Abu Turab


Abu Turab or Father of Soil, is a title attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Sunni
Caliph and first Shia Imam. According to narrations the title was given to Ali by Muhammad, when he found Ali sleeping while covered with soil.
Abu Turab means "Father of Soil". There is a verse in Quran that says,' Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!" '
Some scholars has interpreted this verse by that tradition and also another tradition in which Muhammad has said, 'Ali and I are the father of this People.'