شيخ طوسى رحمة اللّٰه عليه باسناد خود از حضرت باقر و آن جناب از پدر و از جدش نقل كرد كه پيامبر اكرم صلّى اللّٰه عليه و آله بعلى عليه السّلام) فرمود توئى آن كس كه خداوند احتجاج كرد بوسيله تو در ابتداى آفرينش انسانها وقتى كه آنها را بصورت شبح در آورد، بايشان فرمود من پروردگار شما نيستم؟. گفتند چرا. فرمود: محمّد رسول خدا است گفتند: آرى گفت على امير المؤمنين است؟ تمام مردم از روى تكبر و عناد اين مطلب را رد كردند مگر گروه كمى كه بسيار كمند آنها و هم ايشان اصحاب يمين هستند.
And it is reported by the sheykh Al Tusi, by his chain from Jabir, ‘From Abu Ja’far , from his father , from his grandfather : ‘Rasool-Allah said to Ali : ‘You are the one who Allah Argued the creatures by in the beginning when He Stood them as resemblances. He Said to them: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, ‘Yes, we testify’ . He Said: “And Muhammad is My Rasool ?” They said, ‘Yes’. He Said: “And Ali is Emir of the Momineen?” The creatures refused, all of them in their entirety only out of arrogance, and they revolted from your Wilayah, except for a small number, and they were few of the few, and they are companions of the right’’.