SERMON 2

SERMON 2 

Delivered on return from Siffin 
Arabia before legal announcement of Predictor of the futurehood I praise Allah looking (for)completion of His Blessing, submitting to His Glory and expecting safety from committing His sins. I call for/use His help being in need of His Good amount (of protection). He whom He guides does not get away from what's right, He with whom He is hateful gets no protection. He whom He supports does not remain needy. Praise is most serious of all that is weighed and the most valuable of all that is treasured. 
I stand witness that there is no god but Allah the One. He has no like. My statements (in court)has been tested in its honesty, and its essence is our belief. We will cling to it for ever till we live and will store it facing the troubles that overtake us because it is the foundation stone of Belief (iman) and the first step towards good actions and Divine pleasure. It is the means to keep Satan away. 
I also stand witness that Muhammad (p.b.u.h.a.h.p.) is His slave and His Predictor of the future. Allah sent him with the respected and admired religion, effective symbol, written Book,(1) shining beautifully light, sparkling shine and clear legal order in order to drive away doubts, present clear proofs, administer warning through signs and to warn of punishments. At that time people had fallen in bad behaviors/crimes whereby the rope of religion had been broken, the pillars of belief had been shaken, principles had been sind, system had become topsy turvy, openings were narrow, passage was dark, guidance was unknown and darkness won. 
Allah was being disobeyed, Satan was given support and Belief had been abandoned. As a result the pillars of religion fell down, its traces could not be seen, its passages had been destroyed and its streets had fallen into decay. People obeyed Satan and treaded his paths. They searched for/tried to get water from his watering places. Through them Satan's symbols got flying and his standard was raised in bad behaviors/crimes which stepped all over the people under their hoofs, and treaded upon them with their feet. The bad behaviors/crimes stood on their toes (in full height) and the people surrounded by them were accidentally moved/went (away from what's right and good), confused, (having no knowledge) and flirted-with like in a good house(2) with bad neighbours. Instead of sleep they had wakefulness and for (metallic element) they had tears in the eyes. They were in a land where the learned were in bridle (keeping their mouths shut) while the (having no knowledge) were honored. 
In the same religious speech Prince/governor al-mu'minin referred to Al an-Nabi (the Household of the Holy Predictor of the future) as under: 
They are the trustees of His secrets, shelter for His affairs, source of knowledge about Him, centre of His wisdom, valleys for His books and mountains of His religion. With them Allah straightened the bend of religion's back and removed the shaking (with fear or emotion) of its limbs. 
In the same Religious speech he spoke about the people who don't follow their own rules 
They sowed bad behaviors/crimes, watered them with lie/lying and harvested destruction. 
(Alu Muhammad) 
None in the Islamic community can be taken at par with the Child/outcome(3) of the Predictor of the future (Alu Muhammad). One who was under their obligation cannot be matched with them. They are the foundation of religion and pillar of Belief. The forward runner has to turn back to them while the follower has to overtake them. They possess the chief characteristics for vicegerency. In their favour exists the will and succession (of the Predictor of the future). This is the time when right has returned to its owner and diverted to its centre of return. 
(1). The Preserved Record. (2). Good House means 'Mecca' while the bad neighbours mean the 'Unbelievers of Quraysh.' (3). About the Child/outcome of the Predictor of the futurePrince/governor al-mu'minin has said that no person in the world can be brought at par with them, nor can any one be thought of/considered their equal in greatness, because the world is overladen with their obligations and has been able to get never-ending blessings only through their guidance. They are the corner stone and foundation of religion and the food for its life and survival. They are such strong pillars of knowledge and belief that they can turn away the stormy flow of doubt and suspicion. They are such middle course among the paths of excess and backwardness that if some one goes far towards excess and exaggeration or falls behind then unless he comes back or steps forward to that middle course he cannot be on the path of Islam. They possess all the characteristics which give the superiority in the right for vicegerency and leadership. (as a result), no one else in the ummah enjoys the right of (the money, and other help, given to a person or organization) and guardianship. That is why the Predictor of the futuredeclared them his vicegerents and (people or things that come after something else). About will and succession the (person who gives his/her opinion) Ibn Abi'l-Hadid Mu`tazili writes that there can be no doubt about the vicegerency of Prince/governor al-mu'minin but succession cannotsuggest succession in position although the Shi`ite religious group has so interpreted it. It ratherhints series of learning. Now, if according to him succession is taken to suggest succession in learning even he does not seem to succeed in (completing things/reaching goals) his object, because even by this interpretation the right of coming after the Predictor of the future does notbreak down on any other person. When it is agreed that learning is the most extremely important needed thing of khilafah (important Muslim religious leaderate) because the most important functions of the Predictor of the future's Important Muslim religious leader consist of dispensation of justice, solving problems of religious laws, clearing up details and managementof religious penalties. If these functions are taken away from the Predictor of the future's deputy his position will come down to that of a worldly ruler. He cannot be thought of as the spin aroundof religious authority. Therefore either we should keep governmental authority separate fromPredictor of the future's vicegerency or accept the (person or thing that comes after something else) of Predictor of the future's knowledge to suit that position. The interpretation of Ibn Abi'l-Hadid could be acceptable if Prince/governor al-mu'minin had spoken this sentence alone, butwatching/following that it was spoken soon after `Ali's (p.b.u.h.) recognition as Important Muslim religious leader and just after it the sentence "Right has returned to its owner" exists, this interpretation of his seems (without a good reason). Rather, the Predictor of the future's will cannot suggest any other will except that for vicegerency and important Muslim religious leaderate, and succession would suggest not succession in property nor in knowledge because this was not an occasion to talk about it here but it must mean the succession in the right leadership which stood proved as from Allah not only on the ground of family relationship but on the ground of qualities of perfection.