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And we are most surely they who declare the glory (of Allah). ‘Musabbehoon’ (Surah Saffat 37:164-166) The commentators have said that angels say: There is none among whose place of worship is not fixed. Indeed we are from those who glorify. Ali Ibne Ibrahim, Ibne Shahr Aashob and Furat have narrated from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) about the verse: And there is none of us but has an assigned place… (Surah Saffat 37:164) That it refers to the Imams and legatees from the Aale Muhammad (a.s.).

Also in the Tafsir of Ali Ibne Ibrahim from other authentic traditions quote the same Imam that he said: We are the tree of Prophet, the mines of prophethood and the place where angels come and go and we are the promise of Allah, it means that we are the promise that Allah has taken from people and we are the Love of Allah, it means our love is the love of Allah. We were some ‘Noor’ (light) and were in the row surrounded by the throne of Allah.

The creatures of the sky adored Allah because of us, till we were sent to the earth, so we mentioned the holiness of Allah, so the creatures of the earth learnt adoration from us. We are ‘Saaffoon’ and ‘Musabbehoon’, as Allah has said. Then those who fulfil our oath, without any doubt he has fulfilled the promise of Allah, and whoever breaks the promise with us, he has surely broken his promise with Allah.

Ibne Mahyar has narrated from Amirul Momineen (a.s.) that he said in some of his sermons: We are Aale Muhammad (a.s.). We were some ‘Noor’ (lights) around the throne. Allah gave us the order to glorify (Tasbeeh) Him. We glorified Him. And the angels glorified by imitating us. Then Allah sent us on the earth and commanded us for to glorify Him and we did it, so the creatures of the earth also recited glorifications like us. That is why we are ‘Saaffoon’ and we are ‘Musabbehoon’.

Also, there is a tradition from Ibne Abbas when he was asked the explanation of the above verse.