The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 33
T H e F I r S T Pr o o F T H e F I r S T Pr o o F 33 peoples’ hearts. Then, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, announced publicly that this S u rah indicated the approach of his death. He then performed the Pilgrimage and called it the Farewell Pilgrimage, in which, mounted on the back of a camel, he delivered a long address in the presence of thou- sands and said that: ‘Listen! O servants of God! I had received these commandments from my Lord so that I may convey them all to you. Therefore, are you able to bear witness that I have con- veyed to you all the commandments?’ Then, everyone affirmed in a loud voice that he had conveyed everything to them. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, then pointed to heaven and said three times: ‘O God! Bear witness of these things. ’ He then said that he had admonished them at length as he might not be with them in the following year, and they might not find him at that place next year. He then returned to Madinah and died the following year. ْ اَللّٰھُـــم َّ صَـــل ِّ عَلَیْـــہ ِ وَبَـــارِك ْ وَسَـــلِّم [‘O Allah! Send down Your blessings and peace upon him’]. All these indications are actually given in the Holy Qur’an and all its details are con- firmed by the unanimously agreed history of Islam. Now, can any Christian, Jew or Arya in the world put forward the instance of any of their Reformers whose advent was at the time of a universal and great need, and whose departure was after the fulfilment of that need, and whose opponents, to whom he was sent as a Messenger, bore witness to their own unrighteousness and mis- conduct? I know that no one outside of Islam can offer this proof. It is obvious that Moses was sent for the punishment of Pharaoh, and to liberate his own people, and to guide them along the right path. He was not concerned with the presence or absence of the