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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Hayat Al-Qulub Vol.3 Part 7: Parents- Children denote the Holy Prophet and Imams Parents/Children denote the Holy Prophet (S) and Imams and their followers The Almighty Allah says: وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ. And the begetter and whom he begot. (Sura Balad 90:3) Some commentators have said that here begetter means Prophet Adam (a.s.) and ‘whom he begot’ are his sons, be they the prophets themselves or their legatees.

Some have opined that begetter means Ibrahim (a.s.) and ‘whom he begot’ is his progeny and according to some others it means every father and his children. Ibne Shahar Aashob has narrated from Sulaym bin Qays that the begetter is the Prophet (S) and ‘whom he begot’ refers to his legatees and progeny. In Tafsir Muhammad bin al Ayyash and Kafi , Imam Baqir (a.s.) is quoted with reliable chains of narrators that begetter is Hazrat Ali (a.s.) and ‘whom he begot’ are the Infallible Imams.

Likewise with reliable chains of narrators Imam Sadiq (a.s.) is quoted that he has, while explaining the Divine verse: وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ. وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ. And you shall be made free from obligation in this city. And the begetter and whom he begot. (Sura Balad 90:2-3) Imam (a.s.) said that the ‘two begetters’ means the Holy Prophet (S) and Imam Ali (a.s.) and ‘whom he begot’ denotes the children of Imam Ali (a.s.).

Be grateful to Me and to both your parents; to Me is the eventual coming.(Sura Luqman 31:14) He replied that the parents who must be thanked according to Allah’s order are the fathers from whom knowledge is born and from whom wisdom is obtained as heritage and whose obedience has been made obligatory for the people. Thereafter Allah has said ‘the return of the servants is towards Me’ and the basis of this explanation is the word parents.