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The other two Quranic verses merged with verse 6. 80 in this statement attributed to the Prophet of Islam, Hadhrat. Muhammad sa by the fourth Caliph, Hadhrat Ali ibn Talibra are, according to the Holy Quran: قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ 'Qul 'inna Salaatii wa nusukii wa mah-yaaya wa mamaatii lil'laahi Rabbil-'aalamiin. '12 لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ 'Laa shariika lah: wa bizaa-lika 'umirtu wa 'ana 'awwa-lulMuslimiin. " 113 га. However, as one would observe in this statement attributed to. Hadhrat Muhammadsa by Hadeeth literature, 'Innii in the beginning of verse 6. 80 before waj-jahtu is missing and so is Qui before 'inna Salaatii in verse 6. 163 as well as 'awwa-lul before. Muslimiin in verse 6. 164 while man has been added before. Muslimiin. What opinion would Abdul Hafeez now care to express in relation to our beloved Prophets for having made the aforementioned statement; in relation to Hadhrat Alira for having reported the same and also Hadhrat Imam Tirmidhith for having recorded it in his collection of Ahadeeth? Would it not be more sensible for him to accept that it is a perfectly acceptable practice amongst Muslims to join the verses of the. Holy Quran together to convey an essential message and hence. Hadhrat Ahmadas did not commit any error in writing verses 26 and 27 of Surah Rahman together? Or would he rather take exception to some of the greatest men known to the history of. Islam for having established this Sunnah which Hadhrat. Ahmadas merely followed? 12. Ibid. , 6. 163 13. Ibid. , 6. 164 202