And it was said to the Prophet -saww , ‘Who is the Wali -asws O Prophet -saww ?

And it was said to the Prophet -saww , ‘Who is the Wali -asws O Prophet -saww ?’ قال وليكم في هذا الزمان على عليه السلام ومن بعده وصيه ولكل زمان عالم يحتج الله به لئلا يكون كما قال الضلال قبلهم حين فارقتهم انبيائهم ربنا لولا ارسلت الينا رسولا نتبع آياتك من قبل ان نذل ونخزى تمام ضلالتهم جهالتهم بالايات وهم الاوصياء He -saww said: ‘Your Wali in this era is Ali -asws , and the one -asws after him -asws , his -asws successor -asws , and for every era there is a knowledgeable one -asws that Allah -azwj Argues by, lest that they would say similar to what the former ones said when they were separated from their Prophets -as , ‘Our Lord -azwj , Send to us a Rasool -saww so that we may follow Your -azwj Signs before we become disgraced and shamed’.

They were completely misguided and ignorant from the Signs, as were (established) for the successors -as (of their Prophets -as ). فأجابهم الله قل تربصوا فستعلمون من اصحاب الصراط السوى ومن اهتدى فانما كان تربصهم ان قالوا نحن في سعة عن معرفة الاوصياء حتى نعرف اماما فعرفهم الله بذلك Allah -azwj Answered them. He -azwj Said: Say: ‘Everyone is awaiting, therefore wait, for soon you will come to known who is the companion of the Even Path and who is Guided’ [20:135] .

So, their waiting was that they said, ‘We are at the moment waiting to recognise the successor -as until we end up recognising the Imam -asws . So, due to that Allah -azwj enabled them to recognise that. والاوصياء اصحاب الصراط وقوف عليه لا يدخل الجنة الا من عرفهم وعرفوه ولا يدخل النار الا من انكرهم وانكروه لانهم عرفاء الله عرفهم عليهم عند اخذ المواثيق عليهم ووصفهم في كتابه فقال عزوجل وعلى الاعراف رجال يعرفون كلا بسيماهم The successors -asws are the Masters of the Bridge (Al-Siraat).

They will be made to pause to them -asws . None will enter the Paradise except the one who recognises them -asws and they -asws recognise him, and none will enter the Fire except the one who denies them -asws and they -asws deny him, because they -asws are the recognisers ( Urafaa ) of Allah -azwj whom Allah -azwj Made them -asws to be recognised when the Covenant was taken with them, and has Described them in His -azwj Book.