And how often our master—His might was mighty—repeated his statement on numerous occasions, saying, “Ask me,” which I shall bring forth in the chapter on his speech—sublime are his bounties. What came at the end of the second verse in the saying of the Exalted:[“And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is over all things competent.”] 1 is a proof of that limitless power of our master—His might was mighty—and the capability proceeding from him always and forever within the arenas of speech, eloquence, idealism, genius, warfare, miracles,
and the likes of that which cannot be restricted or described. The reader will stand upon some of these within this epistle, and the likes of what we have mentioned in this regard includes what was reported in the book Qada’ Amir al-Mu'minin by Sheikh al-Tustari, which the reader may reference.
[The Third Verse: “And Allah warns you of Himself.”] 2
Our master would frequently warn criminal individuals and those whose affairs and conditions were ambiguous to the people when their cases were presented before him, by saying to one of them before exposing his hidden affair: “Beware, or take heed, for I am Ali.” This is the tradition regarding the condemnation of Inanah bint Kinanah in the story of Fadlun the Worshiper, which I read in a small booklet of Egyptian printing.