سورة الأعراف

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) was asked about the word of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَ مَتاعٌ إِلى‌ حِينٍ [Get down, some of you being the enemies of others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time]. He said: "Until the Day of Resurrection."

Imam al-Askari (peace be upon him): Allah the Exalted said to those whom He sent down — Adam, Hawwa, Iblis and the serpent: "For you in the earth there is a place of settlement, a dwelling in which you live. And I urge you, through its nights and days, to strive for the Hereafter; so blessed is the one who trains it [himself, or the earth] for the abode of permanence. And for you there will be enjoyment until the Day of Resurrection, for Allah the Exalted brings forth from the earth your crops, produce and fruits, and through it purifies you and blesses you. And in the earth He also tests you through trials, and at times He grants you the pleasures of worldly blessings so that you may remember the pure blessings of the Hereafter — for the blessings of this world are bitter compared to them, and He nullifies them, diminishes them, and makes them appear small and lowly. And at times He tests you with worldly trials within which lie mercies, and interwoven with which are blessings that ward off hardships and calamities from the one being tested, so that through this He may warn you of the eternal punishment — a punishment in which there is no well-being or safety, and within which there is no ease or mercy."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): اهْبِطُواْ بَعْضُکُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ [Get down, some of you being enemies of others] means Adam and Iblis. وَ لَکُمْ فِی الأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَ مَتَاعٌ إِلَی حِینٍ [And there is for you in the earth an abode and provision for a time] means until the Day of Resurrection.