سورة الشورى

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "مَنْ کانَ یُرِیدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ [Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter] — what does it mean?" Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "The gain of the hereafter means the recognition (marifa) of Amir al-Muminin (peace be upon him) and the pure Imams (peace be upon them), for Allah, through the blessing of their state (dawla), grants their friends a share of it as well. But the one who has fixed his eye on the gain of this world will have no share in the state of truth and the appearance of the Qaim of the family of Muhammad (may Allah hasten his noble reappearance)."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): مَنْ کانَ یُرِیدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِی حَرْثِهِ [Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of that gain], meaning the reward of the hereafter.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Wealth and children are the harvest of this world, and righteous deeds are حَرْثُ الْآخِرَةِ [the harvest of the hereafter], and sometimes Allah brings both together for some people.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It has been narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that he said: "Whoever seeks hadith [preserving it, or transmitting and relating it] for the benefit and gain of this world, has no share or portion in the hereafter and the next abode; and whoever seeks it for the good and welfare of the hereafter, Allah grants and bestows upon him the good and welfare of both this world and the hereafter."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever holds worldly matters in his intention, Allah will scatter and disperse his affairs, and will always keep poverty and destitution before his eyes — he fears want, and nothing of this world's benefits will come to him beyond what has been decreed for him. But whoever, in his deeds and endeavours, is concerned with the matter of the hereafter, Allah will order and arrange his affairs, and will place the disposition and state of self-sufficiency in his soul, and this world will turn toward him with complete ease and submission.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): مَنْ کانَ یُرِیدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِی حَرْثِهِ [Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of that gain] — that is, the reward of the hereafter. وَ مَنْ کانَ یُرِیدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْیا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْها وَ ما لَهُ فِی الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ نَصِیب [and whoever desires the gain of this world, We give him of it, and in the hereafter he has no portion].

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): [When I was washing the body of the Prophet,] whenever I intended to turn a limb of his (the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his family)) body [to wash its back], that [limb] would turn by itself. When I had completed the washing of the Prophet as I had been commanded, I went out [from the room in which the body of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) was], and the angels [came and] prayed over his body. When I lowered him into his grave, I heard a crier from behind me [calling out]: O family of Taym! O family of Adi! O family of Umayyah! وَ جَعَلْناهُمْ أَئِمَّةً یَدْعُونَ إِلَی النَّارِ وَ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَةِ لَا یُنْصَرُونَ [And We made them [the Pharaoh's people] leaders who invite to the Fire (of Hell), and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped!] (Al-Qasas/41). O family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! Be patient, that you may be rewarded. مَنْ کانَ یُرِیدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِی حَرْثِهِ وَ مَنْ کانَ یُرِیدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْیا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْها وَ ما لَهُ فِی الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ نَصِیبٍ [Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of that gain; and whoever desires the gain of this world, We give him of it, and in the hereafter he has no portion].