Elucidation of Objectives — Page 36
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 36 on earth is itself based on this very law. Take the case of the rishis to whom, as supposed by the Hind u s, all the four Vedas were revealed. Did they not stand in need of the agency of these heavenly bodies for the proper working of their physical functions? Could they see with their eyes alone without utilizing the light of the Sun? Or could they hear without the waves of sound? The simple answer to all this would be: No, not at all. They too stood in dire need of the aid and benign influence of the heavenly bodies for their growth and full development. Nowhere do the Vedas of the Hindus deny the existence of these Angels. Rather, they over- emphasize belief in these intermediaries and their importance to the extent of equating their status with that of God Almighty Himself. A glance at the Rig Veda would show that it contains passages pertaining to the worship of heavenly bodies and the elements. How it eulogizes and lauds them page after page and how prayers are offered to them with such abject humility and deference! Of course, these prayers were never accepted! In contrast, the Quranic Law does nothing of the kind. It merely calls these spiritual entities Angels and genii. They are a kind of enlightened beings. Their relationship to heavenly bodies, elements and nebulae is like that of life to an organism. Nor does the Quranic law denote that these luminous entities, which have a station of their own on these glowing stars and planets,