آنچه پیش رو دارید نگاهی است به آیاتی که در خطبه غدیر درباره امامت علی (علیه السلام) و دیگر امامان (علیهم

  حادثه ای رخ داد که می توانست سعادت ابدی بشریت را تضمین کند و برای همیشه , انسانها را از ضلالت و گمراهی نجات بخشد , به این جهت , داستان غدیر یک قصه تاریخی خاص نیست که زمان آن گذشته باشد و همین طور یک حادثه شخصی نیز نیست که پیامبر فقط علی (علیه السلام) را به عنوان وصی خود (آنچنان که شیعیان می گویند) و یا به عنوان محبوب جامعه اسلامی (آنچنان که اهل سنت مدعی هستند) معرفی نموده و در نتیجه تاریخ مصرف آن گذشته باشد , بلکه در غدیر خم تاریخ کل بشریت رقم خورد , چرا که امامت امامان در طول تاریخ مطرح و تبیین شد , حقیقتی که از امیرمومنان آغاز می شود و به مهدی صاحب الزمان (علیه السلام) منتهی می گردد.
در سال دهم هجرت , بعد از اتمام حج , که آن را به نامهای متعددی خوانده اند , همچون « حجه الوداع » و « حجه البلاغ » « حجه الکمال » . « حجه التمام » و حجه الاسلام در « غدیرخم » قبل از « جحفه » که راههای متعددی همچو اهل مدینه , مصر , عراق , از آنجا منشعب و جدا می شود. حادثه ای رخ داد که می توانست سعادت ابدی بشریت را تضمین کند و برای همیشه , انسانها را از ضلالت و گمراهی نجات بخشد , به این جهت , داستان غدیر یک قصه تاریخی خاص نیست که زمان آن گذشته باشد و همین طور یک حادثه شخصی نیز نیست که پیامبر فقط علی (علیه السلام) را به عنوان وصی خود (آنچنان که شیعیان می گویند) و یا به عنوان محبوب جامعه اسلامی (آنچنان که اهل سنت مدعی هستند) معرفی نموده و در نتیجه تاریخ مصرف آن گذشته باشد , بلکه در غدیر خم تاریخ کل بشریت رقم خورد , چرا که امامت امامان در طول تاریخ مطرح و تبیین شد , حقیقتی که از امیرمومنان آغاز می شود و به مهدی صاحب الزمان (علیه السلام) منتهی می گردد.
مخالفان نیز این را به خوبی فهمیده اند. لذا از همان آغاز تلاش کردند(و در حدی موفق شدند) که داستان غدیر را تاویل نمایند , چرا که اگر فقط امامت امیر مومنان بود , ممکن بود به نوعی آن را پذیرا شوند , ولی آنچه ترس داشتندو دارند , ادامه کار , و تداوم امامت و ولایت در طول تاریخ است که سخت مخالفان را خلع سلاح می کرده است . بنابراین به شدت در مقابل آن قرار گرفتند و ازاول زیر بار نرفتندتا جلوی استمرار آن را نیز بگیرند.
و پیامبر اکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) نیز به خوبی به این مسئله توجه داشته لذا تصریح فرمود که امامت ادامه دارد « ...ثم من بعدی علی ولیکم و امامکم بامرالله ربکم ثم الامامه فی ذریتی من ولده الی یوم تلقون الله عز اسمه و رسوله1 سپس بعد از من علی ولی شما و امام شما به فرمان خداست . سپس امامت در نسل من از فرزندان علی تا روزی که خدا و رسولش را ملاقات کنید , می باشد. » .
آنچه پیش رو دارید نگاهی است به آیاتی که در خطبه غدیر درباره امامت علی (علیه السلام) و دیگر امامان (علیهم السلام) مورد استدلال و اشاره قرار گرفته است .

نکاتی از حدیث و حادثه غدیر

یک نگاه اجمالی به خطبه و حدیث غدیر , وقایعی قبل و بعد از آن بخوبی این نکته را روشن می سازد که بحث امامت علی (ع ) و تداوم آن مطرح بوده است به جهت این نکات :
1 ـ پیامبراکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) حدود نودهزار نفر تا یکصد وبیست هزار نفر رادر گرمای شدید در چهار راهی جحفه متوقف ساخت که نشانگر اهمیت مسئله مطرح شده می باشد.
2 ـ خطبه خویش را با ذکر این نکته آغاز می کند که رحلت من نزدیک است و به زودی عوت حق را لبیک می گویم , این خود نشان از آن دارد که در پی مطرح کردن جانشین خویش می باشد.
3 ـ از مردم اقرار و اعتراف گرفت که آنچه را خداوند برای آنان از اعتقادات و احکام و اعمال فرستاده است به آنها ابلاغ نموده و خدا را بر این اقرار شاهد گرفت .
4 ـ حدیث ثقلین را مجددا یادآوری نمود که اگر می خواهید دچار گمراهی نشوید از قرآن و اهل بیت (علیه السلام) جدا نشوید , و این سخن مقدمه ای است برای نکته بعدی .
5 ـ بعدازاین که دست علی (علیه السلام) را بالامی برد واز مردم اقرار می گیرد که خدا و رسولش بر آنان ولایت دارند , می فرماید : « هر کس که من مولای او هستم علی مولای اوست » یعنی همان ولایتی که برای پیامبر اکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) ثبات است , که ولایت زعامت و حکومت بر آنان باشد , برای علی (علیه السلام) نیز ثابت است .
6 ـ جمله « من کنت مولاه و ... » را سه بار و به قول احمد حنبل چهار بار تکرار نمود تا هم تاکیدی شده باشد و هم کسانی که متوجه نشده اند , متوجه شوند.
7 ـ در حق کسانی که ولایت علی (علیه السلام) را بپذیرند دعا , و در حق کسانی که آن را رد کند نفرین نمود.
8 ـ آیات عدیده ای از قرآن ازجمله آیه تبلیغ اکمل و ... , مورد استدلال و استشهاد قرار گرفت که بعدا بیان می شود.
9 ـ تبریک گفتن حاضران و بیعت زن و مرد با امیر مومنان (علیه السلام) و ... همه نشانگر این مطلبند که هدف , معرفی امامت امیرمومنان (علیه السلام) و تداوم آن بوده است .
باتوجه به این نکات سراغ آیاتی می رویم که در خطبه غدیر و بعد از آن مورد استدلال و اشاره قرار گرفته و یا بعد از حادثه نازل شده است .

1 ـ آیه تبلیغ یا اعلام امامت

بعد از ثنا و شتایش الهی فرمود : « فاوحی الی ... « یا ایها الرسول بلغ ما انزل الیک من ربک و ان لم تفعل فما بلغت رسالته و الله یعصمک من الناس 2 ای پیامبر! آنچه از طرف پروردگارت بر تو نازل شده است , کاملا (به مردم ) برسان , و اگر نکنی , رسالت او را انجام نداده ای , خداوند تو را از (خطرات احتمالی ) مردم نگاه می دارد » . 3 آنگاه ادامه داد که مردم ! جبرئیل سه بار نازل شده است که خداوند فرمان داده که در میان این جمع برای سفید و سیاه اعلام کنم که : « ان علی بن ابی طالب اخی و وصیی و خلیفتی و الامام بعدی ;4 که به حقیقت علی بن ابی طالب برادر و وصی و جانشین و پیشوای بعد از من است . »
در منابع اهل سنت می خوانیم که این عباس نقل کرده است که آیه « یا ایها الرسول ... » در مورد علی (علیه السلام) نازل شد. خداوند به رسول خدا فرمان داد که در مورد (ولایت ) علی (علیه السلام) تبلیغ نماید. سپس پیامبر خدا دست علی را گرفت و فرمود : هر کس من صاحب اختیار اویم پس علی صاحب اختیار اوست پس خدایا دوست بدار کسی را که او را دوست بدارد و دشمن بدار کسی که او را دشمن بدارد » . 5

2 ـ علی سرپرست شماست

دومین ایه که مورد استشهاد پیامبر اکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) قرار گرفته آیه ولایت است , حضرت فرمود : « و هو ولیکم بعدالله و رسوله , و قد انزل الله تبارک و تعالی بذلک ایه من کتابه ; علی صاحب اختیار و ولی شما است بعد از خدا و رسولش . و در این آیه در قرآنش نازل فرموده است , آنجا که می فرماید : « انما ولیکم الله و رسوله و الذین آمنوا الذین یقیمون الصلاه و یوتون الزکاه و هم راکعون ;6 سرپرست و ولی شما , تنها خداست و پیامبر او و آنها که ایمان آورده اند , همانها که نماز را برپا می دارند , و در حال رکوع , زکات می دهند , » و این علی بن ابی طالب بود که اقامه نماز کرد و زکات (صدقه ) در حال رکوع در راه خدا داد . »7
و ضریس از علی (علیه السلام) نقل نموده که آیه « انما ولیکم الله ... » بر پیامبر نازل شد , حضرت به مسجد وارد شدند درحالی که مردم مشغول نماز بودند , دید سائلی ایستاده است , پیامبر رو به سائل کرد و فرمود : آیا کسی چیزی به تو داده است عرض کرد : نه یا رسول الله جز ان رکوع کننده (به علی (علیه السلام) اشاره کرد) که انگشتر خود را به من داد . » 8
علامه شیخ عبدالحسین امینی شصت و شش نفر از دانشمندان اهل حدیث و استوانه های روایی اهل سنت را با نام و نشانی دقیق کتابهایشان فهرست کرده و متن حدیثی را که حاوی انطباق آیه مذکور با شخص علی (علیه السلام) است از انس بن مالک نقل می کند و در آخر می افزاید : « مضمون این حدیث در این کتابها موجود است و همه آنها تصریح دارند که این آیه در مورد خاتم بخشی حضرت امیرمومنان علی (علیه السلام) در مسجد نبوی نازل گردیده است . » 9
مرتضی را دان ولی اهل ایمان تا ابد
چون زدیوان ابد دارد مثال « انما » 10

3 ـ افشای منافقان

در ادامه می فرماید : « از جبرئیل خواستم که از بیان آیه تبلیغ مرا معذور دارد , چرا که مومنان (راستین ) در اقلیت و منافقان و خدعه گران و... فراوانند چنان که قرآن کریم در باره آنها فرمود : « تقولون بافوا هکم ما لیس لکم به علم و تحسبونه هینا و هو عند الله عظیم ;11 با دهان خود سخنی می گفتید که به آن یقین نداشتید , و آن را کوچک می پنداشتید در حالی که در نزد خدا بزرگ است . » همانهایی که مرا آزار دادند , تا آنجا که مرا اذن (خوش باورم نامیدند)... و خداوند در رد آنها فرمود : « و منهم الذین یوذون النبی و یقولون هو اذن , قل اذن خیرلکم ... ;12 از آنها کسانی هستند که پیامبر(صلی الله علیه واله ) را آزار می دهند , و می گویند « او آدم خوش باوری است ! » بگو « خوش باوربودن او به نفس شماست » .
... اگر بخواهم اسامی تک تک آنها را ببرم می توانم , و اگر به خواهم به شخص آنان اشاره کنم می توانم , ولکن به خدا در امور آنها(و کارهایشان ) به آنها احترام گذاشتم , با این حال آیه تبلیغ را باید به گوش مردم برسانم . » 13
این منافقان همانهایی بودند که بعد از خطبه غدیر و معرفی علی (علیه السلام) به عنوان جانشین پیامبر(صلی الله علیه واله) انواع توطئه ها را برای انحراف خلافت از مسیر اصلی خود و افتادن آن به دست غاصبان به اجرا گذاشتند که به نمونه هایی اشاره می شود.

