وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ “If they see a sign they turn away, and say, ‘(This is the same) magic continuing” Imara Al-Hamdani said to Imam Sadiq (as), “May Allah amend your affairs! People taunt us and say we believe that there will be an announcement from the heavens.” Imam (as) replied, Do not narrate this from me, but narrate it from my father. My father...
يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ “The guilty will be recognized by their marks; and seized by their forelock and their feet” Imam Sadiq (as) explained the verse, “The guilty will be recognized by their marks” saying, Allah (already) knows “the guilty.” This verse was revealed about the Qaem (as), who will recognize “the guilty by their marks,” and he...
وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ “”They should not he like those who were given the Book before them, but long ages passed over them and their hearts were hardened, and many of them turned transgressors” Imam Sadiq (as) said, This verse was revealed about the (occultation of the) Qaem...
سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ لِّلْكَافِرينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ “A demander demanded the chastisement that is to be fill the disbelievers -which none shall be able to repel – from Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent” Imam Baqir (as) was asked about the above verse and he replied, An (army) of fire will rise from the west and a dominating power will be leading...
وَالْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ “By the daybreak, by the ten nights, by the even and the odd, by the night when it continues” Imam Sadiq (as) said, “By the daybreak” – “The daybreak”refers to the Qaem (as) “By the ten nights” – “The ten nights” refer to the ten Imams from (Imam) Hasan (Al-Askari) to (Imam) Hasan (Al-Mojtaba) (as) “By the even”...