In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful.
Chapter Two Hundred and Seventy: Knowing the Abode of the Pole and the Two Imams, from Muhammadan Intimate Discourse
The rank of the Pole and the Imamate
is a rank possessing no sign.
One alone possesses it, exalted
above the description of wayfaring and abiding.
A yellow pallor overspreads his complexion;
upon his right cheek is a mole,
hidden, with no protrusion.
May God support him with well-being.
God crowned him with lofty things
in the world of command at the Resurrection.
Know—may God support you through a spirit from Him—that four prophets, God’s blessings upon them, realized this Abode: Muhammad, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac, peace be upon them.
Two friends of God did so: al-Hasan and al-Husayn, the Messenger of God’s two grandsons, God bless him and grant him peace. Those other than the ones mentioned have a known draught from it according to their rank of Imamate.
(The Names of the Poles and the Two Imams)
Know that when the Poles and the righteous are named with known names, there they are called only through servanthood to the name that takes charge of them.
