وَ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, heard a man recite:
(إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ):
Verily we are Allah's and verily to Him shall we return (Qur'an, 2:156).
فَقَالَ:
Then he said:
إِنَّ قَوْلَنَا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ إِقْرَارٌ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا بِالْمُلْكِ
Our saying inna li'llah (Verily we arc Allah's) is an admission of His Majesty over us
وَ قَوْلَنَا وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ إِقْرَارٌ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا بِالْهُلْكِ .
and our saying "wa inna ilayhi raji 'un" (and verily to Him shall we return) is an admission of our being mortal.
