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Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): إِنَّ فِی ذَلِکَ لَذِکْرَی لِمَنْ کَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ [Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart] — that is, intellect.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِنَّ فِی ذَلِکَ لَذِکْرَی لِمَنْ کَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ [Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart] — "heart" here means one who remembers. أَوْ أَلْقَی السَّمْعَ وَ هُوَ شَهِیدٌ [or he gives ear and is a witness] — that is, he hears and obeys.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): أَوْ أَلْقَی السَّمْعَ وَ هُوَ شَهِیدٌ [or he gives ear and is a witness] — that is, they hear, and their heart is not occupied with anything other than what they hear, and he himself is a witness to what he has heard, and he grasps it without being heedless of it or forgetting it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): O servants of Allah! Attend with presence of heart to the difference between the two groups — the sinners and the righteous — and take advantage of your well-being before the heart is torn from its place; for pleasures perish and their disgrace remains: إِنَّ فِی ذلِکَ لَذِکْری لِمَنْ کانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَی السَّمْعَ وَ هُوَ شَهِیدٌ [Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he gives ear and is a witness].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ [Say: He is Allah, the One] — قُلْ [Say] means: make manifest what We have revealed to you and informed you of, through the composition and arrangement of the letters which We have recited to you, so that whoever أَلْقَی السَّمْعَ وَ هُوَ شَهِیدٌ [gives ear and is a witness] may be guided by them to the straight path.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Ibn Abbas said: Two large camels were gifted to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family). He looked at his companions and said: 'Is there anyone among you who will pray two rak'ahs in which he pays no attention to any worldly matter and his heart is occupied with nothing but the remembrance of Allah? If so, I will give him one of these two camels.' Imam Ali (peace be upon him) stood up and prayed, and when he gave the salam of the prayer, Jibra'il (peace be upon him) descended and said: 'Give him one of these two camels.' The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'During the tashahhud of the prayer he thought about which of these two camels he should take.' Jibra'il (peace be upon him) said: 'He was thinking about which one of them was fatter so that he could take it, slaughter it, and give it as charity in the way of Allah. So his thought was for Allah, not for himself or for the world.' The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) gave him both camels, and Allah revealed this verse: إِنَّ فِی ذلِکَ لَذِکْری لِمَنْ کانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ [Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart] — that is, in the prayer of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) there is an admonition for everyone who has intellect; أَوْ أَلْقَی السَّمْعَ [or he gives ear] — that is, he listens with his two ears to what he recites with his tongue; وَ هُوَ شَهِیدٌ [and is a witness] — that is, his heart is present for Allah.' The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'There is no servant who prays two rak'ahs for Allah and does not think in them about any of the affairs of the world, but that Allah is pleased with him and forgives his sins.'

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): I am the possessor of the heart — the very one about whom Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: إِنَّ فِی ذلِکَ لَذِکْری لِمَنْ کانَ لَهُ قَلْب [Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart].

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): A delegation from Yemen came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family). They said: 'O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! Who is your successor?' He said: 'The very one whom Allah has commanded you to hold fast to and never let go of... he is my successor, and after me the path to me is through him.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! By the One who has truly sent you, show us your successor, for we long greatly to see him.' He said: 'He is the one whom Allah has made a sign for the believing physiognomist who possesses intellect, or who lends the ear of the heart while being present [in heart]. You will recognise him as my successor, just as you have recognised that I am your prophet. Now go among the ranks and look at the faces; whichever one your hearts incline towards, that is he.'