[406] Qur’ān xxi. 68, 69, alludes to this.
[407] Qur’ān ii. 22; lxvi. 6.
[408] Qur’ān ii. 58.
[409] Qur’ān ix. 130, &c.
[410] Qur’ān lxv. 2.
[411] ‘Aliyyu-’l-Murtadzā—“in whom (God) is well pleased”—is the chiefest of the titles of ‘Alī, Prince of Princes, Captain-General of Saints.
[412] Muhammed is reported to have declared: “I am the City of Science, and ‘Alī is the Portal thereof;” alluding to the heavenly secrets he had intrusted to the latter, for communication to the worthy. See Anecdotes, chap, iii., No. 79.
[413] Qur’ān cxii. 4.
[414] “Commander of the Faithful;” but “Commander of the Believers” would be more correct.
[415] Qur’ān viii. 17.