Al-Kafi 8246

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Al Minqary, from Sufyan Bin Uyayna, from Al Zahry who said, ‘A man from Qureysh came over to Ali^asws Bin Al-Husayn^asws, so he asked him^asws how the calling to the Religion is to be. He^asws said: ‘You should be saying, ‘In the Name of Allah^azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. I hereby call you all to Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic, and to His^azwj Religion’, and the whole of it is of two matters, one of them being the recognition of Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the other one acting in accordance with His^azwj Pleasure. The recognition of Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic is that he recognises by the Oneness, and the Compassion, and the Mercy, and the Honour, and the Knowledge, and the Power, and the Exaltedness over everything, and that He^azwj Benefits and Punishes, the Dominant over everything, the visions cannot visualise Him^azwj and He^azwj Sees all, and He^azwj is the Gentle, the All Knowing, and that Muhammad^saww is His^azwj servant and His^azwj Rasool^saww, and that whatever he^saww came with, it is the Truth from the Presence of Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic, and whatever is besides it is the falsity. So when they respond to that, then for them would be what is for the Muslims, and upon them would be whatever is upon the Muslims’.

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