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               32  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (31): 27-67, Summer 2022
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               find the right path, because           (Raqib      Isfahani,    2004:
               indisputable  obedience  and           Under “Wali”)
               following to the commandments             The following verses have
               of  the  Prophet  is  the  same        this meaning:

               guidance. (Tabatabai, 1996,               - “Allah is the Protector
               Vol. 8: 284)                              of those who have faith”.
                  God  in  this  verse  said             (Quran, 3: 68)
               that  the  hope  of  entering             - “That is because Allah

               the  right  path  is  subject  to         is the Protector of those
               the  indisputable  obedience              who  believe”.  (Quran,
               to the Prophet's commandments             47: 11)

               to  make  the  people  aware              Allamah  Tabatabai  has
               that  if  they  acknowledge            interpreted  the  following
               the  prophets,  but  does  not         verse and said: “Your (real)

               follow his orders, undoubtedly         friends  are  (no  less  than)
               they go astray. (Ibn Ajibah,           Allah,  His  Messenger,  and
               2005, Vol. 2: 271)                     the (fellowship of) believers”;

                  “Wilayat”  also  means              (Quran,  5:  55)  The  above
               governing and charging the             verse expresses the absolute
               affairs  of  subordinates.             Wilayat of the Prophets just
                 )Jawhari, 2016, Vol. 1: 201)         as  the  following  verse:

               “Wali”  and  “Mawla”  are              “The  Prophets  is  closer  to
               used  in  this  sense.  God  is        the  Believers  than  their
               said  to  be  the  “Wali”  and         own selves”. (Quran, 33: 6)

               guardian  of  the  believers.
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