صحیفه ملعونه اول

دو نفر از منافقین در یک تصمیم اساسی و خطرناک با هم پیمانی بستند و آن این بود که « اگر محمد از دنیا رفت یا کشته شد , نگذاریم خلافت و جانشینی او در اهل بیتش مستقر شود » سه نفر دیگر در این تصمیم با آنها هم پیمان شدند , و اولین قرارداد و معاهده را در کنار کعبه بین خود امضا کردند , و داخل کعبه آن را زیر خاک پنهان نمودند تا سندی برای التزام عملی آنها باشد , یکی از این سه نفر معاذبن جبل بود او گفت : شما مسئله را از جهت قریش حل کنید و من درباره انصار ترتیب امور را خواهم داد » , از آن جا که « سعد بن عباده » رئیس کل انصار بود و او کسی نبود که با غیر علی (علیه السلام) هم پیمان شود , لذا معاذ بن جبل به سراغ بشیر بن سعید , واسیر بن حضیر که هر کدام بر نیمی از انصار یعنی دو طایفه « اوس » و « خزرج » نفوذ و حکومت داشتند , آمد و آن دو را با خود بر سر غصب خلافت هم پیمان نمود . 14

توطئه قتل پیامبر(ص )

نقشه قتل پیامبر(صلی الله علیه واله) بارها به اجرا در آمد , ولی منجر به شکست شد. یک بار در جنگ تبوک و چند بار به وسیله سم و بارها به صورت ترور تدارک دیده شده بود. در حجه الوداع همان پنج نفر اصحاب صحیفه ملعونه , با نه نفر دیگر برای بار آخر نقشه دقیق تری برای قتل حضرت در راه بازگشت از مکه به مدینه کشیدند , و نقشه چنین بود که در محل از پیش تعیین شده ای , در قله کوه « ارشی » کمین کنند وهمین که شتر پیامبر(صلی الله علیه واله) سربالایی کوه را پیمود و در سرازیری قرار گرفت , سنگهای بزرگی را به طرف شتر حضرت رها کنند تا برمد وبا حرکات ناموزون حضرت را به زمین افکند و آنان با استفاده از تاریکی شب به حضرت حمله کند و وی را به قتل برسانند و متواری شوند.
خداوند متعال پیامبرش را از این توطئه آگاه ساخت و وعده حفظ او را داد ـ منافقین که چهارده نفر بودند ـ نقشه خود را عملی ساختند. همین که شتر پیامر(صلی الله علیه واله) به قله کوه رسید و خواست رو به پایین رود , سنگها را رها کردند , پیامبر با یک اشاره به شتر فرمان توقف داد در حالی که حذیفه و عمار , یکی افسار شتر حضرت را در دست داشت و دیگری از پشت سر شتر را حمایت می کرد. با توقف شتر سنگها به سمت پایین کوه رفتند و حضرت سالم ماند. منافقین که از اجرای دقیق نقشه مطمئن بودند , از کمین گاهها بیرون آمدند و با شمشیرهای برهنه به حضرت حمله کردند تا کار را تمام کنند , ولی عمار و حذیفه شمشیر کشیدند و سرانجام آنها را فراری دادند...
صبح روز بعد که نماز جماعت بر پا شد , همین چهارده نفر15در صفهای اول جماعت دیده شدند!! و حضرت سخنانی فرمود که اشاره ضمنی به آنان داشت . 16

علی جنب الله است .

در ادامه خطبه فرمود : « مردم علی را برتر بدانید زیرا او بر همه مردم بعد از من برتری دارد مردم به وسیله ماست که خداوند روزی می دهد و خلق باقی می ماند , از رحمت خدا دور است کسی که با این سخنان من مخالفت کند... بعد فرمود : مردم ! « انه جنب الله الذی نزل فی کتابه یا حسرتی علی فرطت فی جنب الله ;17 براستی علی جنب الله (از مقربان درگاه الهی است ) که خداوند در کتابش در باره او فرمود : « افسوس بر کوتاهی که در (مورد) جنب الله کردم » .
امام باقر(علیه السلام) فرمود : « نحن جنب الله ;18 ما اهل بیت جنب الله هستیم » و امام است و بعد از او دیگر اوصیا در مکان رفیع قرار دارند , تا برسد به آخرین آنها . » 19 از امیر مومنان نقل شده است که فرمود : « من جنب الله هستم » 20 . جنب الله کنایه از قرب و نزدیکی در پیشگاه الهی است واین گونه آیات رمزی است برای بیان موفقیت حجت الهی تا از دست تحریف گران در امان باشد .21

امامت همچنان باقی است

در فراز دیگر از خطبه غدیر فرمود : « ای مردم این امر خلافت را به عنوان امامت و وراثت در نسل خود تا روز قیامت به ودیعه می سپارم , و من ابلاغ کردم آنچه را مامور به ابلاغش بودم تا حجت باشد بر حاضر و غائب و بر همه کسانی که حضور دارند یا ندارند . » 22
در ادامه می فرماید : « معاشر الناس القرآن یعرفکم ان الائمه من بعده ولده و عرفتکم انهم منی و منه حیث یقول الله عز و جل « کلمه باقیه فی عقبه » 23 و قلت لن تضلوا ما ان تمسکتم بهما; ای مردم ! قرآن معرفی می کند که امامان بعد از او (علی) فرزندان او هستند و من نیز به شما فهماندم که آنان از (نسل ) من و او هستند , آنجا که خداوند عزیز و جلیل می فرماید : « کلمه پاینده ای در نسل او » من گفتم : اگر به آن دو (قرآن و ائمه ) تمسک کنید هرگز گمراه نمی شوید . » 24
در روایتی از پیامبر(صلی الله علیه واله) می خوانیم وقتی از آیه « کلمه باقیه ... » سئوال شد حضرت فرمود : « فقال الامامه فی عقب الحسین علیه السلام یخرج من صلبه تسعه من الائمه . منه مهدی هذه الامه ;25 امامت در نسل حسین (علیه السلام) است که از صلب او نه نفر از امامان به وجود می آیند , واز جمله مهدی این امت (صاحب الزمان ) است . »
از امام سجاد(علیه السلام) در اکمال الدین , و امام باقر(علیه السلام) در علل الشرایع همین مضمون نقل شده است . 26

بیعت با علی (ع ) بیعت با خداست

در ادامه فرمود : « و من بایع فانها یبایع الله ; 27 کسی که با علی بیعت کند همانا با خدا بیعت کرده است. » چرا که دست علی دست خداست قرآن کریم می فرماید : « ان الذین یبایعونک انما یبایعون الله یدالله فوق ایدیهم فمن نکث فانما ینکث علی نفسه و من اوفی بما عاهد علیه الله فسیوتیه اجرا عظیما;28 کسانی که با تو بیعت می کنند (در حقیقت ) تنها با خدا بیعت می نمایند و دست خدا بالای دست آنهاست , پس هر کس پیمان شکین کند , تنها به زیان خود پیمان شکسته است و آن کس که نسبت به عهدی که با خدا بسته وفا کند , بزودی پاداش عظیمی به او خواهد داد. »
آنگاه دستور داد همه مردم با او بیعت کنند و مردم نیز به سوی پیامبر(صلی الله علیه واله) و امیر مومنان (علیه السلام) هجوم آوردند وبا ایشان به عنوان بیعت دست می دادند وبه پیامبر اکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) وعلی (علیه السلام) تبریک می گفتند و پیامبر اکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) می فرمود : « الحمدلله الذی فضلنا علی جمیع العالمین ; حمد برای خدای است که ما را بر همه جهانیان برتری داد » و صدای مردم بلند شد که آری شنیدیم و طبق فرمان خدا و رسول با قلب و جان و زبان و دستمان اطاعت می کنیم . » 29
پیامبر اکرم (ص ) مکررا می فرمود : « به من تبریک بگویید , به من تهنیت بگویید زیرا خداوند مرا به نبوت و اهل بیتم را به امامت اختصاص داده است . » 30
و زنان نیز با حضرت بیعت کردند به این صورت که پیامبر اکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) دستور دادند تا ظرفی آوردند و پرده ای زدند که نیمی از ظرف آب در یک سوی پرده و نیم دیگر در آن سوی دیگر قرار بگیرد و زنان با قرار دادن دست خود در یک سوی آب , و امیرمومنان در سوی دیگر , با آن حضرت بیعت نمایند. همچنین دستور دادند تا زنان هم به حضرتش تبریک و تهنیت بگویند و این دستور را درباره همسران خویش موکد داشتند. بانوی بزرگ اسلام , حضرت زهرا(سلام الله علیها) نیز از حاضرین در غدیر بودند , همچنین کلیه همسران پیامبر(صلی الله علیه واله) در آن مراسم حضور داشتند.

