سورة النمل

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu al-Jarud narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) concerning the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: أَ إِلَهٌ مَّعَ اللهِ بَلْ أَکْثَرُهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُونَ [Is there a god with Allah? Nay, most of them do not know] that he said: "That is, is a guiding imam together with an imam of misguidance in one and the same era?!"

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Husayn ibn al-Hakam, with a chain from Anas ibn Malik, has narrated that he said: When this verse of Surah al-Naml was revealed upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): أَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْأَرْضَ قَراراً وَ جَعَلَ خِلالَها أَنْهاراً ... قَلِیلًا مَّا تَذَکَّرُون [Or, Who made the earth a resting-place, and made in it rivers ... little is it that you mind], he said: Ali (peace be upon him) began to tremble like a sparrow. So the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said to him: "O Ali (peace be upon him), what has happened to you?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), I am astonished at their disbelief, their audacity towards Allah, and Allah's forbearance concerning them." So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) wiped his hand over his face, praised him, and then said: "O Ali, glad tidings to you! No believer will show enmity towards you, and no hypocrite will love you, and were it not for you, the party of Allah and the party of His Messenger would not be known."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): What is meant by حاجزاً in بَیْنَ الْبَحْرَیْنِ حَاجِزًا [between the two seas a barrier] is empty space.