(Surah Israa 17...
(Surah Israa 17:35) Sayyid Ibne Tawoos in the Tafsir of Ibne Mahyar relates from Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) and he from his Lord that ‘promise’ refers to that which the Prophet (S) had taken from the people about the love and obedience of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) and that they would not oppose him, not prefer themselves to him in caliphate and neither would they cut of relations with him and he also told the people that on the day of Judgement Allah would question them how they dealt with the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) of the Prophet (S) and the book of Allah.
‘Balance refers to the Imam who rules the people with justice and the command of the purified Imams is the scale of Justice, that is why He says that that it is better he knows best the interpretation of the Quran. He knows how rule among the people. This tradition is supported by the one related by Kulaini in the explanation of the verse: وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.
And We will set up a just balance on the day of resurrection… (Surah Anbiya 21:47) That the Imam said that the ‘just balance’ is the Prophet and his vicegerents. Fourth verse: خُذْ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنْ الْجَاهِلِينَ. Forgive people and enjoin towards good and remain away from the ignorant ones. (Surah Araf 7:199) Ayyashi has narrated from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that ‘good’ refers to the Wilayat of the Infallible Imams (a.s.).
Fifth verse: وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا. And it adds only to the perdition of the unjust. (Surah Israa 17:82) Ayyashi has narrated from Imam Baqir (a.s.) said that it refers to those who have committed injustice on Aale Muhammad and those who have usurped their rights. The verse was brought by Jibraeel in this way: And it adds only to the perdition of the unjust who committed injustice with their right of Aale Muhammad.
Sixth verse: قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّي الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ. Say: My Lord has only prohibited indecencies, those of them that are apparent as well as those that are concealed. (Surah Araf 7:33) Commentators have said that it refers to fornication whether it be apparent or concealed.
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