House (Ahl al-Bayt); for we do not utter a word unless it possesses seventy facets, for all of which we hold the way out."

And he, glorified is his glory, was asked: "What is the lowest degree by which a servant becomes a disbeliever?" So he, glorified is his glory, said: "That he innovates something, then becomes possessed by it, and dissociates himself from whosoever opposes him."

Thus, the Qur'an is a vast ocean, and it is impermissible for anyone to interpret any verse of it except in accordance with what has been narrated from the People of Infallibility from the Family of the Messenger of Allah, glorified is their glory. For within their houses the Book descended, and with them alone rests the decisive speech. If it were permissible for us to explain the Qur'an and interpret it according to the whims of our narrow intellects and restricted thoughts, every single one of us would devise an explanation and an interpretation for the Qur'an from himself, deeming it the relied upon and trusted source while disregarding the explanations and interpretations of others. In this lies the loss of the Sacred Law, a deviation from religion, an entry into destruction, a path of misguidance,