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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