Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 487
28 September 1905 487 The Jew— Since the Torah is no longer practiced, this is why no Wal i [Friend (of Allah)] nor righteous one appears. Promised Messiah— If there had been any efficacy left in the Torah, why would they have abandoned it at all? If you argue that some have renounced it, then the objection still stands that you should present the effect on those who have not renounced it. Yet if all have renounced it, then this renunciation nullifies its efficacy. We do not believe the same for the Holy Quran. It is true that most Muslims have abandoned the Holy Quran, but still, the lights and blessings of the Holy Quran and its effects are ever alive and ever so fresh. Accordingly, I have been sent at this time for this very proof. And Almighty Allah has been sending His servants at their respective times for its defense and sup- port, insofar as He had promised: 1 اَّنِا ُنْحَن اَنْلَّزَن َرْكِّذلا َو اَّنِا ٗهَل َنْوُظِفٰحَل اَّنِا ُنْحَن اَنْلَّزَن َرْكِّذلا َو اَّنِا ٗهَل َنْوُظِفٰحَل Meaning that, verily, We Ourself have sent down this Reminder (the Holy Quran) and surely We are its Guardian. The promise that Almighty Allah made for safeguard- ing the Holy Quran is not there for the Torah or any other scripture. That is why human trickery exerted its influence in those books. It is an incredibly potent means of safeguarding the Holy Quran that ever-fresh evidence of its effects is always present. Since the Jews have completely abandoned the Torah and exhibit no influence nor impact of it, it indicates their [spiritual] death. 1. S u rah al- H ijr, 15:10 [Publisher]