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The verse of tablīgh (Arabic: آیة التَّبليغ, lit. 'verse of proclamation') refers to verse of 5:67 of the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, which reads
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
O Messenger! Convey that which has been sent down unto thee from thy Lord, and if thou dost not, thou wilt not have conveyed His message. And God will protect thee from mankind. Surely God guides not disbelieving people.[1]
Among various Sunni views, this verse is sometimes connected to Muhammad's criticism of Jews and Christians, or viewed as evidence of his faithfulness in transmitting the divine revelations. In Shi'a Islam, this verse spurred Muhammad to deliver an announcement at the Ghadir Khumm in 632 CE about his cousin and son-in-law 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, which in Shi'a theology signifies the divine investiture of 'Ali with the spiritual authority (Arabic: وَلاية, romanized: walaya) over Muslims. A few Sunni authors have similarly linked this verse to 'Ali's merits.
- ^ Nasr et al. 2015, p. 717.