Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 285
— Part III 278 Commentators have offered many alternative explanations of this verse which depend on the stress made on a particular word during recitation. Although the book is without doubt the same as promised, but also there is no doubt that it would guide only the righteous ones. This is a universal principle that applies not only to the books but also to the Prophets as. It is universal also in the sense that it is applicable to the worldly courts equally. The Holy Prophet sa is also presented as a universal witness of the truth of all the Prophets as of the world of every age. This is something special about him which one does not find in the case of Moses as and any other Prophets as. They testified to the truth of a future Prophet as but never testified to the Prophets as appearing in all other parts of the world in all other ages. This distinction of the Holy Prophet sa cannot be denied by the followers of any other religion. They monopolize the truth but the Holy Prophet sa did exactly the opposite. He taught his followers, according to the Holy Quran, that if they did not believe even in a single Prophet as other than him, it would be tantamount to rejecting him as well. That is why the Muslims must believe in the truth of all Prophets as appearing all over the world in every age, or they have to sever ties with the Prophet Muhammad sa himself. This aspect of the Quranic teaching does not show benevolence alone but also has an air of I t a ‘ i Dhil-Qurb a. To believe in other