Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 189
189 regarding the Holy Quran but I also know that I am only amazed because I have accepted the Promised Messiah as and learnt the truth from him. Otherwise, like other people, I would also have been mistaken about the Holy Quran. Some believe that after the death of the Holy Prophet s as , por - tions of the Holy Quran literally disappeared and a large part of it was lost to the world—God forbid! According to others, the Quran that we have today has been subjected to human interfer - ence. There are still others who strongly reject the above beliefs but are themselves engrossed in beliefs that are no less obnoxious. For instance, they teach that parts of the Quran have been abro - gated. The criterion they use for this is that if two verses seem to contradict each other, one of them must be abrogated. The result is that while some find discrepancies in one area, others find them in other areas, and thus a substantial part of the Holy Quran is rendered obsolete and impracticable. The dangerous outcome of this belief, aside from the fact that some portions of the Holy Quran were considered abrogated, was that people became confused as to why Allah and His Prophet did not specify the parts that had been abrogated. Therefore, the Holy Book lost its credibility, leaving people to choose the parts they liked and to declare the rest to be abrogated. Another dangerous misconception that is harboured regard - ing Divine scriptures, particularly the Holy Quran, is that they are not free from satanic influence. It is even claimed that Satan can at times interfere in Divine revelation. The following verse is cited in support of the belief that Satan meddled with the revelations of all Prophets and added words to them that were not from God: