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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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