with them—then went on to prefer him over them, place him in authority over them, argue against them on his behalf, wrong them, and assign their rights to him through rational analogy. It exalted him by virtue of the Messenger’s daughter—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and his bond with the Chaste One—may Allah be pleased with her. Then it proceeded to equate him with the Chosen One—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and make him a sharer in heavenly revelation. It then declared that Gabriel had erred in his descent, thereby freeing the community from the need for prophethood and making it dependent upon ‘Alī—may Allah be pleased with him. Then it claimed divinity for him, and then claimed it