Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

436 'Ali's attitude towards the Kharijites and Shia
then AUah has forbidden paradise to him, and the fire will be his
abode.) (Qur'an 5: 72)
$Verily, Allah forgives not that patners should be set up with Him
[in worship], but He forgives except that [anything else] to whom He
wills.) (Qur'an 4: 48)
Everything that we have mentioned here of the exaggerations
of the Shia is proven false by the verses of the Qur'an. Allah (a&)
says: &rely, those who believe [in the Oneness of Allah, in His
Messenger Muhammad and all that was revealed to him from Allah],
and those who are the Jews and the Sabians and the Christians, -
whosoever believed in Allah and the Last Day, and worked
righteousness, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.)
(Qur'an 5: 69)
The Shia claim that belief in the twelve Imams is more
important than prayer and the other pillars of Islam, but prayer is
mentioned in more than eighty places in the Qur'an, while their belief
in imamate is not mentioned even once. Did Allah want to misguide
His slaves? Did He not explain to them the way to reach Him? Glory
be to You (0 Allah)! This is a great lie.612
{And Allah will never lead a people astray, after He has guided them,
until He makes clear to them as to what they should avoid.)
(Qur'an 9: 115)
Among their reports are some that contradict what they said,
but their misinterpretation and concept of taqiyyah led to the burying
alive of these fair and moderate texts. We mention this so that the
wise person may learn a lesson, the heedless person may pay
attention, and the sleeper may wake up, and so as to establish proof
against the stubborn from their own books and point out the
contradictions in their own texts. It says in Tafseer al-Furit that 'Ali
ibn Abi Taib (&) said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (g)
say: "When the verse, BSay [O Muhammad]: No reward do I ask of