The Noble Son — Page 71
HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 71 The former leader of the deniers of Khilafat, the late Maulawi Muhammad Ali, writes that: ‘Only those will be able to touch the Holy Qur’an who are pure, and from this two matters are learnt; one that even a Muslim should only touch the Holy Qur’an when in a state of physical purity, second, that access to its lofty topics is only granted to those people, who having purified themselves, from sin establish a connection with Allah the Almighty. These are the two ways for the purified to reach the Holy Qur’an: one physical and the other hidden or innate. ’ 77 Hazrat Amirul-Momineen, Khalifatul-Masih II aba challenged the opponents not once, but repeatedly, to compete with him in laying forth the hidden verities of the Holy Qur’an. He called them towards this again and again. In 1925, inviting the Deoband scholars to compete thus, he wrote: ‘If by verities and insights are meant those verifiable truths with which the Holy Qur’an is replete, among which are the best and the loftiest methods for the reformation of man’s morals and actions, and in which establishing a connection with Allah is taught, then in the writing of such verities I call these maulvis [clerics] to compete with me. If they agree, they will see how terrible will be their end in competing with a most humble servant of Hazrat Mirza Sahib as. Their pens will break,