With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 317
Appendix I 317 contains the verse ُْ دِﻳْﻨَمك ُْ ﻟَـمك ُ اَمكَْﻠْﺖ َ اَﻟْﻴَﻮْم 314 so does the Torah contain verses to the effect that the children of Israel have been given a perfect and glorious Book. The Holy Qur’ ā n also describes the Torah as such. Yet hundreds of prophets appeared among the children of Israel after the Torah, who brought no new book and whose function was to pull people who had departed from the teachings of the Torah back to it and to purify the hearts of those who had been afflicted with doubts, atheism and lack of faith. God the Exalted has affirmed in the Holy Qur’ ā n: ِ ابِﻟﺮُّﺳُﻞ ٖ ﺑَﻌْﺪِﻩ ْۢ ﻣِﻦ وَﻗَﻔَّﻴْﻨَﺎ َ اﻟْﻜِﺘٰﺐ َ ﻣُﻮْىس اٰﺗَﻴْﻨَﺎ ْ ﻟَﻘَﺪ َ و 315 That is: ‘We bestowed the Torah upon Moses as and thereafter sent many messengers in its support and to testify to its truth. ’ ﺗَرتَْا رُﺳُﻠَﻨَﺎ اَرْﺳَﻠْﻨَﺎ َُّ مث ؕ 316 That is: ‘Then, We sent Our messengers one after the other. ’ All these verses show that it is the way of All ā h that after sending down His Book He sends prophets in support of it. In support of the Torah sometimes as many as four hundred prophets were sent at one and the same time; as testified by the Bible. The reason for sending so many prophets is that God Almighty has warned emphatically that abiding hell is the punishment for denial of His Book; as is said: ِ اﻟﻨَّﺎر ُ اَحصْٰﺐ َ اُوﻟٰٓﯩِٕﻚ ٓ ﺑِـﺎٰﻳٰﺘِﻨَﺎ وَﻛَﺬَّﺑُﻮْا ﻛَﻔَﺮُوْا َ وَاذلَِّﻳْﻦ ۚ َ ﺧٰدلُِوْن ﻓِهيَْﺎ ُْ مه 317 314 Ibid. 315 S ū rah Al-Baqarah, 2:88 316 S ū rah Al-Mu’min ū n, 23:45