Allah -azwj has Commanded me -saww that I -saww should...

Allah -azwj has Commanded me -saww that I -saww should nominate for you an Imam -asws and a successor -asws who will be the successor -asws of your Prophet -saww among you, and my -saww Caliph in my -saww community, and among the People -asws of my -saww Household after me -saww , and the one -asws for whom Allah -azwj has Obligated upon the believers, in His -azwj book, obedience to him -asws , and has Commanded to you all in it for his -asws ‘Wilayah’.

So I -saww referred it back to my -saww Lord out of fear of the hypocrites and their belying it, so He -azwj Promised me -saww that (He -azwj will Protect me -saww ) but if I -saww do not preach it, He -azwj would Punish me -saww ’. Then Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘O you people! Surely Allah -azwj – Majestic is His -azwj Name – has Commanded you all in His -azwj Book for the Salat and I -saww have explained it for you and its mannerism, and the Zakat , and the Soam , and the Hajj.

So I -saww explained these to you and interpreted them for you all, and He -azwj Commanded you all in His -azwj Book for the ‘Wilayah’, and I -saww adjure you, O you people, that it is in particular for Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws and the successors -asws from my -saww sons -asws and the sons -asws of my -saww brother and my -saww successor -asws .

Ali -asws is the first of them -asws , then Al-Hassan -asws , then Al-Husayn -asws , then nine from the sons -asws of Al-Husayn -asws – my -saww son -asws . Neither will the Book be separated from them -asws nor will they -asws separate from it until they -asws return to the Fountain. O you people!

I -saww have made known to you your ‘Guide’ and your Imam -asws after me -saww , and your indicator and your guide, and he -asws is Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , and he -asws is among you at the status that I -saww have among you.

So emulate him -asws (do his -asws Taqleed), and obey him -asws in all of your affairs, for in his -asws possession is what Allah -azwj has Taught me -saww , and Commanded me -saww for, and I -saww have made it known to him -asws , and I -saww am letting you know that it is with him -asws .

So ask him -asws and learn from him -asws and from the successors -asws after him -asws , and do not try to teach them -asws nor precede them -asws not be left behind them -asws , for they -asws are with the truth and the truth is with them -asws , neither will they -asws leave it nor will it leave them -asws ’.