Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

'Ali ibn Abi Tiilib 447
(Say 10 Muhammad to polytheists, pagans]: Who gives you
provision from the heavens and the earth?b (Qur'an 34: 24)
(So seek your provision from Allah [Alone], and worship Him
[Alone], and be grateful to Him.) (Qur'an 29: 17)
So Allah is unique in His dominion, provision and control, and He
has no partner in that.651
3.4.6. Their belief that natural phenomena
can be attributed to the Imams
It was narrated that Samii'ah ibn Mahrh said: "I was with Abn
Abdullah, and there was thunder and lightning. Abu Abdullah said:
'Whatever happens of thunder and lightning, it is because of the
command of your companion.' I said: 'Who is our companion?' He
said: 'Amir al-~u'mineen."'~~~ What he meant was that every time
there is thunder and lightning, it is by the command of 'Ali (&), not
by the command of Allah (B), the One, the Almighty. What could a
fair-minded Muslim conclude from this report, when Allah (B) says:
(It is He Who shows you the lightning, as a fear [for travellers] and as
a hope [for those who wait for rain]. And it is He Who brings up [or
originates] the clouds, heavy [with water]B (Qur'an 13: lz)? Is this not
Saba'i thought raising its ugly head in the hooks of the Twelvers? Is
this not a claim of divinity for 'Ali (&), or at least a claim that he has
a share in divinity? How dare al-~ajlisi, and al-Mufeed before him,
write such myths and attribute them to Ja'far?
The implications of this report cannot be unknown to people
like them, because no one believes in this or promotes it except a
heretic and one who has gone astray. It is very strange that people
base their religion on books which contain this garbage and venerate
shaykhs who openly preach this heresy. Is there no one among this
group who has reason and piety and who will denounce openly and