Other expressions used by them were...

Other expressions used by them were: "'Alids", "Hashimites", "," "the Offspring of the Prophet" (dhurriyyat al-Nabi)", and "the Progeny" ( 'itrah ). These were the ideological and political tools they used to achieve their aim, and they accomplished it in the following way. In the mind of the Ummah the principle of nass was associated with the (A). Mentioning nass would make one immediately think of the pre-eminent right of the Imams of the (A), and speaking of the Imams of the (A) in…