Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 331
29 December 1905 331 unfortunately. And that meaning is that We have sent down the Quran on such a night that it was pitch dark, and it called for a capable Mu s le h [Reformer]. God Almighty has created man for worship as He says: 1 َو اَم ُتْقَلَخ َّنِجْلا َو َسْنِاْلا اَّلِا ِنْوُدُبْعَيِل َو اَم ُتْقَلَخ َّنِجْلا َو َسْنِاْلا اَّلِا ِنْوُدُبْعَيِل Thus, when man has been created for worship, it cannot be that he remains in the dark. In such a time, a zeal develops naturally in his being, calling for a Mu s le h to be raised. Therefore: 2 ۤاَّنِا ُهٰنْلَزْنَا ْيِف ِةَلْيَل ِرْدَقْلا ۤاَّنِا ُهٰنْلَزْنَا ْيِف ِةَلْيَل ِرْدَقْلا is another argument in support of the sending of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in that age and the result of it was set forth in— َمْوَيْلَا ُتْلَمْكَا ْمُكَل َمْوَيْلَا ُتْلَمْكَا ْمُكَل [this day have I perfected for you]. It is as if this chapter is the second harvest of prophethood. By ikm a l [perfecting] is not just meant the sending down of the s u rahs , but it means the perfecting of the soul and purification of the heart. First, make a savage into a man and then make him into a wise and moral man, and then a godly man, and then ena- ble him to achieve the standards of self-purification, perfection, and civilization. And in the same way, the Book of Allah was completed and perfected to the point that there is no truth and attestation which is not in the Holy Quran. I repeatedly asked Agnihotri to tell me any truth that was 1. And I have not created the Jinn and the men but that they may worship Me ( S u rah adh-Dh a riy a t, 51:57). [Publisher] 2. Surely, We sent it down on the Night of Destiny ( S u rah al-Qadr, 97:2). [Publisher]