[194] And from the book Al-Kawkab al-Durri, authored by Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi al-Ha'iri al-Mazandari, Al-Haydariyyah Press in Al-Najaf, and in the virtues of the Orator of Khwarizm (Akhtab Khwarizm), on the authority of Umar bin al-Khattab, who said: The Messenger of Allah (exalted is his might) said: "O Ali, you are the warner of my nation and its guide," up to his saying: "And to you belongs the Hereafter and the first [life]." The Almighty said in His decisive revelation: ["Indeed, to Us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life]."]1
[195] And from it: And from a sermon of the Messenger (exalted is his might): "Verily, he [meaning Ali] is the inheritor of every knowledge and encompasses it. Verily, he is rightly guided, correct. Verily, there is no conqueror over him, and none is aided against him," up to his saying (exalted is his might): "And whoever pledges allegiance to him, then he only pledges allegiance to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), ['The hand of Allah is over their hands.'] 2 Say what I have said, and greet Ali with the authority [emirate] of the believers, and say:




