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true in putting forward his claim. The wise people did not even need a miracle to prove the truthfulness of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 149) PHIWSOPHY OF 'STORIES' This is not at all worth forgetting that the Holy Quran which is the best of the scriptures (and the last law bearing Book) is not a collection of stories. Those who, because of misunderstanding or in an effort to cover the truth, have called this book a collection of stories are devoid of the sense of the truth - realisation. The fact is contrary to what these people think, the Holy Quran has given a philosophical touch to the incidents mentioned in it, and it must be admitted that by so doing it has laid the previous scriptures and the prophets under obligation. Had the Holy Quran not dealt with them as it has, those things would have become a laughing stock in this age. This, too, is the grace of God that in this Age which is the Age of the advancement of knowledge and various facts are being discovered, He has established this Dispensation to discl9se the heavenly secrets. What was considered to be nothing more than ordinary stories and were being mocked at in this Age of science, has been presented to the world (by this Dispensation) in a philosophical manner. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 153) HOLY QURAN'S OBLIGATION It must be kept in mind that the Holy Quran has laid the scripture'> and the prophets under obligation introducing their teachings as something intellectual, though they were in the form of stories. I tell you the truth that nobody can attain to salvation. through these stories unless he studies the 138