Abu Ja’far-asws was asked about the Words of Allah-azwj: ‘On the Day the earth would be changed to another earth, [14:48], he-asws said: ‘Changed to pure bread. The people would eat until they are free from the Reckoning. Allah-azwj the Exalted says: And We did not Make them as bodies not eating the food, [21:8]’’.[2] Abu Ja’far-asws said, regarding: ‘And they are saying, ‘The Beneficent has Taken a son!’ Glorious is He!

But, they (Prophets) are honoured servants [21:26]’, and he-asws gestured by his-asws hand towards his-asws chest and said: ‘They do not precede Him in speech [21:27] – up to His-azwj Words: and they are trembling from His fear [21:28]’’.[3] He (Al-Mufazzal) said, ‘So I said to him-asws, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww!

So how did the Imamate come to be in the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws besides the sons-asws of Al-Hassan-asws, and they-asws both are the sons-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww and his-saww grandsons-asws, and the Chiefs of the youths of the people of the Paradise?’ He-asws said: ‘Musa-as and Haroun-as were both Prophets-as, Rasools-as, brothers.

So Allah-azwj Made the Prophet-hood to be in the posterity of Haroun-as beside the posterity of Musa-as, and it was not for anyone to ask, ‘Why did Allah-azwj do that?’ And the Imamate is the Caliphate of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and it is not for anyone that he should be saying, ‘Why did He-azwj Make it to be in the posterity of Al-Husayn-asws besides the posterity of Al-Hassan-asws?’ This is because He-azwj is Allah-azwj.

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