and inform him that Ali is the Imam of guidance, the lamp in the darkness, and the proof over the people of the world. For he is the Greatest Truthful One (al-Siddiq al-Akbar) and the Supreme Distinguisher (al-Faruq al-A'zam). And I have sworn by My might that I will not enter into the Fire anyone who pledges allegiance to him, and I will not enter into Paradise whoever abandons his allegiance (wilayah) and submission to him.'"

[182] And from it: The Prophet (exalted is his might) said concerning him, meaning our Master: "No veil veils him from Allah, and he is the secret and the veil. Thus, the veil is a divine light and a lordly secret, and its attachment to this body is incidental ('aridi)."

And its evidence is the Almighty's saying: "And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord." And the light of the Lord is the Imam, by whose light the darknesses are dispelled and the rest of the world is illuminated.