It is because of this connection between the Qur'ān and the...

It is because of this connection between the Qur'ān and the Ahlu 'l-bayt that the Prophet said, "I leave two things in your trust, the Book of Allah and my family; if you attach yourselves to these two you will never go astray."[^4] As a postscript, the summary of this lesson can be found in the discussion which students of Imam Ja`far as-Sādiq (a.s.) had with a Sunni in the presence of the Imam.

A man from Damascus (which was the support base of the Umayyids) had come to Medina with the intention of debating…