The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 23
T H e F I r S T Pr o o F T H e F I r S T Pr o o F 23 evil condition of all nations and clearly states that the earth had died 1 ٭ due to all manner of sin. The Jews were descendants of the Prophets and professed faith in the Torah, though they were deficient in acting upon it; but at the time of the Qur’an , in addition to all sorts of cor- ruption in conduct, their doctrines too had been corrupted. Thousands of people were atheists, thousands denied revela- tion and Divine inspiration, and all sorts of evils were rife on the earth and a vicious storm of corruption in faith and doctrine was raging in the world. Yes! Jesus did make some mention of the misconduct of his peo- ple—the Jews—who were a small nation, which shows that a par- ticular nation of the Jews was then in need of a Reformer. However, the argument that we put forth in the case of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to affirm that he was commissioned by Allah —namely, that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came at the time of univer- sal corruption and was called back after effecting a perfect reform, and the presentation of both these aspects by the Qur’an itself, and calling the attention of the world to it itself—is lacking not only in the Gospel, but indeed, apart from the Holy Qur’an, it is similarly lacking in all earlier books. 1. ٭ Note: If anyone says, ‘The present age is no less steeped in evil, faith- lessness, and misconduct, then why has no prophet appeared in this age?’, the reply is that that age was utterly devoid of Tau hi d [ o neness of God] and righteousness while in the present age there exist four hun- dred million souls who profess ُ ل َٓ اِلٰہ َ اِلَّاللّٰہ ُ ل َٓ اِلٰہ َ اِلَّاللّٰہ [‘There is no one worthy of wor- ship except Allah’] and further, God Almighty has also not deprived this age of a Mujaddid [ r eformer]. —Author