Imamate (Divinely Appointed Leadership) is a very high position, and it is only Allah who can decide who is qualified for it. And if the Prophet Muhammad (S) announced to the people that the Twelve Imams are the leaders, or that the Ahlul Bayt are the people that we must refer to, or in that Imam Ali is his successor, it was only because he was asked...
Whoever desires (Al-Izzah) honor, power and glory in this world and the next, let him...
...But then, he became the object of Divine trials - not for having committed any sin...
O God, settle not accounts with me for what I have committed, make no reckoning ...
The religion which can fulfill the needs of mankind must have the following qualities...