با ولایت علی دین کامل شد

هنوز جمعیت متفرق نشده بودند که امین وحی این آیه را فرود آورد , « الیوم اکملت دینکم و اتممت علیکم نعمتی و رضیت لکم الاسلام دینا » 31 امروز دین شما را کامل کردم , و نعمت خود را بر شما تمام نمودم و اسلام را به عنوان آئین (جاودان ) شما پذیرفتم .
آنگاه رسول خدا(صلی الله علیه واله) فرمود : « الله اکبر علی اکمال الدین و اتمام النعمه و رضی الرب برسالتی , والولایه لعلی من بعدی 32 الله اکبر بر کامل شدن و تمام شدن نعمت و رضایت پروردگار به رسالت من .
روایت فوق را شانزده نفراز محدثان اهل سنت نقل کرده اند . همچون گنجی شافعی در « کفایت الطالب » ص 60 سیوطی « الدرالمنثور » ج , 2 , ص 284 ; این مغازی در « المناقب » ص 19 و جریر طبری در کتاب « الولایه » و ابن مردویه اصفهانی , و ابونعیم اصفهانی در کتاب « مانزل من القرآن فی علی » و خطیب بغدادی در کتاب « تاریخ بغداد » ... 33

آیات بی شمار در فضائل علی (علیه السلام)

آنچه از آیات ذکر شد , برخی آیات بود که در خطبه غدیر مورد استدلال و اشاره قرار گرفته است و گرنه آیاتی که درباره امامت و ولایت علی (علیه السلام) و فضائل آن حضرت وارد شده بیش از آن است که حتی در یک کتاب بگنجد , خود پیامبراکرم (صلی الله علیه واله) در همین خطبه غدیر به این مطلب اشاره فرموده است آنجا که فرمود : « و ما نزلت آیه رضی الافیه , و ما خاطب الله الذین آمنوا الابرابه ولا نزلت آیه مدح قرآن الافیه , ولا شهد الله بالجنه فی « هل اتی علی الانسان » الاله , ولا انزلها فی سواه , ولا مدح بها غیره 34 و آیه خشنودی (پروردگار) جز درباره او نازل نشده است و مخاطبه خداوند با مومنان آغازش بااو (علی ) است , آیه مدحی در قرآن نازل نشده است مگر او داخل آن است و در هل اتی بهشت را خدا برای او شهادت داده است و سوره هل اتی درباره غیر او (و اهل بیتش ) نازل نشده و جز او (و اهل بیتش ) کسی به وسیله آن مدح نشده است » .
خوارزمی می گوید : تمام « یا ایهاالذین آمنوا » در قرآن درباره علی (علیه السلام) است . 35
و مرحوم سلطان الواعظین می گوید از طبرانی و محمدبن یوسف گنجی شافعی و محدث شام در تاریخ کبیر مسندا نقل شده است که بیش از سیصد آیه در شان علی (علیه السلام) نازل شده است 36
دل را ولا و حب علی با صفا کند
هردرد را محبت مولا دوا کند
آن شاهکار خلقت و فرمانروای عشق
مدحش به آیه آیه قرآن خدا کند.

پی نوشت ها :
 

1 ـ محمد باقر مجلس , بحارالانوار , بیروت , داراحیا التراث العربی , ج 37 ص 207 ـ 208 و ر ـ ک عوالم العلوم , شیخ عبدالله بحرانی , ج 15 ص 375 ـ ص 376
2 ـ سوره مائده آیه 67
3 ـ بحارالانوار همان , ج 37 , ص 206
4 ـ همان
5 ـ سیوطی , الدرالمنثور , ج 2 , ص 327 ذیل آیه 67 مائده , فخر رازی , تفسیر الکبیر , ج 2 , ص 636 , ینابیع الموده شیخ سلیمان قندوزی , ص 140 باب 39 , الوسی روح المعانی , ج 6 , ص 172
6 ـ سوره مائده آیه 55
7 ـ بحارالانوار , همان , ج 206
8 ـ ابوالنصرا الحافظ ابن کثیر الدمشقی , البدایه و الشهایه , بیروت مکتبه المعارف , ج 7 , ص 358 , فوائدالسمطین , همان ج 1 , ص 195 حدیث 153 , ینابیع الموده , سلیمان قندوزی , ص 251
9 ـ الغدیر , علامه امینی , دارالکتب الاسلامیه , ج 3 , ص 162
10 ـ ابن یمین
11 ـ سوره نور , آیه 15
12 ـ سوره توبه , ایه 61
13 ـ بحارالانوار , همان ص 207
14 ـ بحارالانوار , همان , ج 17 , ص 29 و ج 28 , ص 186 و ج 37 , ص 114 ـ 115 , کتاب سلیم بنم قیس , ص 816 حدیث 37 , عوالم ج 15 , ص 164 , اسرار غدیر محمدباقر انصاری , ص 57
15 ـ معاویه , عمر و عاص , طلحه , سعدبن ابی وقاص , عبدالرحمان , ابوعبیده , ابوموسی اشعری , ابوهریره مغیره و ...
16 ـ بحارالانوار , ج 28 , ص 99 و 100 و ج 37 ص 115 , عوالم , ج 15 , ص 304 , اقبال الاعمال ص 458
17 ـ سوره زمر , آیه 56
18 ـ فیض کاشانی , تفسیر صافی , موسسه الاعلمی , ج 4 , ص 326
19 ـ همان
20 ـ همان
21 ـ همان , ص 327
22 ـ بحارالانوار , همان , ص 211
23 ـ سوره زخرف , آیه 28
24 ـ بحارالانوار , ج 37 , ص 215
25 ـ تفسیر الصافی , همان , ج 4 , ص 388
26 ـ همان , ص 387
27 ـ بحارالانوار , همان , ص 219
28 ـ سوره فتح , آیه 10
29 ـ بحارالانوار , همان , ص 126 و 166 , الغدیر , ج 1 , ص 58
30 ـ همان , و بحارالانوار , ص 217 ج 37
31 ـ سوره مائده , ص 3
32 ـ الغدیر , ج 1 , ص 11 و ر ـ ک فوائدالسمطین , ج 1 , ص 74 , ابن کثیر در تفسیر , ج 2 , ص 491
33 ـ ر ـ ک الغدیر , ج 1 , ص 237 ـ 230
34 ـ بحارالانوار , ج 37 , ص 210
35 ـ مناقب خوارزمی , ص 266 ـ 28
36 ـ سلطان الواعظین شیرازی , شبهای پیشاور دارالکتب الاسلامیه 1376 , ص 386
 

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In the name of Allah (Who’s) the Compassionate Merciful

O, the Commander of the faithful!

Upon you be peace;

O the Remainder of Allah, on His earth,

Upon You be peace!

O Mahdi!

How could we suppress our despair in your extended non-attendance?

Where should we look for to find you?

Which supplication can lead us to you?

So that we head for it and learn how to get to you!

O Savour!

Being perplexed and wandering in your absence,

The diverse dreams – the inward Satan –

Has so prevailed us that we have become

Captives to our own passions!

O You the Gracious!

My heart, since start, has fallen in love with thy,

Fine hair – it will not break its promise till I die!

Thus, we adore you, so do we your ancestors,

And we are, with our own ‘laden-with-sin-hearts’,

To fit out a ground to delight you:

We are looking forward to witnessing that

Allah may forward your appearance to us;

And He may cast mercy on us, and deliver us

From this 'the wondering of us',

And to save us from the inwardly depression of us …

O Patriarch!

Now, we are to take to Allah this complaint of:

Not-appearing of yours,

As well the grievance of our ‘Not-knowing

You, and Your ancestor

I am uneasy, impoverished,

So I will, forever, hum this ‘Hymn’:

‘O Lord! Make me recognize You,

O Lord! Make me know the Messenger of Yours;

O Lord! Make me recognize the Assured Sign of Yours.’

O Daystar!

It is now a long period we have resorted to Your worthy ancestors

Hoping to catch Your sight, having Your affection upon us.

The main ambition of us is to get closer to Your wisdom–

Though we are too feeble to plunge amid Your know-how,

We pray Him to bless us to do so.

As it is said:

‘If it is hard to draw sea-water off,

Let’s try that to quench our thirst of’.

O Great!

We heard most heartily from the Messenger,

(Peace be upon him and his descendants), say:

“This ‘say of mine’: 'The Divine Leadership of Ali and his offspring'

Must be delivered by those present, at this Ghadir Khom,

To those who are not present;

And also by the elderly to their offspring

Up to the Day of Resurrection...”

Now, we wonder how to carry out Your command?

From which direction shall we set out to fulfill Your bid?

We wonder what to do and what to relate!

You Yourself assist us, and guide us along our path.

Hold us on our hands to find our way,

And try to find out the endless superiority and competence

Of Your Father, and then to teach it to others.

We bear it in our minds that, by the Pool of Khom,

Our Messenger received the loyalty of the people for

Ali and his offspring, (upon them all be peace),

As the Leadership; and he confirmed to keep

That treaty until the Day of Resurrection...

Now, humbly we come to the court of yours:

You the Generous, from the lineage of Generosity –

So that You might give a shelter to us, the miserable!

So, pardon us; help us! Guide us to the right path!

Bestow the ray of Your radiance upon us,

Do not turn away from us;

And say, ‘Amen’ to this prays of us, as:

“O Lord! Hasten the advancement of

Your own adopted Master, Mahdi!”

“O, You the Omnipotent!

Trouble has afflicted us and our family,

And we have come [to you] with meager merchandise –

[which is too little to get anything].

So do [us] a favour, and fill up the load for us,

And act charitably toward us …”

Whether you shun us, with our thin goods,

or out throw,

We have not, in this word, a Master except You!

On the Assigned Day of the Commander of the faithful,

and the Highness Zahra (upon her be peace)

Aghdaseiie, Tehran.

Sunday: at 8 am, 29/11/1385, 29th Moharram 1428

S. Hosein Hoseiny

Nowadays, some of the intellectual religious leaders believe that the
‘Leadership’ in Islam is something related to the history! Therefore, they
believe that any kind of discussion, concerning the ‘Leadership’, causes
hostility among the different sects and creeds in Islam. In fact, by saying so,
they refer to Shiite, not any other sects among the Muslims! They deliberately,
or un-deliberately, but we believe deliberately, support the other sects rather
than, the main theology, Shiite.

To probe their opinions, we are to point out the question of belief, the
‘Leadership’ in Islam, and then we refer to the straightforward narrations of
the Holy Prophet and his offspring, (peace be upon them all), through the plain
Verses of the Holy Qur’an.

I – Generally speaking, the first party of them are those who have no knowledge
about the ‘Prophet-hood’ of the Messenger (peace be upon him and his
descendants) that is related to the Unseen World – Divine. Thus, they see to the
matter of the religion with their material eyes. And they simply take the Holy
Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants), who is the Divine message
carrier, as a peacemaker and merely a talented one. And, in their opinion, the
religious percepts must be suited to the terrestrial affairs. Therefore,
considering the ‘Divine Leadership’ as historical, not the truth, is their wrong
assumption; the true believers, who believe that the ‘Leadership’ is straight
from the Divine, do not agree with their false brainwork.

