Hadith 20

n Nubata who said, ‘I was seated in the presence of Ali-asws. Ibn Al Kawa came to him-asws and asked him-asws about this Verse. He-asws said: ‘Woe be to you, O Ibn Al Kawa! On the Day of Qiyamah, we-asws will be standing between the Paradise and the Fire. The one who would have helped us-asws, we-asws shall recognise him with his marking and enter him into the Paradise, and the one who would have hated us-asws, we shall enter him into the Fire’. And I-asws am Emir of the Momineen, and leader of the pious, and sign of the preceding ones, and tongue of the speakers, and last of the successors-asws, and inheritor of the Prophets-as, and caliph of Lord-azwj of the worlds, and Path of my-asws Lord-azwj, the straight, and His-azwj Pavilion, and the Divine Authority upon the people of the skies and the earths and whatever is in these, and whatever is between these. And I-asws am the one whom Allah-azwj had Argued with upon you all in the beginning of your creation, and I-asws am the witness on the Day of religion, and I-asws am the one who knows the knowledge of the deaths, and the afflictions and the decrees, and the decisive address, and the lineages, and I-asws have preserved the signs of the Prophets-as, the hidden, the memorised, and I-asws am owner of the staff and the branding. Note: And indication to that he-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-asws, is walker of the earth (Dabbat Al-Arz), and it has been reported by Al Tabarsee in his Tafseer V 7 P 347, and Al Zamakhshari in ‘Al Kashaf’ V 2 P 370, from Huzeyfa, from the Prophet-saww, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-saww. He-saww said: ‘Walker of the earth, its length would be of sixty cubits. Neither will a seeker reach him nor with a fleer escape him. He will brand the Momin in between his eyes and write: ‘Momin’, and he will brand the Kafir between his eyes and write: ‘Kafir’, and with him would be the staff of Musa-as and ring of Suleyman-as’. He will clear the face of the Momin with the staff and seal the nose of the Kafir with the ring, until it would be said, ‘Momin’, and ‘Kafir’’. And I-asws am the one who, the clouds would be subservient to me-asws, and the thunder, and the lightning, and the darkness, and the lights, and the winds, and the mountains, and the oceans, and the stars, and the sun, and the moon! I-asws am the fort of iron. Note: He-asws, may the greetings be upon him-asws, likened himself-asws with the fortress of iron for its impregnability, and its robustness, its protection of the people. And I-asws am distinguisher of the community, and I-asws am the guide, and I-asws am the one who enumerates all things by number by the Knowledge of Allah-azwj which He-azwj has Entrusted me-asws, and by His-azwj secret which Muhammad-saww had divulged to me-asws, and I-asws am the one who my-asws Lord-azwj Released to me-asws His-azwj Name, and His-azwj Wisdom, and His-azwj Knowledge, and His-azwj understanding! O community of people! Ask me-asws before you lose me-asws! O Allah-azwj! I-asws Keep You-azwj as Witness and seek Your-azwj Assistance against them, and there is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, following His-azwj Commands’’. [22]