Note 412 — THE BOOK OF THE MESNEVĪ (continued 4)
James W. (James William) Redhouse translation
Muhammed is reported to have declared: “I am the City of Science, and ‘Alī is the Portal thereof;” alluding to the heavenly secrets he had intrusted to the latter, for communication to the worthy. See Anecdotes, chap, iii., No. 79.