سورة الصف

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) narrated that the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said: "I am that profitable trade which delivers from the painful punishment, and I am the one whom Allah has spoken of in the Qur'an." And He said: یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آَمَنُوا هَل أَدُلُّکُمْ عَلی تِجَارَةٍ تُنجِیکُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِیمٍ [O you who believe! Shall I lead you to a trade that will deliver you from a painful punishment?].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): In [the narration of] Abu al-Jarud it is reported that Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said concerning the words of Allah the Exalted: یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آَمَنُوا هَل أَدُلُّکُمْ عَلی تِجَارَةٍ تُنجِیکُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِیمٍ [O you who believe! Shall I lead you to a trade that will deliver you from a painful punishment?]: "They said: If we knew what that trade is, we would sacrifice our wealth, our lives and our children in this path. And Allah the Exalted said: تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ تُجَاهِدُونَ فِی سَبِیلِ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِکُمْ وَ أَنْفُسِکُمْ ... ذَلِکَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیمُ [You should believe in Allah and His Messenger, and strive in the way of Allah with your wealth and your lives ... that is the great success]."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): It has been narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Ali's (peace be upon him) single combat with Amr ibn Abd Wadd is superior to the deeds of my ummah until the Day of Resurrection." And that [combat of Ali (peace be upon him)] is the profitable trade that delivers from the painful chastisement; [because] Allah the Exalted says: هَلْ أَدُلُّکُمْ عَلی تِجارَةٍ تُنْجِیکُمْ مِنْ عَذابٍ أَلِیمٍ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ تُجاهِدُونَ فِی سَبِیلِ اللهِ بِأَمْوالِکُمْ وَ أَنْفُسِکُمْ ذلِکُمْ خَیْرٌ لَکُمْ إِنْ کُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ یَغْفِرْ لَکُمْ ذُنُوبَکُمْ وَ یُدْخِلْکُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِی مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ وَ مَساکِنَ طَیِّبَةً فِی جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ذلِکَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیمُ [Shall I lead you to a merchandise which may deliver you from a painful chastisement? You shall believe in Allah and His Messenger and struggle in the way of Allah with your wealth and your lives; that is better for you, if you but knew. He will forgive you your sins and cause you to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetuity; that is the mighty achievement]. So in that case, the profitable and gainful trade is his single combat with Amr, and from here [it was that] he said: "I am the profitable trade," meaning I am the owner of the profitable trade.