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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Misbah-uz-Zulam, Roots of the Karbala’ Tragedy Verses Proving The Caliphate Of Three Caliphs Previously the writer has presented his research on verse of Surah Fath: “Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah, and those with him…” [^1] In the same way he has expressed his opinion on the following verse of Surah Taubah: “If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him….” [^2] And also the following verse of Surah Noor: “Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good…” [^3] There are nine more verses of Quran that Sunnis use to prove the Caliphate of the three Caliphs.

Below the writer expresses his opinion on every verse. People who love justice are requested to peruse the following discussion with attention. Verse 1 “O you who believe!

whoever from among you turns back from his religion, then Allah will bring a people, He shall love them and they shall love Him, lowly before the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, they shall strive hard in Allah’s way and shall not fear the censure of any censurer…” [^4] Ahlul Sunnat use the above verse to prove that Allah has promised the Prophet that those who apostatize after him, in order to keep them away the Almighty Allah will bring a community and that community is Abu Bakr as after the passing away of the Prophet he killed the apostate Arabs.

The reply to this is that there are many differences between the commentators. Tafseer of Nishapuri[^5] says that Hasan, Qatada Zahak and Ibn Jarih say that community means Abu Bakr and his followers. Mujahid says that it denotes the people of Yemen and some other people say that it stands for the people of Quraish and there is no unanimity that it denotes the companions of Abu Bakr.

Traditions prove that this verse was revealed in the honor of Helpers (Ansar) and since in the expedition of Tabuk, most companions had apostized, this incident of apostasy is connected to the Messenger of Allah (S) and not to the battles of Abu Bakr after the Prophet.

Nishapuri, the commentator, says that this verse denotes Imam Mahdi (a.j.) and Thalabi says that Allah implies His Eminence, Ali (a.s.) in this verse and it is based on this incident, because all procedures of infidels and apostates were dealt only through His Eminence, Ali (a.s.). Allah’s promise seen in the verse is wholly connected to the battles of the Holy Prophet (S).