Fazl-e-Umar — Page 276
Fazle Umar 276 with God’s punishment has been placed before Surah Yusuf, which deals with His mercy, because the enemies of the Holy Prophet [saw] were to be shown mercy after they had been punished for their misdeeds. In this way, Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] demonstrated the perfect sequence through all the Surahs. S A F E G UA R d I n G T H E STAT U S OF A L L R E L IG IO n S A n d T H E I R P ROP H E T S The commentary of Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] safeguarded the high status of all the Prophets of Allah. The earlier commentaries and especially the Bible defamed the Prophets. Actions attributed to prophets by earlier Jewish scholars claiming they were, God forbid, incestuous thieves and robbers are reprehensible in the extreme and would not be tolerated even from ordinary men let alone Prophets. The followers of these religions are still blindly following these Prophets. These scholars must have entered these lies into the Book of Moses as a cover for their own sins. Such teachings are ridiculous and depraved to the extreme. Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] through the Holy Qur’an put forward powerful arguments in refutation of such filthy claims to prove the Prophets’ high credentials, their worthiness as spiritual leaders imbued with righteousness and virtue. M U LT I - SI d E dn E S S OF T H E T E x T The truth contained in the verse “And the heaven We built with (Our Own) powers and indeed We go on expanding it. ” (Holy Qur’an Ch. 51:V. 48) becomes repeatedly apparent in Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood’s [ra] commentary. Huzur took a tiny verse and presented a variety of meanings proving the multi-sidedness of the Holy Text. Some meanings are superficial, some deeper and some deeper still. Whatever the intellectual level of the reader, his background or experience, he can find in a given