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Ali's
piety
When Ali offered his prayers he
was frequently observed to be in a strange physical condition.
When asked to account for the pallor of his face and the way in
which his body trembled he replied, "I present myself to the
Almighty to render an account of the various obligations that
devolve on me and I do not know whether I have discharged them
dutifully by protecting the defenseless and aiding the oppressed."
His humility before God was one of the reasons why he was regarded
as a saint of saints. Another factor which made him exceptionally
pious was the important part which he assigned to prayer in his
daily life.
One day when the Holy Prophet was
sleeping with his head in Ali's lap, the time of "Asr" (afternoon
prayers) had passed. Informed by Divine revelation that he had
caused Ali to miss his prayers; the Holy Prophet said, "Verily,
Ali was busy in the service of God and His Apostle. O Lord!
Command Thy sun not to set yet and to come back into the world
again so as to enable Ali to perform his prayers." The Sun
re-appeared forthwith until Ali had finished his prayers.
In one of his many battles Ali is
said to have been pierced by the head of an arrow, which could not
be extracted and which caused him great pain for many months. One
day, he was holding communion with God, he went into a state of
reverie and on emerging from this trance he found that the head of
the arrow had conic out of its own accord, through the
intercession of Divine Favors.
Because Ali was considered to be
the most pious and most holy of all the believers in faith, the
people also began to feel that God must have rewarded him by
granting him the power to perform miracles. Tales abound of
miraculous happenings. A withered tree grew again at Ali's touch;
pebbles turned into pieces of gold at his command, so that a
believer in faith could find money to pay back a Jewish usurer;
Ali was gifted with divine qualities.
