Let the reader compare the words of the Messenger (exalted is his might) here in his saying: "let him pledge allegiance to my guardian, my companion, and my successor over my family and my nation, Ali bin Abi Talib," with the words of the Commander of the Faithful in his supplication recorded in the book Al-Nahj, while addressing the Creator the Almighty, who is none other than him: "O Allah, You are the companion in the journey, and You are the successor in the family." And from the correspondence of the attribute in the two sayings: the saying of the Messenger that Ali is his companion and his successor over his family and his nation together, and the saying of the Commander of the Faithful in his addressing the Creator: "You are the companion and You are the successor in the family," one arrives at a conclusion clarifying that the Commander of the Faithful is Allah (majestic is His praise).

[181] And from it: The Messenger of Allah (exalted is his might) said to Ali: "O Ali, Gabriel informed me concerning you of a matter by which my eye was comforted and my heart rejoiced. He said: 'O Muhammad, indeed Allah said to me: Convey peace from Us to Muhammad,