It is my faith that the Holy Qur’an is perfect in its teaching and that there is no verity that has been left out of it, as Allah, the Glorious, has said:
and again:
But I also believe that it is not the function of every Maulavi to set forth from the Holy Qur’an all religious matters and to expound all its details according to the Divine design. This is the function especially of those who have been helped with Divine revelation by way of Prophethood or great saintliness. For those people who not being recipients of revelation are not competent to expound Qur’anic insights, the only straight way is that without attempting to interpret the Qur’an, they should unhesitatingly accept all the teachings which have been handed down by tradition. Those who are illumined with the light of saintly revelation are included among the purified. Regarding them it is the way of Allah that from time to time He discloses to them the hidden fine points of the Holy Qur’an and makes it clear to them that the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] has not put forth any extra teaching on his own and that the true Ahadith only set forth the details of the principles and directives contained in the Holy Qur’an. By being vouchsafed this insight, the miracle of the Holy Qur’an is manifested to them and the truth of those verses becomes clear to them in which Allah, the Glorious, says that nothing has been left out from the Holy Qur’an.
[al-Haq Mubahatha Ludhiana, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 4, pp. 80-81]
The purport of this verse is that:
We have sent down to thee the Book which is an exposition of everything; al-Nahl, 16:90
and again:
We have not left out anything from the Book. al-An‘am, 6:39
But I also believe that it is not the function of every Maulavi to set forth from the Holy Qur’an all religious matters and to expound all its details according to the Divine design. This is the function especially of those who have been helped with Divine revelation by way of Prophethood or great saintliness. For those people who not being recipients of revelation are not competent to expound Qur’anic insights, the only straight way is that without attempting to interpret the Qur’an, they should unhesitatingly accept all the teachings which have been handed down by tradition. Those who are illumined with the light of saintly revelation are included among the purified. Regarding them it is the way of Allah that from time to time He discloses to them the hidden fine points of the Holy Qur’an and makes it clear to them that the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] has not put forth any extra teaching on his own and that the true Ahadith only set forth the details of the principles and directives contained in the Holy Qur’an. By being vouchsafed this insight, the miracle of the Holy Qur’an is manifested to them and the truth of those verses becomes clear to them in which Allah, the Glorious, says that nothing has been left out from the Holy Qur’an.
[al-Haq Mubahatha Ludhiana, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 4, pp. 80-81]
The purport of this verse is that:
The Holy Qur’an has two great purposes for achieving which the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] came. One is the wisdom of the Holy Qur’an, that is to say, its insights and fine points; and the second is the effect of the Holy Qur’an which purifies the souls. al-Jumu‘ah, 62:3
The safeguarding of the Qur’an does not mean only that its text should be preserved, for this function was performed in early ages by the Jews and Christians also in respect of their scriptures, so much so, that even the vowel points of the Torah had been calculated. By the safeguarding of the Holy Qur’an is meant both the safeguarding of the text and the safeguarding of the benefits and effects of the Qur’an, and that can only be done in accord with Divine practice, if from time to time deputies of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] should appear who should enjoy all the bounties of Messengership by way of reflection, and who should be bestowed all the blessings which are bestowed upon the Prophets. This is indicated in the verse:
‘Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that He will surely give them in exchange security and peace after their fear. They will worship Me and they will not associate anything with Me. Then whoso is ungrateful after that, they will be the rebellious.’—al-Nur, 24:56
This verse is explanatory of the other verse:
We Ourself have sent down this Reminder and We shall surely safeguard it.’—al-Hijr, 15:10
and furnishes the reply to the question how will the Qur’an be safeguarded? God Almighty says that He will from time to time send successors of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him].
[Shahadat-ul-Qur’an, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 6, pp. 338-339]
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