سورة الإنشقاق

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Jahm ibn Hurr says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) recite this verse: ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْکِتابَ الَّذینَ اصْطَفَیْنا مِنْ عِبادِنا فَمِنْهُمْ ظالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَ مِنْهُمْ سابِقٌ بِالخَیْراتِ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ [Then We gave the Book as inheritance to those whom We chose from among Our servants; but among them is he who wrongs himself, and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who outstrips [others] in good deeds by Allah's leave.] (Fatir/32). Then he said: "The one who outstrips enters Paradise without reckoning, and the moderate one is reckoned with by an easy reckoning."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Everyone who is called to account is punished." A person said to him: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! Then what of the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: فَسَوْفَ یُحاسَبُ حِساباً یَسِیراً [He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning]?" He said: "That means the presentation — that is, leafing through the pages of the book and looking at them page by page."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Whoever is called to account will be punished." A speaker said to him: "Then what is the meaning of this verse: فَسَوْفَ یُحاسَبُ حِساباً یَسیراً [He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning]?" He said: "The easy reckoning is only the presentation of his deeds to Allah, and it means Allah's overlooking his deeds."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): In the book al-Ihtijaj it is reported: One of the heretics went to the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (peace be upon him), and said: "If there were no differences and contradictions in the Quran, I would surely embrace your religion." Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said to him: ... فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوازِینُهُ وَ مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوازِینُهُ [Then those whose scales of deeds are heavy — they are the successful ones! And those whose scales of deeds are light] (Al-Mu'minun/102-103) refers to the smallness and greatness of the reckoning. On that day people will be in various ranks and stations. یُحاسَبُ حِساباً یَسِیراً وَ یَنْقَلِبُ إِلی أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُوراً [He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning and shall return to his family joyfully]. Others enter Paradise without any reckoning at all, because they have not been tainted with anything of the affairs of this world; the reckoning there is only upon those who have been tainted with it here. Some of them are called to account over the skin of a date-stone (an allusion to precise reckoning) and are dispatched toward the punishment of the Blaze."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): There are three things — whoever has them in himself, Allah will reckon him with an easy reckoning and will admit him into Paradise by His mercy. They said to him: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), what are those three things?" He said: "That you give to one who has deprived you, that you keep ties with one who has cut them with you, and that you pardon one who has wronged you; after he is finished with the reckoning, he returns."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Allah scrutinises His servants closely on the Day of Resurrection in the reckoning to the measure of the intellects He gave them in this world (He reckons with them with precision and scrutiny in proportion to that).

Imam Husayn (peace be upon him): Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) narrated from his forefathers from Imam Husayn (peace be upon him): ... A Jewish scholar asked Imam Ali (peace be upon him): "What excellences has the ummah of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) obtained over the other nations?" He said: "The distinctions are many, and I will mention a few of them: Among their excellences is that Allah has made them of three groups: ظالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَ مِنْهُمْ سابِقٌ بِالخَیْراتِ [But among them some wronged themselves, some were moderate, and some, by Allah's leave, outstripped the others in good deeds] (Fatir/32). The one who outstrips in good deeds enters Paradise without reckoning, the moderate ones have an easy reckoning, and those who wronged themselves are, Allah willing, forgiven."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever wishes to meet Allah and to be reckoned with by an easy reckoning and to enter the Gardens of Eden, whose breadth is like the heavens and the earth, prepared to receive the Allah-fearing, let him love Ali ibn Muhammad, Imam al-Hadi (peace be upon him).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Allah the Exalted has bestowed upon me three things concerning Ali (peace be upon him) for my worldly life and three things for my Hereafter... As for what He has given me concerning Ali (peace be upon him) for my Hereafter: on the day when the gates of Paradise are opened, he will be the keeper of my keys. And what He has given me concerning Ali (peace be upon him) for my Hereafter: on the Day of Resurrection, four banners will be given to me; the banner of praise, الحمد لله [Praise be to Allah], will be in my own hand, and I shall raise the banner of tahlil, لا اله الا الله [there is no god but Allah], for Ali (peace be upon him), and I shall place him at the head of a group whose reckoning will be easy and who will enter Paradise without reckoning.