The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 24
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E 24 These arguments are put forth by the Holy Qur’an itself and it states itself that its truth is established by looking at both these aspects. That is to say, the first is the one [aspect] that I have just pointed out; that is, the Holy Qur’an appeared at a time when all kinds of evil deeds and false doctrines had become widespread and the world had drifted far away from truth, reality, Tau hi d [Oneness of God], and purity. The truth of this claim of the Holy Qur’an is corroborated when the history of every nation of that age is studied. This universal testimony takes shape as a conse- quence of every nation’s admission that, in fact, that age was so full of darkness that every people had succumbed to creature-wor- ship and this is indeed the reason that when the Qur’an declared all peoples to be misguided and evil, not one of them was able to prove their innocence. Observe how forcefully Allah the Exalted speaks of the vices of the People of the Book and describes the death of the entire world and says: اْۤوُمَلْعِا َّنَا َهّٰللا ِيْحُي َضْرَاْلا َدْعَب اَهِتْوَم١ؕ ْدَق اَّنَّيَب ُمُكَل ِتٰيٰاْلا ْمُكَّلَعَل َو اَل اْوُنْوُكَي َنْيِذَّلاَك اوُتْوُا َبٰتِكْلا ْنِم ُلْبَق َلاَطَف ُمِهْيَلَع ُدَمَاْلا ْتَسَقَف ْمُهُبْوُلُق١ؕ َو ٌرْيِثَك ْمُهْنِّم َنْوُقِسٰف۰۰ 1 (Part No. 27, Ruk u ‘ 17 , S u rah al- H ad i d) — َنْوُلِقْعَت۰۰ Meaning that the believers should not behave like the People of the Book. They were given the Book before them. Thus, the term was prolonged for them and their hearts became hardened and most of them remain, in fact, sinful and wicked. Remember this 1. S u rah al- H ad i d, 57:17–18 [Publisher]