إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُولَئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ
Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds—it is they who are the best of creatures.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 98:7
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 98:7] Hafiz Abu Nu-aym, in Hilyatul Awliya, reports on the authority of Ibn Abbas that when verse 7 was revealed the Holy Prophet said: "O Ali, you and your followers will be in paradise." Ibn Asakir narrates from Abu Sa-id Khudri that khayrul bariyyah refers to Ali. Haskani narrates from "Maqatul Ibn Sulayman", one of the earliest commentators of the Quran, that Ibn Abbas said: "Khayrul bariyyah was revealed for Ali and his family." Haskani; in Shawahidut Tanzil, narrates that the Holy Prophet said: "O Ali, khayrrul bariyyah is your shi-ah (follower). I will meet your shi-ahs on the cistern of kawthar when all the people will be gathered together for the final reckoning. Your followers will be called ghurral mahajjalin."