Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 713
FUTURE OF REVELATION that it is difficult to visualize how a single universal code of religious law could satisfy them with equal justice. . In answer to both these questions, the Quran claims that all its teachings are founded on the human psyche which is common to mankind and unchangeable in relation to time. Any teaching which perfectly corresponds to the human psyche becomes unchangeable. It is this principle that the Quran alludes to when it says: فَاقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ الله ذلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ* 30:31. So set thy face to the service of religion as one devoted to God. And follow the nature made by. Allah the nature in which He has created mankind. . There is no altering the creation of God. That is the right religion. But most men know not. ³ 3. Indeed the nature created by God cannot be altered. . Even the atheist must concede that human nature has remained universally unaltered since time immemorial. But a Book of Law corresponding to this unalterable nature can itself be changed all the same by the interference of humans. The Quran takes care of this danger by declaring it is a well-protected book. إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحفِظُونَ * 15:10. Verily, it is We Who have sent down this. Exhortation, and most surely We are its Guardian. 4. History has proved this claim to be right. Hence the. Prophets who was bestowed this Book has to be accepted as the last law-bearer. Nothing in this claim is irrational, but 671