Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 213
POSTSCRIPT QUESTION (8) 213 their knowledge, intelligence, and understanding, but it is absolutely impossible for them to achieve the grades and ranks which will be bestowed upon those who follow the Holy Prophets. The utterly blind cannot reach the ranks that those who follow the light of Prophethood can reach. This is the grace of God; He bestows it upon whomsoever He wills. * Now, note the travesty that, despite hundreds of verses of the Holy Quran which proclaim emphatically that Tauḥīd alone cannot be sufficient for salvation and that belief in the Holy Prophet sa along with it is also essential, yet Miyāń ‘'Abdul-Ḥakīm does not pay heed to these verses at all; and, like the Jews, he insists upon presenting one or two verses, which are synoptic, with his distorted interpretation. Every sensible person can appreciate that if those verses mean what 'Abdul-Hakim presents, then Islam disappears from the world and the commandments like prayer and fasting etc. , which have been taught by the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, are rendered absurd, vain, and meaningless. If it were true that every- one could attain salvation through his own fancied version of the Oneness of God, then rejection of the Prophet would be no sin nor would apostasy do anyone any harm. Thus, it should be remembered that there is not a single verse in the Holy Quran which relieves one of the obedience to the Noble Prophet. Even if it were supposed that there are two or three verses that contravene these hundreds of verses, even then, the few should have been subordinated to the multitude instead of adopting apostasy through total disregard of the multitude. In this instance, there is not even one contradiction in the verses of the Word of Allah; it is simply the distortion of one's understand- ing and the darkness of one's nature. We ought to interpret the word 1. If this synoptic verse is to be understood like this, then why not believe in accordance with the other synoptic verse [Surely Allah forgives all sins, (Surah az-Zumar, 39:54)] that even idolatry will be forgiven. (Author)