[Pooya/Ali Commentary 35:32] The opening words say that Allah has bequeathed the holy book, the Quran, to His chosen servants. The chosen servants of Allah could be only those who are rightly guided by their knowledge of the word of Allah. The correct knowledge could be only that which has been given by Allah Himself. Thus it would mean those who are described in the Quran as rasikhunafil ilm, firmly rooted in knowledge (see commentary of Ali Imran : 7, 33, 34; Nisa: 54 and 162; Anam : 89; Bani Israil: 107; Mayram: 58 to 63 an Ankabut: 49). Verses 77 to 79 of Waqi-ah say that the knowledge of the Quran is given to the thoroughly purified only and verse 33 of Ahzab clearly defines the thoroughly purified, who are none but the Ahl ul Bayt of the Holy Prophet (see commentary of Ahzab: 33). It is to be noted that the honour of being chosen by Allah applies to the whole group, that is, to all the holy Imams of the Ahl ul Bayt to whom the Quran was entrusted This inference is in complete harmony with the well-known declaration of the Holy Prophet commonly known as hadith al thaqalayn (see page 6). According to the interpretation of Imam Muhammad bin Ali al Baqir and Imam Jafar bin Muhammad as Sadiq the reference in this verse is to the progeny of Ali and Fatimah, which is the progeny of the Holy Prophet. (i) There are those who do not recognise Allah's chosen Imam of the age. They are those "who make their souls suffer." (ii) There are those who although recognise the Imam of the age but are not fully aware of the laws ordained by Allah and its proper application in day to day life. (iii) The Imams of the Ahl ul Bayt are Allah's chosen guides who live a godly life governed by perfect knowledge and practical application of all the Quranic injunctions. By their inherent example they stand as guides to humanity, constantly calling the people towards truth and godliness, and forbidding evil in every form. In a tradition related from the Holy Prophet, those in the third category, the foremost in goodness would enter paradise without any demand of their account. Those in the second category, following, the middle course, would have to render account, and then they will be admitted to paradise. Those in the third category, who make their souls suffer will also be admitted to paradise, but later. This tradition was transmitted through Abu Durda. (Minhaj al Sadiqin and Umdat al Bayan). Aqa Mahdi Puya says: Some are unjust to themselves, some are the foremost in all that is good, by Allah's permission. From this it is obvious that the last book of Allah is inherited in the same lineage, but only by those of the third category who have been identified as the Ahl ul Bayt in Ahzab: 33, and further identified in Ali Imran : 61 and confirmed by Waqi-ah: 77 to 79.