فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهُ امْتَحَنَ بِي عِبَادَهُ وَ...
فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهُ امْتَحَنَ بِي عِبَادَهُ وَ قَتَلَ بِيَدِي أَضْدَادَهُ وَ أَفْنَى بِسَيْفِي جُحَّادَهُ وَ جَعَلَنِي زُلْفَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ حِيَاضَ مَوْتٍ عَلَى الْجَبَّارِينَ وَ سَيْفَهُ عَلَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ وَ شَدَّ بِي أَزْرَ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَكْرَمَنِي بِنَصْرِهِ وَ شَرَّفَنِي بِعِلْمِهِ وَ حَبَانِي بِأَحْكَامِهِ وَ اخْتَصَّنِي بِوَصِيَّتِهِ وَ اصْطَفَانِي بِخِلَافَتِهِ فِي أُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ قَدْ حَشَدَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ وَ انْغَصَّتْ بِهِمُ الْمَحَافِلُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً مِنِّي كَهَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي Allah -azwj , Blessed is His -azwj Name, Tested His -azwj servants by me -asws , and killed those that opposed Him -azwj by my -asws hand, and annihilated those that strived against Him -azwj by my -asws sword, and Made me -asws to be a Means of nearness to Him -azwj (Zulfat) for the Believers, and a ground of death for the toughest tyrants, and His -azwj Sword against the criminals, and Strengthened by me -asws the back of His -azwj Messenger -saww , and Honoured me -asws by helping him -saww , and Privileged me -asws with his -saww knowledge, and Gifted me -asws with his -saww Laws, and Favoured me -asws for his -saww successorship, and Chose me -asws for his -saww Caliphate in his -saww community.
So he -saww said when he -saww mobilised the Emigrants and the Helpers in their gathering: ‘O you people! Surely, Ali -asws is from me -saww like Haroun -as was from Musa -as except that there is no Prophet -as to come after me -saww .
فَعَقَلَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ عَنِ اللَّهِ نَطَقَ الرَّسُولُ إِذْ عَرَفُونِي أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِأَخِيهِ لِأَبِيهِ وَ أُمِّهِ كَمَا كَانَ هَارُونُ أَخَا مُوسَى لِأَبِيهِ وَ أُمِّهِ وَ لَا كُنْتُ نَبِيّاً فَاقْتَضَى نُبُوَّةً وَ لَكِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ اسْتِخْلَافاً لِي كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ مُوسَى هَارُونَ (عليه السلام) حَيْثُ يَقُولُ اخْلُفْنِي فِي قَوْمِي وَ أَصْلِحْ وَ لا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ So the Believers understood that the Messenger -saww was speaking on behalf of Allah -azwj .
They recognised me -asws that I -asws was not his -saww brother by his -saww father -as or his -saww mother -as as was the case with Haroun -saww who was the brother of Musa -as from his -as father and his -as mother -as , nor was I -asws a Prophet -as . The Prophet-hood has ended.
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