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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an vol.

4 Section 10: The Christian Deviation from the Truth Truth to be proclaimed at all cost -The people of the Gospel do not act up to it - The errors which the Christians commit Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 67 يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَاللّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ 67. "O' Messenger!

convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord; and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message (at all); and Allah will protect you from the (vice of) people, verily Allah does not guide the unbelieving ones. " Appointment of the Successor as the Final Point of Prophetic Mission In this verse, only the Prophet (S) is addressed. It states but his duty.

The text of the verse begins with "O' Messenger!" and continues explicitly and emphatically commending him such: "...convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord...." Then, for a further emphasis it warns him that if he refrains doing that, (that never might he refrain), he has not conveyed His message to people at all.

The verse says: "...and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message (at all); ..." After that, the revelation consoles the Prophet (S), as if he was anxious and worried about a particular incident, and tells him not to be afraid of people for performing this duty.

It says: "....and Allah will protect you from the (vice of) people ..." And, at the end of the verse, as a threat and punishment unto those who reject or deny this peculiar message and pertinaciously blaspheme it, the verse says: "...Verily Allah does not guide the unbelieving ones." Truly, what an important subject there existed in the latest months of the Prophet's life that in the above-mentioned verse the lack of its conveyance has been counted equivalent with the lack of messenger ship wholly.

In different books of the scholars of both Sunnite and Shi'ah schools of thought, there are many authentic traditions recorded to say that the above-mentioned verse has been revealed at Ghadeer Khumm about the appointment of the successor for the Prophet (S) and the future fate of Islam and Muslims.[^1] Ghadeer Khumm in Brief In the last year of the Prophet's life the rites of Hajjat-ul- Wida' were very gloriously performed at the presence of the Prophet (S).

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