Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Noor to split, so He -azwj Said to the half, “Be Muhammad -saww !” And Said to the half: “Be Ali -asws !” From it (that’s why), Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Ali -asws is from me -saww and I -saww am from Ali -asws , and no one should execute (deliver a Message) from me -saww except Ali -asws ’.
وَ قَدْ وَجَّهَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِبَرَاءَةَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَنَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُؤَدِّيَهَا أَنْتَ أَوْ رَجُلٌ عَنْكَ فَوَجَّهَنِي فِي اسْتِرْدَادِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَرَدَدْتُهُ فَوَجَدَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ نَزَلَ فِيَّ الْقُرْآنُ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ لَا يُؤَدِّي إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْ عَلِيٌّ And he -saww had diverted Abu Bakr with (Surah) Bara’at to Makkah.
Jibraeel -as descended and said: ‘O Muhammad -saww !’ He -saww said: ‘Here I -saww am!’ He -as said: ‘Allah -azwj Commanded you -saww to execute it or a man from you -saww ’. So he -saww sent me -asws for returning Abu Bakr, and I -asws returned him. So he found (objection) within himself and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! Has the Quran (Verse) been Revealed regarding me?’ He -saww said: ‘No, but none should execute it except I -saww or Ali -asws ’.
يَا سَلْمَانُ وَ يَا جُنْدَبُ قَالا لَبَّيْكَ يَا أَخَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ O Salman -ra and O Jundab -ra !’ They said, ‘At your -asws service, O brother -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww ’. قَالَ ع مَنْ لَا يَصْلُحُ لِحَمْلِصَحِيفَةٍ يُؤَدِّيهَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كَيْفَ يَصْلُحُ لِلْإِمَامَةِ He -asws said: ‘One who is not correct for carry a parchment to convey it on behalf of Rasool-Allah -saww , how can he be correct for the Imamate?
يَا سَلْمَانُ وَ يَا جُنْدَبُ فَأَنَا وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كُنَّا نُوراً وَاحِداً صَارَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مُحَمَّدٌ الْمُصْطَفَى وَ صِرْتُ أَنَا وَصِيَّهُ الْمُرْتَضَى وَ صَارَ مُحَمَّدٌ النَّاطِقَ وَ صِرْتُ أَنَا الصَّامِتَ وَ إِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ فِي كُلِّ عَصْرٍ مِنَ الْأَعْصَارِ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهِ نَاطِقٌ وَ صَامِتٌ O Salman -ra , and O Jundab -ra ! I -asws and Rasool-Allah -saww were one Noor.
Rasool-Allah -saww became Muhammad -saww the Chosen one, and I -asws became his -asws successor -asws , the nominated one, and Muhammad -saww became the speaking one and I -asws became the silent one, and there is no escape in any era from the eras for them to be a speaking one and a silent on in it.