And by Him Who sent him (the Prophet (S)) with the Truth...

And by Him Who sent him (the Prophet (S)) with the Truth, you shall indeed be mixed and intermingled and then separated in the sieve (of Divine trial and tribulation)?[^2] In the noble al-Kafi, in the chapter relating to Divine test and trial ( bab al-tamhis wa al-’imtihan ) , Ibn Abi Ya’fur reports Imam al-Sadiq (A) as having said: قَالَ: لا بُدَّ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ أنْ يُمَحَّصُوا وَيُمَيَّزُوا وَيُغَرْبَلُوا وَيُسْتَخْرَجَ فِي الغِرْبَالِ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ.

It is inevitable that mankind should be purified, separated and sieved so that a great number is excluded by the sieve.[^3] Also al-Kulayni reports with his isnad from Mansur the following tradition: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِالله