Among the divine secrets of the attractiveness of the Commander of the Faithful, ʿAli ibn Abi Talib (a), is his (magnanimity), the breadth of his heart, the extent of his sympathy, the depth of his tenderness, the gentleness of his compassion, and the splendor of his outlook and of his treatment of all the human beings around him. To such a degree that some have exploited it to lay the groundwork for a watering-down of religion and for stripping it of its sense of mission, like the modernists.
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And some have concealed it in order to exercise their violence and their domination over people, like the extremists.
And some have tried to distort it out of hatred and rancor, like the opponents.
That is why all of these fear the equation of (the blending of broad magnanimity with an all-embracing sense of mission) in the personality of Imam ʿAli (a); they fear even mere talk about it and its bare historical narration.
Because this magnanimity is one of the secrets of his supreme attractiveness.
And this is one of the points of challenge.. Can they speak about Imam ʿAli (a) impartially and without analysis?
