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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-mizan an Exegesis of the Qur'an (volume Two) Volume 2: Surah Baqarah, Verses 130-134 And who turns away from the religion of Ibrahim but he who makes himself a fool; and most certainly We chose him in this world, and in the hereafter, he is most surely among the good ones (130). When his Lord said to him, Submit (yourself) he said: "I submit myself to the Lord of the worlds" (131).

And the same did Ibrahim enjoin on his sons and (so did) Ya'qub: "0 my sons! Surely Allah has chosen for you (this) faith, therefore die not unless you are Muslims" (132). Or, were you witnesses when death approached Ya'qub, when he said to his sons: "What will you worship after me?" They said: "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Ibrahim and Isma'il and Ishaq, one God only, and to Him do we submit" (133).

This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what they earned and you shall have what you earn, and you shall not be called upon to answer for what they did (134). **COMMENTARY ** QUR'AN: And who turns away from the religion of Ibrahim but he who makes himself a fool: "ar-Raghbah followed by the preposition 'an (away from; off) means "to turn away", "to dislike"; when followed by fi (in), it denotes "to incline towards", "to desire".

The verb, safiha (made a fool; became a fool) is used both as transitive and intransi­tive. Some exegetes have taken this word here as a transitive verb - according to them, the word nafsahu (himself; his self) is its object; others have taken the verb in the intransitive sense and in that case nafsahu will be at-tamyiza (specification), not an object.

In any case, the meaning will remain the same: Whoever turns away from the religion of Ibrahim is a fool; he does not recognize what is beneficial to him from that which is harmful. From this verse we may infer what we have been told in the hadith: "Surely wisdom is that by which the Beneficent (God) is worshipped." QUR'AN: and most certainly We chose him in this world: "al-Istifa’ means to choose, to separate best parts of a thing from other parts (if they were mixed together).

Looking at the positions of al-wilayah (love of Allah), this choosing, this selection fits the sincerity of servitude. A person so chosen behaves in all his affairs as a sincere slave and servant, totally surrendering himself to his Lord. In other words, religion is embodied in all his affairs.