سورة البينة

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) came in upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) while he was in the house of Umm Salamah. When he saw Ali (peace be upon him), he said: 'How will you be, O Ali, when the nations are gathered, the scales are set up, and the command of Allah appears for the reckoning of His creation, and people are summoned to that from which there is no escape?' Then the tears of Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) flowed; so the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'O Ali! What makes you weep? By Allah, you and your Shia will be called forth with your foreheads bright and your hands and feet white, quenched and well-watered, your faces gleaming white; and your enemy will be called forth with blackened faces, wretched and tormented. Have you not heard the word of Allah, who said: إِنَّ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِکَ هُمْ خَیْرُ الْبَرِیَّةِ [Indeed those who believe and do righteous deeds — they are the best of creatures]; the intended meaning is you and your Shia; and those who disbelieved in Our signs, they are the worst of people. أُولئِکَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِیَّةِ [they are the worst of creatures]. O Ali! These are your enemies.'

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), during the illness in which he passed away, said to Fatimah (peace be upon her): "My daughter, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Send for your husband to come." Lady Fatimah (peace be upon her) said to Imam Hasan (peace be upon him): "Go to your father and say: my grandfather is asking for you." Imam Hasan (peace be upon him) carried out the mission. Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) came into the presence of the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his family)... The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Dear Ali! Come close." He came close. He said: "Bring your ear close to my mouth." He did so. He said: "My brother! Have you not heard this saying of Allah... إِنَّ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِکَ هُمْ خَیْرُ الْبَرِیَّةِ [Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds — they are the best of creatures]?" He said: "Yes!" He said: "They are you and your Shia; and they will come with radiant faces, well-fed and quenched. Have you not heard this verse: إِنَّ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتابِ وَ الْمُشْرِکِینَ فِی نارِ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدِینَ فِیها أُولئِکَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِیَّةِ [Indeed, those who disbelieve from the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding therein eternally; they are the worst of creatures]?" He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)!" He said: "They are your enemies and the enemies of your Shia; on the Day of Judgement they will come as disbelievers and hypocrites, with blackened faces, hungry and thirsty, wretched and tormented. That verse is dedicated to you and your Shia, and this verse is for your enemy and their followers."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِنَّ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتابِ وَ الْمُشْرِکِینَ فِی نارِ جَهَنَّمَ [Indeed, those who disbelieve from the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell]; Allah sent down the Quran upon them, and they apostatised, disbelieved, and rose in opposition to Ali, Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him). أُولئِکَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِیَّة [Those are the worst of creatures].

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated from Yaqub ibn Maytham that he found in his father's book: Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) saying: The statement of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: إِنَّ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِکَ هُمْ خَیْرُ الْبَرِیَّةِ [Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds — they are the best of creatures]; then he turned to me and said: "O Ali (peace be upon him)! What is meant by them is you and your Shia, and your meeting place and theirs [on the Day of Judgement] will be beside the Pond of Kawthar, while you are of radiant face and dark-eyed, with crowns upon your heads." Yaqub ibn Maytham said: I mentioned this hadith to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him); the Imam (peace be upon him) said: "In the Book of Ali (peace be upon him) (a book which Imam Ali (peace be upon him) wrote at the dictation of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) concerning the teachings of religion and the tafsir of the Quran, and which was in the possession of the Imams (peace be upon them)) this narration has reached us in this way." He said: Muhammad ibn Abbas [ibn Marwan ibn Mahyar] in his book [known as Tafsir Muhammad ibn Abbas], on the tafsir of this verse, has brought approximately twenty-five other narrations similar to this one, in all of which it is indicated that Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) and his Shia are the best of creatures; and what is meant by الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتابِ [those who disbelieve from the People of the Book] are the enemies of Ali (peace be upon him) and their followers.