And that, in their opinion, such questions on the ‘Divine Leadership’, may lead
to hostility; thus, we reply: ‘If you are telling the truth, and are so
well-wishers to man, then why do you not make people accept the fact and set the
ideology on the truest faith? There! In the name of solidarity, you ignore the
numerous facts but set up a temporary brief and frail unity.

II – The sign of belief in the ‘Divine Leadership’ and its meaning must be taken
into consideration. Regarding to Abraham, (peace be upon him), and his
leadership, we read in the Holy Qur’an: ‘And when the Lord of Abraham tested him
by means of some words of command and he fulfilled them, Allah stated, “I am
going to set you as a guide for mankind,” he asked, “What about my offspring?”
He stated, “My ‘Leadership’ pledge does not apply to the wrongdoers,”’ (the Cow:
2/124).

Therefore, the ‘Divine Leadership’ is a compact set by Allah Alone, and it is a
position requiring integrity, and no one, but Allah picks one to such dignity if
He desires. On the other hand, as the well-known narration of ‘θæghælæin’
quotes, there are two definite substitutions to the Holy Prophet (peace be upon
him and his descendants): 1) the ‘holy Qur’an’, and 2) ‘the Divine Leader’. They
are adhered to the prophet-hood – they both are attached and are side by side
supporting the Rule of Islam and the teaching of the Messenger.

The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants), said: “I am to leave
two most precious *Subordinates with you: Allah’s Book and my household. Now let
me see how you are going to refer to them and respect those two,” (Kafee: 1/293,
and the explanation of Nahj-ul-Balagheh: 7/375).

*Here the word, ‘subordinates’ means that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him
and his descendants) was commanded to present a deputy by Allah’s leave; and his
mentioning the household of his, alongside with the Holy Qur’an, means that his
command by chosen them, was not merely choosing the ‘Imam’ as a simple governor
or commander, but someone to represent all the characteristic of Prophet as a
Messenger of Allah – except that his prophet-hood and law carrying was by Allah
– as he had time and again announced:

“O Ali, you are for me as Aaron to Moses, except for that there will not be a
messenger after me,” (Kafee: 1/199. [But after Moses there came messengers].

And Imam Kazim, (Peace be upon him), has narrated: “The Divine Leadership is but
Light, (Kafee: 25).

And we read in Imam Reza’s famous narrations: ‘The ‘Divine Leadership’ is the
main pride pillar of Islam, and also its tall branches,” (Kafee: 1/198).

The dignity and the state of ‘Divine Leadership’ is far beyond the reach of
man’s wisdom to be chosen with ballot castings! That is why the Holy Prophet has
chosen and introduced the ‘Leader’ and the ‘Divine Leadership’ as his own proxy
after him. He well knew the dignity of Ali (peace be upon him), and during his
twenty and else prophet-hood he has time and again expressed of Ali’s status of
being a ‘Leader’ and owning the ‘Leadership’. And he has mentioned of his
important positions in conveying the religious law, and commenting on the Qur’an
and rites – governing and ruling the society, and his knowledge of the Unseen,
and also the bravery and the courage of his.

III – The importance of the Leadership of Ali, (peace be upon him), is so great
that many a Verses in the Holy Qur’an has been sent down about it, as:

(1) “Your Guardian is just Allah and His Messenger, and also those who believe,
perform prayer, and pay the due welfare tax even when he bow down [to pray],”
(The Heavenly Food 5: 55).

All the Shiite commentaries, as well as most commentators of the Sunnis have
unanimously said that this lofty Verse has been revealed concerning Ali (peace
be upon him). It was sent down when, bowing down to pray at the mosque, he had
offered his welfare tax – it is recorded in Shiite’s comments: Majma-ul-Bayan:
3/209, Ghomi’s comment: 1/170, Ayashi comment: 2/ 56-58; and in Sunnis’
comments, Kashshaf: 1/623, Fakhr Razi: 12/25, Tabari: 6/186).

(2) O you who believe, obey Allah and His Messenger and those who hold the
Divine Command, (Woman 4/59).

According to the commenter, the word ‘Those’ in ‘Thos who hold the Divine
Command’, refers to the infallible Leaders, Imams, (Shiite commentators:
Majma-ul-Bayan: 3/62, Hhomi: 1/141, Ayyashi: 1/410 – 4/14; and Sunnis
commentators: Kashshaf: 1/535, Fakhr Razi: 10/ 142, Tabari: 5/93).

(3) Today I have preferred your religion for you, and completed My favour upon
you, and have granted Islam as a religion for you – a commitment to live in
peace, [The Heavenly Food: 5/3]; (Majma-ul-Bayan: 3/156).

Thus, we notice that the forgoing Verses, and tens of other Verses are about
Ali, (peace be upon him)’s Leadership, and the assured guardianship of his.

IV– The above basis is about the Leadership of the Commander of the faithful,
Ali, (peace be upon him):

The deputy and the chief-deputy should have something in common.

Thus, in Ali, (peace be upon him)’s case, Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and
his descendants), had already trained him and brought him up in the warm and
kind household of his. He had acquainted him with his moral attitude. In this
respect, Ali, (peace be upon him), in the Sermon of the ‘Ghaseah’ says:

“You are aware that I am very closely related with the Holy Prophet, Muhammad,
(peace be upon him and his descendants). When I was a lad, he took me up in his
lap, he pressed me to his breast and he always kept me with him. He gave me food
out of his mouth to eat. He never found me telling lies and doing anything
unfair. Allah appointed the angel Gabriel to show the Holy Prophet (peace be
upon him and his descendants) good morals and manners right from the very
beginning of his childhood. I followed in the footsteps of the Prophet very
closely. Daily he gave me instruction and told me to follow it. The Holy Prophet
(peace be upon him and his descendants) lived in the mount of Hira every year
for one month and none but me saw him there. I saw the Light of revelation on
his face, When Gabriel brought the first revelation from Allah to Muhammad
(peace be upon him and his descendants), the Satan cried. I asked the Prophet
what that cry was for. He said, “This is the cry of Satan. Now he is despondent
and disappointed. You are indeed hearing what I hear. You are seeing what I see.
But you are not a prophet; you are the minister of the Prophet. Surely you will
stick to Islam.”

During the revelation of the Verse of (Poets: 26/214, ‘And warn your close
relatives’), the Holy Prophet announced thrice: ‘Ali, you are the close tribe
and relative to me. Surely Allah did not set up a messenger unless among his
household was a brother, appointed heir and a deputy to him. So which one of you
swear allegiance with me as a brother, heir and administrator; and in the mean
time, being to me as Aaron to Moses, though there comes no messenger after me.’

But his relatives kept silence, and soon after, the Holy Prophet (peace be upon
him and his descendants) said: “Now, let one of you stand up or somebody else
will rise and then you will regret it.” Right then Ali, (peace be upon him)
stood up on his feet. The Holy Prophet asked him to walk closer to him, so did
he. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants) received him kindly
and announced: ‘Here! I quench him with the wisdom and knowledge’, (Behar: 18/
163).

This event, along with hundreds alike, are the affairs going on between the Holy
Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants) and the Commander of the
faithful, Ali, (peace be upon him), concerning the Divine Leadership.

V– The famous and the most authentic proof about the ‘Divine Leadership’ of Ali,
(peace be upon him) is the event of Ghadir Khom, when the Holy Prophet (peace be
upon him and his descendants), after the rites of pilgrimage, in the historical
farewell pilgrimage hold Ali, (peace be upon him) on hand and introduced him to
the people around saying: “O Prophet announce what has been sent down to you by
your Lord. If you do not do so, you have not conveyed His message. Allah defends
you from people; surely Allah does not guide the unbelieving people, (The
Heavenly Food: 5/ 67).

The successive narrations and the relevant texts of the Sermon about ‘Ghadir’
prove the importance and the credit of it, as:

(1) The announcement of the farewell pilgrimage and the last year of the Holy
Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants)’s life.

(2) Inviting the Muslims of Medina and all other Islamic regions for the rites
of the pilgrimage.

(3) The set out of ‘one hundred and twenty thousand people’ from Medina to the
pilgrimage ceremony.

(4) Summoning Ali, (peace be upon him) and his companions from Yemen to take
part in the farewell ceremony.

(5) Delivering a speech, by the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his
descendants) in Medina, and in the Mosque of Khif for preparing the people for
the Ghadir Khom event.

(6) Staying by the roadside and asking the people to settle and calling back the
advanced crowd.

(7) The three-day stop for the announcement of the ‘Leadership by the Commander
of the faithful, Ali, (peace be upon him) – from the first Day of Ghadir, Monday
18th of Dilhajjeh until Wednesday the 20th).

(8) The detailed sermon of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his
descendants) and his insisting on the ‘Devine Leadership’, and the guardianship,
as well the duty of the guardian by Ali and his offspring (peace be upon all)
until the Day when the Awaited Upriser, Mahdi, (may Allah hasten his emerge) –
rise up.

(9) The demand of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants)
having the crowd swear allegiance – both orally, and then by hand-shakings, and
getting the covenant of those present.

(10) Having the males swear allegiance by shaking hands, and the females socking
their hands in the full-with-water tub, (so that to avoid touching males'
hands).

(11) Having the crowd swear allegiance for the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him
and his descendants) to obey his descendants, as well as the Faithful.

(12) Having the people to congratulate the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and
his descendants) and his Faithful Commander, Ali, (peace be upon him) about his
Leadership and being an assured government.

(13) A durable and everlasting bid to the future generation of the world that
the message of the selection of ‘Divine Leadership’ must be carried by those
present to the people absent at that moment; and also the elderly to their
children.

(14) Announcing that the ‘Publicizing the Event of Ghadir’ is the chief
‘Enjoining to Goodness’ and it is highly recommended.

(15) Introducing Ali, (peace be upon him) on the pulpits to those unknown, and
highly admiring him during the lectures and sermons.

(16) Counting his about 200 virtues and pointing to his vast personality.

(17) Recommending the ‘Allegiance’ and offering peace upon him as the ‘Commander
of the faithful’.

(18) Insisting on this title, the ‘Commander of the faithful’ and allocating it
to Ali, (peace be upon him) only.

