The authenticity of Ghadir is enough to prove that these...
The authenticity of Ghadir is enough to prove that these reports about the names of Aimma (‘a) in the Qur'an are untrue; especially so because the event of Ghadir occurred in the farewell Hajj of the Prophet (‘s) during his last days. By that time, most of the Qur'an had been revealed and had gained currency among the Muslim populace. Moreover, the last report from al-Kafi seems to be highly improbable by its very contents.
The abrupt mention of Ali where Allah wishes to prove the truth about Muhammad (‘s) by presenting the challenge of Qur'as an inimitable Book, seems quite irrelevant. All these reports are rendered useless and invalid by one authentic tradition from Abu Abdillah, Imam Ja’far as‑Sadiq (‘a) reported by al-Kafi from Abu Basir. He says: "I asked Abu Abdillah (‘a) about the ayah : واطيعوا الله واطيعوا الرسول وأولي الأمر منكم He said the verse was revealed for Ali b.
Abi Talib, Hasan and Husayn (peace be upon them)". I said: "People ask why the names of Ali and his family are not mentioned in the Book of Allah". He answered: "Tell them that the Prophet (‘s) received the revelation for Salat, but Allah never specified the number of raka’ats as three or four.
It was the Prophet (‘s) who made its meaning manifest for them ...." This authentic tradition decides the merit of all those reports and clarifies their possible meaning: the name of Amir al Muminin (‘a) in those revelations could be just an elucidation, not to be imparted as a part of the Our'an. Besides, those who refused to swear oath of allegiance for Abu Bakr never substantiated their argument by saying that Ali had been mentioned in the Qur'an.
No doubt, had it been so, this would have been their strongest stand. And let us not forget that the collection of the Our'an, as believed by those who argue against us, saw its completion soon after the question of khilafah was decided. All these are pointers to the fact that the names were never included in the verses.
The third type of reports are those which mention that there have been some additions or omissions in the Qur'an, and that, after the Prophet's death, people replaced some words in the Qur'an with the others. Ali b. Ibrahim al‑Qummi has reported with his chain of narrators from Hurayz who says: "Abu Abdillah (‘a) read this ayah as: صراط من أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم وغير الضالين Al‑Ayyashi reports from Hisham b.