سورة المائدة

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقامُوا التَّوْراةَ وَ الْإِنْجِیلَ وَ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَیْهِمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ [And if they had kept up the Tawrat and the Injil and that which was revealed to them from their Lord] — [the meaning] is wilayah.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقامُوا التَّوْراةَ وَ الْإِنْجِیلَ وَ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَیْهِمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ [And if they had kept up the Tawrat and the Injil and that which was revealed to them from their Lord] — meaning the Jews and the Christians. لَأَکَلُوا مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ [they would certainly have eaten from above them and from beneath their feet] — from above their heads, the rain, and from beneath their feet, the vegetation. مِنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُقْتَصِدَةٌ [Among them is a moderate community] — they were a group of the Jews who entered Islam; Allah named them the moderate community.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): In the Kitab of Sulaym ibn Qays, in a long hadith, it is narrated: Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) said to Talha: "Every verse that Allah revealed upon Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) is with me by the dictation of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and in my own handwriting; and the ta'wil (interpretation) of every verse revealed upon Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), and every halal and haram, or hadd (legal punishment) or ruling that the ummah will need until the Day of Judgement — its writing is with me, by the dictation of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and in my own handwriting, even the compensation for a scratch." Talha asked: "Every report, small or great, particular or general, whatever has been and whatever will be until the Day of Judgement — its writing is with you?" He said: "Yes; and besides that, the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), during his illness, secretly placed in my possession the key to a thousand doors of knowledge, from each door of which a thousand doors are opened. If the ummah, after the passing of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), had followed and obeyed me, they would have eaten from the sky and from the earth."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): In the counsels of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) to Abdullah ibn Jundab, it is narrated: O son of Jundab! If our Shia stood firm, the angels would shake hands with them, the cloud would cast its shade over them, they would shine like the [brightness of the] day, sustenance and provision would come to them from the sky and the earth, and they would not ask Allah for anything but that He would grant it to them.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Abu al-Sahba' al-Bakri narrates: I heard from Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) that he summoned Ra's al-Jalut [the head of the Jews] and the bishop of the Christians and said: "I am going to ask you about something which I myself know better than you — do not conceal it." He said to the bishop of the Christians: "I put you under oath by the Allah who revealed the Injil upon Isa (peace be upon him) and placed blessing in his feet, so that Isa (peace be upon him) used to heal the blind and the leper and the one born blind, and used to bring the dead to life, and made birds for you out of clay, and informed you of what you ate and what you stored up." The bishop said: "Without these [words and oaths], I speak the truth." Ali (peace be upon him) said: "Into how many sects did the Christians divide after Isa (peace be upon him)?" He said: "By Allah, only one sect." Ali (peace be upon him) said: "By the Allah besides whom there is no god, you have lied; they divided into seventy-two sects, all of them in the Fire except one sect. Allah says: مِنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُقْتَصِدَةٌ وَ کَثِیرٌ مِنْهُمْ ساءَ ما یَعْمَلُونَ [Among them is a moderate community, and many of them — evil is what they do]. Only this one sect is saved."