Ali’s (ع) teacher and educator
It is narrated from Amirul-Mu’minin (ع) that the Messenger of Allah (ص) said to me:
ِإنَّ اللهَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ اُدْنِيَكَ وَلَا اُقْصِيَكَ وَأَنْ اُعَلِّمَكَ، وَأَنْ تَعِيَ وَحَقٌّ لَكَ أَنْ تَعِيَ
قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَهُ: ﴿وَتَعِيهَا اُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ ﴾
"God has commanded me to bring you close to me and not to put you away, and to teach you so that you become knowledgeable, and you are worthy of learning and possessing (knowledge).
He said: Then, this verse was revealed: “And that conscious ears become aware of it.
[1] Sura Haqqah, verse 12.
[2] Abu Na'im Esfahani, Hilyatul Auliya, V. 1, page 67; Muttaqi Hindi, Kanz al-Ummal, V.13, page 135-136 and similar to it in Tafsir-e-Tabari 35/29. Also, in Durr al-Manthur in the interpretation of verse 12 of Sura Haqqah (Suyuti, V.6, p.260) Asbab al-Nuzul, Wahidi (page 294); Manaqib (Ibn Maghazali, page 249); Lubab an-Nuqul (Suyuti, page 201); and refer to Al-Kashshaaf, Zamakhshari, (V.4, p.600); Ar-Ruh al-Ma’ani, (Alusi, V.15, p.50); Maj’mah al-Zawaid (Haythami, V.1, p.131); Muttaqi Hindi, Kanz al-Ummal, V.13, page 135-136, 177; Refer to Hakim al-Haskani, Shawahid al-Tanzil, V.2, page 363-375; Ibn Asaker, Tarikh Madinah-Damishq, V.42, page 361.
