You shall not ask me about anything between you and the Hour, nor about a group that leads a hundred astray or guides a hundred, but that I will inform you of its caller, its leader, its driver, the place where its mounts kneel, the place where its baggage is unloaded, and who among its people will be killed by slaughter and who will die by a natural death. And if I wished, I would have informed each one of you of his exit, his entrance, and all his affairs.’”

[94] And from the book Irshad al-Qulub, our master the Commander of the Faithful said, after some words: “Ask me, for I have the knowledge of the first and the last. By Allah, if the cushion were folded for me and I sat upon it, I would have judged for the people of the Gospel by their Gospel, the people of the Torah by their Torah, and the people of the Psalms by their Psalms, until the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms speak to me and say: ‘Ali has spoken the truth and has not lied; he has judged for you by what Allah—Exalted and Majestic is He—has revealed concerning us.’ And I would judge for the people of the Qur’an by their Qur’an until the Qur’an speaks and says: ‘Ali has spoken the truth and has not lied;