[Pooya/Ali Commentary 13:38] The messengers of Allah were human beings but they acted exactly as they were directed by the divine commands.

(42) Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity and power is a pageant, but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in fame, unlimited in space, and infinite in duration. In the performance of its sacred offices it fears no danger, spares no expense, looks in the volcano, dives into the ocean, perforates the earth, wings its flight into the sky, explores the sea and land, contemplates the distance, examines the minute, comprehends the great, ascends to the sublime, no place too remote from its grasp, no height too exalted for its reach. This is so far as worldly knowledge is concerned, certainty of which is unknown and when one is Divinely inspired as Ali as per Text (42) above authoritatively certified as a Gate of Knowledge to its City, is there anything to be doubted on justice and truth of his actions? When he is reported to have rooted out the Gate of Khaibar believed to be handled by 40 men at a time, talked, lying on earth, with the Prophet in ascension, viewing all what transpired between him and God, fought with spirits into the will until he vanquished them, and converted them to Islam, averted the sun from setting until completion of his prayers, enlivened the dead to talk with him and about whose sword’s stroke, on the day of the Battle of Khandduk (trench) was estimated as surpassing joint prayers of man and spirit, until Dooms Day by the Prophet. His entire knowledge was power in action based on justice and truth Though Joseph’s brothers plotted against him for which they did penance later, they did not transform the faith of Islam, on which followed so many sects developing their cults, fabricating traditions and interpreting the Text on their mental misgivings when the Prophet had distinctly remarked his legal successors, that is, his immaculate family shall not separate from the Text. This is association on their part and an unpardonable sin. It is simply ignorant to judge His Divine Lights, heavenly born, on the same standards as earthly born creatures. it was heat of jealousy and anger which had blinded their reason to esteem Divine Lights at their true worth, like Ferro magnates due to resistance by heat, they could not any more retain in them magnetism of faith in spite of the Prophet’s company, which consisted of: 1. Spiritual beings in his immaculate family, 2. Seekers of knowledge ready to lay down their lives (as martyrs on the battlefield of Uhud), Badr, Mutta, 3. Lastly, neither learned nor desirous of learning like sheep, who did not acquire any light of guidance. Moving in the Prophet’s society they disliked men like Ali (Divine Light) who in the Prophet’s words was personified “faith” and “truth.” They were displeased with death and hence fled from the battles of Uhud and Hunain, Khaibar, etc. extremely greedy of power and pelf (frailty), relying on Divine forgiveness, without owning fealty to God and (Love to Immaculate House of his authorized successors). In spite of prayers, pride had not parted with them, fasts had not rendered them sincere, they performed pilgrimage, adopting cult, of their own will, setting at naught. Divine Will in the Prophet’s instructions, participated in crusade simply to gain booty and win public opinion, transgressed religious limits, profaning its sacredness, preached by author of Islam, allusion to which is frequent in the text.