Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 70
T E S T I MON Y OF T HE HOLY Q U R AN 70 restored. Thus, if nothing is permissible after the perfection of the Religion, then, according to the statement of this critic, the thirty years of Khilafat [after the Holy Prophet s as ] would also be rendered unnecessary, as the Religion had been perfected and nothing more was needed. In fact, it is out of place for the uninformed critic to cite the verse: 1 َمْوَيْلَا ُتْلَمْكَا ْمُكَل ْمُكَنْيِد When do we allege that a Mujaddid or Mu h addath subtracts any - thing from the Faith or adds anything to it? Rather, our position is that when, after the lapse of time, the dust of faulty thinking covers the holy teaching of the Faith and the pure countenance of truth becomes hidden, then Mujaddid i n, Mu h addath i n, and spiritual Khulaf a ’ appear to reveal the true and beautiful counte - nance of the Faith. We do not know whence our hopeless critic has learnt that Mujaddid i n and spiritual Khulaf a ’ arrive with the purpose of changing or abrogating the Faith. No, they do not come to abrogate the Faith, but to display the light and brilliance of the Faith. The critic’s position that there is no such need reveals that he does not have much regard for the Faith. He has never reflected on what Islam is, what its progress signifies, how and in what manner its real progress can be achieved, and who can be considered a true Muslim. That is why the critic considers it enough that—the Holy 1. This day have I perfected your religion for you ( S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:4). [Publisher]