And the one who harboured enmity came over to dispute...

And the one who harboured enmity came over to dispute, despite having the knowledge, and was arrogant due to what he knew, and became deserving of curses upon curses, for having displayed the face of enmity, and he was from the knowing ones, and put on the face of the ignorant. Some groups came over to the Messenger of Allah -saww , and in them were those who harboured enmity and arrogance, and in them were those who were seeking (the Truth), and were people of understanding.

Among them were seven Jews, and five Christians, and four Sabeans, and ten Magians, and ten Dualists, and ten Brahmins, and ten Eternalists, and twenty from the Arab Polytheists, gathered together in a place before coming over to the Messenger of Allah -saww , and it was the place of a good Muslim man. Among them was Ammar Bin Yasser -ar , and Khabab Bin Al-Arat -ra , and Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswad -ra , and Bilal -ra ‘.

Different types of infidels had gathered and narrated from the Messenger of Allah -saww and what came from his -saww hands of the Signs, and mentioned the miracles. One of them said: ‘With us in this place are a number of his -saww companions. Let us speak to them before seeing him -saww so that we may come to know of his -saww condition of truth and lies’.

They went to them and said: ‘You are from the companions of Muhammad -saww ?’ They said: ‘Yes, we are from the companions of Muhammad -saww , Chief of the former ones and the later ones, who has been made to be special by the superiority of having the right of intercession on the Day of Judgment. And, if Allah -azwj was to gather together all the Prophets -as to be in his -saww presence, they will all benefit from his -saww knowledge and learn from his -saww wisdom.

Allah -azwj has ended Prophet-hood with him -saww , and completed with him -saww prestige, and completed with him -saww goodness’.

They said: ‘What has Muhammad -saww ordered you to?’ They said: ‘He -saww has ordered us to serve One Allah -azwj and not associate anything with Him -azwj , and to establish Salat, and to give the Zakaat , and to have good relations, and to be just to the people, and not to give to the servants of Allah -azwj that which we do not love for ourselves, and to believe and understand that Muhammad -saww is the Chief of the former ones and the later ones, and that Ali -asws , his -saww brother, is the Chief of the Trustees -asws , and that the goodly from among his -asws Progeny -asws have been specialised with Imamate.