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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ أَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ فَإِن …تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَالرَّسُولِ O' Men of faith! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger and those vested with authority over you [from] among you; and then if you quarrel about something, refer it to Allah and the Messenger..... |
Commentary
Among the many Ayahs in reference to Ali, this Ayah grabs the attention. This Ayah necessitates our obedience to Allah, the Prophet, and those vested with authority over us, meaning Ali as the Wali, the one in charge of us, the one with the authority overus. We are ordered to obey the Wali, since he should be the knowledgeable in one’s Divine knowledge, who leads us in the true path, (as do the rest of the Imams). This is attested to by many Hadiths, outstanding among them is when the Prophet had declared, “I am the locality of knowledge and Ali is its gateway”. Therefore, for the faithful to have an inmost understanding of pristine Islam, they can refer to Ali and his Ahlul Bayt, who alone know of the Divine knowledge.
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