As per Rasool Allah -saww ’s statement...

As per Rasool Allah -saww ’s statement, “He who follows me, surely he is from me”, is an allusion to this (reality). Allah -azwj created them (Prophets household) from the illumination of his majesty and entrusted them with the governing of the affairs of His -azwj kingdom. (Thus there is no doubt) they are the treasured secret of Allah -azwj and His friends, those who are near (Awliya al-Muqarraboon). Allah -azwj ’s (creative) command is between the letter ‘Kaaf’ and the letter ‘Nun’.

In fact they are the ‘Kaaf’ and the ‘Nun’ since they invite to Allah -azwj , speak only what they receive from Him and carry out His commands. The knowledge of all the Prophets, the (divine) mysteries of the Ausiyaa and the power and glory of the Auliyaa, in comparison to them -asws , is like a drop out of an ocean and a grain out of a desert. Indeed, the heavens and the earth to the Imam are like the hand and its palm.

He recognises what is visible as well as what is hidden; He knows the pious among the sinners; what is in the wet and within the dry forms. This is because Allah -azwj has taught his Prophet -saww the knowledge of what has been passed and what would appear, and all these protected secrets were inherited by Prophet’s noble Auliyah. Whosoever, denies this is a cruel and cursed wretch, and as such is cursed by Allah -azwj as well as by all those who also send curse in Allah -azwj ’s obedience.

How could Allah -azwj make incumbent upon his servants the obedience of the one who is veiled from the mysteries of the heavens and the earth. The reality is that, a single word uttered (in Quran) in the praise of Aal-e-Muhammed, exceeds seventy dimensions (of knowledge). (Consider further), How often in the verses of the Noble reminder, the blessed book, the eternal words are mentioned in our praise, i.e., al-Ayn (eye), al-Wajh (face), al-Yadh (hand) and al-Janb (side).

(It is obvious that) What is meant by these words is this Wilayah (pointing to himself -asws ), as Imam -asws is the side of Allah -azwj , the face of Allah -azwj , that is, the reality of Allah -azwj , the knowledge of Allah -azwj , and the essence of Allah -azwj . (As for the phrase) ‘Hand of Allah -azwj ’ they are the manifestation of the implicit dimensions of the visible attributes. Thus, their Ahle-bayt’s implicit is the manifestation of the Allah -azwj ’s explicit attributes.

They -asws are the explicit manifestation of the implicit and the implicit dimensions of the explicit.