Real Revolution — Page 112
112 shariah of which the teaching embraces the political and the cultural aspects of human life, for other wise it would be difficult for the people to estimate the value of that teaching. Accordingly we find that Allah gave kingship to the Holy Prophet, so that now whenever we are in doubt as to any point, we get out of the difficulty by studying the life of the Holy Prophet and finding how he met the kind of situation which forms our problem. "And He made you kings" therefore means a temporal authority given by. Allah so that the social and political aspects of the teaching should be established by being put into practice, of which the operation is sometimes lett in the hands of khaleefas who are not Prophets, however. . Allah, in other words has said in this verse that (i) Mamoor khilaafat, (ii) non-mamoor khilaafat, and (iii) the best shariah bestowed upon you comprises ni'mat. Hence when we find it said of the. Holy Prophet that Allah's ni'mat had been completed upon him, it means that (i) the door to Prophethood would remain open for his followers: (ii) there would be a succession of rightful khaleetas; (iii) and thatthe teaching given to him was the best of all. Therefore when Allah says about theHoly. Prophet " اَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتى . "I have completed my Ni, mat on you", it would