By the way...

By the way, there is a tradition also recorded in many books of the scholars of the Sunnite which denotes: when the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) recited the first verse of the abovementioned couple of verses, he said: "After sixty years, there will come on the scene some people who recite the Qur'an pompously but it (their recitation) will not ascend higher than their shoulders." (Since it is done neither sincerely nor for contemplation and reflection in action, but it is done hypocritically and affectedly, or there are satisfied with its 1- Bihar-ul-'Anwar, vol.

11, p. 72 mere verbal utterances and, therefore, their deeds do not ascend to the rank of proximity of Allah.)(1) It is worthy of attention that if we count sixty years from the migration of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) , it will exactly adapt to the time when Yazid took the rein of government and Imam Hussayn (a.s.) and his companions drank the drink of martyrdom.

After that, the rest of the course of Ummayyads and the course of Abbasides came forth who had been contented with Islam by a bare name and with the Qur'an by a mere verbal utterance. We refuge to Allah (s.w.t.) that we may be among such an impious group.

However, since the manner of the Qur'an, everywhere is that it let the path of return to Faith and the truth be open, here, too, after the statement of the fate of the impious generations, through verse 60, it says: " Except him who repents, and believes, and does a righteous deed, then these shall enter Paradise, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly in any way." Thus, it is not such that if a person goes astray in the lusts for a day, he must be disappointed forever from the mercy of Allah, but, until the last moments of the life in this world, he may return and repent.

Repentance and the Qur'an: Next to the verses of punishment the Qur'an often mentions the phrase: "Except those who repent" or the phrase: 1- Commentary of Al-Mizan, vol. 14, p. 80 (Arabic version) "Except him who repents" in order to say that the gate of penitence and reform is not closed to any one. Repentance is a necessary duty, because it is a divine commandment. Sura At-Tah?rim, No. 66, verse 8 says: "…Turn to Allah".

The acceptance of repentance is really certain, because it cannot be believed that we repent by His commandment, but He does not accept it. Sura Ash-Shura, No.