Notes
1. Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, hadith 4365.
2. The number “seven” is the number of the heavens, the days of the week, the circumambulation {tawaf} of the Ka‘bah, sa‘i {brisk walking or jogging} between the mounts of Safa and Marwah, and the number of stones to be thrown at the representations of Satan during the Hajj rituals.
3. Tafsir Kanz ad-Daqa’iq.
4. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 92, p. 257.
5. Surah Hud 11:41.
6. Surah an-Naml 27:30: “It is from Solomon, and it begins in the name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.”
7. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 76, p. 385.
8. Kanz al-‘Ummal, hadith 29558.
9. Tafsir Burhan, vol. 1, p. 43.
10. Mustadrak al-Hakim, vol. 3, p. 233.
11. Ahl al-Bayt: according to authentic hadiths recorded in both the Sunni and Shi‘ah sources, the term Ahl al-Bayt, and interchangeably Itrah and Al, is a blessed Qur’anic appellation that belongs exclusively to the Prophet, ‘Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn (‘a). The members of this Family of five, with the Prophet Muhammad (S) at its head, were the ones alive at the time the Qur’anic verses regarding their virtue were being revealed to the Prophet (S). However, nine other Imams from the descendants of Imam al-Husayn (‘a) are also included in this chosen Family, the final one being Imam al-Mahdi (‘a). {Trans.}
12. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, vol. 3, p. 177; vol. 4, p. 85.
13. Surah al-A‘la 87:1.
14. Surah al-Qasas 28:88: “Everything is to perish except His Face.”
15. Surah al-A‘raf 7:180.
16. Tafsir Nemuneh, vol. 7, p. 27.
17. Surah Maryam 19:65.
18. Surah al-An‘am 6:164.
19. Surah Ta Ha 20:50.
20. Surah al-Isra’ 17:20.
21. Surah al-A‘raf 7:54.
22. Surah al-Fatihah 1:2.
23. Surah Yunus 10:10.
24. Surah al-An‘am 6:12.
25. Surah al-Anbiya’ 21:107.
26. Surah ar-Rahman 55:1-2.
27. Surah Al ‘Imran 3:26.
28. Surah al-Ghafir (or al-Mu’min) 40:16.
29. Surah Ibrahim 14:48; Surah al-Ghafir (or al-Mu’min) 40:16.
30. Surah Al ‘Imran 3:19.
31. Surah az-Zumar 39:3.
32. Surah adh-Dhariyat 51:12.
33. Surah al-Infitar 82:18-19.
34. Surah ash-Shu‘ara’ 26:88.
35. Surah al-Mumtahanah 60:3.
36. Surah al-Hijr 15:49-50.
37. Surah al-Ghafir (or al-Mu’min) 40:3.
38. Surah an-Nisa’ 4:80.
39. Divine Resignation {tafwid} means leaving man to his own devises and suspending the divine will from any effective role. {Trans.}
40. Surah al-A‘raf 7:43.
41. Surah al-Ma’idah 5:18.
42. Surah al-Inshiqaq 84:6.
43. Surah Muhammad 47:17.
44. Surah Hud 11:56.
45. Surah Ya Sin 36:3-4.
46. Surah Ya Sin 36:61.
47. Surah Al ‘Imran 3:101.
48. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 87, p. 3.
49. Tawassul: literally, to resort to intermediaries. Technically, it refers to the practice of petition prayer addressed to God through a holy personage such as a prophet {nabi} or a saint {wali}. {Trans.}
50. Surah al-An‘am 6:161.
51. Surah al-Baqarah 2:143.
52. Surah al-A‘raf 7:31.
53. Surah al-Isra’ 17:29.
54. Surah al-Furqan 25:67.
55. Surah al-Isra’ 17:110.
56. Surah al-Fath 48:29.
57. Surah al-Baqarah 2:43.
58. Surah al-Baqarah 2:82.
59. Surah al-Baqarah 2:83.
60. Surah al-‘Ankabut 29:8.
61. Surah an-Nisa’ 4:135.
62. Surah al-Ma’idah 5:8.
63. Surah an-Nisa’ 4:69.
64. Surah al-Baqarah 2:47.
65. Surah al-Baqarah 2:61.
66. Tawrah (Torah): the scripture revealed to Prophet Musa (Moses) (‘a) in its original form. {Trans.}
67. Surah al-Ma’idah 5:13.
68. Surah an-Nisa’ 4:161.
69. Surah al-Ma’idah 5:24.
70. Surah al-Mumtahanah 60:13.