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296. Essence of Islam-1 be destroyed and would ever turn to it in mercy and hold back the misfortunes which could follow upon some weakness. [Nūr-ul-Qur'ān, No. I, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 9 pp. 333-356]. It is a clear proof of the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] and of the truth of the Holy Qur'ān, that the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was sent into the world when by its circumstances, it was demanding a grand. Reformer and that he did not die, nor was he killed, till he had established the truth upon the earth. When he appeared as a Prophet, he at once proved his need by the world and condemned every people for their paganism, unrighteousness and wrong-doing. The Holy Qur'an is full of such admonition, for instance: تبرك الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلى عَبْدِهِ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا 183. Blessed is He Who has sent down the Holy Qur'ān to. His servant that he may be a Warner to all the peoples; that is to say, he was to warn them of their false doctrines and their going astray. . This verse is proof, and the Qur'ān claims, that the Holy. Prophet appeared at a time when the whole world and all the people had been corrupted; and his opponents have accepted this claim not only by their silence, but also by their confession. It follows that the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] had come at a time when a true and perfect Prophet should have appeared. Then when we consider the time at which he was called back, we find that the Qur'an very explicit that he was called back when he had completed his task. He was called back after the verse was revealed that the code of 183 al-Furqan, 25:2 [Publisher]