Real Revolution — Page 40
- 40. Holy Quran says: "Do you not know that Allah is the monarch of the earth and the sky?" Therefore, when He has decided to establish His sovereignty on a new basis, who is there to prevent Him from . doing so?. DURATION OF A RELIGIOUS DISPENSATION. The Holy Quran lays down a principle that every order based on religion either becomes out of date in time, or people forget it. It might get out of date in two ways: people mix other things into it; or its teaching no longer suits prevailing conditions. For instance, we need a new suit of clothes when the old one is worn out to such an extent that it no longer fulfills our need. Or we need a a new outfit for a growing child even when his old clothes are still servicable, because he has in the meantime outgrown them. Similarly a religious teaching is sometimes changed because it had become impure, or it is changed when there is a change in prevailing conditions, so that the old teaching no longer meets the requirements of the new situation. . The cause of a Divine teaching no longer remaining suitable, because of human interference or other causes, occurs only when the Divine scheme demands it should no longer remain operative; for otherwise it always remains under