The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 154
154 124. Essence of Islam-III وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلاً لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ 24. That is: 'We sent many Messengers before thee, some of whom We have mentioned to thee and some We have not so mentioned. '. But God made no such arrangement for the Muslims and withheld from them the mercy and grace He had bestowed upon the people of Moses as! It is obvious that, with the passage of time, previous miracles and wonders became mere tales. Succeeding generations, finding themselves bereft of all such wonders, begin to entertain doubts about miracles and extraordinary happenings. . Having the example of thousands of Prophets of Israel before them, the Muslims would be disheartened and, considering themselves unfortunate, would either envy the children of Israel or would consider the history of Israel also a chain of imaginary tales. It is idle to assert that, as there have been thousands of Prophets and many miracles have been shown in the past, the Muslims were in no need of extraordinary events and wonders and blessings and that is why God Almighty held everything of that kind back from the Muslims. This is the kind of thing that is asserted by those who have no regard for the faith. Man is very weak and always needs strengthening of faith. In this respect no help can be derived from selfconceived arguments. It is necessary to realize afresh that. God exists. False belief, which is not effective in restraining a person from misconduct, may however continue to exist as a matter of speculation and form. . Need for Reformers after the Perfection of Faith. It should be remembered that the perfection of faith does 124. Al-Nisa', 4:165 [Publisher]