Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 130
131 given the promise of special protection for the same reason. Never has God Almighty allowed the opponents to practically wipe out the Muslim umma from the face of the earth. Look at yourselves; there was a time when only one man could have easily slain the Promised Messiah as. He had no Jam a ‘at with him. Once only twelve people were accompanying him when riots broke out in Delhi. The opponents made a forced entry into the courtyard pulling down the wall or the front door. They were smashing the inside door down, when suddenly, we have no idea why, they fled and went back. Why did they flee? The answer finds its place in this verse that no intrigue or secret plan or no power in the world can wipe out any person or nation who is under the Divine protection. This promise strengthens the hearts and motivates them for sacrifices. There was another point hinted at in this verse that the shariah given to this Prophet would also be protected. Allah says: that is, ‘Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian’. 64 Hence, God has been guarding it as He decreed. When it was not possible to guard the Holy Quran by putting it on paper and publish in great numbers, Allah the Almighty prepared hundreds of thousands of minds for this task. He granted them strength to commit the Holy Quran to memory; and there were thousands among them who were so perfect in memorizing it that they would never make any error even on vowel points. But all of them, on the whole, possessed such profound