He (a.s) said to him...

He (a.s) said to him: -Do they (people) choose a reformer or a mischief-maker? -A reformer. -Is it possible for them to choose a mischief-maker, for none knows the righteousness or corruption comes to the mind of someone other than him? -Yes. -Shall I give you the reason through a proof that your reason trusts? Tell me about the apostles Allah had chosen, to whom He had revealed the Books, supported with inspiration and infallibility.

They were the great figures of the nations and the most rightly-guided to be chosen. Examples of them are Moses and Jesus Christ. Was it possible for them, in spite of their abundant reason and perfect knowledge, to choose a hypocrite while they had thought that he was a believer? -No. -This is Moses, the one who talked with Allah. Although he had an abundant [^1] Al-Hashimiyat.

reason, perfect knowledge, and that the Revelation came down to him, he chose for the appointed place and time of his Lord, seventy men from among the leading personalities of his people and the prominent…