(Al Qatra First Edition pg 66) Sura Luqman ayah 14 "Be...

(Al Qatra First Edition pg 66) Sura Luqman ayah 14 "Be grateful to Me and to both your parents; to Me is the eventual coming" Zaid bin al Munzeer narrates, "I heard Imam Abu Jafar (as) say regarding this ayah, Imam (as) said, "This ayah is in reference to RasoolAllah (saw) and Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as)". (Taweel ul Ayat pg 469) Sura Ahzab (The Clans) ayah 23 "Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted with Allah.

Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle), and some of them still are waiting; and they have not altered in the least" Tabarri writes in his tafseer, "Those who fulfilled their promise were Hamza and his companions. They promised with Allah they would not run from the battlefield. They fought courageously until they were martyred.

Those who are awaiting is Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as) who remains steadfast in His jihad (struggle for Allah) and has not retreated from His oath." (Taweel ul Ayat pg 442) 35.Sura Fatir (The Originator) ayah 32 "We gave the book for an inheritance to those whom We chose from among Our servants but of them is he who makes his soul to suffer a loss, and of them is he who takes a middle course and of them is he who is foremost in good deeds by Allah's permission; this is great favour" Salim narrates I asked Imam Abu Jafar (as) regarding this ayah, Imam (as) said, "Those who are foremost in deeds of goodness are Imams (as) and those who take the middle course are those who recognize the Imams (as).

Those who wrong themselves are those who do not r ecognize the Imams (as)." (Usool e Kafi First Edition pg 214) 36. Sura Ya-Seen ayah 12 " Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down what they have sent before and their footprints, and We have preserved everything in Imam e Mubeen" Ameerul Momineen (as) says, "I swear by My Lord! I am Imam e Mubeen" (Tafseer e Safi page 421 ) Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) says, "RasoolAllah (saw) looked towards Moula Ali (as) and said, "He is Imam e Mubeen.

Allah has put in Him the knowledge of the whole creation." (Tafseer e Burhan page 886) Ibn Masood narrates regarding this ayah, "Imam Mubeen is Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as)".