The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 53
Footnote from page 31 Here seemingly an objection arises; namely, if an idolater says: ‘Even though I concede that idolatry was uprooted at the hands of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, I do not accept that idolatry was bad. On the contrary, I say that it alone was the right path from which the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, barred them. Thus, it follows that he did not reform the world, rather he erased the path of goodness. ’ Similarly, if a Zoroastrian says that: ‘I accept that in reality the Holy Prophet s as truly abolished fire worship, and also totally erased the name and any vestige of sun worship, but I will not accept that this was a good deed, rather that was indeed the true path that he erased. ’ Likewise, if a Christian says that: ‘Even though I admit that the Holy Prophet s as uprooted the Christian doctrine from Arabia, I cannot categorize this as an act of refor- mation and that it was a good deed whereby the worship of Jesus and his mother was prohibited and the crosses and images were broken, rather the path that was opposed was the only righteous path. ’ Similarly, gamblers, alcoholics, adulterers, murderers of girls, misers, spendthrifts, those who prefer to commit all kinds of atrocities and dishonest acts, together with thieves, thugs, and dacoits advance arguments of their own, saying that even though