The obedience verse

The verse of obedience (Arabic: آیه اطاعت) is verse 59 of Sura An-Nisa in the Quran and known as Uli al-Amr verse (Arabic: آیه اولی الامر). The verse orders to believers to obey Allah, the prophet and those vested with authority (Uli al-Amr). In Shiites sources this verse is introduce as the one of the proofs for the infallibility and Imamat of Ali and other twelve Imams.

The verse

The obedience verse
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّـهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّ‌سُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ‌ مِنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُ‌دُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّـهِ وَالرَّ‌سُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّـهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ‌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ‌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا[1]

"O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination.[1]"

Sunni view

sunni scholars in their interpretations of the verse say the term of Uli-al Amr has general application and is not specific. According to Sunni interpretations the meanings of Uli al-Amr included various subject to the Shariah and incorporates various aspects of leadership. The sunni interpretations have narrated Rashidun,[2][3] army commanders,[4][5][6][7] Sahabah,[4][5][6] political leaders,[8][9] and scholars[4][5][6][10][11][12][13] as the meaning of Uli-al Amr term while some of them have interpreted certain persons as the Uli al amr.[14] According to Ibn Taymiyyah, the verse calls upon Muslims to confide only in Muhammad, and no other person, for their religious differences; this precludes any other person from being infallible.[15]

Shia View

Almost all Shia scholars have said the Uli al-Amr in this verse are the Imamas from family of Muhammad.[16][17][18][19] They believe that one of the important terms of Uli al-Amr is the Ismah and only the twelve Imams have this term.[19]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Quran (4:59)".
  2. ↑ Baqwi, Hussain. Ma’alim al Tanzil 1. p. 188.
  3. ↑ Razi, Fakhr al-Din. Tafsir al-Kabir 4. p. 113.
  4. 1 2 3 Suyuti, Jalaluddin Abdurahman. Dor al-Mansur fi Tafsir al-Ma'sor 2. pp. 314–315.
  5. 1 2 3 Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir. Jami al-Bayan 4. pp. 147–149.
  6. 1 2 3 Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir. Jami al-Bayan 8. pp. 497–501.
  7. ↑ Musnad Ahmad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, vol:5, p:230
  8. ↑ Tafsir Qurtabi 5. pp. 168–169.
  9. ↑ Qortabi, Muhammad. Al-Jami'al-Hokkam al-Quran 5. p. 295.
  10. ↑ Al-Baghawi al-Shaafi, Imam Abi Muhammad Hussain bin Masud. Tafsir Mu’allim al-Tanzil 1. pp. 444–445.
  11. ↑ Ahmad ibn Ali, Neyshaboori. Al-Vasit fi Tafisr al-Quran al-Majid 2. p. 71.
  12. ↑ Baqvi, Hussein. Ma'alim al-Tanzil 1. p. 444.
  13. ↑ Neyshaboori, Hakim. Al-Mustadrik ala al-Sahihain 1. p. 123.
  14. ↑ Kardan, Ridha. Imamate and infallibility of Imams in Qur’an. ABWA Publishing and Printing Center.
  15. ↑ Abu Abdur Rahman Faruq Post (1 Jul 2013). The Missing Links: Overlooked and Forgotten Statements from the scholars of Ahl Sunnah to Assist Some of Our Brothers in Abandoning Bigotry and Partisanship and Return Back to the True Manhaj of the Salaf. Dar ul Ittiba. pp. 7–9.
  16. ↑ Lalani, Arzina R. (2004). Early Shīʻī thought : the teachings of Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir (New pbk. ed.). London: I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. ISBN 1850435928.
  17. ↑ Tabarsi. Majma' al-Bayan 3. p. 100.
  18. ↑ Ahmam ibn Muhammad, Ardabili. Zobdat al-Bayan. p. 687.
  19. 1 2 Tabataba'i, Muhammad Husayn. Tafsir al-Mizan 4. p. 386.
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