Muhammad The Great Exemplar — Page 47
47 disparate as Vedic philosophy and the tenets of the Wam Margians, all at the same time. The differences exist not in their meaning but in the literal understanding of the words and not just in isolated cases, but throughout the text. But the words of the Holy Qur’an are protected to a degree that though one word which has multiple meanings may be interpreted in different ways at various places, the distinction is not profound. Also, the solution to this problem is found in the Qur’an itself, so it is impossible to formulate an erroneous interpretation. The Holy Qur’an elucidates the meaning of its own verses and if a person subscribes to a false meaning, then another verse of the Holy Qur’an will expose their error and in this way the promise that God Himself will protect the Qur’an is again fulfilled. No external source is required to understand the essence of the Holy Qur’an. God has instilled it with such meanings that any erroneous interpretations can be swiftly identified. Those who commit mistakes cannot match their interpretation with any other part of the Qur’an. This is a miracle of the Qur’an which cannot be found in any other scripture. Other texts are composed in such a way that if one of their passages is interpolated, the other parts are unable to identify the point of digression. But all the verses of the Holy Qur’an safeguard one another. When a person makes a