 When you're coming to ask the question, I have many people asking this question. I want you to show me Imamah, show me it textually, show me it from the Qur'an. Which part of Imamah did you want to see from the Qur'an? It's like a person saying to me, show me the whole understanding of prophethood in one ayah of the Holy Qur'an. Which part of prophethood do you want to understand? The mission of prophets, the infallibility of prophets, the knowledge of prophets. Because I can't find you an ayah in the Holy Qur'an, which gives me the understanding of the whole of prophethood in one. There's no ayah which says, Al-Nabi, Al-Alam, Al-Masum, Al-Alam Al Ghayt. There's no ayah which tells me every single function or definition of Nabua. When I come there for understanding Imamah from the Holy Qur'an, which part of Imamah do you want me to explain to you? Imamah as a position which a prophet of Allah reached as his highest position, I can show you that. For example, in chapter 2, verse 1, 2, 4, when Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says to Nabi Ibrahim, after Nabi Ibrahim was a Nabi, a Rasul reached the level of Khalil, prophet, messenger, friend of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, high station, then Imamah. He said, I have made you an Imam for the people. It shows that while he was a Nabi and a Rasul, Allah told him there's another station, a high station, and that is the station of being an Imam for the people as well, a leader for the people as well. One who's wholeheartedly sacrificing himself to guide people spiritually and politically and has the knowledge to be able to guide the people in all of their affairs. Now, that's one aspect of Imamah, that it's an extremely high station, which the prophets of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, not all of them, but you found that for example, the Ulil Azim prophets, they reached that station of Imamah. You see the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, Khatim al-Nabi'een, he is. Khatim al-Mursaleen, he is. Do we agree? Yes. No one's ever called him Khatim al-A'imah. The Seal of the Prophets, we've heard him being called the Seal of the Prophets many times. When it comes to, for example, something like the Seal of the Messengers, we've heard that as well. When it comes to, for example, the Seal of the Imams, never heard that. Sayyid al-A'imah, yes. But when it comes to Seal of the Imams, is that an indication that there were Imams after? Let's leave it at that. Firstly, you have Nabi Ibrahim reaching the high stage of Imamah. Number two, that Allah SWT chooses an Imam on Earth. I'm not saying anything to do with the 12 Imams. I'm saying, Imamah, that Allah SWT designates an Imam, that it's a high position that prophets reach. Allah SWT in the Quran mentions, I'm appointing you as an Imam or Ibrahim for the people. Number three, likewise, those whose obedience is the same as the obedience of Rasul Allah SWT. That is an extremely high level to reach. Many times in the Quran, we hear the ayah, O you who believe, obey Allah, obey the prophet, how many times? Number of times, obey Allah, obey the prophet, obey Allah, obey the prophet. In Surah 4, verse 59, Allah SWT asks that the obedience is extended. Hold on, Islam finishes with the Prophet Muhammad. Peace be upon him and his family. Islam ends with Rasul Allah SWT. Khatim of the Nabiyeen, khatim of the Mursaleen. But hold on. Islam ends with the Holy Prophet, peace be upon his family. Why in Surah 4, verse 59 does Allah say, O you who believe, obey Allah, obey the prophet, obey Allah SWT. Obey Allah, we all agree, we obey Allah SWT. Obey the prophet, peace be upon his family. Islam finishes with the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon his family. And obey those in authority from amongst you. Question, who explains to me this verse? What did we say earlier? Anas bin Malik, Abu Huraira, Aisha, Abdullah bin Omar. I have no interest in their explanation from now, until someone puts me six feet under the ground. I will never, ever, ever, never have an interest in their explanation. My prophet said to me that he leaves behind two weighty things, hold on to them, and you'll never go astray. The Quran and my Ahl al-Bayt, do you agree? Of course. This Sahih Muslim is not just in our works of literature. I'm quoting Muslim for polemical reasons, otherwise it's not authority for me. The Holy Prophet, peace be upon his family, says to me, hold on, Quran al-Bayt. When I go to Surah 4, verse 59 of the Holy Quran, when Imam al-Baq and Imam al-Sadaq, explain this ayah of the Quran, I don't think anyone can doubt their knowledge, whether you're Sunni or Shia, there is no doubting the knowledge of Imam al-Baq and Imam al-Sadaq, peace be upon him and his family. They said that this refers to us, the Imams of Al-Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family. That Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala has made our obedience obligatory, in the same way as he made obligatory, the obedience of Rasulullah, of Rasulullah, peace be upon him and his family. You find therefore that obeying and believing and following the Imams is a connection to obeying, following and believing in the Holy Prophet, peace be upon his family. And that obedience to them is obligatory.