Fariqain Commentators Views on the Case of " a Mighty Kingdom"

God, the Exalted, in verses including 54 of Nisa` remembers the Divine bounty bestowed upon the family of Ibrahim (a) mercifully and refers to it as the Book, Al-Hikmah and a mighty kingdom. Fariqain Commentators, not being in agreement in the field, have mentioned various cases for mighty.
kingdom as is the case in Sunni traditions; while Shiite traditions are in agreement with regard to meaning of a mighty kingdom. The paper studies Fariqain commentators` views and traditions in the field and, finally regarding all pertaining verses and traditions, concluded that Imamate and, in other words, natural guardianship is what is meant by mighty kingdom in the verse.