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إِن َّ الل َّهَ‏ لاَ‏ یَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ‏ الْكَفِرِینَ‏<br />

Verily, <strong>Al</strong>lah guides not the people who disbelieve.<br />

Commanding the Prophet <strong>to</strong> Convey the Message; Promising<br />

Him Immunity and Protection<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah says;<br />

یَا أَی ُّهَا الر َّسُولُ‏ بَل ِّغْ‏ مَا أُنزِلَ‏ إِلَيْكَ‏ مِن ر َّب ِّكَ‏ ...<br />

O Messenger! Convey what has been sent down <strong>to</strong> you<br />

from your Lord.<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah addresses His servant and Messenger<br />

Muhammad by the title `Messenger' and<br />

commands him <strong>to</strong> convey all that He has sent<br />

him, a command that the Prophet has fulfilled in<br />

the best manner.<br />

<strong>Al</strong>-Bukhari recorded that Aishah said,<br />

"Whoever says <strong>to</strong> you that Muhammad hid any<br />

part <strong>of</strong> what <strong>Al</strong>lah revealed <strong>to</strong> him, then he is<br />

يَا أَي ُّهَا الر َّسُولُ‏ بَل ِّغْ‏ مَا أُنزِلَ‏ إِلَيْكَ‏ said, uttering a lie. <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />

(O Messenger! Convey what has been sent مِن ر َّب ِّكَ‏<br />

down <strong>to</strong> you from your Lord).''<br />

<strong>Al</strong>-Bukhari collected the short form <strong>of</strong> this s<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

here, but mentioned the full narration in another<br />

part <strong>of</strong> his book.<br />

Muslim in the Book <strong>of</strong> Iman, At-Tirmidhi, and An-<br />

Nasa'i in the Book <strong>of</strong> Tafsir <strong>of</strong> their Sunans also<br />

collected this Hadith.<br />

In is recorded in the Two Sahihs that Aishah said,<br />

"If Muhammad hid anything from the Qur'an, he<br />

would have hidden this Ayah,<br />

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