the Commander of the Faithful—may his might be strengthened. So Allah revealed concerning that a Qur’an, and it is His saying, Exalted is He: {They call upon instead of Him none but females, and they call upon none but a rebellious Satan} 1 whom Allah has cursed So what clarification is clearer than this for him who contemplates it with the eye of fairness and insight? And by my life, none shall be granted the success to reach that and comprehend it except him who is of the primordial nature of Faith.
And in this Surah is His saying, Exalted is He: {Never would the Messiah disdain to be a servant of Allah} 2 .
Authentic narrations have come by the transmission of the trustworthy among the believers that this verse was recited in the presence of our Master al-Sadiq—may his might be strengthened—whereupon he said: "Never would the Messiah disdain to be a servant to Ali." Then He resumed and said: {And whoever disdains His worship and is arrogant - He will gather them to Himself all together} 3 . And the one who disdained our Master and appointed himself as an Imam instead of Allah—and it was said: instead of our Master, the Commander of the Faithful (may his might be strengthened)—is the one whose mention preceded regarding censure and satanism.