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12 p.299, and others mentioned that this verse concerned the Day of al-Ghadeer. Prophet (a.s.) began making a speech before them. First, he explained to them what he suffered for the sake of their guidance and to save them from the superstitions of the age of ignorance into a safe, noble life.

Then, he said, ‘See how you will obey me through (being loyal to) the two weighty things.’ Some one cried out, ‘O messenger of Allah, what are the two weighty things?’ The Prophet (a.s.) said, ‘The major weighty thing is the Book of Allah; its one end is in the hand of Allah and the other end is in your hands. Keep to it and do not deviate. The other is the minor weighty thing. It is my progeny.

Kind Gabriel told me that they (the Book of Allah and the progeny) will not separate until they will come to me at the pond (in the Paradise), and I prayed my Lord to do that for them. Do not antecede them that you may perish, and do not lag…