The ayah of khayr ol-bareyyah is the seventh verse of Al-Bayyina Surah of Islam's holy book, the Quran, which, according to the famous exegesis book such as Al-Mizan and Majma' al-Bayan, refers to the spiritual position of Ali ibn Abi Talib and his Shiites. The literal translation of the title is the best of creatures.
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Revelation Sunni exegesis Hakem Haskani, a Sunni scholar, quotes in the book Shawahed ol-Tanzil le-Qawaed al-Tafzil as follows:
Shia exegesis Abu Ali Fadhl ibn Hasan Tabresi, one of the Shiite scholars, in the book Majma' al-Bayan in the following of the verse of khayr ol-bareyyah, quotes from Abu'l-Qasim Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi, quoting Jabir ibn Abd Allah:
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai in the book Tafsir al-Mizan says in the following of the verse of khayr ol-bareyyah:
Naser Makarem Shirazi in the book Tafsir Nemooneh in the discussion of Ali and his Shiites, quotes as follows:
See also Verse of wilayah Obedience verse Verse of ikmal al-din Al-tabligh verse Verse of purification Verse of mawadda Imamate and guardianship of Ali ibn Abi Talib
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