سورة الجن

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Zurara said: I asked Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) about the words of Allah the Exalted: کُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا [We are sects following different ways]. He said: "That is, we were upon different creeds."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): أَنّا مِنَّا الصّالِحُونَ [Among us are the righteous] — they are those who have performed righteous deeds with sincerity. وَ مِنّا دُونَ ذالِکَ [And among us are those below that] means they are of a rank and station lower than the righteous.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): کُنّا طَرائِقَ قِدَداً [We are sects following different ways] means we are different groups with different beliefs and various inclinations; [such as] Muslim, disbeliever, righteous and other than righteous.