There is a group from our companions who are thinking that the recognition...

There is a group from our companions who are thinking that the recognition, is acquired, and they are of the view that if they were to look from a particular perspective, they would realise?’ فأنكر ذلك، فقال: «ما لهؤلاء القوم لا يكتسبون الخير لأنفسهم، ليس أحد من الناس إلا و يحب أن يكون خيرا ممن هو خير منه But he -asws denied that, and said: ‘What is it with these people that they are not acquiring the good for themselves?

There isn’t anyone from the people except that he loves to become better than one who is already better than him. هؤلاء بنو هاشم موضعهم موضعهم، و قرابتهم قرابتهم، و هم أحق بهذا الأمر منكم، أفترى أنهم لا ينظرون لأنفسهم، و قد عرفتم و لم يعرفوا These, the clan of Hashim, their position is their position, and their relationship is their relationship, and they are more deserving of this command than you all.

Can’t you see that they are looking at themselves, and you recognised and they did not recognise?’ قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): لو استطاع الناس لأحبونا Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘If the people were able, they would (all) love us -asws ’.

[19] The altered Verse و عن محمد بن خالد البرقي: عن يونس بن ظبيان، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن فيض بن مختار، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، أنه قرأ: «إن عليا للهدى، و إن له الآخرة و الاولى» و ذلك حيث سئل عن القرآن، قال: «فيه الأعاجيب، فيه: و كفى الله المؤمنين القتال بعلي، و فيه: إن عليا للهدى، و إن له الآخرة و الاولى And from Muhammad Bin Khalid Al-Barqy, from Yunus Bin Zibyan, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Fayz Bin Mukhtar, who has said: ‘Abu Abdullah -asws that he -asws recited: Surely Ali is for the Guidance, and surely for him is the Hereafter and the closeness [92:12] , and that is when he -asws was asked about the Quran.

He -asws said: ‘The wonders are in it: and Allah Sufficed the Momineen in the battle, by Ali, and Allah would always be Strong, Mighty [33:25] , and in it is: Surely Ali is for the Guidance [92:12] , and that for him -asws is the Hereafter and the closeness’’.