Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 42
T E S T I MON Y OF T HE HOLY Q U R AN 42 gave him the Gospel. And We placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who accepted him. That is, they preached with meekness, modesty, and politeness, instead of the sword. This verse suggests that even though the Mosaic Law was awe-inspiring, and hundreds of thousands were killed in compli - ance with its injunctions, even nearly 400,000 infants were also slain, God Almighty willed that this dispensation should come to end in mercy, and He may create a people from among them who would guide human beings to the right path, not with the sword, but with their knowledge, moral character, and power of purification. Because resemblance in blessings is of utmost importance, and perfect resemblance can be established only if resemblance in blessings is also established; therefore, it so happened that Hadrat M u s a , peace be on him, was blessed with servants of his law for nearly 1,400 years, among whom were Prophets and recipients of revelation, and that dispensation ended with a Prophet who called towards the truth with compassion and humility, and not with the sword. Similarly, our Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was also blessed with the servants of Shariah who—according to the hadith, 1 ْل ي ِ َآء ِ بَنِي ْ إِسْرَآئ ي ِ َأَنْب ك ْ عُلَمَآء ُ أُمَّتِي —were Mulham i n and Mu h addath i n [i. e. recipients of revelation and divine converse]. And just as Hadrat Mas ih , peace be upon him, who invited towards truth with com - passion and humility and not with the sword, was sent at the end of Mosaic dispensation, similarly, God sent the Promised 1. The scholars of my ummah are like the Prophets of Ban i Isr a’i l. [Publisher]