The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 425
IX - Repeated Treachery of the Jews, Compilation and Sequence of the Holy Qur ’ā n, Marriage of Ḥaḍrat Zainab ra , the Great Calumny and Mischief of the Hypocrites 425 as the matter is concerned that often times revelation would be sent down in line with his own thoughts - this is correct. However, this is not a point of objection, rather, this very fact is proof of the truth and excellence of the Holy Prophet sa. In the Holy Qur’ān, Allāh the Exalted states: “O Prophet! Set yourself towards the service of Islām, the religion of God, in an upright and straightforward manner - a religion which has been fashioned according to the nature in which He has created mankind. ” 1 In terms of rationality as well, this is exactly the course that should have been employed, in that the nature of man should have been created in line with the Sharī‘at , or in other words, the Sharī‘at should have been revealed in accordance with human nature. Hence, a correlation between a pure disposition and the Islāmic Sharī‘at must exist, and the greater extent to which a person’s nature is undiluted and pure from external influences, the more such a person is closer to the essence of the Sharī‘at. Therefore, it was necessary for the natural inclinations of the Holy Prophet sa to be at greater accord with the Islāmic Sharī‘at , as compared to other people. In normal circumstances, the views of the Holy Prophet sa would follow a course which was in line with the revelation of the Sharī‘at. However, it is absolutely incorrect to assert that this always occurred, because after all, the Holy Prophet sa was a human being and human necessity required that on certain occasions there be a variance as well. In addition to this, since Allāh the Exalted desired to clearly manifest that the source of the revelation sent upon the Holy Prophet sa was above and beyond his heart and mind; and was sent from a Being of hidden depths, under His wise power, He left no dearth of such examples where the Holy Prophet sa thought one thing, but something else was revealed, or the desire of the Holy Prophet sa was one thing, but something different was revealed. Therefore, the allegation of Mr. Muir and Mr. Margoliouth is absolutely incorrect and baseless. 1 Ar-Rūm (30:31)