Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 329
29 December 1905 329 not lead the nation into the Promised Land. Jesus, peace be on him, himself says that there are many things yet to be told. Is such a statement also written in the Holy Quran? What is written there is— ُتْلَمْكَا ْمُكَل ُتْلَمْكَا ْمُكَل [‘I have perfected (your religion) for you’]. What remains [to be discussed] is their perfection. The perfection of the Companions ra that was achieved by the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is evi- dent from the fact that Almighty Allah Himself says concern- ing them: 1 یۃ آ اْل ا یۃ آ اْل ا ْمُهْنِمَف ْنَّم ىٰضَق ٗهَبْحَن. . . ْمُهْنِمَف ْنَّم ىٰضَق ٗهَبْحَن. . . And then He says regarding them: 2 َيِضَر ُهّٰللا ْمُهْنَع َو اْوُضَر ُهْنَع َيِضَر ُهّٰللا ْمُهْنَع َو اْوُضَر ُهْنَع However, the ‘praise’ of Christ’s disciples found in the Gospels is known to all. Again and again, they are called greedy and of little faith, and their practical example is that one of them took thirty pieces of silver and had Jesus arrested, while another cursed him to his face. Be just and say what kind of perfection is this? On the other hand, the Holy Quran is full of praise for the Companions ra. And they were perfected in such a way that no other nation could match them. Then Allah also gave an excellent reward to them, so much so that even if there was any grudge between them, He said regarding it: 1. There are some of them who have fulfilled their vow, and some who still wait, and they have not changed their condition in the least ( S u rah al-A h z a b, 33:24). [Publisher] 2. Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him ( S u rah al-Bayyinah, 98:9). [Publisher]