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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Sermon of (p.b.u.h) At Ghadir Khumm Part 5 : Referring To the Aims of the Hypocrites O people! Believe in Allah and His Messenger and the light that was sent down with him, “before We alter faces then turn them on their backs or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath breakers.”2 [By Allah!

No one is intended by this (latter) verse except a certain group of my companions whom I know by their names and their lineage, yet, I have been ordered to ignore them.3] 1 cf. Chapter 64, Verse 8, and Chapter 7, Verse 157 of the Holy Quran. The light mentioned in these verses has been interpreted as the 12 Imams (PBUT). cf. al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 194, Hadiths 1-4. The Prophet (PBUH&HF) also emphasizes this in the sermon shortly later. 2 Chapter 4, Verse 47 of the Holy Quran.

3 The Prophet (PBUH&HF) was not supposed to penalize people based on what he knew of their future actions. He only warned them, informed them of the consequences of such actions, and advised people against the wrongdoers, in general. After all, this world is the place of trial, in which everyone may choose between the path of . O people!

The light (created) by Allah, the mighty and the majestic, has been placed in me, then in Ali, and then in his select descendants up to al-Qa’im al-Mahdi 1, who shall re-establish the right of Allah as well as all our rights, because Allah, the mighty and the majestic, has made us (His) exhaustive argument against the neglectful, the stubborn, the dissenters, the treacherous, the sinful, the unjust, and the usurpers from all worlds. O people! I warn you that I am the Messenger of Allah.

There have been messengers before me who came and passed away. Allah and all other divergent paths, and thus prove what he deserves of reward and punishment in the Hereafter. 1 al-Qai’m means one who shall stand (to establish the kingdom of Allah on earth). al-Mahdi means the rightly guided. These are the titles of the twelfth divinely appointed Imam, who is alive and waiting for the command of Allah. Then, should I die or be killed, will you turn back on your heels?

And whoever turns back on his heels shall not harm Allah in the least, and Allah shall soon reward the grateful [who observe patience. Behold! Ali is surely the one described with patience and gratitude, so are after him my offspring from his loins. O people!