As the verse concerns the outstanding merit of Ahl al Bayt...

As the verse concerns the outstanding merit of Ahl al Bayt, it indicates that the creation will is confined to them. Then the legislation will is related 1 Al- Ahzab: 33. 2 The creation will is related to the Act of the wilier (Allah) Himself; legislation will is related to the acts of human beings, it concens the religious obligations. to the acts of creatures, while the verse concerns the act of Allah. Therefore, if the verse was related to the legislation will, He (Allah) would say:.

Go and purify yourself.. So, there is no doubt that the concerned persons in the verse are those who have been mentioned in the first question, namely the intended meaning of the verse refers to certain people, and they were those who were in the House of our master Mohammed, may Allah bless him and his family, where he covered them and himself with his cloak (kisa. ). So, the verse was sent down to them and concerning them. They were . Ali, Fatima, and their sons, peace be on them.

Moreover the correct traditions of the two parties (ShVa and Sunna) affirm that. And if there was no religious text that denotes that the verse concerns them (ahl al Bayt), ththeir behavior would be the greatest evidence for the relation between them and the verse, because their actions and sayings force us to admit their honesty. This plain truth has been well known for the clear- headed persons since the revelation of this clear verse till today.

They certainly know that the members of the House (ahl al Bayt) were the people of the cloak (kisa. ), who had countless noble qualities of which were purification from defects and taking away uncleanness and sins. Yes, maybe, some of the Hashimites made use of the general sense of the word (ahl al Bayt) to achieve their aims and to reach the throne, so all the Hashimites used this verse to convince people to follow them. Also the word . Shi. ism. (tashayy. ) maybe used to refer to .

Ali and (the members of the) House (ahl al Bayt) in the general sense, not the members of the cloak (kisa. ) and the lmams from the sons of al- Husayn, peace be on them, but the persons whom the floods of the rabble do not deviate them from the truth. People knew that Shi. ism (tashayy. ) was limited to those certain lmams when silence spread over them after the first one- third of the Abbasid dynasty when the revolts of the Alawids were over.