The ninth possesses al-Kahf—he is the one whom the Dajjal kills and who encounters Jesus, peace be upon him. The tenth possesses al-An‘am; the eleventh Ta Ha. This Pole is the Real’s delegate, exalted is He, as ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib was Muhammad’s delegate, God’s blessings and peace be upon him, in reciting Bara’a to the people of Mecca.
He had sent Abu Bakr with it, then withdrew that, saying, ‘None conveys the Qur’an from me except a man of my household.’ He summoned ‘Ali and commanded him, and he caught up with Abu Bakr. Upon reaching Mecca, Abu Bakr led the people in pilgrimage, while ‘Ali conveyed and recited Bara’a to them as the Messenger of God’s delegate, God’s blessings and peace be upon him.
This indicates the soundness of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq’s caliphate and ‘Ali’s rank, may God be pleased with both. The twelfth possesses Tabarak al-Mulk.
These are the Poles’ suras of the Qur’an. But the possessor of al-Mujadala, ‘God has heard the saying of the woman disputing with you concerning her husband and complaining to God’ [al-Mujadala 58:1], actually has al-Waqi‘a as his sura and is passionately attached to this sura. Likewise the one who possesses al-Ikhlas alone. Their Abodes are as we have mentioned.
Yet the Abodes follow the verses, who is mentioned and what is mentioned within them. Differences of excellence among verses are
