سورة البينة

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): لَمْ یَکُنِ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِکِینَ [Those who disbelieved from among the People of the Book and the polytheists were not] — meaning the Quraysh, مُنفَکِّینَ [to be parted]; they remain in their disbelief until a clear proof comes to them.

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Sabiq ibn Talha al-Ansari said: When Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) was brought before Harun, Harun asked: "What is this house?" He said: "This is the house of the transgressors..." Harun said: "Where are your Shia?" The Imam (peace be upon him) recited this verse: لَمْ یَکُنِ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتابِ وَ الْمُشْرِکِینَ مُنْفَکِّینَ حَتَّی تَأْتِیَهُمُ الْبَیِّنَةُ [Those who disbelieved from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists could not have separated until there had come to them the clear evidence]. Harun said: "So we are not disbelievers?" He said: "But you are included in this verse in which Allah has said: Have you not seen those who exchanged the favour of Allah for disbelief and led their people to the abode of ruin? (Ibrahim/28)." Harun became angry and treated him harshly.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Jabir ibn Yazid narrated from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that concerning the words of Allah the Exalted: لَمْ یَکُنِ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتَابِ [Those who disbelieved from among the followers of the Book], he said: "They are those who call the Shia liars; because the Book is the verses, and the People of the Book are the Shia. وَالْمُشْرِکِینَ مُنفَکِّینَ [and the polytheists could not have separated] — that is, the Murji'a. حَتَّی تَأْتِیَهُمُ الْبَیِّنَةُ [until there had come to them the clear evidence] — until the truth becomes manifest to them."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): مُنفَکِّینَ [could not have separated] — meaning, the disbelievers did not give up their disbelief in Allah and their worship of other than Allah [until clear evidence came to them].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): الْبَیِّنَةُ [the clear evidence] is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the Messenger of Allah.