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Therefore, we can decide the faithfulness of Abu Talib according to the two sides: All the sayings of Abu Talib confirmed his faithfulness besides his great deeds, his jihad for the sake of the mission and the witnesses of the Prophet (S) and the infallible imams of his progeny.

We already mentioned in the previous chapters of this book many of Abu Talib’s sayings showing his true faith, bright pages of his glorious jihad and many witnesses that had come out of the holy mouth of the great Prophet and his pure progeny (S). We thought that it would be better to quote here some of Abu Talib’s sayings concerning the subject. He recited: The Lord of people Who has no partner The Liberal Giver, the Initiator, the Resurrector.

Whoever is under the Heaven and whoever is above the Heaven Are rightfully His servants. [^2] These verses were clear evidence showing that the sayer was a monotheist believing sincerely in the One and Only God without any bit of polytheism or apostasy. When he talked about Allah he used the phrase “the Lord of people (or the King of people)” which was an Islamic expression mentioned in the Quran: The King (Lord) of people.

(The Holy Quran, Shakir 114:2) And he denied polytheism when he said, “Who has no partner”. Then he talked about some of the attributes of Allah the Almighty. He described Him as the liberal Giver, the Initiator, Who had initiated the creation from nothing and the Resurrector, Who would resurrect His creatures after death. It was a clear confession of the great day; the Day of Resurrection when the scales of justice would be put to weigh the deeds where there would be no injustice or wrong.

Then he said in the other verse that all the creatures were servants of Allah; whether those, who were under the Heaven or those, who were above the Heaven. Would monotheism be something other than this? Did Abu Talib, after this saying, let an outlet for any doubter or suspector? Was our saying “There is no god but Allah” in its monotheistic meaning clearer than these verses of Abu Talib? Abu Talib recited too: O you the witness of Allah! Witness that I am on the religion of Prophet Ahmed.

[^3] Let whoever deviates from the religion know that I am guided. [^4] Here Abu Talib confessed that he was on the religion of his nephew and then he said that whoever didn’t follow this religion would be deviant whereas he himself followed this religion and became guided. By your God!