One lesson of this noble verse is that we must never place our hopes in anyone but God. Our eyes, hearts and hopes should be fixed solely on our Lord. So we should ask God not to leave us to anyone but Himself.
Al-Isrāʾ: 100 قُلْ لَوْ أَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّي إِذاً لَأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْإِنْفاقِ وَ كانَ الْإِنْسانُ قَتُوراً
Say, “If you possessed the treasures of my Lord’s mercy, you would surely hold back, for fear that spending might leave you in want.” And man is miserly.
عنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ .... قَوْلُهُ قُلْ لَوْ أَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ الْآيَةَ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَتِ الْأَمْوَالُ بِيَدِ النَّاسِ لَمَا أَعْطَوُا النَّاسَ شَيْئاً مَخَافَةَ الْفَنَاءِ وَ كانَ الْإِنْسانُ قَتُوراً أَيْ بَخِيلًا قَوْلُهُ عَلى مُكْثٍ أَيْ عَلَى مَهْل
Biḥār al-Anwār (Beirut edition), vol. 9, p. 222
Imam al-Bāqir (peace be upon him) قُلْ لَوْ أَنْتُمْ تَمْلِکُونَ: If the wealth and possessions of this world were in people’s hands, they would give nothing to anyone else, for fear of falling into poverty. وَ کَانَ الإنسَانُ قَتُورًا That is, they are miserly.
Q, al-Kitāb al-ʿAtīq الغرويّ دُعَاءُ الرِّزْقِ مَرْوِيٌّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اللَّهُمَّ سَأَلْتَ عِبَادَكَ قَرْضاً مِمَّا تَفَضَّلْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ ضَمِنْتَ لَهُمْ مِنْهُ خَلَفاً وَ وَعَدْتَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَعْداً حَسَناً فَبَخِلُوا عَنْكَ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ هُوَ دُونَكَ إِذَا سَأَلَهُمْ فَالْوَيْلُ لِمَنْ كَانَتْ حَاجَتُهُ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنْ تَكِلَنِي إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَوْ يَمْلِكُونَ خَزَائِنَ رَحْمَتِكَ لَأَمْسَكُوا خَشْيَةَ الْإِنْفاقِ بِمَا وَصَفْتَهُمْ وَ كانَ الْإِنْسانُ قَتُوراً ...
Biḥār al-Anwār (Beirut edition), vol. 92, p. 298
Imam al-Sajjād (peace be upon him)—A supplication for increased sustenance, narrated from Imam al-Sajjād (peace be upon him): “My God, You asked Your servants for a loan from what You had graciously bestowed upon them, guaranteed to repay them, and made them a gracious promise; yet they were miserly toward You. How, then, would they treat someone beneath You who asked something of them, someone in need of them? My Master, I seek refuge in You from leaving me to them. Surely, if they held the treasures of Your mercy in their hands, they would refrain from spending for fear that giving might leave them in want—just as You described them and said: وَ کانَ الْإِنْسانُ قَتُوراً”