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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Egyptian Epistle - Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Qati'i

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(578) Within it also: {And He is the one who in the heaven is God and on the earth is [an Imam]}1, indicating our Master Amir Almuminin—exalted be his glory; for He is the Father of Fathers. Thus our Lord the Messiah—peace be upon him—said: "I am passing to my Father and your Father, my God and your God." And He is Abu Turab.

And as the common folk say while they do not know its meaning: "We left Ali the Lord of Shu’ayb." Shu’ayb is the Name, and Ali is what is between the brackets [ ] in the Mushaf of ibn Mas’ud.

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1Surah Al-Zukhruf – Verse 84
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