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seek you help (from Allah) through patience and prayer, verily Allah is with the patient ones (in the time of adversity) ." Commentary : The phrase / ya'ayyuhalladina'amanu/ " O' you who have Faith! " addresses all those who have Faith entirely, foremost of whom Hadrat Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali (a.s.) and the rest of the immaculate Imams are distinguished.

This idea is expressed in many Islamic narrations; for instance, it is quoted from Ibn Abbas narrating from the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) who said: " No revelation containing ' O' you who have faith' was sent down except that Ali is at its top and is its chief." (2) Again, it is narrated from 'Akramah who narrates from Ibn-Abbas that has said: " Allah has sent down no verse in the Qur'an consisting of 'O' you who have faith ' but Ali-ibn-Abitalib (a.s.) is the leader of it and the chief of it ".(3) Of course, the more complete and the higher the degree of Faith is, (1) Tafsir-i-Furat-ul-Kufi,p.49, Tradition 7 (2) Al-Burhan fi Tafsir-il-Quran , vol.1,p.167 (3) Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol.

68, p.113, Tradition 48 18 the content of the verse about it is more clear and more apparent. (This phrase has also been discussed more comprehensively when commenting on Sura No, 2 verse 104 on pages 250 and 251 in the current volume.) The phrase / wasta'inu / " seek you help from Allah " is a guiding imperative phrase because at every moment and in all affairs a mortal is in need of Allah's help, whether it is something which is inside his free will, because he is not an absolutely independent subject, though he is created free in will; or it is something which is outside of his will.

Man is in complete need of Him (s.w.t.) and he should constantly invocate for everything and seek help from the Lord. A person most naturally and reasonably can be qualified for the special blessings from God.