(19) Considering the Holy Qur’an, and Ali, (peace be upon him), and also the
rest of the ‘Imams’ at the same inseparable level.

(20) Grounding the affection and the anger of Ali, (peace be upon him) in case
of the people’s faith and disbelief.

The above points, as well as some other tens, point put the importance of Ghadir,
and introduce Ali, (peace be upon him) as the ‘Imam’ and the right proxy of the
Messenger of Allah.

VI– Since the beginning of the Ghadir, the Muslims and even the non-Muslims have
considered the historical event of Ghadir, and the ‘Divine Leadership, and the
proxy pick as, ‘the chief religious event’. They have commented on it in
different books – it has been put in historical books. As the narration, they
have brought it in the story books; and in dictionaries, by means of it, they
have explained the words and phrases and the words meanings in it. It has come
to use in the commentaries concerning the revelation of the Verses, and at last,
from the point of Ghadir, it has been transcribed in the books of literatures.
Now, as you notice, by the historians are:

Blazary: in Ansab Alashraf, (demised 279)

Ibn Ghatibeh: in Almaarif, and Imamat and Alseiaseh, (demised 276)

Tabari: in a separate book about Ghadir Khom, (demised 310)

Khatib Baghdadi: in his own history, (demised 463)

From the Narrations:

Mohammad Ibn Idris Shafeae: quoted from Nehayeh Ibn Athir, (demised 204)

Ahmad Hanbal: in Masnad and Managhib, (demised 241)

Ibn Majeh: in Sunan, (demised 273)

Termizi: in Sahih, (demised 276)

From the Commentators:

Tabari: in his Commentary, (demised 310)

Tha’labi: in his Commentary, (demised 427-37)

Wahedi: in Asbab An-Nozol, (demised 468)

Fakhr Razi: in his commentary, (demised 606)

The Orators:

Ghazi Abobar Baghlani Basari: in Al-Mottahed, (demised 403)

Ghazi Abdor Rahman Ijea Shafeae: in Mawagheb, (demised 756)

Sharif Jorjani: in Sharh Al-Mawagheb, (demised 816)

Ghoushchi: in Sharh Tajrid, (demised 879)

And from the Philologists:

Khom, Ghadir, Wali and …

Ibn Darid: in Jomhareh, volume 1/71, (321)

Ibn Athir: in An Nahayeh, (1)

Al Ghadir volume 1/ 6-8

As you see, these documents prove that the question of ‘Divine Leadership’ is
not merely a historical event.

VII – Answering to a question:

Question: If the event of Ghadir is a bone of contention between the Shiites and
Sunnis, then why the Sunnis do not accept the Leadership and the Guardianship of
Ali, (peace be upon him) only?

Answer: We too unanimously question the Sunnis why, after seeing so many proofs
about the ‘Leadership’ of Ali, (peace be upon him), they still do not give up
and accept the fact! Why do they not refer to their conscience and take the
straight path and then surrender to Allah?

2- Such questions as: ‘Why, with so many proofs, non-Muslims did not believe in
the truth of Islam; and why the faith-rejecters, after seeing so many proofs,
rejected the Creator of the worlds?’ were still existed before the ‘Leadership’.

The answer to this question is: a man can be so engaged in selfishness,
prejudice and in many inwardly blind states that he easily ignores noticing the
facts. In this way, he follows the bygones and by observing his passion, he
takes the track to nowhere.

Off course, it is not so simple to accept the fact, and in practice, it is
harder to give an undertaking to that, and being bound to the righteousness,
especially when accepting the fact, one should leave many of the attachments he
already had.

3- Those who, because of the eminence of the sermon of Ghadir, have not been
able to reject its main sense, as: “One to whom I am Master, so is Ali his
Master”, have translated the phrase in such a way that to suit their taste. That
is, they have changed the Arabic letter ‘Y’ in the main text, which is ‘Master’,
to mean something as, ‘Friend’.

Their next question is: “Was the sermon of Ghadir a short speech or a long and
detailed one?

Answer: What have the Sunnis frequently put in their books are two: one is the
main Ghadir sermon, and another one short and brief, which the lengthiest of
them is put in (Al-Ghadir: Volume 1 page 10-11) by the great scholar, Amini.

And also in most Sunnis tales and traditions we see that the Holy Prophet (peace
be upon him and his descendants) has delivered a lecture ‘in Ghadir’ thus, it
must be discussed in details.

1- Zeid ibn Argham says, the Messenger of Allah made a speech on the Day of
Ghadir Khom and said: “One to whom I am Master, so is Ali his Master”. (The
History of Damascus: volume 42/ 217- Narration 8707, and The Islam History (Khalaf
Era: 632 and the history of Damascus volume 2/41 – Narration 541).

2- Hazifeh bin Asid says: Indeed the Messenger of Allah delivered a speech under
the (shadows) of the trees on the Day of Ghadir Khom and said, … (Kanz al-Aamal:
1/188 Narration 958 and Al-Bayan and Nehayeh Volume 7/362 the events of year
40).

3- Umar Bin Zimarr and Zeid Bin Argham says: On the day of Ghadir Khom, the
Messenger of Allah made a speech: ... (Al-Majan Kabir volume 5 Narration 5059,
narrated from Noor Al-Amir 16-17).

We see, in the forgoing narrations, as well as hundreds alike – which now we
overlook them for keeping it brief; they have quoted this sentence, ‘And the
Holy Prophet lecture us’, and some similar ones, which all of them have
mentioned ‘lecture’ in them, and begun with the praise of Allah. They all need
explanations and they cannot be short narrations, especially in such a condition
and exceptional introduction.

VIII- In justifying the Ghadir narration, another question rises: Why the
Commander of the faithful, Ali, (peace be upon him), has not deduced on Ghadir
Sermon to defend his right?

Answer: Ali, the Excellency, time and again, in objecting the seizure of the
‘Leadership’ unlawfully has referred to this sermon and deduced thus: which in
brief, we point to some of them:

(Al-Ghadir: volume 1/ 159 onward).

1- Ali, (peace be upon him)’s own saying on the Council Day, Migration Year 23:
Abul Talib Amer ibn Aelah says, “On the Day of Council, I was with Ali, (peace
be upon him) by the gate of the house, when I heard that he asked the people
there: “For Allah’s sake, is there anyone among you prior to me in praying the
Unity of Allah?” They answered, ‘Not at all, by Allah.’ He added, ‘By Allah’s
sake, tell me, is there anyone among you to whom the Prophet of Allah would ay
this clause as he told me, “One to whom I am Master, so is Ali his Master”? They
answered, ‘By Allah, never’.

2- During the ruler of Qthman, Saleem Tabaee said:

During the rule of Othman, I was in the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah, when I
heard a discussion was going on concerning knowledge and chastity. The
discussion lead to the priority of Ghoraish, until when Holy Prophet (peace be
upon him and his descendants) said: ‘Imams are of Ghoraish. There were about two
hundred people present, and Ali, Ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) was among
them, and Saad Bin Waghghas, Abdor Rahman Aof Talhe and Zobeir, Meghdad, Hashem
Bin Bin Atabeh, Bin Umar, Hasan, Hosein Bin Abbas, Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr …

Othman was at home then, and he was unaware of the discussion, and the Commander
of the faithful, Ali and his household were sitting quite in peace. The people
turned to Ali, (peace be upon him) and said, “Why do you not say a word, Ali?”
It was then the Excellency answered: “Prophet (peace be upon him and his
descendants) made me stand up on the Day of Ghadir Khom and he read this sermon,
‘One to whom I am Master, so is Ali his Master’, (Al-Ghadir: volume 1/ 165).

3- The logic of Ali, the Commander of the faithful, on the Day of Rohbah, in the
year 35, when the Excellency understood that Prophet (peace be upon him and his
descendants) is, about his privilege to the rest, under questioning, (in a big
gathering), he quoted the story of Ghadir that we clearly notice it in the most
authentic Al-Ghadir.

IX - Have the Imams (peace be upon them all), during their research, ever
referred to Ghadir Khom and talked on it?

Answer:

(A) Yes, The Holy Imams, as well as their followers have frequently deduced it,
and stated it and related the story of Ghadir. You can notice it in ‘Al-Ghadir’
volume 1, page 159-197, and in Ghadir Sermon in the Documentary Mirror, page 85;
and also in ‘The Secret of Ghadir’ (Asrar-r-Ghadir) 262-272.

The above mentioned points are more than enough proof for us to refer to Ali,
(peace be upon him) as the Commander of the faithful, as well the other Holy
Imams who have expressed the story of Ghadir. For example, Zahra, (peace be upon
him), has stated: “Have you forgotten the Holy Prophet’s saying on the Day of
Ghadir, who said: ‘Whoever I am his Master, so is Ali his Master’, and also
said, ‘You are to me as Aaron to Moses is’”, (Al-Ghadir: volume 1 page 196) –
quoted Shamsaddin Jazari.

And the Excellency, Imam Mojtaba (peace be upon him) said: “O people, did you
notice when the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants), on the Day
of Ghadir hold my father on his hand and announced, ‘Whoever I am his Master, so
is Ali his Master …’”.

Then he wanted the people present at the scene to carry the message to the
absentee ones, (Al-Ghadi: volume 1, page 197 quoted by: Yanabee Al-Mawaddah).

And also Imam Hosein (peace be upon him), a year prior to the event of Karbala
which was before the death of Moaveyeh, in the pilgrimage ceremony at Mina where
there were more than seven hundred men and women of Banihashim, and the
followers of Imam – mostly the residence; and about two hundred of the followers
of the Messenger of Allah, stood up and addressed the crowd. First, he praised
Allah and then said: “O people! For the sake of Allah, tell me whether you agree
the Messenger of Allah’s introducing Ali, (peace be upon him) as a ‘Leader and
the Governor, and then asking the people to carry the message of his to those
who were absent in the ceremony?”

All those who were present at Mina said: “We swear by Allah that he did,” (the
secret of Ghadir 274, and Salim volume 2/ 791); and also Imam Sajjad, Imam
Bagher and rest of the Imams (peace be upon all) have unanimously expressed it
in different aspects, (Asrar Ghadir 275 onward – adopted from Ethbat Al-Hadiyeh
volume 2, Behar volume 37 and so on …).

(B) This prolong sermon has been delivered by Imam Baghir (peace be upon him),
as well as the main story of Ghadir Khom, in two documents from the book of,
‘Ehtijaj Tabari’ and ‘Al-Yaghin ibn Tawoos’, and Rozatol Waezin Bin Fetal
Nishabori’ as well as ‘Nazhat Al-Keram’.

