327.
1. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): We are the bearers of authority from
God and we are the treasurers of the knowledge of God and the centres
of revelations from God
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328.
2. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p): By God! We are the treasurers of
God on earth and in the heavens; not of gold and silver but of His
knowledge.
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5. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): Verily, God is One with the Oneness of
Absolute Unity and totally independent in establishing His order.
He brought the creations into existence and established that order.
We are the proofs of (the existence of) God among His servants and
we are the custodians of His knowledge and are firmly established
in this status.