We see their example amongst you .

We see their example amongst you .... You should know that we, , are the same progeny of Abraham who are objects of others' envy. We have been victims of jealousy like our fathers before us. God, the Exalted, has mentioned the family (al) of Abraham,"the family of Lot, "the family of Moses,' the family of Aaron' and the family of David;' and we are the Al of our Apostle, Muhammad (s).

O Mu'awiyah, don't you know that God has said, "The nearest to Abraham are those who follow him and this Apostle and the believers, and God is the helper of the believers"? (3:68). We are the blood relations (ulu al-arham) mentioned in the verse: "The Apostle has a greater right over the believers than themselves, and his wives are mothers of the believers, and the blood relations have a greater right in the Book of God than the believers and the emigrants"?

(33:6) We are the whom God- has chosen and elected, and He has placed the prophethood in our midst and to us belong the Book, wisdom and knowledge. The House of God, the hijr of Ismail and the maqam of Abraham belong to us. Hence it is we who are worthy of rule. Woe to you, O Mu'awiyah! We are worthier of Abraham. We are his al, and the al of Imran have a greater right to Imran. . . and the al of Muhammad have a greater right to Muhammad.

We are the Ahl al-Bavt from whom God, the Exalted, "has removed all impurity and purified them with a thorough purification" (33:33). Every apostle has an invitation exclusive to himself and his children and family, and every apostle made a wasiyyah in favour of his family. Don't you know that Abraham made his wasiyyah for Jacob, and when Jacob's death drew near he made wasiyyah to his sons, and Muhammad (s) made his wasiyyah to his family.

This was the sunnah of Abraham and other apostles, and Muhammad emulated them with the command of God . . . . The Book of God was revealed to us and the Apostle of Allah was raised from our midst and the scripture's verses were recited to us. We are the relatives of the Book and we are the witnesses over it; we are the callers who summon to it and we are the ones who establish it. So what saying will you believe after this? O Mu'awiyah! Do you seek a god other than Allah?

an scripture other than the Book of God? or a qiblah other than the House of God, the home of Ismail and the station of our father Abraham? Are you after some creed other than the creed of Abraham? Or is it that you seek a king and a sovereign other than God?