It is interesting to note that the text of the sermon of Hazifeh Bin Yemen and
Zeid Bin Argham, who were present at Ghadir, is remarkably close to the
Narration of Imam Baghir (peace be upon him); therefore, any difference between
the text and the sermon is rare.

X – Question:

Why some books, prior to ‘Ehtijaj’ and ‘Rozatl Waezin’ in the 5th century, have
not mentioned it–especially those people as Koleiny, Sadough and Shaikh Mofid
and.. ?

Answer”

A) ‘Not narrating’ an event does not mean a weak point of narration. On the
other hand, there are so many claims to prove its authentic, as: the chains of
the documents from the infallible Imams which have been put in the ‘Ghadir
sermony’. Above all, Hazifah’s narration, as well as Argham’s in most
story-texts math with Imam Baghir (peace be upon him)’s narratins.

B) The earliest scientists have fallen short in capturing some of the
narrations, whereas, the later ones have come to them through close
investigations.

C) Because of the dissimulation and the restricted condition, and also the hard
condition of Shiite, some of the narrations have not been broadcast by the
narrators. In such strangling condition, they have just recorded the main facts
under those tyrannical rulers. It was just because, the scientists, like Koleiny
and Moufid, as well others, who lived among their opponents in Baghdad, for
avoiding troubles, could not write the narrations in details.

D) The Shiite’s scientists have written so many books, which most of them have
been destroyed in the periods of time. Among them is Thaghghatol Islam Koleini
in the year 329, who had written a book about Ghadir. It has been put in the
book ‘Azzarial’ by ‘Agha Bozorg Tehrani’.

XI – The main text of the sermon has been in details brought in Shiite’s books,
as well in the different papers of the Sunnis.

In Shiite’s book:

Rozatol-Waezin: Bin Fetal Nishabori, the 5th century.

Al-Ehtejaj: Shaikh Tabarsi, the 5th century

Al-Yaghin: said Ibn Tawoos the 7th century

Nazhat Al-Keram: Muhammad Bin Hosei Razi the 7th century

Al-Ighbal: Saiid Bin Tawoos the 7th century

As-Serat Al-Mostaghim: Ali Ibn Yunes Bayazi 9th century

Nahj-o-Iman: Ali Bin Hosein Ibn Jabar the 7th century

In the forgoing books, the narration has been put by the documents which
stretches to Imam Baghir (peace be upon him), and Hozaifeh Bin Yemen and Zeid
Ibn Argham.

1- The sermon of Ghadir in the Crystal Clear Documents 85-86, narrated by:
Azzariah volume 7/ 173 No. 900

We still see more explanations in the Crystal Clear Documents. And in Sunnis
books, the main event of Ghadir has been put exclusively and openly. To find
their index, we should refer to ‘Al-Ghadir, volume 1’. To get acquainted with
the narrators of the Ghadir’s event and to refer to them in ease, we should
refer to ‘Al-Ghadir 1, page 14-151’.And also for getting information about the
writers, we should refer to ‘Al-Ghadir volume 1, page 152-158.

Although the Sunnis have not narrated the very text in details, they have put
the scattered phrases or sentences of that in their books.

The noble book of Noor Al-Amin has divided the sermon into one hundred parts
which all have been picked from the Sunnis’ books

XII – In the text of ‘Ghadir Sermon’, the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and
his descendants) has warned man with two exceptional sayings: thus, this lecture
along with numerous specialties, is unique. One of them is: ‘So this ‘saying’
must be conveyed by those who are present now to those who are absent; and also
the elderly to their children.

And the other one is, ‘’Now the pick of ‘Enjoining to good’ is that to
understand my words about the Imams and then to convey it to the people about;
recommend my lecture to the absentees and make them accept it willingly, for
indeed my word is Allah’s word.’

With such emphasis and the world-wide command for communicating the contents of
Ghadir sermon to the faithful Muslims, a serious step needed to be taken.

Therefore, we humbly recommend these under coming points:

1- The youth must be encouraged to memorize the text and receive prizes –
furnishing them to go on pilgrimage tours, to Karbala for visiting the Shrine of
Imam Hosein (peace be upon him); and giving them other prizes for memorizing the
small parts of the sermon.

2- Making them recite the whole text of the sermon, or even a part of it, and
then translating it in the religious ceremonies.

3- To recite a peace of the sermon in the parties of the marriage compact, so
that to make it a good custom for the next generations.

4- Including it as dowry along with the Qur’an as the agreement with the ‘Hadith
Thaghalein’ of the Messenger of Allah.

5- Publishing and freely distributing books of Ghadir Khom.

6- Painting and carving phrases from the sermon on the fine materials.

7- Teaching the Ghadir Khom sermon at schools, universities and the theological
schools.

8- Presenting the sermon as the thesis at the colleges, and the universities.

9- Making lectures on the sermon and its contents by the respectable lecturers.

10- Translating the sermon into the living languages, putting the whole, or the
scattered parts of the sermon on tapes and the site.

11- Preparing books about Ghadir sermon and presenting them at the specific
occasions at the religious ceremonies.

12- Presenting and introducing it to the firms, companies, and factories so that
to be handed to the customers or the agencies.

13- Making children books for the youth out of its sermon.

14- Making films, clips and animations from the phrases of the sermon.

15- From the short phrases, sending messages at different occasions such as:
anniversaries, births and the demises of the Imams and their ‘Leaderships’.

16- Setting the text as the reference for searching about: the Unity of Allah,
prophet-hood, Imamat, and Mahdaveyyat, and so on …

17- As the gifts to be presented to the youth – boys and girls.

18- Encouraging the people, as a vow, to recite the whole sermon at parties; and
to dedicate a vow to publicize it when one is in need.

19- To bring the sermon on CDs and tapes …

20- To compose literary lyrics and poems from the main text of the sermon.

21- Teaching the short phrases of the sermon to the children and encouraging
them to read and memorize them.

22- Making fine arts, paintings, and inscribing short phrases of the text on
fine selected grounds.

23- Writing plays: theatres and songs of the text of Ghadir.

Till my breath is with me, I will reveal secrets

As my prayer, I repeat it at nights and days;

From Ali, and Ghadir: generation to generation,

They said it, and I’ll keep saying with patience.

Rewritten:

as an introduction for Payam Negar,

Aghdaseiieh, Tehran.

8 am, Monday, the third of Sha’ban 1427, 1385/6/6

S. Hosein Hoseiny

In the name of Allah (Who's) the Compassionate Merciful

The first man, who in God believed, was Ali,

To His Fair Messenger believed, was Ali;

Believed in God, and was Messenger’s friend,

Ne’er could beat him one ‘in His Doctrine’!



The Closing Sermon of God's Prophet

(Peace be upon him and his descendants)



(1)

1. “Praise belongs to Allah, Who is Sublime in His Oneness, and He is with all
beings in His Loneliness. Glorious is He in His Domination, and He is great in
His Foundations! His Knowledge encircles all beings without taking a move or
having a dwelling; He subdues everything with His Power and Reasoning! He has
eternally been praised, and so will be praised forever! There is no end to His
Greatness, Dignity and Grandness; He is the Originator, Resurrector, and to Him
all things return.

2. He is the Maker of the heavens, as well the expander of the Earth(es), and He
is Ruler over them; He is [beyond all beings], and He is Glorified and
Sanctified. So is He the Lord of the Angels, and the Spirit! He favours all
creatures that He has created! His Grace is expanded to all that He has created.
He perceives the eyes [of all beings], while no eyes can see Him; He is the most
Generous, Patient and Calm. His Mercy cuddles the whole entity; He favours them
with His Bounty. He is Serene in His revenge, and is Patient to the
pain-deserved!

3. He is Aware of the secrets, and is discerned of thoughts, the covered are
discovered to Him, and the hidden manifest. It is His to hold everything, and
dominate it. The Source of strength is He, and is Powerful over everything.
There is no comparable unto Him.

It is He Who has created things out of absolute 'Nil'. He is Immortal, Alive,
and is the Spreader of Justice; there is no deity but Him, the Wise Almighty.

4. No eyes can see Him but he perceives all eyes; He is aware of the secrets [of
men], and is informed of all things. No one can attribute Him by means of
seeing, and no one can appreciate His Being by His concealment or manifestation,
but only what the 'Glorified' wills us to know.

5. I testify that He is Alone ‘God’, the One Whose Sanctity has filled up the
whole world; and His Light has prevailed the Eternity! Without any counselor He
enacts His proper Command, and has no ally in His Providence; and without aid,
He does His plans and measures.

6. Without an initial plan for creation, He has shaped and fashioned all beings
with help of no one – with no effort, not thinking about, and without having had
recourse, He has brought the world to being from ‘Nil’, His will has brought
them to existence.

Thus, He is God, the Almighty; there is none as a deity but Him! It is He Whose
Artistry is solid and firm, and [the Structure of His] Work is fair! He is Just;
He does not commit oppression, and He is so generous that to Him return all
things.

7. And I testify that He is God that all beings humble before His Dignity, and
all are debased before His Glory; everything bows as submission before His
Power, and all things are in state of humility before His tremendous and
impressive Majesty!

8. He is the King of all beings, and the roller of the encircling heavens, He
submits the sun and the moon to His bid to move just according to a time limit.
He rolls up the night in the day; moreover, He wraps up the day into night which
each goes rapidly: one after other, (The Heights: 7/54). He is the destroyer of
any oppressive tyrant, and the eliminator of the rebellious, insurgent demon!

9. There is neither an opponent for Him, nor is anyone equal to Him. He is the
One Who needs none! He is not born, and He has not given birth to anyone, there
is nothing comparable unto Him; (The Sincerity: 112). He is the Unique God, and
the Glorious Lord. He wills, and carries out! He intends, and ordains, He is
All-Knowing, and thus, He calculates [things]. He gives life and sends death. He
impoverishes [one] and enriches [another], He sends mirth or makes one cry; He
draws closer or moves away; He forbids [one] then grants! To Him belongs the
Sovereignty, and to Him go all praises and lauds! And He is Capable of [doing]
everything.

10. He merges the night into the daylight, and the daylight into the nigh. There
is no God but Him, Who is Glorious and Forgiving. He answers the appeals and
fulfills prayers, grants abundantly and counts the numbers of breaths; He is the
Lord of Jinn and Mankind, nothing is baffling to Him.

