سورة الجاثية

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): ذَلکُم بِأَنَّکُمُ اتَّخَذْتُمْ آیَاتِ اللهِ هُزُوا [That is because you took the signs of Allah for a jest] — here, what is meant by the signs of Allah are the Imams (peace be upon them), whom you denied and mocked. فَالیَومَ لا یُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا [So on that day they shall not be brought forth from it] means you will no longer be brought out of the Fire. وَ لا هُمْ یُسْتَعْتَبُونَ [nor shall they be granted goodwill] means no answer will be given to them and Allah will not accept them.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mufaddal ibn Umar narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): concerning the interpretation of the verse لا تَمُدَّنَّ عَیْنَیْکَ إِلی ما مَتَّعْنا بِهِ أَزْواجاً مِنْهُمْ وَ لا تَحْزَنْ عَلَیْهِمْ وَ اخْفِضْ جَناحَکَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِینَ [Do not extend your eyes toward what We have given for enjoyment to categories of them, and do not grieve over them, and lower your wing to the believers], he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: Whoever does not console himself with the consolation of Allah, his soul will be cut to pieces over the world with regrets ... and whoever from this ummah, from those who recited the Qur'an, enters the Fire is among those who took the signs of Allah for a jest."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): In the Torah four things are written, and four things are alongside them: whoever wakes in the morning grieving over the world has entered the morning angry with his Lord; whoever complains about a calamity that has befallen him, indeed he is complaining about his Lord; whoever humbles himself before a wealthy person so that something of that wealth may come to him, two-thirds of his religion is gone; and whoever from this ummah, from those who have recited the Qur'an, enters the Fire is among those who took the signs of Allah in mockery.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): In the Book of the Torah a matter is written on two pages; in one of them it says: whoever grieves over the world is displeased with the decree of Allah, and a believer who complains about a calamity that has befallen him to someone who opposes him in his religion has only complained about his Allah to His enemy; and whoever humbles himself before a wealthy person coveting what he possesses, two-thirds of his religion is gone; and whoever recites the Qur'an and dies and enters the Fire is from among those who took the signs of Allah in jest and mockery.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): وَ مَنْ جاءَ بِالسَّیِّئَةِ فَکُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِی النَّارِ [And whoever comes with an evil deed — their faces will be thrown down into the Fire] — this too is enmity toward the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them), from whom Allah does not accept any deed of good and virtue. لا یُخْرَجُونَ مِنْها وَ لا یُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذابُ [They shall not be brought out of it, nor shall the punishment be lightened for them].