Life of Ahmad — Page 827
as REMOVES A MISCONCEPTION 827 ' Zubur ' also does not necessarily denote a law. As a matter of fact, Zubur (of which it is the plural) means the Psalms of David as. Lane says it means: 'a book with which it is difficult to become acquainted, or a book that is confined to intellectual science, exclusive of legal statutes or ordinances. ' The Holy Quran, moreover, should not be interpreted in a manner as to contradict itself. If the verses mentioned above mean that every Prophet must bring a new law, we shall be faced with an insurmountable difficulty. In another place the Quran says: 'Surely we revealed the Torah, in which was guidance and light, the Prophets who submitted themselves enforced it and judged matters by it for the Jews. ' (Al-M a ’idah 5:45). This is a conclusive proof of the fact that God sent a number of Prophets who did not bring any new law but that they served and enforced the law of Moses as. 190 There is not a single verse which states expressly that every Prophet must bring a new law. If it were so, there would have been thousands of scriptures, because the Holy Prophet sa says that there have been 124,000 Prophets in the World. 191 The number of sacred books that are said to have been delivered to 190 H aq i qatun-Nub u wwat , Qadian, 1915, p. 59; Shah a datul Quran , Qadian, 1923, p. 44. 191 Mishk a t , Book 24, Ch. 1, pt. 3.