interference would negate wisdom
[ in that case].
their mouths} , he said: They want to which is described as being a
protection from misguidance for the
extinguish the Wilayah (authority)
of The Prince of the Believers
text/mentioning, is the will of Jesus
(pbuh). I said: and {and Allah will
(pbuh) about The Messenger
complete His Light}? he said: and
Muhammad (pbuh & his Family), and Allah will complete the
the will of The Messenger
Imamate……. I said, and His
And an example for this saying or
Muhammad (pbuh & his Family)
about the Imams and the Mahdis
(pbut). So in the verse there is a
clarification that that the making up
of sayings is disallowed/prevented
and therefore, the text is
saying: {That indeed is the word of
a noble messenger}, he said:
Meaning Gabriel [is a messenger]
from Allah in regards to the Wilayah
(authority) of Ali (pbuh). I said: and
ones who hold tight to it, or that his
(the liar’s) claim of the Divine Will is
connected with his destruction
before this claim of his appears to
people, because giving him time
while he is claiming the Will implies
the ignorance or incapability or
lying of the One who promised the
ones who hold tight to it that they
can never be misguided. And that is
impossible for the Absolute Truth,
what is {And it is not the word of a
poet; little do you believe}? He said:
That [they say that] Muhammad
(pbuh & his Family) made up a
saying concerning His lord (lied)
Glory be to Him, and for that He,
and that Allah never commanded
for it is a Divine text which must be him that in regards to Ali (pbuh), so
protected until it reaches its
Allah sent down a Qur’an regarding
companion. Thus, it is a Divine text that, so he said:Verily the Wilayah of
which is safeguarded from any
Ali is sent down from the Lord of
(Allah would destroy/cut short his
the Worlds, and if Muhammad had
made up sayings concerning Us, We
stage of carrying it to the Successor
would have seized him by the right
who shall deliver it, or in the stage –
hand, then We would have cut from
or stages – of reaching the
him the aorta.) [Al-Kafi volume 1
Successor who shall claim it. And
inference which is that [false]
safeguarded for its companion, and
no one ever claims it except him.
And there are traditions which
clarify that the verse is about the
Divine text/mentioning and about
the Successors of Allah especially,
interference that could affect it,
whether that interference is in the
there are traditions which have
clarified this truth. And it is that the
page 434]
making up of sayings in this verse is
(This is a matter that can not be
concerning the Divine text/
claimed except by its companion,
otherwise Allah would destroy/cut
short the age of the one who falsely
claim it.) [Al Kafi by Al-Kuleini
mentioning.
From Muhammad ibn Fudhail, from
Abu Al-Hassan (pbuh) : (He said: I
Also Imam Al-Sadiq (pbuh) said:
The Exalted said: {We would have
seized him by the right hand * then
We would have cut from him the
aorta}. And Al-Sadiq (pbuh) said:
age).
And for more clarification I shall
say: The verse complies with the
previous reasonable/rational
claiming is prevented and not
possible, for His, The Exalted, saying:
{And if he had made up concerning
Us some [false] sayings * We would
have seized him by the right hand *
Then We would have cut from him
the aorta}. Meaning that destruction
is prevented for the prevention of
making up sayings, meaning that if he
was making up saying (a liar) he
would have been destroyed. And the
verse is addressing the ones who do
asked him about the saying of Allah volume 1 page 372]
not believe in Muhammad (pbuh &
The Almighty: {They want to
his Family) nor in the Qur’an. And
So the liar is dismissed away from
extinguish the light of Allah with
[being able to] claim the Divine Will thus arguing by the words in the