Distortion of the Qur'aan by the Raafidis
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Q: I have also
heard by a shia collegue that their is a surat in their book which
is not in the QURAN. can u confirm this? the surat in qs is called
SURAT AL-WILAYAT.
A: Praise be to
Allaah.
With regard to Soorat al-Wilaayah, some of the Shi'ah scholars and
imams have stated that it exists. Any of them who denies that does
so by way of taqiyah (dissimulation). One of those who clearly
stated that it exists is Mirza Hussein Muhammad Taqiy al-Noori
al-Tubrusi (d. 1320 AH). He wrote a book in which he claimed that
the Qur'aan had been distorted and that the Sahaabah has concealed
some parts of it, including Soorat al-Wilaayah. The Raafidis
honoured him after his death by burying him in al-Najaf. This book
by al-Tubrusi was published in Iran in 1298 AH, and when it was
published there was a great deal of controversy because they wanted
the doubts about the validity of the Qur'aan, which were known only
to their leaders, to remain scattered throughout hundreds of their
major books, and they did not want that to be compiled in one book.
At the beginning of his book he said:
"This is a good and noble book entitled Fasl al-khitaab fi ithbaat
tahreef Kitaab Rabb il-Arbaab (Decisive comment on the distortion
of the Book of the Lord of Lords)… He mentioned aayahs and soorahs
which he claims that the Sahaabah concealed, including 'Soorat
al-Wilaayah,'" the text of which, according to them, and as quoted
in this book, is:
"O you who believe, believe in the Prophet and the Wali [i.e.,
'Ali] whom We have sent to guide you to the straight path, a
Prophet and a Wali who are part of one another, and I am the
All-Knowing, All-Aware…"
And they have another soorah which they call Soorat al-Noorayn: "O
you who believe, believe in the two lights (al-noorayn) which We
have sent down to you to recite to you My Verses and to warn you of
the punishment of a great Day. They are part of one another and I
am the All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Those who fulfil the covenant with
Allaah and His Messenger mentioned in the verses (of the Qur'aan),
the Gardens of delight will be theirs, but those who disbelieve
after they believed by breaking their covenant and disobeying the
command of the Prophet, they will be thrown into Hell. They have
wronged themselves and gone against the wasiyyah of the Prophet
(i.e., the appointment of 'Ali as khaleefah), and they will be
given to drink of boiling water…" and other such nonsense.
You can see the entire soorah, along with a telegraphic picture of
the Persian mus-haf at the following site:
http://arabic.islamicweb.com/shia/nurain.htm
Prof. Muhammad 'Ali Sa'oodi - who was one of the greatest experts
of the Ministry of Justice in Egypt - examined an Iranian mus-haf
kept by the Orientalist Bryan and he obtained a copy of this
soorah; above the lines of Arabic script there is written the
translation in the Iranian language.
As it was mentioned by al-Tubrusi in his book, Fasl al-khitaab fi
ithbaat tahreef Kitaab Rabb il-Arbaab, it is also mentioned in
their book Dabastan Madhaahib, which is in Farsi, written by Muhsin
Faani al-Kashmiri. This book has been printed numerous times in
Iran, and this false soorah was quoted from it by the Orientalist
Noeldeke in his book The History of Qur'anic Manuscripts, 2/120,
and was published by the French Asian newspaper in 1842 (p. 431-439).
It was also mentioned by Mirza Habibullaah al-Haashimi al-Kho'i in
his book Manhaaj al-Baraa'ah fi Sharh Nahj al-Balaaghah (2/217);
and by Muhammad Baaqir al-Majlisi in his book Tadhkirat al-A'immah
(p. 19, 20) in Farsi, (published by) Manshoorat Mawlana,
Iran.
See also (al-Khutoot al-'Areedah
li'l-Asas allati qaama 'alayha deen al-Shi'ah by Muhibb al-Deen
al-Khateeb).
This claim of theirs is a denial of the words of Allaah
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the
Qur'aan) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption)" [al-Hijr
15:9].
{إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ
وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ}, Transliteration: 'Innā Naĥnu
Nazzalnā Adh-Dhikra Wa 'Innā Lahu Laĥāfižūna
Hence the Muslims are unanimously agreed that anyone who claims
that anything in the Qur'aan has been altered or changed is a
kaafir.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah
said:
"The same applies to those among them who claim that some verses of
the Qur'aan have been taken away or concealed, or who claim to have
some esoteric interpretations that exempt him from having to do the
actions prescribed in sharee'ah etc., who are called al-Qaraamitah
and al-Baatiniyyah, and who include al-Tanaasukhiyyah [names of
esoteric sects]. There is no dispute that they are kaafirs". (Al-Saarim al-Maslool,
3/1108-1110).
Ibn Hazm said:
"The view that the Qur'aan has been altered is blatant kufr and is
a rejection of what the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said". (Al-Fasl
fi'l-Ahwa' wa'-Milal wa'l-Nihal, 4/139).
And Allaah knows best.
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