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He has informed me that if I do not convey what He has revealed to me [about Ali’s right]., (it is as if) I have not conveyed His message at all. Certainly, He, the most holy, the most high, has guaranteed for me protection [from the (evil of) people]., and He is Allah, Who is sufficient and bountiful. Thus, He revealed to me (this verse): “In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful. O Messenger!

Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord—regarding Ali Ibn Abi Talib and his leadership— and if you do not, you have not conveyed His message at all, and Allah shall protect you from (evil) people.”1 O people! I have never been neglectful of conveying what Allah, the exalted, sent down to me, and I shall now explain to you the reason behind the revelation of this verse. 1 Chapter 5, Verse 67 of the Holy Quran.

Verily, Gabriel came down to me three times giving the order of my Lord, Who is the security (of the believers)1, that I should stand in this scene and inform everyone, white and black, that: Ali Ibn Abi Talib is my brother, my deputy and the executor of (my affairs) (Wasi), my successor [over my nation].

(Khalifa), and the leader (Imam) after me, whose position to me is like that of Aaron to Moses except that there shall be no prophet after me, and that he is your guardian (Wali) after Allah and His messenger. Indeed, Allah, the most holy, the most high, had (already) sent down to me a verse from His book about this, saying, 1 cf. al-Tafsir, Ali Ibn Ibrahim al-Qummi, vol. 2, p 360, under the commentary of Chapter 59, Verse 23 of the Holy Quran.

“Only your guardian is Allah and His messenger and those of the believers who establish the prayers and pay the charity while they bow down.”1 Ali Ibn Abi Talib [was the one who]. kept alive prayers and paid charity while bowing down in ruku’. He intends (the pleasure of) Allah, the mighty and the majestic, in all situations. 1 Chapter 5, Verse 55 of the Holy Quran.