What is your opinion regarding the claim that the Commander of the Faithful (PBUH) failed? Is whoever saying…

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In the name of Allah: It should be known that failing means that a person wants to do or get something, but he could not. However, Imam Ali's (PBUH) aim was not to spread his territory and overwhelm the fortunes of the world. Rather, he wanted to display the real and bright face of Islam which was away from people's minds because of the mistakes of some other rulers who preceded him (PBUH), and followed the Messenger (PBUH). Imam Ali (PBUH) succeeded in that and he expressed that himself. If his (PBUH) losing the authority is a failure, then it could be said the same for the Messenger (PBUH&HF) because the Messenger (PBUH&HF) insisted on Ali's Authority after him, but that never happened. Furthermore, Allah (SWT) says "I only created Jinn and human to worship", but this did not happen either. Now, can anybody say that Allah failed (may Allah forbid)? This is because His aim is not getting worship acts from his worshippers in fact, but to pave the way for them to reach it and that what happened. There is no power, but from Allah the Almighty.