56: al-Waaqiya

Chapter: 56, Verse 88-92 - Those having a position near the Imams (as)

عَنْهُ: عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ): فَقَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَأَمَّا إِنْ كانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ؟ قَالَ: «ذَلِكَ مَنْ [كَانَتْ لَهُ] مَنْزِلَةٌ عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ قُلْتُ: وَ أَمَّا إِنْ كانَ مِنْ أَصْحابِ الْيَمِينِ؟ قَالَ: «ذَلِكَ مَنْ وُصِفَ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ» قُلْتُ: وَ أَمَّا إِنْ كانَ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ الضَّالِّينَ؟ قَالَ: الْجَاحِدِينَ لِلْإِمَامِ

Narrated that Abu Jafar Imam Baqir (ع) was asked about the saying of Allah (عز و جل), "Then, if he is of those Nearest ones" (56:88)

Imam (ع) said, "That is the one who has a status/rank near the Imam (ع)."

I (the narrator) asked, "And if he is of the companions of the right hand" (56:90)

Imam (ع) said, "That is the one who is attributed to this matter (Amr) (i.e. the one who accepts the Wilayah)"

I (the narrator) asked, "And if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones" (56:92)

Imam (ع) said, "Those who reject the Imam (ع)"

[Source: Taweel al-Aayat, Vol. 2, Pg. 653]