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Sowayr narrated that Imam Sajjad (a.s) asked Sowayr if he read the Quran. He replied positively. Imam Sajjad (a.s) asked him to recite the chapter Qasas. He started reciting: “In the Name of God,Most Gracious, Most Merciful: Ta, Sin, Mim. These are Verses of the Book that makes (things) clear. We rehearse to thee some of the story of Moses and Pharaoh in Truth, for people who believe. Truly Pharaoh elated himself in the land and broke up its people into sections, depressing a small group among them: their sons he slew, but he kept alive their females, for he was indeed a maker of mischief. And We wished to be gracious to those who were being depressed in the land, to make them leaders (in faith) and make them heirs. [The Holy Quran: Qasas 28:1-5] At this point Imam Sajjad (a.s) asked him to stop, and said
“I swear by God who has established Muhammad to admonish the people and to give them glad tidings that the good people among us are members of the Holy Household and their Shiites are similar to Moses and his followers. And our enemies and their followers are similar to Pharaoh and his followers.”
عن ثوير قال: قال لي علي بن الحسين (عليهما السلام): تقرأ القرآن؟ قلت: نعم، قال: اقرأ " طسم " سورة موسى وفرعون، قال فقرأت: ﴿بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم طسم﴾ ﴿تلك آيات الكتاب المبين﴾ ﴿نتلوا عليك من نبأ موسى وفرعون﴾ حتى إذا بلغت ﴿ونريد أن نمن على الذين استضعفوا في الأرض ونجعلهم أئمة ونجعلهم الوارثين﴾ فقال: مكانك حسبك، والذي بعث محمدا بالحق بشيرا ونذيرا إن الأبرار منا أهل البيت وشيعتهم بمنزلة موسى وشيعته، وإن عدونا وشيعتهم بمنزلة فرعون وأشياعه.