It is a rank that cannot be attained except by one -asws...

It is a rank that cannot be attained except by one -asws whom Allah -azwj Chooses, and Advances him -asws , and Places him -asws in charge and Makes him a judge.

فَالْوَلَايَةُ هِيَ حِفْظُ الثُّغُورِ وَ تَدْبِيرُ الْأُمُورِ وَ تَعْدِيدُ الْأَيَّامِ وَ الشُّهُورِ الْإِمَامُ الْمَاءُ الْعَذْبُ عَلَى الظَّمَإِ وَ الدَّالُّ عَلَى الْهُدَى الْإِمَامُ الْمُطَهَّرُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ الْمُطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْغُيُوبِ الْإِمَامُ هُوَ الشَّمْسُ الطَّالِعَةُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ بِالْأَنْوَارِ فَلَا تَنَالُهُ الْأَيْدِي وَ الْأَبْصَارُ وَ إِلَيْهِ الْإِشَارَةُ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ وَ لِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ His -asws Wilayah, it is a protection of the frontiers, and management of the affairs, and counter of the days and the months.

The Imam -asws is the fresh water to the thirsty, and pointer upon the guidance. The Imam -asws is Purified from the sins, notified upon the hidden matter. The Imam -asws , he -asws is the sun emerging upon the servants with the rays, so neither the hands not the sights can attain him -asws , and it is an indication with Words of the Exalted: And for Allah is the Honour, and for His Rasool, and for the Momineen, [63:8] .

وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ عَلِيٌّ وَ عِتْرَتُهُ فَالْعِزَّةُ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَ لِلْعِتْرَةِ وَ النَّبِيُّ وَ الْعِتْرَةُ لَا يَفْتَرِقَانِ فِي الْعِزَّةِ إِلَى آخِرِ الدَّهْرِ فَهُمْ رَأْسُ دَائِرَةِ الْإِيمَانِ وَ قُطْبُ الْوُجُودِ وَ سَمَاءُ الْجُودِ وَ شَرَفُ الْمَوْجُودِ وَ ضَوْءُ شَمْسِ الشَّرَفِ وَ نُورُ قَمَرِهِ وَ أَصْلُ الْعِزِّ وَ الْمَجْدِ وَ مَبْدَؤُهُ وَ مَعْنَاهُ وَ مَبْنَاهُ And the Mominoun (is a reference to) Ali -asws and his -asws family.

The honour is for the Prophet -saww and the family -asws , and the Prophet -saww and the family are not separate regarding the honour up to the end of times. They -asws are the head of the circle of Eman, and pivot of the existence, and sky of generosity, and nobility of the existing ones, and noble illumination of the sun, and light of His -azwj moon, and origin of the honour, and the glory, and initiation, and its meaning and its construction.

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