The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 79
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 79 with Shauq i A fand i , leader and head of the Bah a ’ i s. When all Muslims, with the exception of the followers of the Ahmadiyyah movement, accepted the doctrine of abrogation in the Holy Qur’an, what is the harm, he asked on this occasion, if the Bah a ’ i s take the stand that the whole Qur’an and the Islamic Sharia need to be replaced with something more modern and better suited to meet the changed conditions? In this the Bah a ’ i s have said nothing new, he added. But this stand on the part of the Bah a ’ i s is not correct or justified. If the Muslims happen to have accepted the idea of abrogation of some verses of the Qur’an, it does not necessarily follow that this idea is also correct, so that the Bah a ’ i s or anyone else should complacently proceed to raise superstructures on it. The real question which needs to be settled first is whether, in the light of the Holy Qur’an, abrogation of any of its verses can be held acceptable or not. Correct meaning of the verse (107 of Al-Baqarah) Those among the general Muslims who believe that some verses of the Holy Qur’an have been abrogated by certain other verses, and all the Bah a ’ i s, are misled in this connection by the following verse: "Whatever sign, We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than that or the like thereof. Dost thou not know that Allah has the power to do all that