سورة الفجر

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It is narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that regarding the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: إِنَّ رَبَّکَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ [Indeed your Lord is watching], he said: "It is a bridge upon the Sirat, which no servant can cross while holding [unresolved] a right belonging to another."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Allah — there is no god other than Him — when He raises up the creatures and gathers the earlier and later peoples, Hell is brought forward... Then a Sirat is placed over Hell, finer than a hair and sharper than a sword, and upon it are three bridges: on the first is trustworthiness and kinship (rahim), on the second is prayer, and on the third is the Lord of the worlds, there is no god other than Him. At that moment the creatures are compelled to cross the Sirat, and trustworthiness and kinship hold them back. If they are saved from these, prayer holds them back; and if they are saved from that too, the end of the road reaches the Lord of the worlds, there is no god other than Him. And this is the word of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: إِنَّ رَبَّکَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ [Indeed your Lord is watching].

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِنَّ رَبَّکَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ [Indeed your Lord is watching]; that is, He is the watcher and guardian of everyone.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The meaning is that your Lord is able to give the sinners their recompense.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): O people! Do not put Allah under obligation by your Islam, lest He be angry with you and afflict you with a punishment from Himself; for indeed He is in the place of ambush.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): It is narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him) that there are seven prisons upon the bridge of Hell. In the first prison, the servant is asked about the testimony of لا إله إلا الله [there is no god but Allah]; if it is complete, he passes on to the second. In the second he is asked about the prayer, in the third about zakat, in the fourth about fasting, in the fifth about hajj, in the sixth about umrah, and in the seventh about wronging others. If he passes through it, he has passed; otherwise it is said: 'Look — if he has any voluntary act (of worship), forgive his sins through it and take him to Paradise.'

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): If Allah grants the wrongdoer respite for some days, He does not neglect calling him to account and punishing him; He lies in wait for the wrongdoers upon the road, holding their throats so as to keep them from swallowing water.