May I also come to you inside the cloak!

May I also come to you inside the cloak!'

My beloved father replied: 'Peace be on you also my brother, my

vicegerent, my successor, my standard bearer! You may also come

Thus Ali also went inside the cloak

Then I went near the cloak and said: `Peace be on you, O my loving

father! O Prophet of Allah! May I also come to you inside the cloak.'

My loving father replied: 'Peace of Allah be on you also, my beloved

daughter! All dear heart! You too have my permission.'

Thus, I also went inside the cloak. Now when all of us got assembled

inside the Cloak, my affectionate father held the two corners of the

cloak and raising his right hand towards the sky said: 'O Allah! These

are my Ahlul-Bayt. They are my confidants and my supporters. Their

flesh is my flesh and their blood is my blood. Whoever hurts them,

hurts me. Whoever displeases them, displeases me. Whoever makes

peace with them, will make peace with me. Whoever has enmity

against them, will have enmity against me. Whoever is a friend to

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them, is a friend of mine. It is because they belong to me and I belong

to them. O Allah! Bestow Your peace, Benevolence, Mercy,

forgiveness and Your Pleasures on me and on them. And keep them

aloof from uncleanliness and keep them pure and thoroughly purified.'

Then the Lord, Almighty Allah said: `O my Angels! O inmates of the

heavens! I created this solid firmament, well-stretched earth, well-

lighted moon, shinning sun, rotating planets, rippling oceans, floating

boats, and all other things for the sake and love of these five persons

At this, the Archangel Gabriel asked: `O Lord! Who are they inside the

The Lord said: `They are Ahlul-Bayt of the Prophet and the assets of

the Prophethood. They are Fatima, her father, her husband and her

Gabriel said: `O Lord! permit me also to descend to earth and join

them as the sixth inside the cloak.'

The Lord said: 'You are permitted.'

Thus Gabriel, the Archangel came down to earth and said: `O Prophet

of Allah! peace be on you. The Gracious Lord, the Almighty Allah

sends His Greetings to you to bestow on you His Grace and Mercy

and says: "By My Grace and Grandeur!