Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah

by Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad

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Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 180

181 The Holy Quran itself has used the word ‘Quran’ for its verses also. It says that is, these are manifest signs. Thus, would mean, I read out the manifest signs to you. Similarly the Holy Quran also claims that it provides a perfect shariah. Thus, would mean that God has commanded me to present the perfect shariah in the form of a book and by being (the first to follow it) as well. For, when a question was put about the morals of the Holy Prophet sa , Hadrat Ayesha ra replied, ‘Read the Holy Quran, [you will find the answer there]’ ( ). Thus, the prayer was that is, the Prophet would go on presenting to the world the manifest signs. And the Holy Prophet sa claimed that the prayer had been answered, and that with the command of God (recite the Quran) he was presenting the manifest signs to the world. Another prayer was (teach them the Book) and the Holy Prophet sa said, (recite the Quran) that owing to the acceptance of the supplication I am presenting the perfect shariah to the world. Another prayer was that he would teach them wisdom, and the Holy Prophet sa said, that is, I present this Quran, which is full of wisdom and is , to the world. As a result of acceptance of all the three prayers Allah had the Holy Prophet sa pronounce a two-word sentence and thus hinted to all the three points. The lexicon also corroborates these meanings. The fourth point was , meaning that he would purify them. Corresponding to the Holy Prophet sa said in these verses (So