Khizar may not be a reference to a person...

Khizar may not be a reference to a person, but, rather, to the inspirational Source. In this sermon, the Im\u00e1m ‘Al\u00ed -asws is, in a sense, the Muse to all those inspired before, similar to Gabriel in the Qur’\u00e1n ( 2:97). \n [4] See Qur’\u00e1n 97:1-3. \n [5] The first S\u00farah in the Holy Qur’\u00e1n and endowed with amazing powers. \n [6] Seth is named in Genesis as the son of Adam, and he lived for 912 years. (See Gen.

4:25-5:8.) Here, however, the reference is to the notion that Companion (Sahib), in a sense, means that the Eternal “I” was with Seth (in Arabic, Shayth, the son of Adam). In Luke, Seth is an ancestor to Christ \n [7] The family of Abbas, the uncle of Muhammad.(S.A) \n [8] A city near the Euphrates River, 177km south of Baghd\u00e1d.

Formerly a Mesopotamian city, K\u00fafa was re-founded by the Arabs in 638, and was the capital of the Islamic Empire during the caliphate of the Im\u00e1m ‘Al\u00ed. -asws For a time, it also served as the centre for the ‘Abbasid caliphate. This and the following references are to catastrophes and spiritual reverses in the fortunes of truth.

[MF’s note, based on information from the on-line Columbia Encyclopaedia and from a personal e-mail received from the translator, dated Thursday, March 1, 2001.] \n [9] A mountainous and arid province in north-eastern Ir\u00e1n. The territory served as the capital of the eastern provinces of Isl\u00e1m during the time of the early ‘Abbasid Caliphs. Khor\u00e1san was first invaded by the Oghuz Turks in 1153 and again in 1157. The Mongols devastated the region between 1220 and 1222.

Timur invaded in 1383 \n [10] Im\u00e1m ‘Al\u00ed -asws \n [1] ( 1) \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0628\u0648\u0639: \u0645\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0621.