سورة الأعراف

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّی بِالْقِسْطِ وَ أَقِیمُواْ وُجُوهَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Say: My Lord has enjoined justice, and set upright your faces at every time of prayer], that is, with justice.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about this saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: وَ أَقِیمُواْ وُجُوهَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [and set upright your faces at every time of prayer]. He said: "This too is the qibla."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): That is, towards the qibla in which the worship of idols is not performed and worship in it is purely for Allah alone.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Ali al-Halabi said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), regarding this saying of Allah the Exalted: وَ أَقِیمُواْ وُجُوهَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [and set upright your faces at every time of prayer], said: "Mosques were built, and they were commanded, at the time of prayer, to stand facing al-Masjid al-Haram."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Husayn ibn Mihran said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: وَ أَقِیمُوا وُجُوهَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [and set upright your faces at every time of prayer] — that is, the Imams (peace be upon them).

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): That worship of idols does not take place in it, and worship in it is only for Allah.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): كَما بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ [As He brought you forth in the beginning, so shall you return]; it is narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) that he said: "On the Day of Resurrection you will be gathered naked, barefoot and separated from one another," and he recited this verse, [then said:] كَما بَدَأْنا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْداً عَلَيْنا إِنَّا كُنَّا فاعِلِينَ [As We began the first creation, We shall bring it back — a promise binding upon Us; indeed We shall do it].

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): On the Day of Resurrection, you will be raised up in the same state you were in in this world and in which you died; the believer upon the faith he had, and the disbeliever upon the disbelief he had, will be gathered.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ, that is, on the Day of Resurrection.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): كَما بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ فَرِيقاً هَدَى وَ فَرِيقاً حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلالَةُ [As He brought you forth in the beginning, so shall you return; one group He guided, and one group upon whom misguidance was justly decreed]; when He created them, He created them as believers and disbelievers, wretched and blessed, and likewise on the Day of Resurrection they will return — some guided and some misguided. Allah the Blessed and Exalted says: they [are those who] took the satans as their guardians instead of Allah, and suppose that they are rightly guided! (al-A'raf/30). What is meant is the Qadariyya, who do not believe in divine decree and claim that they themselves are able to guide themselves or lead themselves astray, and that this choice is in their own hands; if they wish they are guided, and whenever they wish they go astray. They are the Magians of this ummah. The enemies of Allah lie: will and power belong to Allah. كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ — whoever He created wretched, will return wretched to Him, and whoever He created blessed at the time of his creation, will return in that same state to Him. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) says: "The wretched one is he who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the blessed one is he who enjoyed blessedness and good fortune in his mother's womb."