footprints, and all things We have enumerated in a manifest Imam} (Verse 12).

The explanation of this noble verse was mentioned in the book Al-Safi on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful—may mercy be upon him—that he said: "By Allah, I am the Manifest Imam (al-Imam al-Mubin); I distinguish truth from falsehood; I inherited it from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)."

And from it, on the authority of [Imam] al-Baqir, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: When this verse was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): {and all things We have enumerated in a manifest Imam} (Ya-Sin 12), Abu Bakr and Umar rose from their seats and said: "O Messenger of Allah, is it the Torah?" He said: "No." They said: "Is it the Gospel?" He said: "No." They said: "Is it the Quran?" He said: "No." He [the narrator] said: Then the Commander of the Faithful approached, and the Messenger of Allah said: "This is the Imam in whom Allah has enumerated the knowledge of all things."

The poetry of the Beloved "I say to a group who said Ali" and the reason for composing it

And on the authority of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in a tradition (hadith), he said: "O assembly of people, there is no knowledge except that my Lord has taught it to me, and I have taught it to Ali, and Allah has enumerated it in him; and every knowledge He