سورة ص

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): اصْبِرْ عَلی ما یَقُولُونَ [Bear patiently what they say]; that is, O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! Be patient with their denial of you; I shall take revenge through a man from your lineage, and he is my Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble reappearance), whom I have given power over the blood of the oppressors.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): "What is the meaning of yad in the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: یا إِبْلِیسُ ما مَنَعَکَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِما خَلَقْتُ بِیَدَیَ [O Iblis! What prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My two hands]?" He said: "Yad in the language of the Arabs comes in the meaning of strength and blessing, as He has said; وَ اذْکُرْ عَبْدَنا داوُدَ ذَا الْأَیْدِ [And remember Our servant Dawud, the possessor of power], and in another verse He said: وَ السَّماءَ بَنَیْناها بِأَیْدٍ [And the heaven, We built it with power] (Dhariyat/47). Here too it means with power and strength."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ibrahim ibn Uthman narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) regarding the words of Allah the Exalted: وَ اذْکُرْ عَبْدَنا داوُدَ ذَا الْأَیْدِ [And remember Our servant Dawud, the possessor of power], he said: [that is,] the possessor of power.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ اذْکُرْ عَبْدَنا داوُدَ ذَا الْأَیْدِ [And remember Our servant Dawud, the possessor of power], that is, possessing strength for worship.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): Allah the Mighty and Majestic addressed His Prophet and said: اصْبِرْ عَلَی مَا یَقُولُونَ وَ اذْکُرْ عَبْدَنَا داود ذَا الْأَیْدِ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ [Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant Dawud, the possessor of power; surely he was frequent in returning (to Allah)]; that is, he supplicated much.