The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 158
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO 158 How, indeed, can he understand when Allah the Exalted has said: 1 َمَتَخ ُهّٰللا ىٰلَع ْمِهِبْوُلُق َو ىٰلَع ْمِهِعْمَس١ؕ َو ىٰۤلَع ْمِهِراَصْبَا ٌةَواَشِغ Here we can indeed witness the omnipotence of God, that for whomsoever He sanctions becoming misled, He brings about exactly those corresponding circumstances. The concepts the sagacious scholars viewed as fine points are held by this gentleman to be heresies. He continues to ignore the condition of this age. The person [the Promised Messiah as ] who has raised the banner of our Messenger of the Latter Days [the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as ], who is reviving his religion, who is being our defender and helper and who is subduing the enemies of our faith, who is claiming to show miracles which cannot be seen anywhere else these days; such a one is being labelled with edicts of disbelief. Woe to those who entertain such notions! For the followers of physical philosophy, miracles mean nothing in this age. Strange is the case of the sceptics that whenever this subject is discussed, they immediately say that there is no such thing as miracles and that anyone who believes in them ought to show one. Now, God forbid, if miracles and wonders are considered to be extinct, then how far will the negative impact of that situation carry? It ought to have been an occasion for gratitude that our boat, that had been stuck in a maelstrom, was saved by a sailor, and they should have accepted him instead of accusing him of falsehood and deception. Now, I say that—as I have understood it, and it is indeed 1. Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their ears, and over their eyes is a covering ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:8). [Publisher]