[1] According to narrations from Shiite sources, this call was raised in the battle of Uhud when Ali’s (a.s.) sword broke up and Gabriel brought the Zulfiqar and chanted this call.

[2] Kharazmi, Al-Manaqib, page 167; Ibn Asaker, Tarikh Madinah-Damishq, V.42, page 71; Ibn Hisham, Seerat un-Nabawiyah, V.2, page 100; Sibt ibn Jauzi, Tazkirat al-Khawas, page 33. In this book, it is narrated that Hassan ibn Thabit (poet of the Prophet) asked the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) for permission to compose a poem in this regard. The Prophet allowed and he composed a poem, translation of which is as follows:

Gabriel cried out openly while he could not be seen; and the Muslims made a circle around the Prophet; there isn’t any sword but Zulfiqar and there isn’t any valiant man but Ali.