سورة الحديد

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا [O you who believe] — that is, O you who have acknowledged the oneness of Allah and affirmed Musa (peace be upon him) and Isa (peace be upon him), اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَ آمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ [be careful of your duty to Allah and believe in His Messenger]; adopt taqwa (Allah-consciousness) toward Allah and believe in His Messenger, that is, in Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family).

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Abu al-Jarud said: Allah has bestowed much good upon the People of the Book. He said: What is that? I said: The word of Allah the Mighty and Majestic who said: "Those to whom We gave the Book before it, they believe in it," up to His word: "These shall be granted their reward twice, because they were patient." He said: "Allah has given to you just as He gave to them." Then he recited: یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَ آمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ یُؤْتِکُمْ کِفْلَیْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَ یَجْعَلْ لَکُمْ نُوراً تَمْشُونَ بِهِ [O you who believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah and believe in His Messenger; He will give you two portions of His mercy, and make for you a light with which you will walk] — meaning an Imam whom you take as your leader.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): یُؤْتِکُمْ کِفْلیْنِ مِن رَّحْمَتِهِ [He will give you two portions of His mercy] — what is meant is two shares of His mercy: one of them is that He will not admit him to the Fire, and the second is that He will admit him to Paradise.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): یُؤْتِکُمْ کِفْلَیْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ [He will give you two portions of His mercy] means two shares [He will grant you from His mercy]: one share for your belief in the earlier prophets, and one share for your belief in Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). (Wilayah

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Jabir al-Ju'fi said: I asked Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) about the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَ آمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ یُؤْتِکُمْ کِفْلَیْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ [Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and believe in His Messenger: He will give you two portions of His mercy]. He said: "Hasan (peace be upon him) and Husayn (peace be upon him) are what is meant by the verse." I said: وَ یَجْعَلْ لَکُمْ نُوراً تَمْشُونَ [and make for you a light by which you will walk]. He said: "He will send you an Imam whom you shall take as your leader."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Jabir al-Ju'fi said: Concerning the verse: یا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَ آمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ یُؤْتِکُمْ کِفْلَیْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ [O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and believe in His Messenger: He will give you two portions of His mercy], Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: "What is meant is Hasan (peace be upon him) and Husayn (peace be upon him)." And he said: "He whom Allah has honoured with Shi'ism (tashayyu') has suffered no loss, however his worldly life passes, even if they find nothing to eat but thorns and thistles."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): وَ یَجْعَلْ لَکُمْ نُوراً تَمْشُونَ بِهِ [and make for you a light with which you will walk] — whoever clings to the wilayah of Ali, for him there is a light.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Ali (peace be upon him) has two lights, a light in the heavens and a light on the earth. So whoever clings to his light, Allah shall admit him into Paradise, and whoever strays from the path of his light, Allah shall admit him into the Fire. So give this glad tidings to the people on my behalf.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The words of Allah the Exalted وَ یَجْعَل لکُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ [And He will make for you a light with which you will walk] mean: He will bestow upon you faith.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): [What is meant by] the light is the Qur'an, and in it are signs for every truth and the exposition of every good, and by means of the Qur'an one attains the worthiness and capacity for [receiving] the light — that very light with which one will walk on the Day of Resurrection.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Allah created from the light of the face of Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) seventy thousand angels who, until the Day of Resurrection, seek forgiveness from Allah for him and for those who love him.