My father Al-Kadhim narrated to me, saying: My father Al-Sadiq narrated to me, saying: My father Al-Baqir narrated to me, saying: My father Zain al-Abidin, their master, narrated to me, saying: My father Al-Husayn—the blessings of Allah be upon them all—narrated to me: In a certain year, Friday and the Ghadir coincided for the Prince of the Believers—Exalted is His Majesty. He ascended the pulpit five hours into the day and praised Allah with a praise the like of which had never been heard, and lauded Him with an encomium addressed to none but Him. What was preserved of that blessed and described sermon—may Allah benefit us by what is within it—was his saying:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Praise be to Allah, who made praise for Him without any need on His part for those who praise Him, but rather as a path toward acknowledging His Divinity (Lahutiyya), His Eternal-Sufficiency (Samadaniyya), His Pre-eternity (Azaliyya), His Lordship (Rabbaniyya), and His Uniqueness (Fardaniyya); and as a means to the increase of His mercy, and a highroad for the seeker of His bounty. Within the inward depth of the uttered word, He concealed the reality of acknowledging His blessings; thus, the very act of praising Allah for His blessings was itself a blessing from Him. Thereby, the acknowledgment became manifest that He is the Bestower upon every praise uttered by tongue, no matter how great.