The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 26
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 26 you and have completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. The crux of the meaning is that whatever extent of the Glorious Qur’an that was to be revealed had been sent down and it had brought about the most extraordinary and wonderful changes in worthy and willing souls and had perfected their train- ing and completed its favour upon them. Verily, these two essen- tials are indispensable, which are the ultimate cause for the advent of a Prophet. Now, see how this verse proclaims emphatically and forcefully that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, certainly did not depart from this world until the reli- gion of Islam had been perfected 1 ٭ through the revelation of the Qur’an and the perfection of souls. And this is indeed a special sign of being from Allah which is never bestowed upon a liar. Indeed, before the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, a standard of this lofty degree of perfection had never been exhibited even by any true Prophet, that on the one side, the Book of Allah be completed in peace and security, and on the other side, the souls [of believers] be perfected—all the while disbelief facing defeat on all fronts and Islam enjoying victory in every way. 1. ٭ Footnote: God Almighty addressed the c ompanions [of the Holy Prophet s as ] in the Noble Qur’an saying that He had perfected their reli- gion and completed His favour upon them. And He did not construct the verse to say that, ‘ o Prophet! This day I have perfected the Qur’an. ’ The wisdom in this is that it may be made clear that not only had the Holy Qur’an been perfected, but those people who were made to re- ceive the Holy Qur’an had also been perfected, so that the very need for prophethood was fulfilled to perfection. —Author