سورة الزخرف

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ مَنْ یَعْشُ عَنْ ذِکْرِ الرَّحْمنِ [And whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Merciful] means that he becomes blind to the remembrance of Allah the Most Merciful.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): مَن یعْشُ عَن ذِکْرِ الرَّحْمَنِ means whoever shuts his eyes.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Whoever abandons holding fast to obeying Allah's command, Allah appoints for him a Satan who becomes his companion.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): O son of Mas'ud! By the One who sent me with the truth, a time will come upon people when they will consider wine lawful and call it nabidh. The curse of Allah, the angels, and all people be upon them; I am free from them and they are free from me. O son of Mas'ud! One who commits adultery with his mother [his reckoning] is easier than one who lets even a mustard seed's weight of usury (riba) enter his wealth, and one who drinks wine, whether little or much, is worse in the sight of Allah than one who consumes usury, because wine is the key to every evil. O son of Mas'ud! They oppress the righteous and endorse the wicked and the corrupt; truth in their eyes is falsehood, and falsehood in their eyes is truth. All of this is for the sake of the world, and they know that they are upon other than the truth, but Satan has adorned their deeds for them and blocked their path, so they are not guided. "And they are content with the life of this world and rely on it, and those who are heedless of Our signs — [all of] them, their abode is the Fire because of what they used to earn!" (Yunus/7-8). O son of Mas'ud! Allah the Exalted has said: وَ مَنْ یَعْشُ عَنْ ذِکْرِ الرَّحْمنِ نُقَیِّضْ لَهُ شَیْطاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِینٌ* وَ إِنَّهُمْ لَیَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِیلِ وَ یَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ* حَتَّی إِذا جاءَنا قالَ یا لَیْتَ بَیْنِی وَ بَیْنَکَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَیْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِین [And whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Merciful, We appoint for him a devil, so he becomes his companion. And indeed, they turn them away from the path while they think that they are guided. Until, when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and you were the distance of the two easts — what a wretched companion!].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): O son of Mas'ud! Allah the Exalted has said: Whoever turns away from My remembrance and the remembrance of the Hereafter, We send a satan to him and he is always his companion! And they [the satans] hold this group back from the path of Allah, while they suppose that they are the truly guided ones! Until, when he comes before Us [on the Day of Resurrection], he says: Would that between me and you were the distance of east and west — what a wretched companion you were! (Zukhruf/36-38).

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whenever Allah the Exalted loves a servant, He places a white point in his heart, opens the ears of his heart, and appoints an angel to protect him. And whenever He detests a servant, He places a black point in his heart and appoints a satan to lead him astray. And it is in accordance with this [pattern] that this word of Allah the Exalted was revealed: وَ مَنْ یَعْشُ عَنْ ذِکْرِ الرَّحْمنِ نُقَیِّضْ لَهُ شَیْطاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِینٌ [And whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Merciful, We appoint for him a satan, so he becomes his companion].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Jabir narrates from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that he said: Today regret concerning the right of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) will not benefit you at all, for you did wrong. And in truth, you will be sharers in the punishment. And this is the answer to those whose mention preceded before this verse, which is the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: وَ مَنْ یَعْشُ عَنْ ذِکْرِ الرَّحْمنِ نُقَیِّضْ لَهُ شَیْطاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِینٌ* وَ إِنَّهُمْ لَیَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِیلِ وَ یَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ* حَتَّی إِذا جاءَنا قالَ یا لَیْتَ بَیْنِی وَ بَیْنَکَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَیْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِینُ [And whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Merciful, We appoint for him a satan, so he becomes his companion. And indeed, they turn them away from the path while they think that they are guided. Until, when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and you were the distance of the two easts — what a wretched companion!].