So, Ali -asws is from Rasool-Allah -saww and Rasool-Allah...
So, Ali -asws is from Rasool-Allah -saww and Rasool-Allah -saww is from him -asws . وَ قَالَ لَهُ حِينَ قَضَى بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ بَيْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ فِي ابْنَةِ حَمْزَةَ وَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ فَرَجُلٌ مِنِّي وَ أَنَا مِنْكَ وَ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي And he -saww said to him -asws when he -saww judged between him -asws , and Ja’far -as , and Zayd Bin Haris regarding a daughter of Hamza -as : ‘As for you -asws , O Ali -asws , you -asws are a man from me -saww and I -saww am from you -asws , and you -asws are a guardian of every Momin after me ‑saww ’.
فَصَدَّقَ أَبِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ وَقَاهُ بِنَفْسِهِ فِي كُلِّ مَوْطِنٍ يُقَدِّمُهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ فِي كُلِّ شَدِيدَةٍ ثِقَةً مِنْهُ وَ طُمَأْنِينَةً إِلَيْهِ لِعِلْمِهِ بِنَصِيحَتِهِ لِلَّهِ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ My -asws father -asws ratified Rasool-Allah -saww and saved him -as by himself -asws in every place Rasool-Allah -saww has sent him -asws ahead in, and in every adversity as trustworthy from him ‑saww and entrusted to him -asws due to his -asws knowledge of his -asws advising for the sake of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww .
وَ أَنَّهُ أَقْرَبُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ السَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ أُولئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ وَ كَانَ أَبِي سَابِقَ السَّابِقِينَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَقْرَبَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ And he -asws was closest of the ones of proximity from Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww .
Allah ‑azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: ‘ And the foremost are the foremost [56:10] These are the ones of proximity [56:11] , and my -asws father -asws was foremost of the foremost ones to Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww and closes of the ones of proximity.
وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ لا يَسْتَوِي مِنْكُمْ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَ قاتَلَ أُولئِكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً فَأَبِي كَانَ أَوَّلَهُمْ إِسْلَاماً وَ أَقْدَمَهُمْ هِجْرَةً وَ أَوَّلَهُمْ نَفَقَةً And Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: They are not the same – the ones from you who spent from before the conquest (of Makkah) and fought, are of a greater level than those who are spending from after (the conquest) and fighting. [57:10] .
My -asws father -asws was their first one to be a Muslims, and their first ones to Emigrate, and their first ones to spend.