled with tyranny and oppression. He also said that he will have an occultation and a period of bewilderment, in which some people will go astray while others will be guided, and that this matter will come to pass, just as he himself was created. (Its Merit)

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever performs ablution then goes out to the mosque, and upon leaving his house says, ... وَ اجْعَلْ لِی لِسانَ صِدْقٍ فِی الْآخِرِینَ [And grant me a truthful mention among later generations], Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, writes for him on a white page that so-and-so, son of so-and-so, is among the truthful.