Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 69
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 69 It answers the question as to how and by what means the Holy Quran will be safeguarded. In this regard, God Almighty says that He will continue sending Khulaf a ’ of this Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, from time to time. And the word khal i fah has been chosen to imply that they will be successors to the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and will partake of his blessings, as occurred in earlier times. They will spread the Faith and establish peace after fear; that is, they will appear at such times as when Islam will be rife with schisms. And whosoever defies them after their coming will be depraved and rebellious. This is the answer to the ignorant one who asks: Is it obligatory for us to believe in the Auliy a ’? Allah the Exalted says, indeed, it is obligatory, and those who oppose them and die while opposing them are the rebellious. In this context, the critic has also written that God Almighty has said: 1 َمْوَيْلَا ُتْلَمْكَا ْمُكَل ْمُكَنْيِد َو ُتْمَمْتَا ْمُكْيَلَع ْيِتَمْعِن Then, the critic asserts that since the Religion has been perfected, and the favours have been completed, therefore, no Mujaddid or Prophet is now needed. Sadly, the critic has raised an objec - tion against the Holy Quran itself by such thinking, inasmuch as the Holy Quran has promised the appointment of Khulaf a ’ from the ummah, as has been mentioned earlier, and has said that through them the Religion will be strengthened, doubts will be put to rest and, following after a state of fear, security will be 1. This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My fa - vour upon you ( S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:4). [Publisher]