The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 90
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 90 19. "Indeed this Qur’an guides to that which is most sure, strong, and most enduring, and it gives glad tidings to the Believers who do appropriate deeds that for them is a great reward. " 128 20. "And the Messenger said, O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this book as a thing aban- doned. " 129 Now this verse, taken in the context in which it stands, indicates that on the Day of Judgement the Holy Prophet would complain before Allah that his people had abandoned the Qur’an. Evidently, the people here spoken of are the Muslim peoples, those who call themselves by this name. What requires very careful thought here is this: If the Holy Qur’an was indeed destined in God’s wisdom to be superseded by another book, then how could the Holy Prophet stand up on the Day of Judgement and proceed against his own people on the basis that they had abandoned the Book? Would not the reply in that case be justified that it was abandoned because it had been replaced by another sharia? The Bah a ’ i s say that for the question under discussion Bah a ’ull a h’s advent was the Day of Judgement spoken of here. But even in that case the Divine Promise of protection for the Holy Qur’an 128 The Qur’an 17:10. 129 The Qur’an 25:31.