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Section Four There are narrations in which the Holy Prophet (S) has said: I and ‘Ali are of the same light. Salman has quoted the Holy Prophet (S) as having said: I and ‘Ali were light in the presence of God casting light on the world of creation.

This light glorified God fourteen thousand years before the creation of Adam and when God Almighty created Adam, this light was transferred to his loin and in the long period between us and Adam, we were in the pure loins till we were separated in the loin of Abd al-Muttalib into two parts. One part was me and the other was ‘Ali.[^7] Salman has also reported the Holy Prophet (S) as having said: I and ‘Ali were a single light before God.

Fourteen thousand years before the creation of Adam, when God created Adam, He placed this light in his loin. Then this light was divided into two, part of this light was placed in Abdullah’s loin and the other part was placed in Abu-Talib’s loin. Therefore, ‘Ali is from me and I am from ‘Ali. His flesh is my flesh and his blood is my blood. Hence, whoever loves ‘Ali is because he loves me and whoever is hostile to him is my enemy.