The cries of the criers do not distress Him, nor does the insistence of those
who insist, bother Him! He is the Guardian of the pious, and the Assistant of
the righteous; the Guardian of the believers, and the Lord of the universe! He
deserves to be praised and glorified by all those have been created.

11. I greatly thank, and eternally praise Him: not only in tranquility or in
hardship, nor in extreme difficulty, but also in peace and serenity. I believe
in Him and His Angels, in His Scriptures, and His Messengers! I heed His
Commands and obey Him. I hasten to do whatever pleases Him, and I submit myself
to His Command for I am inclined to obey Him, and I fear His chastisement. For
indeed: He is such a God that no one remains safe from His Astuteness; and no
one fears His Injustice – (for there comes no injustice from Him)!”



(2)

12. “And now, I confess to my servitude to Him, so do I confess to the Divinity
of His: and I carry out my duty concerning the Revelation has announced to me,
in fear that if I were not to execute it, such a torment might befall on me that
no one could eliminate it – even though having a great astuteness, and his
friendship be sincere [to me]! There is no God but Him, for He has announced to
me that if I do not proclaim to you [the Fact] that concerning Ali, (peace be
upon him) has been stated to me, I have not fulfilled my mission as a Messenger
of God. And God has guaranteed me of His protection against the people's
corruption, for God is Generous, all-Sufficient. So, God has revealed to me
thus:

‘In the name of Allah (Who's) the most Merciful Bountiful

(O Messenger of Us)!

Announce this Message that; to you

Being sent from your Great Lofty Lord:

[Regarding Ali, and Command of Ali]

Or else, then you have not carried

Your own task as a right Messenger of His;

‘DEFENDER’, from reproach of men, God is.’ (The Table: 5/67)

13. “O people! I have not been neglectful about publicizing what has been
delivered to me by God. Now, I am to explain to you the cause of the Revelation
of this Verse: Gabriel, bearing His Command, came down to me thrice from
‘Peace’, the Creator – for only He is [the source of] Peace – he brought it to
me that to stand amid this vast mass and deliver God's Command. Now, I announce
you the coloured or white that: Ali, the son of Talib, is [as] a brother to me,
and he is my executor, and successor to lead my people as an Imam after me! His
relation to me is as Aaron to Moses is, except for no other messengers will
follow me. After God and His Messenger, Ali is going to be your Conserver, and
God has sent down a Verse saying: ‘Verily, your Guardian is Only God, His
Messenger and the believers who pray and pay alms while are bowing down,’ (The
Table: 5/55). Surely it is Ali who did set up prayer, and while bowing [down to
pray], paid out alms, and always sought the Will of Almighty God.”

14. “And I asked Gabriel to beseech Almighty God so that He may discharge me
from this duty of mine, because I well knew the scarcity of the virtuous, but
the excess of the deceivers; and the vices of the blamers, as well who scald,
and the deceit of those who insult Islam – those whom God has defined in His
Book that: ‘They say what does not exist in their hearts, and they take it of
very little importance, while it is of the utmost importance to God,’ (The
Light: 24/25).

15. Also because the frauds have always annoyed me, and have called me: ‘He is
all ears, listening to every word!’ [It was] just because of Ali's following me,
and because of my deep attachment to him, and my fond attention toward him, and
because of my approval of him. It was until then God sent this Verse down
saying: ‘And of those some annoy Messenger and say, "He is only an ear.’" [But o
Messenger] say: "An ear, yes, but it is good for you; for he [listens but to the
Revelations of God], which is of your benefit. [He] believes [in God], and
trusts [the believers] – taking them all the serious righteous. Surely for them
is a painful chastisement …” (The Repentance: 9/61).

Had I wished, I could name those who use these words, or I could point them out
to you one by one; and had I wished, I could lead you to them but I swear to God
that I have behaved gracefully and generously towards them.

16. But, despite this, God may not be pleased with me if I do not let you know
what has been revealed to me, about Ali, [then he recited God's Words]: ‘…

O Messenger! Announce what has been sent down to you from Your Lord [about Ali,
(peace be upon him). And if you do not then, you would not have fulfilled your
duty as the Messenger of God. Surely God protects you from the annoyance of the
mischievous people;’” (The Table: 5/67).



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17. “O People! Know that this Verse is about him: so perceive it thoroughly and
know that God has picked him as your Defender, and appointed him as your
'Leader'. His obedience is bound to the Immigrants, the Allies, and those who
obey them in fairness; so is for the villagers and the citizens, the non-Arabs
as well the Arab clans, and for the free men and the servants; for all – young,
old, black and white, and for every Monotheist whosoever!

You are bound to achieve his decision and word, and to obey his instruction!
Whosoever opposes him is damned; and whosoever obeys him and regards, receives
the Grace of God. God delivers and forgives whosoever gives ear and obeys him!

18. O people! It is my final rising in such a [huge] gathering. Thus, listen,
and then obey well [the Words of] God! And submit yourselves to His Command! For
God Almighty is your Master and your Lord; and after God, your Master is the
Messenger of God, the Prophet, who is at present calling out to you. And after
me, according to the Divine Command, Ali is your Master, and your Leader,
[Imam]. Then after him, the Leadership will be preserved, and perpetuated in my
progeny, by his lineage, until the Day of Judgement when you come to encounter
your God and His Messenger.

19. Nothing is lawful but whatever God and His Messenger, and the Imams permit;
and nothing is forbidden to you, unless God, and His Messenger, as well as Ali,
and the next Imams forbid it. God, glory to Him in the highest, has stated to me
all about permissible and the forbidden, and whatever lawful and unlawful that
God has taught me in His Book, I have put it all in Ali’s disposal.

20. “O people! Prefer [the superiority of] Ali to others, for there is no
knowledge that God has offered me, and then, I have offered it to Ali, the
Leader of the believers – all knowledge of mine has been transferred to him. He
is the ‘The clarifying Leader (Imam-e-Moabin)’; so doubtless that it is said in
(Yaa-sin: 36/12), ‘Thus We have accounted, the knowledge of all things in the
Exposing Book of Guidance!’

21. O people! Never forget him, and do not deviate from his Leadership, and do
not violate his guardianship. He is one, who guides you to path of Truth, and he
himself does all what he discloses; he ruins lies, deceits, and he bars
artifice. Never can the reproaches of who blame [annoy and bother, or] cease him
in his way!

22. He is the first man to believe in God, and to His right Messenger who
believed was Ali; no one has ever beaten him ‘In His Doctrine’!

It was he who put his soul in danger for the sake of Messenger, and he adored
him. It was he who was always next to the Messenger of Almighty God, and prayed
God along with Him – it was no one but Ali.

23. “Ali is the first man to establish prayer with me. I informed him of God’s
Command that to lie on my bed, [on the Night of Immigration], so did he accepted
to sacrifice his soul for me.

‘Bid him I, to lie in bed of mine, the Night

Threatened hazard me – he did with delight,

He did sacrifice soul of his for me, and

Away journeyed I, dim within, off the Land.’”

24. “O people! Honor him greatly; for God Almighty has honored him – do accept
the ‘Bid’, for the Almighty God has chosen him as the ‘Imam’.

25. O people! He has been picked as Imam by God; therefore, He does not accept
the repentance of the deniers. It is the absolute God’s will on those opposing
Truth. Beware of opposing him in ill-will, or you will be caught up by the Fire
whose fuel is stones and stone-men that have been prepared for all
faith-rejecters!

26. O people! I swear to Almighty God that the bygone messengers have announced
‘Fact’, about my coming: now here, I am proof for the whole world – on the
earth, and in the heavens. Accordingly who doubts about my rightfulness, he will
be among the early ignorance. And one who doubts about my today’s percept, will
doubt the entire ‘REVELATIONS’, and one who doubts about one of the Imams, he
doubts not one of them but all! And the denier: i.e. those who doubt Us, will be
dwelt within the Fire.

27. O people! God has extremely honored me, and bestowed His immense favours
upon me, and know that, ‘There is no deity but Him! And know that all praise,
through all Eternity, and in all occasions belongs to Him only.

28. O people! Honor Ali, for he is indeed the best of men next to me among you,
men and women! This will continue until the creatures exist on land and until
God sends His provision to man! May one be damned, may damned thus! May one be
buried in Wrath, in Divine Wrath: who refuses [listening to] my say, or agrees
not with what I have just said.

Know that Gabriel brought me this news of God, [saying]: "One who rises against
Ali, and does not accept his Leadership, then, let My wrath, and My course fall
upon that type. It is just for a man to see what [good or bad] he has forwarded
for his tomorrow – Next Day. Thus, fear God, for by opposing Ali, lest your foot
may slip after it is planted and found root! For indeed God is Aware of
everything you do!

29. O people! He is indeed the one next to God, and God has remarked about whom,
in His Lofty Book, and He has stated about those who oppose him: ‘Alas! How
negligence I was at neighborhood of Allah!’”

30. “O people! Do deeply reflect on the Holy Qur'an, and try to catch the
Verses’ sense and comprehend, then try to observe the even Verses of its, but do
not dazzle at resembled Verses. By God! Whatever is deeply rooted in it, and the
true meaning and the sense of its cannot be well explained to man, except by
this man that I am holding his hand high; now I announce that: ‘Whomsoever I am
master to, so is this Ali to him master!’

And he is none but Ali, the son of Talib, my brother, my successor and my help,
whose Leadership’s Decree, has been sent to me from God, Almighty:

31. O people! It is obvious that Ali and my pure descendants born in this family
represent the minor benefit, and the Qur'an represents major.

Either of these two heralds, and relates to another, or they are in harmony with
one another: they will not separate from each other until they come to me at
‘Koathar’, (on that Certain Day)! Let it be known that: they are the Trustees of
God among His creatures, and are rulers by His Command on the earth.

32. Thus, know that I have done my duty, and let it be known that I have
conveyed the communiqué, and made you hear the truth, and brightened you about.
Let it be known that it was God Word and I repeated it on His behalf:

33. Thus, let it be known that except this brother of mine, no one can be called
the ‘Lord of the Believers’, who is here [as] a brother with me. And let it be
known that: after I am gone, the title of, ‘The Lord of the Believers’ is not
allowed to be used by any one except for him!”



