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The
revelations of the Holy Quran
were almost complete, except the
last two verses, and the Holy
Prophet had performed last Hajj
and was returning to Medina. The
Archangel Jibraeel descended
with the verse, “O Messenger,
announce that which has been
revealed to you from your Lord,
and if you do not, then you have
not conveyed His message. And
Allah will protect you from the
people. Indeed, Allah does not
guide the disbelieving people.”
Sura Ma’ida verse 67. At a place
called Ghadeer-e-Khum, which was
at the cross-road from where
roads split in different
directions. Sun was burning the
desert and the Holy Prophet
asked Bilal to recite Azaan
using “Haiyya Ala Khairil Amal”
meaning “Hasten for the virtuous
deed”. Thousands of Hajjis
congregated to listen to Holy
Prophet.
He delivered
the last sermon of his life. In
short, he told the crowd that
soon he will go back to Allah
and that he was leaving behind
The Holy Quran and The Ahle Bait
and further, if people were
attached to both of them, they
will be successful in both
worlds. He then raised Imam Ali
and said, “ Whosever’s I am
maula, Ali is also his maula”. A
tent was installed and Imam Ali
was crowned as successor to The
Holy Prophet. Hazrat Umer and
Abubaker congratulated Imam Ali
among thousands of hajjis. The
last verse of the Holy Quran was
revealed: “This day I have
perfected for you your religion
and completed My favor upon you
and have approved for you Islam
as religion.”
Significant
points to be noted from the
above events. After completing
his life time mission to deliver
the Divine Message of Holy Quran
and establishing his Sunna in
daily life, there was nothing
left to be done except declaring
the khilafat of Imam Ali for
which The Holy Prophet knew that
his companions will not accept
the appointment. Then Allah’s
command came to perform this
task and further warned that if
he did not comply with it that
will be construed as if he did
not do his duty. Further, Allah
assured the Holy Prophet that He
will protect the Holy Prophet
from the people. And when Imam
Ali was crowned as successor
then the last verse was revealed
declaring the perfection of Deen
and completion of His Bounties.
Over the centuries, translators
of the Holy Quran tried to hide
the truth and made excuses to
either completely ignore this
historic occasion or interpreted
the meaning of the word maula as
friend. It is self evident that
in the scorching heat of desert
the Prophet of Allah stopped
thousands of hajjis to let them
know that Imam Ali was his
friend. Moreover, Allah
commanded the prophet to
announce the khilafat of Imam
Ali and if he did not do so then
his life-time mission of
messenger was in jeopardy. And
as soon as his khilafat was
solemnized the last verse of
Holy Quran was revealed
confirming the perfection of
Dean, completion of His bounties
to mankind and formal approval
of Islam as religion. It is
clear as crystal that without
khilafat of Imam Ali, neither
prophet hood was complete nor
Dean was perfect. There is no
need to elaborate further.
During his last sermon the Holy
Prophet also reminded Muslims to
convey the message to all who
were not present.
May Allah grant us taufeeq to
perceive the truth and follow
the right path. |
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