سورة التوبة

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Jabir said: Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said regarding this verse: رَضُوا بِأَنْ یَکُونُوا مَعَ الْخَوالِفِ [They are content to be with those who stay behind]: "With the women."

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): Abd al-Aziz ibn Muslim narrated: We were in Marw during the time of Imam Rida (peace be upon him). On a Friday, in the early days of our arrival in Marw, we had gathered in the great mosque of Marw, when the discussion turned to the matter of imamah and the great disagreement people had about it. I went to the presence of my master and mawla, Imam Rida (peace be upon him), and related to him what people were saying and disputing. He smiled and said: "O Abd al-Aziz! The people are ignorant and have been deceived in their religion. Allah did not take His Prophet from this world until He had perfected the religion for him and revealed the Quran to him — in which is the detailed exposition of every thing. The lawful and the unlawful, the punishments, the rulings, and all that people need, He explained completely in the Quran ... The Imam is the unique one of his age; no one can approach his rank and no scholar reaches his level, and no substitute can be found for him ... May Allah destroy them; how are they turned away from the truth?! (Tawba/30). They have attempted a difficult climb and uttered a great lie and have gone far astray. They have fallen into bewilderment and confusion, and knowingly abandoned the Imam. Satan had adorned their deeds for them, and so he barred them from the way (of Allah) while they were seeing (Ankabut/38). They knowingly turned away from the one whom Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) had chosen ... until they became the ones addressed by the Quran: Do they not reflect on the Quran, or are there locks upon their hearts?! (Muhammad/24). And also: Allah has set a seal upon their hearts, and for this reason they know nothing! (Tawba/93). Or that they said: 'We heard'! But in reality they did not hear! The worst of creatures with Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not think. And had Allah known any good in them, He would have made them hear [the word of truth]; but [given the state they are in], if He were to make them hear the truth, they would turn away in refusal (Anfal/23,21). And they said: We heard and disobeyed (Baqara/93). Rather, this is the bounty of Allah, which He grants to whomever He wills [and considers deserving], and Allah is the possessor of great bounty! (Jumu'a/4)."

Imam Hadi (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated from the Imam (peace be upon him) that he said: This is because they first believed in your messengership, then disbelieved in the wilaya of your successor and heir, so by Allah a seal has been placed upon their hearts, and they do not comprehend the truth! (Munafiqun/3). I said: "What is the meaning of لَا یَفْقَهُونَ [they do not comprehend]?" He said: "It means that they do not use their reason concerning your prophethood [O Messenger]."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): In the book Majmu' al-Da'awat by Muhammad ibn Harun al-Tal'ukbari, in the section 'Awdhat al-Asma', it is narrated: al-Asma was a protective invocation which Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him), when he finished asking for forgiveness, would each day seek refuge with Allah through it, and it was known by the name 'al-Khaslah';.. So praise belongs solely to You, for You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of the worlds. And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Invincible, the All-Knowing. Come between us and our enemies and help us against them. O our Master and Sovereign! طُبِعَ عَلی قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لایَفْقَهُونَ [Their hearts have been sealed, so they do not understand]! أُولئِکَ الَّذِینَ طَبَعَ اللهُ عَلی قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ اتَّبَعُوا أَهْواءَهُمْ [They are those upon whose hearts Allah has set a seal and who have followed their own desires (so they do not understand)]. (Muhammad/16). قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ الَّذِینَ هُمْ فِی غَمْرَةٍ ساهُونَ [Cursed be the liars (and death be upon them)! Those who are sunk in ignorance and heedlessness]. (al-Dhariyat/10-11). فَضُرِبَ بَیْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ إِنَّ اللهَ لا یَهْدِی الْقَوْمَ الْفاسِقِینَ [Then a wall has been raised between them; indeed Allah does not guide the transgressing people]! (al-Munafiqun/6).