Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 9
9 This demonstrates that only the Quran can grant us salvation. We observe a sequence whereby, on the one hand, only two objectives of the Messenger of Allah have been mentioned therein: firstly, the perfection of guidance and secondly, the perfection of the propagation of guidance. The former reached its completion on the sixth day, i. e. on Friday, when the following verse was revealed: 1 ْ ْـنَكُم ی اَلْيَوْمَ اَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِ This day have I perfected your religion for you. As for the completion of the second objective, it has been accepted by all that this will occur in the time of the Messiah son of Mary, i. e. in the time of the Promised Messiah. Allah the Exalted states: 2 ی هُوَ الَّذِيْۤ اَرْسَلَ رَسُوْلَهٗ بِالْهُدٰ He it is Who has sent His Messenger with guidance. All of the commentators have written unanimously that this verse would be ful- filled in the time of the Promised Messiah. Now when the first objective was completed on the sixth day, it was only natural that the second objective also reach completion on the sixth day. One day, according to the Quran, is equal to a thousand years. In other words, the Promised Messiah was destined to appear in the sixth millennium. ” Then the Promised Messiah as stated: “It is only the Quran that is worthy of being recited, because in fact, this is the very meaning of the word Quran. ” Then, during the course of discussion, the Promised Messiah as also mentioned that the Arya Samajists have raised allegations in relation to the term Khayr-ul- Makirin (the Best of Planners) which is used for God, and other words, due to their lack of understanding the Holy Quran; even though the Vedas describe Indra to be a great deceiver. The Promised Messiah as went on to explain that the various false Hadith about the Mahdi were fabricated out of a greed for sover- eignty. 3 A Prophecy in the Name ‘Quran’ The Promised Messiah as stated: “If we did not have the Quran, and if these 1 al-Ma’idah , 5:4 2 as-Saff , 61:10 3 Al-Hakam , vol. 12, no. 44, dated 26 July 1908, p. 3