Whether against Allah? But I am the first to have believed in him. Whether against His Prophet? But I am the first who testified to him. Certainly not. By Allah it was a way of expression which you failed to appreciate, and you were not capable of it. Woe to you. I am giving out these measures of nice expression free of any cost. I wish there were vessels good enough to hold them.
Certainly, you will understand it after some time. (Qur'an, 38:88)
(2) al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 161;
(3) al-Tabarsi, al-'Ihtijaj, I, 254;
(4) al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, II, 236;
(6) al-Mufid, al-Majalis, 105;
(7) Sibt, Tadhkirah, 137.