Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 728
ATTEMPTS TO PHILOSOPHICALLY JUSTIFY. THE FINALITY OF NON-LAW-BEARING PROPHETHOOD 'burden' he feigned to set them free, but not entirely so. He betook for himself the role of a new 'Law-maker', after cancelling the previous Law. But in the final analysis. Bahaullah succeeded only in making a mockery of God and himself. The shariah that Bahaullah dictated to replace the law of the Quran was no more and no less than a blatant affront to common sense, reason and rationality. . Between these two modern day disciples of St. Paul, i. e. Bahaullah and Maudoodi, nothing seems to have been left of the religion of Islam. As for the Quranic law,. Bahāullah claimed to have done away with it in the name of emancipation. As for the institution of prophethood,. Maudoodi ventured to abolish it by virtue of the same. Pauline philosophy. Both failed to achieve their objectives in the sight of God. Both were applauded as great heroes in the sight of men who were already spiritually diseased. . But Maudoodi did not follow St. Paul entirely. He did not go as far as to suggest that the Quranic law should be annulled by God, lest the people should incur His wrath by failing to abide by it. He only applied the Pauline principle to the institution of prophethood. Even if non-law-bearing prophets are raised after the Holy Founders of Islam, they are likely to be rejected by the majority of Muslims as prophets have been rejected before them. Thus according to. Maudoodi's logic, the threat of the curse would keep hanging over their heads like the sword of Damocles. In. Maudoodi's estimation by altogether doing away with the institution of prophethood after the Holy Prophet. Muhammadsa, God has bestowed untold blessings upon mankind, particularly upon the Muslims. . If the institution of prophethood is finally brought to a close, lest people should be cursed, it is tantamount to pronouncing prophethood itself to be a curse. Thus, the neo-Pauline philosophy of Maudoodi would require God to 686