Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 301
AL-BAYYINAH –. A MANIFEST PRINCIPLE AND. AL-QAYYIMAH AN EVERLASTING TEACHING. L-BAYYINAH, a Quranic term, applies to such manifest truth as is outstanding in its quality of dazzling brilliance, as though the sun had risen and the night dispelled. It appears with the appearance of all Divine messengers who usher in a new era of light. It does not relate to the beginning of Islam alone; it relates to the beginning the beginning of all Divine manifestations. When a messenger comes to revolutionize a society, he personifies Al-Bayyinah of which he himself is the harbinger. 98:4 فِيْهَا كُتُبٌ قَيَّمَةٌ *. Therein are everlasting teachings. '. A. L-QAYYIMAH () is another term which signifies that part of a prophet's teachings which makes the central core of every religion. It has a quality of permanence about it which defies change. All prophets according to the pronouncement of Surah Al-Bayyinah (Chapter 98), essentially bring the same message in fundamentals. This means that Adamas, the first messenger of God, was no different in this respect from any other prophet who followed him. Al-Qayyimah provides the binding link between all Divinely revealed religions. . According to this declaration the religion of Adamas, the 293