Excerpt from Ziyārat of Ghadīriyya by Imam al-Hādi (PBUH)
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O my Master, you are the proof against the servants
Messengers as bearers of glad tidings and as warners, so mankind may have no argument against Allah after the Messengers (Surah al-Nisā, Verse 165)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the Proof of Allah over everyone in the heavens and the earth
Imam Hasan al-Askari (PBUH) stated:
We are the Proofs of Allah over creation, and Our mother, Fatimah (PBUH), is the Proof of Allah over Us.
Khuṭbat al-Bayān, by Imam Ali (PBUH), al-Asrār al-Faṭimiyyah, p. 17
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O my Master, you are the guide to uprightness
You are only a warner, and for every people there is a guide (Surah al-Ra'd, Verse 7)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I Am the Guide
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) stated in the Sermon of Ghadir:
O people! Be aware that indeed I am the warner, and Ali is the guide Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 24, p. 199; Awālim al-ʿUlūm, Vol. 15, p. 178
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O my Master, your grace cannot be concealed, and your light cannot be extinguished
They wish to extinguish the Light of God—the Light of Divine Wilayah. But they shall never succeed in extinguishing the Light of God.
(Surah al-Tawbah, Verse 32)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the Light of Allah that will never extinguish
In Ziyarah of Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH), we recite:
Peace be upon You, O Light of Allah in
His heavens and His earth.
Al-Muḥtaḍar, p. 17; Bihar, Vol. 27, p. 33; Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 97, p. 337
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O master, you are the conclusive argument (of Allah)
Say, ‘To Allah belongs the conclusive argument. Had He willed, He would have surely guided you all.’ (Surah al-An’am, Verse 149)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the Conclusive Argument [ of God]
Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) stated:
We are the conclusive argument over everything beneath the heavens and upon the earth.
Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 24, p. 199; Al-Burhān, vol. 2, p. 492
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O master, you are the poured grace
{Have you not seen how Allah} has abundantly bestowed upon you His visible and invisible blessings?
(Surah Luqman, Verse 20)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the blessing which Allah has bestowed upon His creation
Imam al-Baqir (PBUH), in the commentary of verse 20 of Surah Luqman, said:
As for the hidden blessing—it is Our Wilayah and the covenant of love and loyalty to Us, Ahl al-Bayt (PBUTh).
Bihār al-Anwār, Vol. 26, p. 153; Tafsir al-Qummi, Vol. 2, p. 165
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Peace be upon you, O my master,
O Amir al-Mu’minin
(Surah al-Aʿrāf, Verse 217)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I Am Amir al - Mu ’ minin
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) stated in the Sermon of Ghadir:
Beware! No one but This Brother of Mine is ever to be called Amir al-Muminin.
Imam al-Baqir (PBUH) states:
By Allah, Allah named Him Amir al-Muminin in the realm of spirits and shadows when He took the covenant from the descendants of Adam.
Bihār al-Anwār, Vol. 24, p. 199; Awālim al-'Ulūm, vol. 15, p. 178; Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 26, p. 293
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Peace be upon You, O Upright Religion of Allah and His Straight Path
Indeed, this is My straight path—so follow it, and do not follow other ways, for they will lead you away from His path. This is what He has enjoined upon you, so that you may be God-conscious.
(Surah al-Anʿām, Verse 153)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the Straight Path (al - Ṣ ir āṭ al - Mustaq ī m )
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) stated in the Sermon of Ghadir:
O People! I am the Straight Path of Allah which He has commanded you to follow—and after Me, Ali (PBUH) [is that path].
Imam al-Sajjad (PBUH) said:
We are the Straight Path.
Madinat al-Ma'ājiz, Vol. 1, p. 247; Sermon of Ghadir, Al-Burhān fi Tafsir al-Qurān, Vol. 1, p. 114
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Peace be upon you, O the Great Tiding, about which they differ and concerning which they will be questioned
What are they asking one another about? About the Great Tiding—That over which they disagree.
(Surah al-Naba’, Verses 1–3)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the Great Tiding (al - Naba ’ al - A ẓ im )
The Noble Prophet (PBUH&HF) said to Amir al- Mu’minin (PBUH):
O Ali! You are al-Naba’ al-Aẓim.
In a supplication narrated from Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) to be recited after the prayer of the Day of Ghadir, it is stated:
We bear witness—by Your Grace and Kindness—that indeed You are Allah, there is no god but You. You are our Lord. And Muḥammad is Your servant and Messenger and our Prophet. And Ali is the Commander of the Faithful, Your mighty Proof, Your grand Sign, and the very Great Tiding (al-Naba’ al-Aẓim) over which the people differ.
Sermon of Mufakhira (by Ibn Shādhān al-Qummi)' Bihār al-Anwār, Vol. 38, p.
111; Tafsir Nūr al-Thaqalayn, Vol. 5, p. 492
I bear witness that you are the first to believe in Allah
He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He is All-Knowing of everything.
(Surah al-Ḥadīd, Verse 3)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden and I am the one who is knowledgeable of all things
The manifestation of the Divine Names and Attributes of Allah is fully present in the Blessed Being of Ḥazrat Amir al-Mu'minin, Ali (PBUH).
Among these Names are: “The First,” “The Last,”
“The Manifest,” and “The Hidden.”
Facets and levels of the significance of the Blessed Name "The First" (al-Awwal) for Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (PBUH):
He is the first among the Imams to get the Divine covenant. He is the first to believe in Allah and His Messenger.
