With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 331
Appendix I 331 This verse clearly means that the believers have been bestowed knowledge of the Holy Qur’ ā n and they act upon it. As the Qur’ ā n is preserved in the bosoms of the believers, the verse: َ ﻟَﺤٰـﻔِﻈُﻮْن َٗ هل َّ وَاِان َ اذلِّﻛْﺮ ﻧَﺰَّﻟْﻨَﺎ ُ حنَْﻦ َّ اِان 331 means that it would not cease to dwell therein…. Secondly , reason demands that for the teaching and understanding of Divine books, it is necessary that, like the advent of the prophets, recipients of revelation and persons equipped with spiritual knowledge should also continue to appear from time to time. Similarly, when we study the Qur’ ā n and deliberate upon it we discover that the availability of spiritual teachers is part of the Divine design. For instance God has said: ِ اﻻَْرْض ِْ ىف ُ ﻓَﻴَﻤْﻜُﺚ َ اﻟﻨَّﺎس ُ ﻳَﻨْﻔَﻊ ﻣَﺎ وَاَﻣَّﺎ 332 (Part Number 13) ‘That which benefits people endures in the earth. ’ The prophets who strengthen people’s faith through miracles, prophecies, verities, insights and the example of their own righteousness, and benefit the seekers after truth, are obviously the greatest benefactors of mankind. And it is also obvious that they do not remain upon the earth for a long time and pass away after a short existence. Yet the purport of this verse cannot be contradictory to this reality. Therefore, with reference to the prophets, this verse means that they continue their beneficence 331 ‘Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and surely We will be its Guardian. ’—S ū rah Al-Hijr, 15:10 332 S ū rah Ar-Ra‘d, 13:18