Documents of the Right Word

Qur’ân al-kerîm implies Abû Mansûr. (The chain of) Prophethood
has not come to an end yet. There are Prophets to come. Jannat
(Paradise) means the imâm (religious leader) we are to love. And
Jahannam (Hell) signifies people we must hate, e.g. Abû Bekr and
’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anhum’. Farz (overt commandments of
Islam) are people we should love. And harâms (Islam’s overt
prohibitions) are people we are to hate.”
The Hattâbiyya group are the followers of Hattâb-i-Esedî. He
was one of the disciples of Imâm-i-Ja’fer Sâdiq ‘rahmatullâhi
aleyh’. Offended by this person’s insolent behaviours, Imâm
(Ja’fer Sâdiq) dismissed him. Yet, after this Imâm’s death, he
claimed to be the new imâm. According to his followers, “Imâms
are Prophets. In fact, they are Allah’s sons. Ja’fer Sâdiq is a god.
Yet Abul-hattâb (Esedî) is superior to him and also to Alî.” They
say, “It is halâl (permissible) to bear false witness in order to
protect the friends against the enemies. Jannat (Paradise) signifies
leading a good and comfortable life in this world. And Jahannam
(Hell) means worldly troubles and cares. There is neither a
beginning nor an end of this world. There is no doomsday. Has
anyone seen Paradise or Hell? Is there anyone to say he has been
to either one of these places?” They therefore commit harâms and
disignore the farz.
The Ghurâbiyya group. They say, “Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’
resembled Alî very much. The similarity between them was much
more exact than that which is between two crows or two flies.
Allâhu ta’âlâ had ordered Jebrâîl (Gabriel) to take the Qur’ân alkerîm
to Alî. Confused by this exact similitude, Gabriel revealed
the Qur’ân al-kerîm to Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’.” For this
reason they curse Jebrâîl ‘alaihis-salâm’.
The Dhammiyya group vituperate Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’.
They say, “Alî is the God. He appointed Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’
the Prophet. Yet Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ attached
people to himself instead of (to) Alî.” Another group of them say
that Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ is the God. That is, some of them
hold Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ higher, whereas others consider
Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ higher. There is yet another group who
maintain the belief that “Muhammad, Alî, Fatima, Hasan and
Huseyn, who are in one ahl-i-abâ [overcoat], make up a unity. The
same one spirit has entered all these five people at the same time.
They have no superiority over one another. Fâtima, too, is male.”
The Yûnusiyya group are the followers of Yûnus bin Abd-ur-
Rahmân. They say, “Allah is sitting on the Arsh. Angels mounted
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