Love for the Messenger of Allah, attachment towards his Ahl Al-Bayt (pbut) and their obedience are the factors which lead to success in this world and salvation in the Hereafter. Otherwise, man will stray off from the right path and enter the lane which only ends at Hell, never able to get out from it. It is necessary for every man to go in search for the truth, before he strays off. Where is the truth? What and who is the truth?

It is duty of every researcher to know that as to who was appointed as successor by the Holy Prophet (pbuh) after him in this article, we shall deal with Ghadir, only and only from the Qur'anic aspect.

While Qur'an is discussing about divinity, prophethood and the world hereafter, it also discusses Imamate from different angles. Three Qur'anic verses were revealed in connection with Ghadir. Renowned interpreters have discussed about these verses in their commentaries. It is necessary that when an interpreter discusses about a verse, he has to talk about the conditions in which that particular verse was revealed, or else his commentary would be incomplete and they would be accused of concealing the truth.

Qur'anic Verses:

1) "O Messenger (of Allah)! Convey what has been revealed to you from your Lord. And if you do it not, then you have not, delivered His message (prophethood), and Allah will protect you from the people. Surely Allah will not guide the disbelieving people."(Surah Maidah, 5:67).

2) "This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed my favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion."(Surah Maidah, 5:3)

3) "One questioner demanded the chastisement which must befall?(Surah Ma"arij:1)

The Incident of Ghadir:

The incident of Ghadir is a very famous and well-known event. We present it here in a concise form:

In the tenth year of hijri, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) planned for Hajj and informed all the Muslim clans and communities to be ready for Hajj. Resultantly, a large number of the Muslim population prepared itself for Hajj. Historians give varying figures about the participating pilgrims in that year"s Hajj from 1,14,000 to 1,24,000 or even more. Due to the importance of this Hajj, it has been given various titles like Hajjatul Weda, Hajjatul Islam, Hajjatul Balaagh, Hajjatul Kamaal and Hajjatul Tamaam.

(Al-Ghadir, Vol.1, page 29)

After performing the Hajj rites, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) left for Medina. When he reached Ghadeer-e-Khum, near Johfa, the archangel Gabriel descended with the verse, "O Messenger Convey..." (Refer first verse).

The Holy Prophet (pbuh) on divine command, announced the leadership and mastership of Imam Ali (pbuh). He made Hazrat Ali"s obedience compulsory and enmity towards him tantamount to enmity against Allah.

The details of the event are well known. Here, we intend to just drive home a few important points briefly. When the Holy Prophet (pbuh) announced the Imamate and leadership of Hazrat Ali (pbuh), the following verse, "Today, I have perfected..." (Refer second verse) was revealed. After which, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) hailed, "Allah is Great. Religion is perfected, bounties are completed and Allah is satisfied with my messengership and Ali"s leadership."

Then the people started complimenting them. The incidents concerning both the verses i.e. Sura Maidah: Verse 3 and 67 are now clear. Then, the verse was revealed, one demanding ..." (third verse) the event of descent is as follows:

Sa"labi in "Noorul Absaar", page 11. while giving references of great sunni scholars like Shiblinji of Egypt and others, writes, "The Holy Prophet (pbuh), gathered the people on the day of Ghadir and raising Ali"s hand, proclaimed, "Of whomsoever I am the master, Ali is his master too." Word spread around and when Harith Bin Noman-e-Fehri heard about it, he came on one side, and asked, "O Muhammad you asked us to give witness of Divinity and (your) Messengership, we gave (unhesitantly). You ordered for Praying, we performed. You ordered us for Hajj, Zakat and fasting, we acted upon it. After all these command, your are not yet contented and now you want to appoint your cousin over us as our leader by saying, "Of whomsoever I am his master, Ali is his master too, Is this a divine command or is it from your side?"

The Holy Prophet (pbuh) said: "I swear by Allah except whom there is no God, this command is indeed divine." On hearing this, Harith turned, started going back to his camel, and was grumbling "O Allah if the word of Muhammad is true, then stones rain upon me or deliver unto me a severe chastisement." Harith had hardly reached his mount, when a boulder fell from the sky crushing him to death. Then this verse was revealed. "One demanding demanded the chastisement which must befall."