Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 516
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 516 declaration to this effect is on record. 1 Therefore, the scripture they received, corresponding to the need, had the Law specific to the time and to the nation. It is obvious that if something that came for a specific need and for a specific time and place, is forcibly and unnecessarily stretched to encompass the entire world—the inevitable result would be its failing to fulfil that purpose. How would it be capable of carrying the load it was never designed to carry? This is verily the reason why we find defects in these teach- ings under the present circumstances, but the Holy Quran is not restricted to any particular age, people, or place. On the contrary, the claim of the one who brought this Perfect and Complete Book is: 2 ْيِّنِا ُلْوُسَر ِهّٰللا ْمُكْيَلِا اًعْيِمَج ْيِّنِا ُلْوُسَر ِهّٰللا ْمُكْيَلِا اًعْيِمَج. And in a different verse it is also said 3 ْۢنَم َغَلَب ْمُكَرِذْنُاِل ٖهِب َو ْمُكَرِذْنُاِل ٖهِب َو ْۢنَم َغَلَب mean- ing that, it will be incumbent upon anyone who receives the Quranic teachings to accept the yolk of obedience of this teach- ing on his neck regardless of who he is and wherever he may be. It is only the Holy Quran that reflects human nature com- prehensively and in its entirety. Even if the Quran had not been revealed, man would have been judged by the standard of this teaching because this is the teaching that is ingrained in the nature [of human beings] and is manifest on every page of the laws of nature. Those whose teachings are deficient and limited to a particular people and cannot even go a single step 1. From Badr: Thus, Jesus as himself said, ‘I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ’ The Holy Quran also confirms this َو اًلْوُسَر ىٰلِا ْۤيِنَب َلْيِءٓاَرْسِا َو اًلْوُسَر ىٰلِا ْۤيِنَب َلْيِءٓاَرْسِا And will make him a Messenger to the children of Israel ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:50), Badr, vol. 7, no. 25, p. 6, dated 25 June 1908. 2. Truly I am a Messenger to you all from Allah ( S u rah al-A‘r a f, 7:159). [Publisher] 3. So that with it I may warn you and whomsoever it reaches ( S u rah al-An‘ a m, 6:20). [Publisher]