سورة التين

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Fudayl said: I said to Imam Rida (peace be upon him): 'Inform me about the word of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: إِلَّا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ [Except those who believe and do good].' He said: 'By Allah, the intended one is Ali (peace be upon him) and his Shia, for whom there is a reward never to be cut off.'

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ali ibn Muhammad al-Zuhri narrated in sequence from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that concerning the verse: إِلَّا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَیْرُ مَمْنُونٍ [Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off] he said: The believers [in this verse] are: Salman al-Farisi (may Allah have mercy on him), Miqdad ibn al-Aswad, Ammar, Abu Dharr (may Allah have mercy on him), and Amir al-Mu'minin Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), for whom there is a reward never to be cut off.

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): إِلَّا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ [Except those who believe and do good] is Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him).

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): إِلَّا الَّذینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَیْرُ مَمْنُونٍ [Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off] — those believers are Salman (may Allah have mercy on him), Miqdad, Ammar and Abu Dharr (may Allah have mercy on him), for whom there is an uninterrupted reward.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِلَّا الَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ الصَّالِحَاتِ [Except those who believe and do good] — the meaning is Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him); فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَیْرُ مَمْنُونٍ [so they shall have a reward never to be cut off] — that is, no favour will be held over them on account of it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): It has been narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) that if a believer walks upon the path of good and righteousness and then falls ill, or travels, or on account of old age is unable to perform his deeds as before, Allah the Exalted will write for him the like of the deeds of his ordinary days. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) recited this verse: فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَیْرُ مَمْنُون [so they shall have a reward never to be cut off].