True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 74
[ 74 ] The question arises whether such a time had been wit- nessed prior to the advent of the Promised Messiah as. If it was, this would be further evidence to demolish the argu- ments put forth in the ‘White Paper’ that since the Holy Qur’an is intact, there is no need for a rejuvenator. A distinguished contemporar y of the Promised Messiah as , Naww a b N u rul H asan Kh a n, who has also been quoted earlier, writes in Iqtir a bus-S a‘ ah , page 12: Islam is left in name only; the Qur’an in a mere script. Worshippers fill the mosque, but are bereft of piety and righteousness. The ulema of this ummah are the worst people under the firmament of heaven. All mischief emanates from them and passes on down from them. A staunch enemy of the Promised Messiah as , Maulav i Than a’ ullah of Amritsar expresses himself in a similar way in Ahl-e- H ad i th , page 12, June 14, 1912: The fact of the matter is that we have forsaken the Qur’an. We have formal faith in it but in our hearts we consider it an ordinary and useless book. Undoubtedly, the Holy Qur’an has remained intact throughout the ages and we have it with us in its original form. There is no controversy over this issue. But the deplorable condition of the present day Muslims runs contrary to the thesis in the ‘White Paper’ that there is no need of a divine reformer to disseminate the Qur’anic