[Pooya/Ali Commentary 55:3] Refer to the commentary of Baqarah: 30 to 38; Hijr: 26 to 29 and Sajdah: 9. The first man, Adam, was created pure, free from sin. Verse 9 of Hijr says that Allah breathed His spirit (ruh) into man (Adam), so he reflected divinity which carried knowledge originating from the beneficent Lord as stated in verse 31 of al Baqarah-Allah taught Adam "the names" (the actuality of the panjatan), the source of knowledge of all things. According to verse 59 of An-am the knowledge of everything, wet or dry, is in the Quran. This is the man who has been referred to in verse 3. Sinning was introduced to man by Iblis after man's creation. Allah asked the angels to prostrate before Adam after breathing His spirit into him. The prostration was not made before the body of Adam but before the spirit of Allah which carried life or existence (hayat), knowledge (ilm) and authority (qudrat). As the angels did not have the knowledge taught to Adam, the command to accept Adam's superiority was just. It means that the integration of divine faculties in Adam took place because of the spirit of Allah which purified him. Adam was the grand sire of the thoroughly purified Ahl ul Bayt mentioned in Ahzab: 33. The Holy Prophet said: "I was the prophet of Allah when Adam was yet in the (womb) of water and clay. It was my light (nur) which Allah created before all creation." Thus "man" (insan) referred to in this verse is the divinely conditioned, integrated and perfected being of the Holy Prophet. It was this original purity of the Holy Prophet which, when was invested with Adam, entitled him to receive obeisance from the angels. The Holy Prophet's light passed through the progeny of Adam, manifested in the messengers and prophets of Allah, and reached Abdul Muttalib. Then it bifurcated into his two sons Abdullah and Abu Talib; and from Abdullah it manifested in Muhammad and from Abu Talib it manifested in Ali. The Holy Prophet said: "I and Ali are from one and the same light." Then again these two rays of the divine light were united, through Ali and Fatimah, and manifested in Hasan, Husayn and the nine Imams in their progeny mentioned in the commentary of Baqarah :124. The light of the perfected man, the Holy Prophet, carried wisdom, purity and authority and manifested them in the chain of prophets as mentioned above. Verse 14 of Ala and verse 9 of Shams say: "He indeed will succeed who cleanses (purifies) himself." So those who desire to attain success have to attach themselves to the thoroughly purified Ahl ul Bayt and follow their teachings and life pattern. Any deviation from them will lead to pollution, evil and wickedness. Bayan means intelligent speech, power of expression, capacity to understand clearly the relations of things and revelation in nature and to explain them. The revelation given to man through prophets is the highest example of bayan as verse 138 of Ali Imran asserts. The Quran (bayan) the Holy Prophet recited to mankind has no equal. Refer to Baqarah: 23; Yunus: 37 and 38; Hud: 13; Bani Israil: 88 and Tur: 34. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: Man has been endowed with the faculties of contemplation and expression. The degree and the time of development of these endowments distinguishes one man from another. In prophets and their divinely chosen successors they are found in fully developed form from the day they are created. According to Najm: 1 to 10 the Holy Prophet, as the manifestation of the universal beneficence, precedes and surpasses all the messengers and prophets of Allah. Imam Jafar bin Muhammad as Sadiq said that bayan is the greatest name of Allah, through which everything is known. It implies that man reflects whatever he receives from the divine source.