سورة يس

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ishaq ibn Jarir narrates: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "What do your companions say about the saying of Iblis: 'خَلَقْتَنِی مِنْ نارٍ وَ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِینٍ [You created me from fire and You created him from clay]' (al-A'raf/12)?" I said: "May I be your ransom! Allah has stated this in His Book." He said: "O Aba Ishaq! Satan lied! Allah did not create him from anything except clay." Then he said: "Allah has said: الَّذِی جَعَلَ لَکُمْ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ ناراً فَإِذا أَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ [He Who has made for you the fire from the green tree, so that with it you kindle fire]. Allah created him from this fire and from this tree, and the origin of the tree is clay."

Ali ibn Ibrahim: الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ [the green tree] in the verse الَّذِی جَعَلَ لَکُم مِّنَ الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَا أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ [He Who has made for you the fire from the green tree, so that with it you kindle fire], it is al-Markh and al-'Afar, which is found in a part of the country of the Maghrib. دَاخِرُونَ means you are cast into the fire.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): یُحْیِیهَا الَّذِی أَنْشَأَها أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ [He will give them life Who brought them into existence the first time]. Allah the Glorified made [people] aware of His great power through this saying of His: الَّذِی جَعَلَ لَکُمْ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ ناراً [He Who has made for you the fire from the green tree], [and made known] that the One who concealed hot fire within the green [tree] is more capable of restoring what has perished.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mufaddal ibn Umar narrates: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "The sustenance and being of a human and his living depend on four things — that is, on fire, light, wind and water. By means of fire he eats and drinks; by means of light he sees and thinks; by means of wind he hears and smells; and by means of water he perceives the pleasure of food and drink. If there were no fire in his stomach, food and drink would not be digested in it; if there were no light in his eye, of course he would not see or understand; if there were no wind, the fire of the stomach would not be kindled; and if there were no water, he would not find the pleasure of food and drink." I asked him about fire. He said: "Fire is four things: a fire that eats and drinks; a fire that eats and does not drink; a fire that drinks and does not eat; and a fire that neither eats nor drinks. The first fire is the fire of the son of man and of all living creatures; the second fire is the fire of firewood; the third fire is the fire of the tree; and the fourth is the fire of the flint-stone and of the firefly."