بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

The Holy Qur’an is a complete program of life and it contains guidance regarding all the stages of human life; therefore, it contains clear Verses and explanations about divine mastership (Wilayat) as well Wilayat denotes love and assistance; however, its variant, ‘Walayat’, denotes prudence and guardianship.

Wilayat of love and assistance means that two things due to their proximity benefit from each other from their mutual love and assistance. It is incumbent for all human beings and is also necessary between human beings and God.

Allah, the Mighty and the High has forbidden the believers to have Wilayat of love and assistance for infidels, Christians and Jews; lest they may go on to regard them as their rulers and guardians and finally become their followers and subjects.

Wilayat of love and assistance and legislative Wilayat are general Wilayats of the Almighty Allah whereas Wilayat of rulership and providential Wilayat are His special Wilayats.

Wila’ (devotion), Wilayat (mastership), Mawla (master) and Mayvalla (protege) are different forms of the same infinitive. Wali (Guardian) is one of the beautiful names of the Almighty Allah and due to the relationship of human being with God, he should become an expression of this word as was the case of divine prophets; that they became expressions of one or more beautiful names of God and consequently became capable of performing the most amazing miracles.

The book in our hands is a study of the concept of Wilayat in the light of the Holy Qur’an. It is an important work of Ayatullah Jawadi Amuli.

The original book is in Persian and it was later on translated into Urdu.

We take great pleasure in presenting the English translation of this book, so that our readers in this language may also be able to study this subject in some detail; as at present there are very few books on this subject. •

Our last supplication is that all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds and benedictions on Muhammad (S) and Aali Muhammad (‘a).

Sayyid Athar Husayn S.H. Rizvi

Ataa-e-Al-Husayn, Noor Khan Bazar

Hyderabad, India 500 024

Email: sayedathar@hotmail.com