خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 403
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 403 October 1st, 1982 words of the Holy Qur'an, the lowest heaven, in which lamps are studded and the purpose of those lamps is to repel or drive away Satans۔This is what is said in so many words in the verse which I have We لَقَدْ زَيَّنَ السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ۔just recited before you have decorated the lowest heaven with lamps۔What And we had made جَعَلْنَهَا رُجُوْمًا لِّلشَّيطين ?is the purpose وَاعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ۔them to drive away the Satans And we have prepared, by way of punishment, for them a blazing fire۔Now apparently this is not what is meant by the Holy Qur'an, because the whole verse, in fact, is applicable not to the apparent world we see but to the hidden world of religion and the religious phenomenon is being revealed thereby, because apparently we don't see any shyatin (J) who are being repelled by shooting stars, nor do we observe lands as such in the heaven۔So obviously, according to those who understand the style of the Holy Qur'an, such verses relate to different phenomena altogether۔When we say that some non-Muslims can raise this objection, they can allege that you are putting words into the mouth of the Holy Qur'an because you have reached the stage of knowledge where the world has advanced in science and you think that the verses of the Holy Qur'an are left far behind in time and they are describing the phenomena of nature incorrectly۔So, to guard against allegations