The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 78
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO 78 year old girl falls under the purview of adultery, is completely wrong. It would have been honesty on your part to prove this from the Gospel. However, the Gospel shoved you aside and when nothing there fell into your hands, you fell instantly upon the feet of the government. Keep in mind that these vituperations are merely out of satanic prejudice. This calumny of falsely accusing the Honourable Holy Prophet s as of adultery and debauchery is the wont of satans. Some filthy and wicked wretches have cast horrendous slanders upon both of these sacred Prophets: the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the Messiah, peace be upon him. These vile people, ْ لَعْنَۃ ُ الل ِّٰ عَلَیْھِم [the curse of Allah be upon them], declared the first Prophet s as to be an adulterer—as did you—and they called the latter a bastard, as did the foul-natured Jews. You should abstain from such defamation. And the objection that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had resolved to divorce his wife, Saudah, on account of her advancing years, is completely wrong and contrary to facts. Those who have reported such accounts could not pro- vide the evidence as to whom the Holy Prophet, peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, had revealed such an intention. The fact of the matter, as recorded in credible books of Hadith, is that Saudah, on her own, felt apprehensive in her heart that due to her old age, her condition was no longer attractive, and that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, on account of the natural revulsion that is expected of human nature, would perhaps divorce her. It is also possible that she had imagined some other basis for the revulsion on account of which the fear of divorce took root in her heart; for, the psyche of women is beset