3-54 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Sahl ibn Zyad, on the authority of Amr ibn Uthman, on the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih, on the authority of Talha al-Shami, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB),

“The Honorable the Exalted God’s words, ‘When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them,…’ apply to three groups of people: those who accepted this and also informed others - they were saved; those who accepted this but did not inform others - their faces were distorted; and those who did not accept this and ordered others not to accept - they were destroyed.”