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Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Tha'laba narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Allah the Blessed and Exalted said: لَقَدْ جَاءکُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِکُمْ [Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves]; this is addressed to us; عَزِیزٌ عَلَیْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ [grievous to him is your falling into distress]; this too is about us; حَرِیصٌ عَلَیْکُم [excessively solicitous respecting you] is about us; بِالْمؤْمِنِینَ رَؤُوفٌ رَّحِیمٌ [to the believers he is compassionate, merciful] — in this fourth part, the believers have been made partners with us. The first three parts belong exclusively to us."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Abdullah ibn Sulayman narrates from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that he said: لَقَدْ جَاءکُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِکُمْ [Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves] is from us; عَزِیزٌ عَلَیْهِ ما عَنِتُّمْ [grievous to him is your falling into distress]; that is, what distresses us. حَرِیصٌ عَلَیْکُمْ [excessively solicitous respecting you]; that is, upon us. بِالْمُؤْمِنِینَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِیمٌ [to the believers he is compassionate, merciful]; he is compassionate and merciful to our Shi'a. Three parts are for us and one quarter is for our Shi'a.

Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him): Then Allah favored you with Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and sent him to you as a Messenger from among yourselves, and in what He sent down of His Book He said: لَقَدْ جاءَکُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِکُمْ عَزِیزٌ عَلَیْهِ ما عَنِتُّمْ حَرِیصٌ عَلَیْکُمْ بِالمُؤْمِنِینَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِیمٌ [Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your falling into distress, excessively solicitous respecting you; to the believers he is compassionate, merciful], and He said: "Allah has indeed favored the believers when He raised up among them a Messenger of their own kind." The Messenger sent to you was from among yourselves, and he taught you the Book, wisdom, the obligatory duties and the sunnah.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): لَقَدْ جَاءَکُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِکُمْ [Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves] — that is, from a marriage untouched by anything of the births of the Jahiliyya.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): مِنْ أَنْفُسِکُمْ [from among yourselves]; that is, from the most noble and most virtuous of you.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him) said, the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said to Abdullah ibn Salam: "... Allah praises me with compassion and mercy, and says in the Qur'an: لَقَدْ جاءَکُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِکُمْ عَزِیزٌ عَلَیْهِ ما عَنِتُّمْ حَرِیصٌ عَلَیْکُمْ بِالمُؤْمِنِینَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِیم [Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your falling into distress, excessively solicitous respecting you; to the believers he is compassionate, merciful]."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated from Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "My love has mingled with the blood of my ummah, and they prefer me over their fathers, their mothers, and themselves." He was the most compassionate and most caring of people towards them. Allah the Blessed and Exalted said: لَقَدْ جاءَکُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِکُمْ عَزِیزٌ عَلَیْهِ ما عَنِتُّمْ حَرِیصٌ عَلَیْکُمْ بِالْمؤْمِنِینَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِیمٌ [Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your falling into distress, excessively solicitous respecting you; to the believers he is compassionate, merciful].