be upon him—and He caused to run upon their hearts [the version]: 'Whomsoever I am his master, Ali is his master.'"

Our luminous Sheikh, may Allah sanctify his person, alluded to this meaning in one of his famous poems, saying:

On the Day of Ghadir, when Muhammad pointed

With intent toward the God of a Lord.

He also alluded—may Allah sanctify his secret—to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) explicit declaration of the divinity of the Commander of the Faithful in his Ghadiriyah poem, saying:

Verily, the Day of Ghadir is the day of joy

Wherein Allah clarified the excellence of Ghadir.

And Khumm was endowed with majesty and preference

And with the gift that lies in delight.

The day Muhammad called out among all

Creation, when he spoke with clarifying report

Saying to all from atop the palm-branches

Which they had gathered by His predestined command:

“Verily, this is your God, so recognize Him

Verily, this is the Fashioner of [all] fashioning.

“Verily, this is your Evolver, so know him