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(en) Meir M. Bar-Asher, « NOṢAYRIS », sur Encyclopædia Iranica : « Moreover, in addition to its incarnation in a series of triads throughout history, the divinity also materializes in the first eleven Imams of Twelver Shiʿism, beginning with ʿAli and ending with Ḥasan al-ʿAskari. »
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(en) « THEY QUOTE QUR'AN AGAINST HADITH » : « `Ali said: "Do not curse the people of Syria, for among them are the Substitutes (al-abdal), but curse their injustice. »
