سورة الأنفال

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Allah revealed three verses specific to Quraysh and one verse concerning all the Arabs. As for the verse that is specific to Quraysh, it is: وَ اذْکُرُوا إِذْ أَنْتُمْ قَلیلٌ مُسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِی الْأَرْضِ تَخافُونَ أَنْ یَتَخَطَّفَکُمُ النَّاسُ فَآواکُمْ وَ أَیَّدَکُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ وَ رَزَقَکُمْ مِنَ الطَّیِّباتِ لَعَلَّکُمْ تَشْکُرُونَ [And remember when you were few, deemed weak in the land, fearing lest people might carry you off by force, but He sheltered you and strengthened you with His aid and gave you of the good things that you may give thanks].

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ اذْکُرُوا إِذْ أَنْتُمْ قَلِیلٌ مُسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِی الْأَرْضِ تَخافُونَ أَنْ یَتَخَطَّفَکُمُ النَّاسُ فَآواکُمْ وَ أَیَّدَکُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ وَ رَزَقَکُمْ مِنَ الطَّیِّباتِ لَعَلَّکُمْ تَشْکُرُونَ [And remember when you were few, deemed weak in the land, fearing lest people might carry you off by force, but He sheltered you and strengthened you with His aid and gave you of the good things that you may give thanks] — this verse was revealed specifically concerning Quraysh.

Lady Zahra (peace be upon her): You were in fear of the assault of neighbours and those around you. In such circumstances, Allah delivered you through His Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), after all those hardships and difficulties that he endured, and after he was afflicted with beast-like men and the wolves of the Arabs; for whenever they kindled a fire for war, and a horn of misguidance appeared, or a polytheist opened his mouth in absurd talk, he would cast his brother Ali (peace be upon him) into its jaws, and Ali (peace be upon him) would not sit back until he had trampled their brains beneath the sole of his foot and extinguished the flame of sedition with his sword. He was tireless in the way of Allah, close to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), and the great one among the friends of Allah.