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Abraham and the descendants of Imran above the nations. Offspring,
one of the other."0:33)
(11) "Then Wegavethe Book for an inheritance tothosewhomWe chose
from among Our servants." 05:32)
(12) "Allah is the light of the heavens and the eanh; a likeness of His light
is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp in a glass, (and) the glass is, as
it were, a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed olive tree, of neither the
east or the West, the oil whereof nearly gives light, though fire touch it
not." (24:35)
There are many other verses which could be quoted. Many of your
prominent ulema have reponed that the Holy Prophet said, "One founh
of the Holy Qur'an is in praise of the Ahle Bait."
Ibn Abbas is reponed to have said, "More than 300 verses were revealed
in praise of Ali."
Now, I come to my original point that the 'uli'l-amr' must be infallible
because obedience to them is linked with obedience to Allah and the
Holy Prophet.
Imam Fakhru'd-din Razi in his Tafsir admits that if we do not regard the
'uli'l-amr' as infallible, it would be, in effect, affirming two contradic-
tions as being true. Your own ulema have confirmed that these qualities
were possessed exclusively by the twelve Imams. The Holy verse of
Purification 03:33) also confirms this fact.
INFALLIBILITY OF THE HOLY IMAMS
GENERALLY REPORTED
Sheikh Sulayman Balkhi Hanafi in Yanabiu'I-Mawadda, ch.77, p.445
and Hamwaini in Fara'idu's-Simtain repon that Ibn Abbas said: "I heard
the Holy Prophet saying: ' I and Ali, Hasan, Husain and nine of the
descendants of Husain are completely pure and infallible.'"
Salman Farsi says that the Holy Prophet, putting his hand on the shoulder
of Husain, said: "He is the Imam and the son of the Imam, and of his
descendants there will be nine Imams who will all be vinuous trustees of
Allah.
Zaid Ibn Thabit repons that the Holy Prophet said: "Verily, of Husain's
descendants will be born Imams who will be virtuous trustees, infallible
judges."
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