We read in the story of Musa peace be upon him that the...

We read in the story of Musa peace be upon him that the Fir'awn (Pharaoh) that cruel tyrant unhesitatingly pointed the finger of accusation at Musa when he confronted him saying: "Are you not that child that grew up under our tutelage and spent many years with us? Who then committed murder and rebelled against our divinity?" Musa answered: "Yes indeed I killed someone but not deliberately; my intention was to save an oppressed person and the result was and accidental killing.

1 then fled out of fear of you until my Lord taught me knowledge and wisdom and appointed me as one of His prophets." (26:16-19) The first and most essential condition for the office of Imamate is then inward purity and profound piety divinely accorded protection from sin the possession of a lustrous heart both before and after appointment to the rank of leader and Imam. (…