Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 44
45 people is vouchsafed according to the spiritual abilities and capabilities of that people, as Allah burdens not any individual or nation beyond their capacity. The second very evident fact is that the Quranic shariah, in comparison to all the earlier shariahs, is the most perfect, immaculate, consummate and complete. If you compare the Quranic injunctions (commands and prohibitions) with those of earlier shariahs, you will find that over seven hundred injunctions (commands and prohibitions) have been sent down for this umma, whereas Hadrat Moses as was given only a handful of injunctions. Besides that, hundreds of Quranic injunctions are such as have never been found in any of the past shariahs. This proves the fact that injunctions (commands and prohibitions) of all the earlier shariahs were limited in their scope, as the abilities of the people to whom they were sent were limited too. As the Quranic shariah is perfect and immaculate, it is an evidence that at the time of the revelation of the Holy Quran mankind possessed perfect spiritual capabilities, or else the Holy Quran would not have been sent down to them. Hence, excellent features of the Quranic teachings bear testimony to the excellence of the faculties of this umma. The excellence of the Quranic teachings, their comprehensiveness and grandeur lead us to the conclusion that the people to whom the Holy Quran was sent excel all the past peoples in terms of their faculties, or else the Holy Quran would not have been sent to them. That is to say, the people to whom the