سورة العلق

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): Al-Washsha said: I heard Imam Rida (peace be upon him) say: The closest state of the servant to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is when he is in prostration, and that is the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ [And prostrate and draw near].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated in the hadiths that when the verse وَ اسْجُدْ وَ اقْتَرِبْ [And prostrate and draw near] was revealed, the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) fell into prostration, and in his prostration he was saying: "I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, so that I may not be afflicted by Your anger, and in Your forgiveness from Your punishment, so that Your punishment may not overtake me, and I seek refuge in You from You. You are as You have praised Yourself; I cannot render such praise of You as You deserve."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ [Nay! obey him not, and prostrate and draw near]; meaning the people did not obey those two (Abu Jahl and Walid) in what they were calling them to, because Mut'im ibn Adi ibn Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf gave protection to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), and thus no one dared to harm him.