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🔹 Verse 166 – Surah An-Nisā’ | A Qur’anic Affirmation of Divine Wilayah and Mahdawiyyah
🌙 The Noble Verse
“But Allah bears witness to what He has revealed to you. He has sent it down with His knowledge. And the angels [too] bear witness. And sufficient is Allah as a witness.”
(Surah An-Nisā’, 4:166)
📜 The Wilāyah-Based Narration
✳️ Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
“‘But Allah bears witness to what He has revealed to you’ means that Allah bears witness to what He revealed to you about Ali (peace be upon him). ‘He has sent it down with His knowledge, and the angels bear witness. And sufficient is Allah as a witness’—this revelation is grounded in divine knowledge, affirmed by the angels, and God's testimony alone suffices to establish the truth of Ali’s (a) divine authority.”
📚 Tafsīr Ahl al-Bayt (a), vol. 3, p. 530; Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 36, p. 93; al-Burhān; Nūr al-Thaqalayn; Tafsīr al-Qummī
🌟 Wilāyah and Mahdawī Insight
This verse powerfully underscores that the matter of Imam Ali’s (peace be upon him) divinely ordained leadership (wilāyah) is not merely inferred from human interpretation, but is a subject of explicit divine testimony. Allah Himself affirms what He has revealed concerning Ali (a), with the endorsement of the angels—rooted in divine knowledge and final in its authority.
According to the narration from Imam al-Sadiq (a), what Allah testifies to in this verse is the revelation of verses concerning Ali’s wilāyah. This divine testimony is a conclusive proof upon the ummah, leaving no room for denial or evasion.
🔸 From a Mahdawī perspective, this verse fortifies the line of divine leadership (wilāyah) from Imam Ali to Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon them both). Just as the beginning of this sacred path was divinely testified to, its continuation until the advent of the final divine savior remains grounded in knowledge, scripture, and celestial witness.
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🌙 The Noble Verse
“But Allah bears witness to what He has revealed to you. He has sent it down with His knowledge. And the angels [too] bear witness. And sufficient is Allah as a witness.”
(Surah An-Nisā’, 4:166)
📜 The Wilāyah-Based Narration
✳️ Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
“‘But Allah bears witness to what He has revealed to you’ means that Allah bears witness to what He revealed to you about Ali (peace be upon him). ‘He has sent it down with His knowledge, and the angels bear witness. And sufficient is Allah as a witness’—this revelation is grounded in divine knowledge, affirmed by the angels, and God's testimony alone suffices to establish the truth of Ali’s (a) divine authority.”
📚 Tafsīr Ahl al-Bayt (a), vol. 3, p. 530; Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 36, p. 93; al-Burhān; Nūr al-Thaqalayn; Tafsīr al-Qummī
🌟 Wilāyah and Mahdawī Insight
This verse powerfully underscores that the matter of Imam Ali’s (peace be upon him) divinely ordained leadership (wilāyah) is not merely inferred from human interpretation, but is a subject of explicit divine testimony. Allah Himself affirms what He has revealed concerning Ali (a), with the endorsement of the angels—rooted in divine knowledge and final in its authority.
According to the narration from Imam al-Sadiq (a), what Allah testifies to in this verse is the revelation of verses concerning Ali’s wilāyah. This divine testimony is a conclusive proof upon the ummah, leaving no room for denial or evasion.
🔸 From a Mahdawī perspective, this verse fortifies the line of divine leadership (wilāyah) from Imam Ali to Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon them both). Just as the beginning of this sacred path was divinely testified to, its continuation until the advent of the final divine savior remains grounded in knowledge, scripture, and celestial witness.
#Verse166_Nisā ✒️ #Divine_Testimony ✨ #Wilayah_of_Ali #Imamate #Line_of_Wilayah #Imam_Sadiq #Angelic_Testimony 👼 #Quran_and_Ahlulbayt 📖 #Mahdism 🌍 #Path_to_Reappearance ✊ #Truth_of_Wilayah
✅ @rahyafte_en