In accordance to the famous Quranic Verse...

In accordance to the famous Quranic Verse: إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ (5:55) The Wilayat, of Allah -azwj , Rasool -saww and Amir-ul-Momineen Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws (who gave Zakat in Rakku) is of the same value and nature and will have the same obligations on us, as Mola Ali -asws says: My Wilayat is the Wilayat of Allah -azwj and all Prophets -as pledged to our Wilayat, as part of the major requirement for their qualification.

[58] Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws quoted the following Verse from Quran in reply to a question about those who were following false Imams, the ones which were not selected by Allah -azwj .

اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (2:257) Allah is the guardian and Wali of those who believe in Him and will bring them to the Light from the darkness. And those who disbelieve (Kafirs), their wali are Tagoot (Shiateen) who bring them out of Light into darkness.

These are inmates of the hell fire and therein shall they abide. (2:257) The narrator asked, Does Allah -azwj not refer to ‘Kafirs’ by Saying ‘Wallazina Kafaru’? Imam -asws replied, a kafir will not have any Noor while in the state of ‘Kufr’, which Allah -azwj will take away and shepherd him to darkness.

On the contrary, Allah -azwj is addressing those who were believers and had the Noor of ‘Emaan’ but became ‘Kafir’ after following those who were Not His Divine representatives and, therefore, were cruel and usurpers (of the Haq of Masomeen -asws ). And those will lose ‘Emaan’ who submit to Wilayat of these Imams (non-Divine) and stay in hell for ever.

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