10. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shaybani said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said: Musa ibn `Imran al-Nakha`I said, on the authority of his paternal uncleal-Husayn ibn Yazi al-Nawfali, on the authority of `Ali ibn Salim, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu Basir that I asked Abu Abd Allah Ja`far al-Sadiq about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And they shall continue to differ, except those on whom your Lord has mercy; and for this did He create them. He replied, “He created them to do what makes them deserve His Mercy so that He may have mercy on them.”