Manāqib Āl Abi Ṭālib (by Ibn Shahrāshūb), Vol. 3, p. 387; Baṣāir al- Darajāt, Vol. 1, p. 515; Bihār al-Anwār, Vol. 35, p. 278
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I bear witness that you are… the first to believe in Allah and to affirm what was revealed to His Prophet
Those who believe in Allah and His Messengers—they are the truthful and the witnesses with their Lord (Surah al-Ḥadīd, Verse 19)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the Greatest Truthful One (al - Ṣ iddiq al - Akbar).
N one says this besides Me except a liar and a slanderer
Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (PBUH), is al-Ṣiddiq al- Akbar, the Greatest Truthful One. As the Noble Prophet (PBUH&HF) stated:
The Ṣiddiq of this Ummah is Ali ibn Abi Ṭālib (PBUH), and He is the Ṣiddiq al-Akbar and the Fārūq al-A'ẓam.
in Ziyārah al-Jāmi'ah al-Kabirah, we address the Pure Imams (PBUTh) with the following
And I bear witness that You are the rightly guided Imams… the truthful, the chosen ones.
Kashf al-Yaqin, Vol. 1, p. 167; Bihār al-Anwār, Vol. 35, p. 412
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I bear witness that the Prophet declared to his nation the duty of your obedience and Wilayah
O you who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those vested with authority among you (Surah al-Nisā’, Verse 59)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the one whose obedience has been made obligatory by Allah
The Noble Prophet (PBUH&HF) stated in sermon of Ghadir:
Know that Allah has made Him your authority and an Imam whose obedience is incumbent upon you…
Mashāriq Anwār al-Yaqīn, p. 269; Sermon of Ghadir
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Your only guardian (Waliy) is Allah, and His Messenger, and those who believe—those who establish prayer and give zakat while they are in the state of rukuʿ (Surah al-Mā’idah, Verse 55)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the prayers of the believers and their fasting.
I am their Master and their Imam.
The Noble Prophet (PBUH&HF) said in sermon of Ghadir:
O People! Whoever I am the Master
(Mawlā) of, then this Ali is his Master.
Mashāriq Anwār al-Yaqīn, p. 269; Sermon of Ghadir
You were with the Prophet (PBUH&HF) in all battles and expeditions . You carried the banner of Islam before him and struck with your sword before him .
(Surah al-Tawbah, Verse 19)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the destroyer of the Pharaohs — with this very sword of Mine .
Someone once asked the Noble Prophet (PBUH&HF)
why the sword of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (PBUH) is called Dhū al-Fiqār. The Prophet replied:
Because whenever He (Ali, PBUH) struck someone with it, He would sever them from their family in this world and cut off their hope from Paradise in the next.
Mashāriq Anwār al-Yaqīn, p. 270; 'Ilal al-Sharāyi', Vol. 1, p. 160
So may the Curse of Allah be upon those who deemed your sanctity permissible to violate, and upon those who repelled your right . And I bear witness that they are indeed the greatest losers — those whose faces will be scorched by the Fire while they are grimacing within it
(SuraHūd, Verse 8)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
“ I am the punishment of the inhabitants of Hell. ”
The term ‘punishment’ (‘Adhāb)—which is the Divine wrath upon the enemies of Allah—manifests through the anger and wrath of Amir al-Mu'minin, Ali (PBUH). Hence, the Imam identified His own blessed being as ʿAdhāb (punishment) for those who harbor enmity toward His Wilāyah.
As the Noble Prophet (PBUH&HF) said:
Cling to His Wilāyah (Ali’s), and do not take His enemies as your friends or confidants—for Allah, the Compeller, will unleash His wrath upon you We recite in the Ziyārah al-Jāmiʿah al-Kabirah:
The wrath of the Merciful Lord is upon those who deny Your Wilāyah, O Ahl al-Bayt (PBUTh)
Mashāriq Anwār al-Yaqin, Vol. 1, p. 260; Tafsir Furāt al-Kūfi, Vol. 1, p. 164; ʿUyūn Akhbār al-Riḍā (PBUH), Vol. 2, p. 276
None believed in what Allah has revealed to His Prophet about you except a few, and this declaration did not increase others but obstinacy
(Surah Muḥammad, Verse 3)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the one through whom Allah called the creation to obey me — but they disbelieved and persisted in denial, so they were transformed. But a group responded, and thus they were saved and brought near [to Allah].
The Noble Prophet (PBUH&HF) stated in sermon of Ghadir:
O People! Listen to His (Ali’s) command, submit to Him, follow him Him and refrain from what He forbids, so that you may be rightly guided.
Mashāriq Anwār al-Yaqīn, p. 270, Sermon of Ghadir
And curse the one who usurped the right of Your Wali, denied his covenant, and rejected him after certainty — despite acknowledging his Wilāyah on the Day You perfected the religion for him.
(Surah al-A’rāf, Verse 172)
Mawlānā Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) stated:
I am the one whom Allah raised in the realm of shadows, and He called them to obey me. But when I appeared to them, they rejected me.
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) said to Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (PBUH):
You are the one through whom Allah made His argument against the people at the beginning of creation, when He brought them forth as shades and said to them: ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They replied:
‘Yes.’ He then said: ‘is Muḥammad the Messenger of Allah?’ They said: ‘Yes!’ He said : ‘ is Ali Amir al - Mu'minin ? ’ All of humanity rejected Your Wilāyah out of arrogance and hostility — except for a small group, a very small group . They, and only they, are the Companions of the Right ( Ashāb al - Yamīn ).
Mashāriq Anwār al-Yaqīn, p. 270; Bihār al-Anwār, Vol. 64, p. 127