1. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad `Imran al-Daqqaq, may Allah have mercy on him, said, Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said: Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Barmaki on the authority of Bakr on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sa`id that

Abu al-Hasan al-Rida was asked to interpret the Word of the Mighty and High: “On the Day when there shall be a severe affliction.” He replied: “A veil of light will be revealed. At that time, the Believes shall prostrate themselves, while the backbones of hypocrites will be twisted tightly preventing them from prostrating.”