hadith
4889
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed doubt was only named ‘shubha because it resembles the truth. As for the close friends of Allah, their illumination in it is [their] certitude and the direction of the right path is [itself] their guide; while the enemies of Allah are called towards it (doubt) by their misguidance and their guide is blindness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما سُمِّيَتْ الشُّبْهَةُ شُبْهَةً لأنَّها تُشْبِهُ الْحَقَّ فَأمّا أوْلِياءُ اللّهِ فَضِيائُهُمْ فيها اليَقينُ وَ دَليلُهُمْ سَمْتُ الهُدى وَ أمّا أعْداءُ اللّهِ فَدَعاؤُهُمْ(فَدَعاهُمْ) إلَيْهَا الضَّلالُ وَ دَليلُهُمْ العَمى
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