The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 292
292. Essence of Islam-1 ited a few villages within sight of Jesus. But the Holy. Qur'ān mentions the death of the whole world and describes the evil condition of all peoples. The Jews were the descendants of the Prophets and professed faith in the. Torah, though they did not act in accordance with it; but at the time of the revelation of the Holy Qur'an, in addition to all sorts of corruption in conduct, their doctrine too had been corrupted. Thousands of people were atheists and thousands denied revelation and all sorts of evils were rife on the earth. Jesus mentioned the misconduct of the Jews who were a small people, which shows that the. Jews were then in need of a Reformer. But the argument that we put forward in the case of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] to affirm that he was commissioned by God, that he came at the time of general corruption and was called back after effecting a full reform, and the presentation of both these aspects in the Holy Qur'ān, and his calling the attention of the world to it, is a matter which is not to be found in the. Gospel and indeed not in any other Book except in the. Holy Qur'ān. . These arguments are put forth by the Holy Qur'ān itself and it claims that its truth is established by a consideration of both these aspects. It appeared at a time when misconduct and false doctrines had become widespread and the world had drifted far away from truth, reality,. Unity of God and purity. The affirmation of the Qur'ān in this respect is confirmed by a study of comparative history. There is evidence of the confession of every people that that age was so full of darkness that every people had become prone to creature worship and that is the reason that when the Holy Qur'ān charged all people with misguidance and evildoing, not one of them was