The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 32
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 32 Meaning that, Most Blessed is He Who has sent down the Holy Qur’an upon His servant so that he may be a Warner to all the worlds; that is, so that he should make them aware of their false doctrines and evil ways. Thus, this verse is explicit proof that this is the very claim of the Qur’an, that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, appeared at such a time when the whole world and all the people had been corrupted, and his opponents have accepted this claim not only by their silence, but also by their confession. It follows from this clearly that the Holy Prophet, peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, had, in fact, come at a time when a true and perfect Prophet should have appeared. Similarly, when we consider the second aspect—the time at which he was called back—we find that the Holy Qur’an very clearly and explicitly says that he was called back when he had completed his task. That is, he was called back after the verse was revealed that the code of teaching for the Muslims had been per- fected and all that had to be revealed in religious teachings had been revealed. Not only this, but it was also announced that the support of God Almighty had also been perfected and that people in large numbers had accepted Islam. And these verses had also been revealed that God Almighty had filled their hearts with faith and righteousness and had made them averse to disobedience and vice. And they had become imbued with pure and good morals and a great transformation had taken place in their morals, con- duct and spirit. Then, after all these incidents, S u rah an-Na s r was revealed, the very purport of which was that all the objectives of prophet- hood had been fulfilled and Islam had achieved a victory over