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34. Then he added: “O people! Who is to you, in most privilege than you
yourselves?” They said, ‘It is God, and His prophet – you.’ So he said, “Now let
it be known that, “Whosoever I am a master to, so is Ali his master.” Then he
added: “O Lord: please love those who love his Authority, and be the enemy to
one who is his enemy. And assist one who helps him, but do not support one who
holds him apart.

35. O people! This is Ali, [as] my brother, executor and so is he my [aide and]
Knowledge keeper! And he is my successor for my people who, believe in me, and
he is my successor who aided me in the interpretation of the Book of God, and he
is the one who will invite people to that. He puts into practice whatever
pleases God, and he makes war against the enemies of His. And he befriends those
who believe in Him, and forbids the things outlawed by Him.

36. It is he, who is the successor of the Messenger of God; the Lord of the
Believers, and the Imam who guides [people] by the Command of God; and by His
Command, he destroys those wicked who break their oaths, the vicious who turn
away from goodness and righteousness – and those heretic who ran away from the
religion!

37. God Almighty States: ‘My Word of Promise never displaces.’”

“O Lord! Thus I say according to Your Command: ‘O Lord! Love those who love this
Ali, and be foe to them, who are the foes of Ali, assist those who enjoy
assisting Ali and abase him who declines to help this Ali. Do curse whosoever
disavows him, and send Your Wrath upon them!’”

38. “O Lord! When You Yourself appointed Ali as the Guardian, You sent down this
Verse about him and announced: ‘Today, I have perfected your religion for you,
and I have completed my Blessing upon you, and I have approved Islam as Religion
for you; (The Table: 5/3). And also You stated: “In fact, religion in sight of
God is Islam, (The Family of Imran: 3/9); You also stated: “And whoever chooses
any religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in the
Hereafter, he will be among the losers,’” (The Family of Imran 3/85).

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40. “O people! God, glory to Him in the highest, has completed Religion with the
Leadership of Ali. Thus, those who do not show their submission to him, and his
successors, who are my progeny, and born from his lineage and are going to
continue until the Day of Resurrection, their actions will become useless in
this world and in the world to come. And they shall remain in the Eternal Flame,
so that not a single torment will be reduced from them, and no delay is granted
to them. (The Cow: 2/161)

41. O people! This Ali is the most useful, and deserving, and the closest, as
well is the dearest one to me! God Almighty and I are most pleased with him. Not
a Verse of God's Satisfaction yet has been revealed, unless ‘he’ is the subject
of it, and He did called out to the believers, unless ‘he’ was the first among
to be called out! And there has been no Verse of praise unless Ali was meant.
And in Chapter “(Man: 76/1), Hæl ætæ Illæl Ensān, Has a period of time not come
over man …)” God has mentioned ‘heaven’ only for him; He has not revealed it or
praised anyone but him.

42. ‘O people! He is the helper of the Religion of God,

So is he the defender of the Messenger of God;

He is the most pious, pure, and a sincere guide

To the Straight Path, to God he will guide.

Your Messenger is the best Messenger,

And his executor is the best executor,

So are his descendants the best executors!’”

“O people! The descendants of every prophet continue with his discordance, but
my breed yet will be perpetuated with Ali's descendants, who are the believers’
Leader [and Attendant]!

43. O people! Indeed, with his jealousy, Satan chased away Adam from Paradise,
thus, for God's sake, be not jealous of Ali, lest your deeds are rejected, and
your steps slip. Adam was sent down to the earth for a single fault, while he
was, in fact, the chosen one, by God; thus, how will it come to you? While you
are no other than yourselves; and the enemies of God are also among you!

44. Know that no one becomes Ali's enemy, but who is cruel, and no one accepts
his Leadership but one who is prospers and pious, and no one, but a virtuous
believes him. I swear to God that the Chapter of (wæl-æsr: 103/1-2) has been
sent down in regard with Ali, [which goes as]: ‘In the name of Allah (Who’s) the
most Merciful Bountiful!

By the Era, (i.e.wæl-æsr), that man is indeed at a loss. Except for those, as
Ali, who believes, and is first class.’”

45. “O people! I took God as my Witness that I have delivered His Message to
you, and “The duty and the mission of a Messenger is but to make known God's
Messages and to proclaim them the things crystal clear! (The Spider: 29/18, The
Light: 24/54).

46. O, people! Be heedful of God in such a way that He deserves, and try to be
honorable Muslims and then die.” (The Family of Imran: 3/102).



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47. “O people! Believe in God and believe in His Messenger and in the Glorious
[Book] which has been sent down with him, (Haggling: 64/8), before We blot out
the faces and turn them backwards; or curse them as We cursed the People of the
Sabbath – [The Jews who were to act wittingly against God] (The Woman: 4/47).

I swear to God that the true sense of this Verse is referred to a group of my
companions whose names I know, but it is pity, I have been asked not to reveal
their identity. Thus, behave you according to your hearts’ pleasure – whatever
you feel: of love or hatred towards Ali.

48. O people! The Light, by God Almighty, is put inside me, and then inside Ali,
and then inside his lineage, until Mahdi, the Upright, who shall demand the
Divine Right as well our right. For God has put us as an irrefutable Proof,
before those who are careless, and disprove us; who are throughout the world as:
traitors, usurpers, sinners, tyrants, and oppressors!

49. O people! I announce that I am God’s Messenger and before me, there were
also other messengers. So, what if I should pass away, or be killed? Will you
return backwards – turn on your heels? For one who turns backward, will not harm
God, and God will reward those who are thankful and patient! (The Family of
Imran: 3/144).

50. And know that indeed Ali, and after him my progeny, all from his linage, are
perfect and deserve being praised.

51. O people! Do stop, and do not impress me the Islam you have embraced for
your own, (The Chambers: 49/17), such action will indeed damage all your acts;
and Almighty God will be annoyed with you. Then He will involve you in the Flame
of Fire and the melted bronze, (The Mercy giving: 55/35), that is kept in store
for you. For indeed God is on the look-out for you! (The Daybreak: 89/14).

52. O people! Soon after me, there will come to you some leaders, who will call
you enter the Fire, then, on that Day of Judgement, there is no assistant to
rise for their aid! (The Narration: 28/41).

53. O people! Know that both God and I detest such crowd.

54. O people! These men along with their disciples, and their companions and
their followers, will be thrown in the lowest part of the Fire; see how horrible
is the place of such proud! (The Bees: 16/29).

55. Know that they are the followers of ‘Manuscript’, thus, now each of you
should look at his own manuscript.

56. O people! Now, I leave to you, [as documentation], the issue of the
Leadership, and the succession, and its perpetuation in my lineage until the Day
of Resurrection; I have passed on to you what I have been said to disclose, so
that it becomes as a clear argument for those who are present and those who are
absent; for those-who are here or not here-and those who are born, or even not
born. Thus, those present today, should make this news known to those who are
absent, that is, fathers [should tell it to] their sons, until the Day the
Resurrection rises!

57. But soon after I am gone, there will be some who shall unfairly take the
Leadership by force, then replace it with Monarchy. May God damn the usurpers
and those who take [the trusteeships] by force, but, of course, when, at that
moment, God unleashes the infernal Fire, and melted bronze on you, the jinn and
Mankind, you will not have a helper to be kind to you! (The Mercy giving; 55 /
31-35).

58. O people! God will not leave you on your own, except He has separated the
pure from the impure; and God will not let you know of the ‘Unseen’, (The Family
of Imran: 3/179).

59. O people! There shall remain not a single land, which has not been destroyed
by God’s Will before the coming of the Resurrection Day, it is for the
abjurations and the denials that their inhabitants will have pronounced, and
their places will be under the government of his holiness Mahdi, and God
Almighty fulfills His Promise!

60. O people! Before your era, the most people of the older times went astray,
and it was God’s will to destroy them all, and again it will be He Who will
eliminate the on-coming generations. God Almighty, in His Book, has stated: ‘Did
We not destroy the despots of the old? So shall We do with the later generations
after them. Thus We deal with the men of errors. Ah! Woe that Day, to the
Rejecters!’” (The Emissaries: 77/19).

61. “O people! God has stated me His exemption and restriction of certain
things, and I also, by Divine Command, have ordained Ali the knowledge of it,
and forbidden him [some things]. And [thus] the knowledge of ordaining and
forbidding, remains with him; therefore, listen to his commands, so that to be
safe, and obey him so as you may get on the course. Accept his Warning, so that
to find the right direction, and walk on towards his ultimate destination!
[Thus, beware] so as not to draw away from His Path into the diverted paths!”
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62. “O people! I am the Straight Path of God, whom He has ordained you to
follow; and after me, it is Ali, and then my discordance, who shall be the
Leaders of the Guidance and will guide you to the righteousness and beauty.”

Then the Messenger of God announced:

‘In the name of Allah, (Who's) the most Merciful Bountiful

Praise be to God only Lord of the worlds,

The Source of Grace, Mercy, Fair, and the Force,

Ruler of the Day when Repayments begin,

Owner of the Day when the Decree’s given!

Alone You we worship, You only the Wise,

From You the Sublime we ask for the rise,

Lead us into Direct Path of all the roads,

The Path of the Right, for repayment, You chose,

Not of those who were dishonored, neither those

Disowned by Your anger; thrown off the course!’ (The Opening: 1-7).

And then he continued:

‘This Verse has been sent down regarding me, and the Imams are appointed and
included in it. They are God’s Friends, and indeed they do not fear nor will
they grieve! (Jonah: 10/62).

Ah, of course the party of God is victorious! (The Heavenly Food: 5/56).

63. Know that the enemies of the Imams are nothing but ignorant, who have been
led astray from the Direct Path; they are the Demons’ allies, who bring nothing
to people but bothering, insignificant and useless things, (Livestock: 6/112).

64. Know that God, in His Book, has expressed about the friends of the Imam,
thus: ‘(O Prophet,) you find not a people believing in God, and the Last Day,
yet showing love for those who oppose God, and His Messenger– even if they are
their own fathers, sons, their brothers or anyone from their family connection.
With such [people], God has engraved faith on their hearts. Assisted them with
the spirit of His Own, and He will admit them into the gardens where streams
flow by their trees, to live in [forever]. God will be pleased with them, and
they are pleased with Him. They are the lovers of God. Ah! Victorious are the
lovers of God!’ (The Pleading Woman: 58/22).

65. Know that the friends of the Imams are those believers who have been
described in the Qur’an, as: ‘Those who have believed and not cloaked their
faith in transgressing will feel more secure and will be guided.’ (Livestock:
6/82).

66. “Know that their friends are those