مَعاشِرَ النّاسِ، هذا عَلِيٌّ أَخي وَوَصِيّي وَواعي عِلْمي،

وخَليفَتي في أُمَّتي عَلى مَنْ آمَنَ بي وَعَلى تَفْسيرِ كِتابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وجَلَّ

وَالدّاعي إلَيْهِ وَالْعامِلُ بِما يَرْضاهُ وَالْمُحارِبُ لاَِعْدائِهِ وَالْمُوالي عَلى طاعَتِهِ وَالنّاهي عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِهِ.

إنَّهُ خَليفَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ وَأَميرُالْمُؤْمِنينَ وَالإمامُ الْهادي مِنَ اللهِ،

وَقاتِلُ النّاكِثينَ وَالْقاسِطينَ وَالْمارِقينَ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ. يَقُولُ اللهُ: (ما يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَّ)

O people! This is Ali, my Brother, wasi (executor), the one who comprehends my knowledge, and my successor over my nation, over everyone who believes in me. He is the one entrusted with explaining the Book of Allah, the most Exalted One, the Sublime, and the one who invites people to His path. He is the one who does whatever pleases Him, fighting His enemies, befriending His friends who obey Him, prohibiting disobedience to Him. He is the successor of the Messenger of Allah and Amir al-Mu'minin (Commander of the Faithful), the man assigned by Allah to guide others, killer of the Nakithun and Qasitun and Mariqun by the command of Allah. Allah says, "My Word shall not be changed,"

part of Ghadir Sermon