and Allah enabled them to conquer Khaybar. He then returned and sent his envoys to the rulers: Chosroes, Caesar, al-Muqawqis, and the Arab rulers in Syria, Yemen, al-Yamāmah, and the East. What is known among the scholars, however, is that ‘Alī tore out the gate of Khaybar.
The claim that Dhū al-Fiqār descended from heaven is a lie. As explained earlier, it was one of Abū Jahl’s swords, which the Muslims took from him as spoils on the day of Badr. As for ‘Alī, his father gave him this name before Allah sent Muhammad as a prophet and before anyone, whether man or boy, had acquired the status of a Muslim.
As for the claim that “he was Moses’ staff, Noah’s ark, and Solomon’s ring,” no rational person who understands what he is saying would utter this. It resembles the speech of madmen more than that of rational people. Only someone profoundly ignorant would intend this as praise of ‘Alī. For ‘Alī, and even those Companions below him in rank, are more honourable in Allah’s sight than these inanimate objects. Although the staff was a sign granted to Moses, not everything that served as a miracle for a prophet is superior to the believers. Rather, the believers are superior to the birds that the Messiah would fashion from clay and breathe into, so that they became birds by Allah’s permission. They are also superior to the locusts, lice, frogs, and blood that served as signs for Moses; superior to the staff and the serpent; and superior to Sālih’s she-camel. Whoever thinks that he is praising ‘Alī through such lies and ignorance is as ignorant of what constitutes praise and commendation as he is of the fact that these inanimate objects were never human beings.