The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 459
The Holy Qur'an 459. That which is the basis of faith, by knowing and accepting which a person can become a Muslim, has been proclaimed clearly in every age. I wonder wherefrom have these Maulavīs, who lack intelligence, gathered that. God Almighty was under obligation that whatever of His favours and bounties was to be manifested in future must be proved to have existed in past ages also. [Karāmāt-uş-Şādiqīn, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 7, pp. 60-62]. Standards for a True Commentary of the Holy Qur'ān. The first standard of a true commentary on the Holy. Qur'an is the testimony of the Qur'ān itself. It should be remembered that the Holy Qur'ān is not like other books dependent upon something else for proof or disclosure of its verities. It is like an orderly structure the whole of which is disturbed by the displacement of one if its bricks. It comprises no verity which is not supported by ten or twenty testimonies contained in it. When we interpret a verse of the Holy Qur'an we should consider whether it contains other testimony in support of the meaning that we have adopted. If other testimony is not available and the meaning that we have adopted is found to be opposed to other verses, we should realize that that meaning is false for it is not possible that there should be any contradiction in the Holy Qur'ān. The sign of true meaning is that a whole host of clear testimony from the. Holy Qur'an should confirm it. . The second standard for a correct interpretation of the. Qur'an is the commentary of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him]. There can be no doubt that the person who understood the meaning of the Holy