سورة الشورى

Ibn Abbas: حم [Ha Mim] is one of the names of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and عسق [Ain Sin Qaf] is the knowledge of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) regarding the transgression of every group and the hypocrisy of every faction.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): حم means it is certain (hatm). عین is punishment (adhab), and سین means years (sinun) like the years of Yusuf (peace be upon him), and قاف is qadhf (being pelted), khasf (being sunk into the earth) and maskh (being disfigured), which will occur at the end of time upon the Sufyani and his companions, and thirty million people from [the tribe of] Kalb who will come out with him. And that will be when the Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble relief) rises in Makkah, and he is the Mahdi (may Allah hasten his noble relief) of this ummah.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): حم [Ha Mim] is one of the names of Allah. عسق [Ain Sin Qaf] is the knowledge of Ali (peace be upon him) concerning the transgression and immorality of every group and the hypocrisy of every faction.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Yahya ibn Maysara al-Khath'ami said: I heard Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) say: "حم عسق [Ha Mim Ain Sin Qaf] is the count of the years of the age of Imam of the Age (peace be upon him). Likewise, ق [Qaf] is a mountain that surrounds the entire world and it is of green emerald, and the green colour of the sky is from that mountain. Likewise, the knowledge of everything is contained in عسق [Ain Sin Qaf]."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): These disjointed letters are a number of the letters of the disjoined Greatest Name of Allah, which the Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) and the Imam (peace be upon him) know. Consequently, they form the very Greatest Name by which, whenever Allah is called upon, He will answer the supplication.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Sufyan al-Thawri said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "O son of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! What is the meaning of the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: حم عسق [Ha Mim Ain Sin Qaf]?" [He answered]: "حم عسق; ha, mim, ain, sin, qaf mean: the Forbearing, the Giver of knowledge, the Knowing, the Hearing, the Powerful, and the Mighty."