What is the validity of the Rawafid's argument using the noble verse: (And [mention] when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. He [Allah] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And among my descendants?" [Allah] said, "My covenant does not extend to the wrongdoers") as proof of the Imamate of our master Ali ibn Abi Talib?

Some people of misguidance claim that the verse: {My covenant does not extend to the wrongdoers} [2:124] means that the three Caliphs - Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman - are not worthy of the Imamate because they were disbelievers before Islam, unlike Ali, who was young.

This is refuted by the following:

1. Islam erases what preceded it of disbelief and sins, as stated in the verse: {Say to those who disbelieve, if they cease, what has passed will be forgiven them} [8:38].

2. The best of generations is the first, and most of them embraced Islam after disbelief, yet they are superior to those who were born into Islam.

3. Before the prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), no one in Quraysh was a believer, including the three Caliphs and Ali. The disbelief of a child is not like the disbelief of an adult, nor is his faith like the faith of an adult.

4. Names of dispraise in the Quran, such as "disbelief" and "wrongdoing," apply only to those who persist in them. Whoever repents and becomes just is encompassed by names of praise. So, if a person was a wrongdoer and then repented, the covenant applies to him.

5. Whoever says that a Muslim, after having believed, is a disbeliever, is himself a disbeliever by the consensus of Muslims.

6. Allah said to Moses: {Indeed, the messengers do not fear in My presence Except for whoever has wronged, then replaced evil with good, then indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful} [27:10-11].

7. The Quran informed that mankind in general is unjust and ignorant, and it exempted from punishment whoever repented, which indicates the acceptance of the wrongdoer's repentance.