I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests… (Surah Maarij 70...
I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests… (Surah Maarij 70:40) That the ‘easts’ means the Prophet and ‘wests’ means their vicegerents. Ali Ibne Ibrahim narrates from the same Imam on these words of Allah: وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ. وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ. النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ. I swear by the heaven and the comer by night. And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
The star of piercing brightness…(Surah Tariq 86:1-3) The Imam said that that here ‘heaven’ denotes Amirul Momineen (a.s.).
and ‘comer by the night’ is the Holy Spirit (Ruhul Qudus) who is present with the Holy Imams and who conveys from Allah the sciences which occur during the day and night and protects them from mistakes and errors, and the ‘star of piercing brightness’ refers to the Holy Prophet (S).[^1] Ali Ibne Ibrahim narrates a tradition from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) in the commentary on Surah Shams that: ‘Shams’ refers to the Holy Prophet (S), through whom the Almighty Allah has explained religion to the people.
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا. And the moon when it follows the sun, (Surah Shams 91:2) The Imam said that ‘moon’ refers to Amirul Momineen (a.s.) as the light of the moon is from the sun, in the same way the Ali (a.s.) acquired knowledge from the Holy Prophet (S). وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا.
And the day when it shows it, (Surah Sham 91:3) It refers to the Imams from the progeny of Fatima (s.a.) and when they are questioned about the religion of the Holy Prophet (S), so they illuminate it and explain to the one who is posing the questions. وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا.
And the night when it draws a veil over it, (Surah Shams 91:4) The Imam said that it means those unjust Imams who have snatched the Caliphate from Aale Muhammad and sat in the gathering in which the Progeny of the Prophet were better than them and they covered the religion of the Holy Prophet (S) with injustice and cruelty. وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا. And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, (Surah Shams 91:7) It means by Soul and He that created it and made it properly.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا. Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it; (Surah Shams 91:8) It means they were made to differentiate between truth and falsehood. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا. He will indeed be successful who purifies it, (Surah Shams 91:9) He achieved success whom Allah has purified. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا. And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.