but Abbas, the uncle of the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h. ), began shedding tears. The holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) asked him why he was crying. He answered that he supposed the Sura contained the implication of the Prophet's death. And he (p.b.u.h.) said: "It is so, my  uncle".¹                         
                  
     The commentators are divided on how this meaning is understood, from the Sura, when there is nothing apparent in it to imply the idea. The Sura is wholly about the victory, and it seems that the Prophetic mission of the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) is completely fulfilled and his religion is fixed. It is clear that in such a case the departure of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) from this fleeting world to the next, eternal world, is completely predictable.
     The Virtue of Studying this Sura:
     A tradition from the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) says: "He who recites it (Sura Nasr), it is the same as if he had been with the Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) at the conquest of Mecca". ²
                                                               
     Another tradition from Imam Sadiq (P.b.u.h.) says: "He who recites Sura Nasr in his optional (نافله) ³ or obligatory prayers, Allah makes him successful in defeating his enemies, totally, and on the Day of Judgement he will come with a letter which talks. Verily Allah has brought him out of his grave with that letter as an immunity from the heat and fire of Hell...".⁴
     It is clear that this virtue and honour is for the person who, with reciting it, follows the way of the Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) and practices his religion and his tradition, not only suffices its recitation with the tongue.

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 1 Majma'-al-Bayan, vol. 10, p. 554. (also see Al-Mizan, vol. 20, p. 532.)
 2 Majma'-al-Bayan, vol. 10, p. 553.
 3 See footnote 1 in Sura Ma'un, page 249, of this volume.
 4 Majma'-al-Bayan, vol.10,553.