Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 130
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 130 construed to mean that I have come to teach any new shariah or give new commandments or that a new book will be sent down. Not at all. If somebody thinks this, he is—in my view—highly misled and devoid of faith. Prophethood and the Shariah have been perfected upon the person of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. No shariah can now come. The Holy Quran is Kh a tamul-Kutub [the Best of Books]; it does not admit of any change—not even of a dot or a mark. Nevertheless, it is true that the blessings and bounties of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the fruits of the Holy Quran’s teaching and guidance have not come to an end. They shall be present in every age, ever fresh, and it is for the demonstration of these bounties and blessings that God Almighty has appointed me. The dire state that Islam is in today is not a secret. Everyone agrees that Muslims suffer from all sorts of shortcomings and decadence. They are degenerating in every aspect. They pay only lip service to Islam; their heart is not in it. Islam has become like an orphan. Such are the circumstances in which God Almighty has sent me so that I may support Islam and act as its guardian. What is more, God has sent me in fulfilment of His promise, for He had declared: 1 اَّنِا ُنْحَن اَنْلَّزَن َرْكِّذلا َو اَّنِا ٗهَل َنْوُظِفٰحَل اَّنِا ُنْحَن اَنْلَّزَن َرْكِّذلا َو اَّنِا ٗهَل َنْوُظِفٰحَل When will this help, succour, and protection come if not now? Now, the situation in this fourteenth century of the Hijrah is similar to the one that was met on the occasion of Badr, and about which Allah the Exalted says: 1. Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian ( S u rah al- H ijr, 15:10). [Publisher]