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Do You Really Know
Imam Ali Ibne Abu Talib (a.s)?
by Rasheed Ali Muhammad

As Salaamu Alaykum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatu,
Bismillah,
"It is not fitting for a man that Allah
should speak to him except by
inspiration, or from behind a veil, or
by the sending of a Messenger to
reveal, with Allah's permission, what
Allah wills; for He is Most High, Most
Wise."
Quran 42:51.
The saying of Imam Ali (a.s): "I am he
who spoke to Musa", is well known,
and we have read it many times.

The Quran testifies about those who
were in the fire of the bush of Moses
(a.s) and blesses them and those (a.s)
around it:
The saying of Allah the Almighty
regarding the fiery Bush of Musa (a.s):
"But when he came to it, he was
called, ‘Blessed is whoever is in the
fire and whoever is around it. And
exalted is Allah, Lord of the worlds.’ “
Quran 27:8.
It is well known by those who know
that those in and around the fire are
personalities, and since Allah (swt)
cannot be contained in a fire, and since
the verse distinguishes between those