Which is better for Ali...

Which is better for Ali: that he becomes nigh stationed with Allah, or, because of his sins, he, entangled in Fire, becomes far from the Mercy of Allah, driven away and inflicted with His Wrath?” [^16] It is cited in Majma‘-ul-Bayan that one of the Immaculate ones (as) upon the commentary of the Qur’anic phrase: “And when they are cast into a narrow place in it…” [^17] said: “By the One in Whose hand is my life, the people of Hell will be so pressed in Fire as a nail is pressed in the wall.” [^18] The Messenger of Allah (S) said: “The first person who will enter Hell-Fire is a dominant ruler who does not administer justice, and the rich person who does not give the due of his wealth, and the poor who is proud.” [^19] Thus, the key of Paradise is piety to Allah (s.w.t.), and the key of Hell is sin, vice, and opposition against Allah and His Messenger.