["Alif, Lam, Meem. * That is the Book, no doubt is in it, a guidance for the righteous. * Those who believe in the unseen, and establish the prayer, and from what We have provided them, they spend."] 1 So he said: The righteous are the Shia of Ali, and the unseen is the absent Imam.
[209] And from it: And it has been narrated on the authority of Musa bin Jafar (exalted is his might), that they said concerning the Almighty's saying: ["Say, 'Sufficient is Allah as a witness between me and you, and whoever has the knowledge of the Book'"] 2 - he is Ali bin Abi Talib.
[210] And in Al-Manaqib on the authority of Muhammad Al-Baqir and Jafar Al-Sadiq (exalted is his might), they said: The straight path is the Imam, and "do not follow the paths," meaning other than the Imam, "lest they scatter you from His path," and we are His path.
[211] And from it: And in Al-Manaqib on the authority of Ali bin Al-Husayn, he said: Indeed Allah completed the trust, and it is the light, and that is the Almighty's saying: