Blessings of Prayer — Page 39
39 better way to silencing a person who denies the existence of Prophetic revelation and considers it to be a mere conjecture, than to show him an example of it? Do tell me, is it a good news or evil tiding that Islam was the recipient of Divine blessings only for a few years and was then forsaken by God! Are these the signs of a true religion? These, in short, are the criteria for the correct interpretation of the Holy Quran. There is no doubt that at most places Sayyid Sahib’s commentary falls quite short of these seven criteria. Right now it is not my aim to confront him on this point. Sayyid Sahib takes great pride in the law of nature but has completely disregarded it in his commentary. For instance, how opposed to the laws of nature is Sayyid Sahib’s belief that Prophetic revelation is no more than a special natural ability and that angels have no intermediary role to play between this ability and God Almighty. It is our everyday experience that we are dependent on heavenly means for the development of our physical faculties. God Almighty has made the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the elements subser- vient to us for the maintenance of our bodily functions and the achievement of our desired goals. Thus the beneficence of God, Who is the Cause of all