It is evil what they have been doing [63...

It is evil what they have been doing [63:2] ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ {3} That is because they believed then they disbelieved, so Allah Sealed upon their hearts, therefore they are not understanding [63:3] محمد بن يعقوب: عن علي بن محمد، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن ابن محبوب، عن محمد بن الفضيل، عن أبي الحسن الماضي (عليه السلام)- في حديث- قال: قلت: ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا؟ Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Muhammad, from one of his companions, from Ibn Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Al- Fazeyl, who has narrated: ‘Abu Al-Hassan -asws Al-Maazy (7 th Imam -asws ) – in a Hadeeth –, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘(What about): That is because they believed then they disbelieved [63:3] ?’ قال: «إن الله تبارك و تعالى سمى من لم يتبع رسوله في ولاية وصيه منافقين He -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Named ones who did not obey His -azwj Rasool -saww regarding the Wilayah of his -saww successor -asws as hypocrites.

و جعل من جحد وصيه و إمامته كمن جحد محمدا و أنزل بذلك قرآنا، فقال: يا محمد إِذا جاءَكَ الْمُنافِقُونَ بولاية وصيك قالُوا نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنافِقِينَ بولاية علي لَكاذِبُونَ And He -azwj Made the ones who denied his -saww successor -asws and his -asws Imamate as being like one who denied Muhammad -saww , and He -azwj Revealed Quran (Verses) for that, so He -azwj Said: “O Muhammad -saww !” When the hypocrites come to you, they say, ‘We testify that you are a Rasool of Allah’.

And Allah Knows that you are indeed His Rasool, and Allah Testifies that the hypocrites – regarding the Wilayah of Ali -asws – are lying [63:1] . اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ و السبيل هو الوصي إِنَّهُمْ ساءَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ They are taking their oaths as a shield, so they are blocking from the Way of Allah [63:2] – and the Way of Allah -azwj , it is the successor -asws , It is evil what they have been doing [63:2] .

ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا برسالتك و كَفَرُوا بولاية وصيك فَطُبِعَ الله عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لا يَفْقَهُونَ That is because they believed then they disbelieved – in the Wilayah of your -saww successor -asws , so Allah Sealed upon their hearts, therefore they are not understanding [63:3] ’.