سورة الشورى

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Abu Hamza narrated from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that concerning this saying of Allah the Exalted: وَ لَوْ لا کَلِمَةُ الْفَصْلِ لَقُضِیَ بَیْنَهُمْ وَ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِینَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ [And were it not for the word of Judgement, decision would have certainly been given between them; and surely the unjust shall have a painful punishment], he said: "Were it not for the decision that Allah has taken beforehand concerning them, al-Qaim (may Allah hasten his noble reappearance) would not leave a single one of them."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ لَوْ لا کَلِمَةُ الْفَصْلِ لَقُضِیَ بَیْنَهُمْ [And were it not for the word of Judgement, decision would have certainly been given between them] — he said: the "word" in the verse is the Imam, and the proof of this matter is this verse: "He made the word of Tawhid an enduring word among his descendants, that perhaps they may return to Allah!" (Az-Zukhruf/28), that is, He placed the Imamate among his descendants. Then He says: إِنَّ الظَّالِمِینَ [and surely the unjust] — that is, those who wronged this "word", لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ [for them is a painful punishment].

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَکاءُ [Or have they associates] — that is, rather, these disbelievers have associates in what they do. شَرَعُوا لَهُمْ [they have prescribed for them] — that is, they have laid out for them [a new law and religion] and paved a path in religion which Allah has not sanctioned; that is, a path which Allah has not commanded and for which they had no permission. That is, they legislated for them a religion other than the religion of Islam.