The Gateway of
Knowledge, the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.) had said
about the Last Message of Allah (s.w.t.) as follows:
Then God revealed to
him (the Prophet) the Book. It is a light whose radiance shall not be
extinguished; a lamp whose flame shall not die; an ocean whose depths
shall not be fathomed; a path which shall not lead astray; a blaze
whose brilliance shall not be darkened; a criterion whose evidence
shall not be suppressed; an elucidation whose cornerstones shall not
be demolished; a cure with which there is no fear of ailments; a
power whose supporters cannot be defeated; a truth whose helpers
cannot be forsaken. Thus, it is a source of faith and its prosperity;
it is the fountainhead of knowledge and its vastness; the meadow of
justice and its flowing streams; the support of Islam and its
foundation; the valleys of the truth and its fields; an ocean that
shall not be drained by those who draw upon it; a spring that shall
not be exhausted by those who draw upon it; a watering place that
shall not be depleted by those who come to it; a station whose road
travelers do not miss; a signpost which the wayfarers always see; the
hilltops that cannot be bypassed by those who seek them. God has made
it the quencher of the thirst of scholars; a vernal season for the
hearts of the jurists, a destination for the path of righteous, a
cure after which there is no malady, a light which does not alternate
with darkness, a rope whose knots are firm, a stronghold whose peak
is impregnable. It is (a source of ) power for whoever cultivates it,
peace for whoever dwells on it, a guidance for whoever follows it, a
laudable act for whoever embraces it, an argument for whoever speaks
for it, a witness for whoever fights for it, a sharp instrument for
whoever bases his argument on it, a support for whoever supports it,
a means of deliverance for whoever employs it, a sign for the
discriminating, a shelter for whoever seeks healing, a source of
knowledge for whoever has sense, and the best narrative for its
transmitters, and a means for the one who sits in judgment.
Source:
Nahjul Balagha,
compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi Mohammad bin al-Husyn commentary by
Muhammad Abdul, ed. Abd al Aziz Sayyid (Beirut: Dar ul-Andalus 1963)
vol. 3 page 390-92
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