And were it not for Allah’s repelling some men with others...

And were it not for Allah’s repelling some men with others, the earth would certainly be in a state of disorder; but Allah is Gracious to the creatures. (2:251) It is mentioned in authentic traditions that Imam al-Ridha said, “Sakina is a breeze from Paradise. It is in the form of a human being and possesses a lovely fragrance. The same was sent to Ibrahim when he was raising the walls of Ka‘bah.

Sakina was moving at the places of idols and Ibrahim was laying the foundations of Ka‘bah at those points thereafter. The same Sakina was within the chest of the Israelites. The plate in which the hearts of Prophets were washed was also in that chest. It was a tradition in The Israelites that Prophethood was in the families wherein the chest was kept. Imamate will be where these things will be.

It is mentioned in another reliable tradition that the Chest of Musa, that is, the chest in which his mother had put Musa…