Many grand personalities...
Many grand personalities, powerful kings, and great saints were worshipped as gods by their people. Krishna, popularly known as Lord Krishna, Ram Chanderji, Gautam Buddha, Firaun, Namr ud, were all human beings. But people worshipped them because they were highly impressed by their character, or wealth, or power. Nusairi call Hazrat Ali(as) their god because of his extraordinary personality. Apparently it seems that they have raised the status of Hazrat Ali (as) by calling him god.
Some ignorant Shia poets also, under this false impression, refer Hazrat Ali ibn-Abi Talib (as) as the god of Nussairi in…
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