سورة المدثر

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): إِنَّهُ فَکَّرَ وَ قَدَّرَ [Surely he reflected and guessed] means that he thought about the wilayah (guardianship) which he had been commanded to accept, and resolved that if the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) were to pass away, he would not hand over to the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) the pledge of allegiance (bay'ah) which he had given him in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family).

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): إِنَّهُ فَکَّرَ وَ قَدَّرَ * فَقُتِلَ کَیْفَ قَدَّرَ * ثُمَّ قُتِلَ کَیْفَ قَدَّرَ * ثُمَّ نَظَرَ * ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَ بَسَرَ * ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَ اسْتَکْبَرَ * فَقَالَ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ یُؤْثَرُ * إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ [Surely he reflected and guessed. May he be killed how he guessed! Then may he be killed how he guessed! Then he looked. Then he frowned and scowled. Then he turned back and was arrogant. Then he said: This is nothing but sorcery handed down. This is nothing but the word of a mortal]; what is meant is the scheming, the looking, the thinking, the arrogance and pride that he saw in himself, and his claim that the truth was exclusively his and did not belong to the people of truth.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِنَّهُ فَکَّرَ وَ قَدَّرَ فَقُتِلَ کَیْفَ قَدَّرَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ کَیْفَ قَدَّرَ [Surely he reflected and guessed; may he be killed how he guessed; then may he be killed how he guessed] means he thought about how this speech had been prepared and arranged.