أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
Do the people suppose that they will be let off because they say, ‘We have faith,’ and they will not be tested?
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 29:2
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 29:2] Islam aims at the actual practice and not a mere verbal declaration of faith. There is no salvation of any individual at mere profession of faith without disciplining his self in line with the dictates of Islam. No one will be let off merely on saying that they have believed. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: Ayyashi narrates from Imam Ali bin Muhammad an Naqi that Ibn Abbas, after the departure of the Holy Prophet from this world, told Ali: "Go to the people. They will pay allegiance to you." In reply Ali quoted this verse.