And I testify that Ali -asws is his -saww brother -asws ...

And I testify that Ali -asws is his -saww brother -asws , and his -asws elite, and his -saww successor -asws the establisher with his -saww orders, the accomplisher of his -saww promises made, and the returner of his -saww entrustments, and clarifier of his -saww signs and his -saww proofs – and the repeller of the falsehood with his -asws evidence and his -asws miracles.

And I testify that both of you -asws are those whose glad tidings were given by Musa -as and the ones before him -as from the Prophets -as , and they pointed upon you -asws both, the Chosen ones from the elites’.

Then he said to Rasool-Allah -saww , ‘The proofs have been completed, and the reasons have been conveyed, and the excuses have been cut off, so there is no excuse (left) for me to be delayed from you -saww , nor is there any goodness in me if I was to neglect the bias towards you -saww ’. [11] The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Or is it not so that every time they make an agreement, a group of them discards it?

But, most of them are not believing [2:100] The Imam -asws said: ‘Al-Baqir -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said, and He -azwj was Rebuking these Jews, those whose enmity was mentioned previously, and they are the Nasibis who were bearing what agreement had been taken upon them.

So He -azwj Said: Or is it not so that every time they make an agreement – and they are believing that they would happen to be obedient to Muhammad -saww and Ali -asws after him -asws as participants, and they would be patient upon his -asws orders, discards it – discarding the agreement, a group of them – and oppose it.

Allah -azwj Said: But, most of them – most of these Jews and the Nasibis (hostile ones from among Muslims), are not believing – i.e., in the future of their ages, they will not be caring, nor repenting with their witnessing the signs and their eye witnessing the evidences (miracles)’’.

Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Fear Allah -azwj , servants of Allah -azwj , and be steadfast upon what Rasool-Allah -saww orders you with from the Tawheed of Allah -azwj , and from the Eman with the Prophet-hood of Muhammad -saww , Rasool-Allah -saww , and from the belief in the Wilayah of Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws . And you should not be deceived by your Salats, and your Fasts, and your excessive (previous acts of) worship.

These (acts of worship) will be of no benefit to you if you oppose the Pact and the Covenant.