The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 95
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 95 by the leave of its Lord. So God sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition" 140. In other words the truth and principles embodied in the Holy Qur’an are firm and everlasting like a rock, and they yield fruit at all times. They are never dead. The Holy Prophet has said that to revivify Islam at the turn of every century Allah will raise Reformers from amongst the Muslims themselves who will from time to time extricate Islam from all excrescences for one reason or another which should accumulate on it. History bears out that these reformers have been appearing throughout the centuries since the inception of Islam, the latest of which number came just at the time when the followers of the B a b and Bah a ’ull a h were saying that the Islamic Sharia had been abro- gated and replaced by another. Had Islam and the Holy Qur’an ceased to yield fruit like a healthy and vigorous tree, the B a b i and Bah a ’ i design to abrogate it might have succeeded: but now since the tree itself is full of life, standing firm on its own roots, it is idle to think that it can be uprooted by shallow and superficial designs such as those of the B a b i s and the Bah a ’ i s. 140 The Qur’an 15:25, 26.