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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition Some Exegesis Of The Blessed Sūrah Of At-Tawhīd Know that this noble sūrah is the lineage [ nasab ] of Allah, the Exalted, according to the noble hadīth s, one of which is in the noble al-Kāfī , on the authority of Imām as-Sādiq (' a ) who said: “The Jews inquired of the Messenger of Allah ( s ) and said: 'Tell us your Lord's lineage [ nasab ].' The Prophet remained three days giving no reply.

Then it was revealed to him: ' Say: He is Allah, the One,' till the end.”[^1] Consequently, the human mind is incapable of understanding its facts, subtleties and secrets. Yet, though it is so, the share which the people of knowledge have of it, and what the hearts of the people of Allah know, cannot be understood by mere reasoning.

By the Beloved, this noble sūrah is one of the trusts which the heavens of the spirits, the lands of ghosts and the mountains of I-nesses, are incapable of carrying it. No one is fit to carry it other than the Perfect Man who has crossed the boundary of “the possible” and entered the realm of ecstasy. Nevertheless, there is the good news that would please the people of the End of the Time and offer safety to the people of knowledge.

There is a hadīth in the noble al-Kāfī , which says that, asked about at-Tawhīd , Imām 'Alī ibn Husayn (' a ) said: “Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, knew that in the End of the Time there would be people of deep knowledge.

Therefore, Allah, the Exalted, revealed the sūrah : ' Say: He is Allah, the One…' and some āyah s of the Sūrah al-Hadīd up to ' He knows what is in the breasts.' Whoever wanted other than that would perish.”[^2] From this noble hadīth one deduces that to comprehend these noble āyah s and this blessed sūrah is for the scrutinizers and the owners of deep insight. They contain the minute secrets of at-Tawhīd and knowledge. The delicate divine knowledge is descended by Allah upon the worthy.

Those who have no share of the secrets of at-Tawhīd and divine knowledge, have no right to look into these āyah s. They have no right to interpret these āyah s according to the common and vulgar meanings which they know, and to which they confine them.