The houses of the emigrants from Makkah was built around the
Mosque in Madinah with the doors of the houses opening inside the Mosque. When
the number of the houses increased then Allah commanded His Prophet to close
all the doors, save that of Imam Ali (a.s.). Some people remarked that the
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) has been maddened of his love for Imam Ali (a.s.)
and has gone astray. Allama Sayuti, a famous Sunni scholar, in his book
“Tafsir Dure Manthur narrates; One day the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) ordered
to close all the doors of the houses which opened in the Mosque, except that of
Imam Ali (a.s.). This order made the companions upset and his (s.a.w.a.s.)
uncle Hazrat Hamzah complained as to why he ordered the closure of the doors of
his uncle, Abu Baker, Omer and Abbas and kept his cousin Imam Ali (a.s.)’s door
open. The Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) called the people in the Mosque and
delivered a forceful sermon from the pulpit saying, “O People! I did not close
your doors nor kept open nor have I expelled you from the Mosque nor kept him
(Imam Ali) in the Mosque. Then he (s.a.w.a.s.) recited these Ayahs of Surah
an-Najm.
Similar messages were reported in the Torah and Bible.
“Then the Lord said to me (Musa): “I will raise up for them
a Prophet like you, one of their own races, and I will put my words into his
mouth. He shall convey all my commands to them. (Deuteronomy – 18:18)
“However, when he, the Spirit of Truth, he will guide you
into the truth; for he will not speak of his own authority, but will tell what
he hears; and he will make known to you the things that are coming. (John
16:13)
Ibne Abbas says
that once we offered our ‘Isha’ night prayers with the Noble Messenger
(s.a.w.a.s.) who after the prayers told us, “At dawn a star will descend from
heaven. On whosoever’s house it gets down, he shall be my Heir, my Calif, and
the Imam. The star descended on Imam Ali (a.s.)’s house. The Noble Messenger
(s.a.w.a.s.) told Imam Ali (a.s.), “O Ali! By the One Who has sent me as His
Apostle, I say that you have been assigned by God, to be my Heir, my Calif, and
Imam.
Surah
an-Najm Ayahs 1 to 4 were revealed, “By the star when it goes down. Indeed,
your companion (Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.s.) has neither gone astray nor has
erred. Nor does he speak of concupiscent desire. His word is only a Revelation
revealed to him."
The first 8 Ayahs assert the infallibility of the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) in his movements between the Creator and the creation, like
the movement of the star in its orbit. The negation about his going astray or
deviating from the right path or uttering of anything of his own inclination
and the assertion of his being directly under the revelation, is not restricted
to any particular age or period or any particular aspect of his life but starts
from his very pregenital state to which
facts bears testimony and evidence. The statement of Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.) ,
his (s.a.w.a.s.) uncle and the father of Imam Ali (a.s.) in one of his eulogical verses addressed to him (s.a.w.a.s.) while he
was still very young, “Certainly do I bear testimony to the fact that you never
exaggerate and speak the truth though you are a young child.” The Commander of
the Faithful Imam Ali (a.s.) in the Nahjul Balagha Sermon number 187 takes the
description of the infallibility and unique divine excellence of the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) to the climax.
Sources:
The Holy Qur’an (English translation) by Ayatullah Agha H.M.M Pooya Yazdi
Tafsir-e-Namounah (Urdu translation) by
Ayatllah Nasir Makarem Shirazi
The Glorious Qur’an (Urdu translation) by Maulana
Farman Ali
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