Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 92
T E S T I MON Y OF T HE HOLY Q U R AN 92 intended that—after the death of the Holy Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—the blessings of Messengership should endure for only thirty years in the mantle of the Khulaf a ’, and then He would not care even if the world came to complete ruin. In fact, in the early days, the Khulaf a ’ were needed only to spread the majesty of Islam and not for any other purpose because the light and excellences of Messengership were fresh and bloom - ing and thousands of miracles had recently come down like rain. Had God so willed, it would not have been contrary to His prac - tice and law if, instead of the four Khulaf a ’, He would have pro - longed the life of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, by thirty years. After the passing of thirty years, the age of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would have been be ninety-three years. And this estimate does not exceed the recorded ages of that time, nor is it contrary to the observable law of nature concerning human life expectancy. Will sane reason entertain the vile notion about God Almighty that He cared for this ummah for only thirty years and then left it in ignorance forever and did not wish to show it the light that He has always shown to the ummahs of earlier Prophets through the mirror of Khilafat? Certainly not. Moreover, the following verse is categorical witness over the succession of imams: 1 َو ْدَقَل اَنْبَتَك يِف ِرْوُبَّزلا ْۢنِم ِدْعَب ِرْكِّذلا َّنَا َضْرَاْلا اَهُثِرَي َيِداَبِع َنْوُحِلّٰصلا 1. And already have We written in the Psalms of David, after the exhorta - tion, that My righteous servants shall inherit the land ( S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:106). [Publisher]