سورة ص

Imam al-Hadi (peace be upon him): Abd al-Azim al-Hasani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Imam al-Hadi (peace be upon him) say: 'The meaning of al-Rajim is that he was driven away with a curse and expelled from the places of goodness, and no believer mentions him except that he curses him. And it is written in Allah's prior knowledge that when al-Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble relief) rises, no believer will remain in his time but that he will have stoned Satan with stones, just as he had been driven away with a curse before that.'

The Imams (peace be upon them): When Allah the Mighty and Majestic commanded all the angels to prostrate to Adam (peace be upon him) and Iblis refused and did not prostrate, the Lord said to Iblis: فَاخْرُجْ مِنهْا فَإِنَّکَ رَجِیمٌ وَ إِنَّ عَلَیْکَ لَعْنَتیِ إِلیَ یَوْمِ الدِّین [So get out of it, for indeed you are driven away, and indeed My curse is upon you until the Day of Judgment]. Then He said to Adam (peace be upon him): 'O Adam, go to this group of angels and say: Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.' Adam (peace be upon him) greeted them. The angels replied and said: 'And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.' When Adam (peace be upon him) returned to his Lord, the Blessed and Exalted Truth said to him: 'This is your greeting and the greeting of your descendants which must remain in use among them with this same wording until the Day of Judgment.'

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): Allah created the body of Adam (peace be upon him), and for forty years he remained as a form, and Iblis the accursed used to pass by him and say: "You have been created for some purpose [something is up, and you have been created for a reason]!" Iblis said: "If Allah commands me to prostrate to this one, I will surely disobey Him." Then Allah the Exalted breathed into the body of Adam (peace be upon him), and when the spirit reached his nose, he sneezed and said: "الحمد لله [Praise be to Allah]." Allah the Exalted said to him: "May Allah have mercy on you." And thus the mercy of Allah preceded upon him over everything else. Allah the Blessed and Exalted said to the angels: اسْجُدُواْ لآدَمَ فَسَجَدُواْ [Prostrate to Adam! and they prostrated] — prostrate and humble yourselves before Adam! They all prostrated. (Baqarah/34) And Satan brought forth the envy that he held in his heart toward Adam (peace be upon him) and refused to prostrate. Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" (A'raf/12). Satan said: "أَنَاْ خَیْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِی مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِینٍ [I am better than him; You created me from fire and created him from clay]." Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "The first to resort to analogy and consider himself great was Satan, and the first sin by which Allah was disobeyed was this arrogance." He said: "Iblis said: O my Lord! Exempt me from prostrating to Adam, and I will worship You with a worship that no angel brought near nor any messenger prophet (peace be upon him and his family) has ever worshipped You with. Allah the Blessed and Exalted said: I have no need of your worship. I wish to be worshipped in the way I want, not in the way you want. And he refused to prostrate, and Allah the Blessed and Exalted said: فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّکَ رَجِیمٌ وَ إِنَّ عَلَیْکَ لَعْنَتِی إِلَی یَوْمِ الدِّینِ [So get out of it, for indeed you are driven away, and indeed upon you is My curse until the Day of Judgement]. Iblis said: O my Lord! How can You drive me away when You are the Just One who does not wrong and does not oppress? Then has the reward of my deed been nullified? Allah said: No! Whatever you wish of the matter of this world as the reward of your deed, ask and I will grant it to you. His first request was for continuance until the Day of Judgement." Allah said: "I have granted it to you." He said: "Give me power over the children of Adam." He said: "I have given you power." He said: "Make me flow within them like the blood that flows in their veins." He said: "I have made you flow." He said: "For every child they bring into the world, let two children be born for me, and let me see them but they not see me, and let me appear to them in any form I wish." He said: "I have granted it to you." He said: "My Lord, give me more scope." Allah said: "I have made their breasts a dwelling place for you and your progeny." He said: "My Lord, that is enough for me." Then Satan said: "فَبِعِزَّتِکَ لَأُغْوِیَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِینَ إِلَّا عِبَادَکَ مِنْهُمُ المُخْلَصِینَ [By Your might, I will surely mislead them all together, except Your chosen servants among them]. Then I will come upon them from before them and from behind them, and from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them grateful!" (A'raf/17).