خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 404
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 404 October 1st, 1982 regarding the Holy Qur'an, you are trying to come out with excuses۔And you tell us that it is just a hidden phenomenon; it is just a spiritual phenomenon; a religious phenomenon and not exactly the phenomenon of nature as we observe it۔What is the answer of such a question, such an allegation? It appears to be rather heavy and Islam must be defended rationally, not through imaginations and through our beliefs alone۔Those who understand the style of the Holy Qur'an would further proceed to note that the Holy Qur'an does not require any outside defenders۔It can well defend its values and it doesn't need any outside help۔Verses of the Holy Qur'an support other verses and make their meaning manifestly clear۔So when we say positively that these verses mean to refer to a religious phenomenon and not the apparently natural phenomenon, we must have some proof in the Holy Qur'an itself so that when the attention of man is drawn towards the second type of verses, immediately the allegations fall by themselves۔But the second verse to which I want to draw your attention is after a few Suras; in Surah Jinn۔the Holy Qu'ran tells us in that verse of that Surah وَاَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاءَ فَوَجَدْنَهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدً اوَتُهُبَّان وَأَنَّاكُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الْآنَ يَجِدُ لَهُ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا (10-8:Al-Jinn) It says, in the words of jinnai, and again that word jinn () is a very debatable word; how it should۔