The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 85
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 85 The Qur’an safe from interference. The Holy Qur’an being a complete book, and since it embodies a comprehensive code for the guidance and uplift of mankind for all its needs till the end of time, the only occasion for abrogation could have risen if it had been possible for any human or other agency to interfere with its text. And here the fact is that at the very moment when this book was being revealed Allah said: "it is We Ourselves have sent down this book and We Ourselves shall be responsible for its safety and purity" 107 and the entire history of Islam and the Muslims bears testimony to the fact that, Allah has indeed fulfilled this promise. So much so that even the most hostile critics of Islam admit this. Noldke says "Efforts of European scholars to prove the existence of later interpolations in the Qur’an have failed" 108. Sir William Muir wrote: "There is otherwise every security internal and external that we possess that text which Muhammad gave forth and used" 109. Thus we find that in accordance with the Divine promise History bears testimony to the fact that the Holy Qur’an has remained perfectly safe against 107 The Qur’an 15:10. 108 Encyclopaedia Britannica under Qur’an. 109 Life of Muhammad.