And it is interesting that the announcement of this ‘great...

And it is interesting that the announcement of this ‘great news’ is in this Meccan Surah, at the time when the Muslims were apparently in utmost weakness, and the doors of victory were all shut to them. Even today the greatness of this important message is not completely clear to human beings and even to the Muslims themselves, and future must show it.

(By the way, according to some Islamic narrations, the purpose of /naba’-un-‘azim/ ‘a great News’ is Ali (as)) It has been recorded in Atyab-ul-Bayan, the commentary, concerning the above holy verse that in the narrations of the immaculate Imams (as) the phrase /naba’-un-‘azim/ (the great news) has been rendered into Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Ali (as); as Kulayni has narrated from Imam Baqir (as) who said: “It is about Amir-ul-Mu’mineen”.

And Imam Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Ali (as) said: “There is no sign for Allah which is greater than me, and there is no message for Allah greater than me!” And it has been narrated from Muhammad-ibn-il-Hassan-is-Saffar documented from Hadrat Sadiq (as) who said: “And ‘message’ means Imamate”. The explanation of this saying is that the sacred religion of Islam is complete, beyond entire and perfect, which contains all the true beliefs, excellent ethics, scientific and social aspects, and righteous deeds.

It is free from any blemish and defect which exist in incorrect beliefs, corrupt epithets, and wrong deeds; but all of them are as the body of Islam which are perfect from any kind of view. But the body is without spirit and it is not more than a statue. The spirit of Islam is ‘Wilayah’ (guardianship), and the faith is not faith save with guardianship. All worships and good deeds depend on the acceptance of the person’s ‘guardianship’.

The evidence for this that the purpose of /naba’-il-‘azim/ (great message) is guardianship, not in what the commentators have said that the holy verses: “Say: ‘It is a message of (great) importance,” “From which you are turning away” address the Muslims, because pagans and polytheists turn away from Islam, religion and the Qur’an entirely and they turn away even from Monotheism and messengership, not only from the ‘great message’ in particular, and it is the Muslims who turn away from guardianship.