سورة المزمل

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Fudayl said: I asked Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) about this verse: وَ اصْبِرْ عَلی ما یَقُولُونَ [And bear patiently what they say]. He said, "Bear patiently what they say about you."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): O Hafs! Whoever bears patiently, has borne patiently only briefly; and whoever is impatient, has been impatient only briefly. You must observe patience in all your affairs, for indeed Allah the Mighty and Majestic sent Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and commanded him with patience and gentleness. He said: وَ اصْبِرْ عَلی ما یَقُولُون [And bear patiently what they say].

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said concerning the verse: اصْبِرْ عَلی ما یَقُولُونَ [Bear patiently what they say]: "That is, O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! Bear patiently that they call you a liar. I shall take revenge on them through a man from your lineage, and he is my Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble reappearance), whom I have given power over the blood of the oppressors."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Then Allah, whose remembrance is majestic and honoured, on account of the vastness of His mercy and His compassion toward His creation, and because He knew that alterers would introduce changes into His Book, divided His speech into three kinds: one kind He made such that both the learned and the ignorant understand it; another kind He made such that only those with a purified mind, a refined perception and sound discernment understand — those whose breasts He Himself has opened to Islam; and yet another kind He made such that only Allah, His trustees, and those firmly rooted in knowledge — upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings — understand it ... "And Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who have believed, send blessings upon him and greet him with a [worthy] salutation, and submit completely [to his command]" (al-Ahzab/56). This verse has an outward meaning and an inward meaning. Its outward is where He said, "send blessings upon him," and its inward is where He said, "and submit completely [to his command]" — that is, submit to the one whom He made his executor (wasi) and successor, and whom He gave superiority over you, and submit to what He entrusted to him. This is among those verses whose interpretation, as I said, only those with refined perception, purified mind and sound discernment know. Likewise this saying of Allah the Exalted: سَلَامٌ عَلَی إِلْ یَاسِینَ [Peace be upon the family of Yasin] (al-Saffat/130), for Allah named the noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) by this name and said: یس* وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَکِیمِ* إِنَّکَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ [Ya-Sin. By the wise Quran. Indeed, you are among the messengers] (Ya-Sin/1-3), because He knew that they would drop His words — namely "peace be upon the family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)" — just as they dropped other words. All the while the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) kept close company with them, drew them near, and seated them on his right and left, until Allah the Mighty and Majestic commanded him to keep them at a distance and said: وَ اهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِیلًا [And avoid them with a becoming avoidance].