Ali - THE
MIRACLE OF MOHAMMAD (S)
ALI THE MAGNIFICENT,
ALI THE MOST LEARNED,
ALI THE BRAVE,
ALI THE GATEWAY OF THE CITY OF KNOWLEDGE,
ALI THE LION OF GOD,
ALI THE GUIDE OF THE PIOUS,
ALI THE CHOSEN ONE OF GOD.
ALI THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL,
ALI THE MANIFESTER OF WONDERS,
ALI THE CHARITABLE,
ALI THE FATHER OF ORPHANS AND THE
HELPLESS,
ALI THE PORTER,
ALI THE SPEAKER OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
ALI THE KIND,
ALI THE GENEROUS,
ALI THE BEST ADMINISTRATOR,
ALI THE MOST EQUITABLE JUDGE,
ALI THE EMBODIMENT OF FAITH,
ALI THE MANIFESTATION OF THE PERFECT MAN.
Wisdom,
knowledge, self sacrifice, altruism, humility, modesty, courtesy, kindness,
mercy, justness, liberality, generosity, bravery, magnanimity, benevolence,
beneficence, love of freedom, respect for humanity, mercy towards his enemies
and in the words of the famous Persian poet Roomi "In bravery you are the
Lion of God. In generosity who indeed knows what you are". His portrait
hanged on the walls of the non Muslim rulers of Rome. His name the brave
soldiers inscribed
on their swords. The songs of whose valour and gallantry are sung even by his
enemies. Whose memory the wrestlers invoke when they enter the arena. Ali
(A.S.) about whose perfection there has been an unanimity of opinion,
irrespective of the position, or profession of the opinionist, be he a judge, a
ruler or a historian.
WHO IS THIS
ALI?
About whom the
famous Christian historians, like Thomas Carlyle, Polos Salmah, George Gordon,
John J. Pool, Oelsnar, Osborn, Gibbon, Gabriel Enkiri, Khalil Jibran, Michael
Naimi, George Jurdaq, Washington Irving, Macdonald Ebron, Macolme and others,
and Muslim historians like Zaid Ibne Waheb Johney, (1st century A.H.), Abdul
Hameed Bin Yahya (132 A.H.), Ibnul Moqufa (142 A.H.), Jahiz-e-Usmani, Ibne
Nadeem Husham Ibne Saeed Kalbee (146 A.H.), Abu Usman, Omari Bin Baharul Jahiz
(255 A.H.), Ibne Qotayba-e-Dayanoori (280 A.H.), Abul Abbas Almobard (286
A.H.), Ibne Jurair Tabari (310 A.H.), Abu Mohammad Hasan Ibne Ali Ibne Shobae
Halbi (320 A.H.), Ibne Wareed (321 A.H.), Ibne Abd Rabbeh (328 A.H.), Siqatul
Islam Kulayni (329 A.H.), Ali Ibne Mohammad Ibn Abdullah-e-Madani (356 A.H.),
Masoodi (346 A.H.), Abul Faraj Isfahani (356 A.H.), Abul Ali Qauli (356 A.H.),
Sheikh Sadooq (381 A.H.), Sheikh Mufeed (413 A.H.), Syed Razi (420 A.H.),
Sheikhul Taifa Abu Jafar Mohammad Ibne Hasan-e-Toosi (460 A.H.), Abu Sadaat
Mubarak Majoddin, Ibne Aseer (606 A.H.), Allama Sheikh Kamaluddin Ibne Talha
Shafaee (652 A.H.), Ibne Abil Hadeed Motazali (655 A.H.), Imam Bukhari, Allama
Salahuddin Taftazanee (791 A.H.), Allama Alauddin Quoshjee (875 A.H.), Sheikh
Mohammad Abdoh (132 A.H.), Sheikh Mustafa Ghala, Ustad Mohammad Moiuddin, Ustad
Abdul Wahab Hamodah (1351 A.H.), Abdul Maseeh Anthakee, Fawad Afrun Basthani,
Imam Noodi, Ibnul Arbi, Sibte Ibne Jozi, Imam Hakim Neshapoori, Ibne Aseer,
Abdul Birr, Allama Tabrani, Hafiz Abu Noaim, Imam Soyooti, Allama Tirmizi,
Allama Mohammad Mustafa Beg, Najeeb Mohammad Kaamil Katha, Imam Ahmed Meelani,
Tabari, Alliul Muttaqi, Imam Abu Umar, Yusuf Ibne Abdul Barwaqudi, Shah Ismail
Hameini, Shah Waliullah Dehlavi, Abul Fide, Imam Hanbal, Imam Ghazali, Ibne
Shehabal
Zohari, Mohammad Ibne Ishaque Ibne Rahooya, Ibne Sabbagh-e-Maliki, Sheikh Abdul
Haq Mohaddis Dehlavi, Allama Mohammad Moin, Imam Fakhruddin Raazi, Imam Nisai,
Allama Ibne Hajar-e-Makki, Shahristani, Shibli Nomani, Allama Zamakhshari,
Justice Ameer Ali, Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan and so many others. It is also said
that a scholar of 13th century A.D. Ibn Shahrashub-al-Mazoarani had a thousand
books with the title "Munaqib" (Noble virtues) in his library all
written about Ali (A.S.).
It is
significant to note that the sources from which the material has been collected
on Ali (A.S.) or about Ali (A.S.) and his family and friends has been the
sources that were too far from them. They did not have any direct or close
relations with Ali (A.S.) or his relatives, descendants friends and their
relations. The government had so terrorized the people that nobody dared to go
near the descendants of the Prophet (S.A.W) or Ali (A.S.). Imam Bukhari who had
the privilege of living at a time when four of the greatest descendants of the
Prophet (S.A.W) viz, Imam Ali Ibne Moosa Ar Reza, Imam Mohammad Taqi, Imam Ali
Naqi and Imam Hasan Askari (peace be on them all) were living but he did not
consult them or even see them. Though it is said that he travelled throughout
the world and met each and every person who could give him some material on the
life and activities of the Prophet (S.A.W), his relatives and friends. Even the
friends of Ali (A.S.) and their descendants were prevented from taking any
information from them [Al-Fiqah by Maulana Umar Kareem]. The same attitude was
adopted by other traditionalists like Muslim, Abi Dawood, Tirmizi, Nisai and
Ibne Majah who too lived during the same period but never referred to the
Prophet (S.A.W)’s descendants. Hafiz Bin Asaakir has mentioned a list of all
such great writers who avoided meeting the family members of the Prophet
(S.A.W) and their descendants. [Minhajus Sunnah of Ibne Taimia, page 121). Even
then so much has been said of him and yet so little. His pragmatic personality
presents
a fresh hue to every one who wants to see at him and find him. Let us also
search for this serene soul, this moving spirit of Islam, this bright star in
the sky of humanity.
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