{"id":10318,"date":"2020-10-06T08:49:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/?p=10318"},"modified":"2020-10-11T06:58:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T05:58:27","slug":"the-verse-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/10318\/the-verse-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"the verse of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"

the verse of the day<\/p>\n

Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah, His Messenger, and the (fellowship of) believers,- those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).<\/p>\n

The Occasion:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abu Dhar Al\u2011Ghifari, a highly regarded Sahaabi, was quoted to have said that he heard the Holy Prophet saying, \u201cAli is the beacon of the righteous and the destroyer of the infidels.\u00a0 He who helps him is victorious and he who abandons him is vanquished.\u201d\u00a0 Abu Dhar continued, \u201cOne day while I was saying my prayers in the company of the Prophet, a beggar came to the\u00a0Masjid<\/em>\u00a0asking for alms, but nobody gave him anything.\u00a0 Ali, while in a state of Rukoo’ in the prayer, pointed out his ring\u2011finger to the beggar.\u00a0 The beggar approached Ali and removed the ring from his finger.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At this occasion, the Holy Prophet prayed to Allah to delight his heart and make his task less arduous by appointing from among his kinsmen, Ali, as his Wazir (representative and helper).\u00a0 This was to reinforce and strengthen his endeavor, just as Allah has done so with Prophet Musa by appointing Haroon to strengthen him.\u00a0 Abu Dhar continued, \u201cBy Allah, the Prophet had not yet finished his supplication when the trustworthy Jibreel descended to him with the verse saying:\u00a0 Verily, verily, Allah is your Wali (Overlord), and so is His Messenger, and those who believe and establish prayer, and give the poor\u2011rate while in\u00a0state of Rukoo’\u00a0[state of bowing down].<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Commentary:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In this Ayah the word\u00a0Wali<\/em>\u00a0means the one vested with authority over others (the Master).\u00a0 Allah is the One with absolute authority (the Overlord), so we must obey Him.\u00a0 In addition the Prophet (pbuh) is to be obeyed too, for he was assigned with absolute authority in this Ayah.\u00a0 Then Ali is to be obeyed too, for he also was assigned with authority, because he was the only charitable person during Rukoo’ that the Quran had thus specified.\u00a0 (Al\u2011Tha’labi in Tafseer al\u2011Kabir).<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At other occasions the same term was used by the Prophet (pbuh) in reference to Ali.\u00a0 As one example, the Prophet declared, \u201cAfter me, O’ Ali!\u00a0 You are the\u00a0Wali<\/em>\u00a0(of supreme authority) over all faithful\u201d.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Zamakh’shari, (Tafseer Al\u2011Kash’shaf), says, \u201cIf you inquire how this plural word is appli cable to Ali, I shall say that though this verse is about Ali \u2014an individual\u2014 the plural form is used in order to persuade others to act similarly and give alms as readily as Ali did.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Imams among Ahlul Bayt have frequently referred to this verse as a testimony of their rightful\u00a0Imamah<\/em>\u00a0and have assigned the same meaning to the word\u00a0Wali<\/em>\u00a0as appears above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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