The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 369
The Holy Qur'an 369 الْيَوْمَ الْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا 221 This day have I perfected your religion for you and have completed My favour unto you, and am pleased to choose Islām as your faith. Thus there is no need for any other book after the Holy Qur'an, for it sets out all that is needed by man. Now only the door of converse with God is open, but not automati- cally. True and holy words which are obviously charged with Divine help and comprise many hidden matters, are acquired after the purification of the soul only through following the Holy Qur'an and obeying the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him]. [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūņānī Khazā'in, Vol. 23, p. 80] For every revelation the way of Allah which is men- tioned in the Holy Qur'an, is the guide, guardian and leader. It is not possible that any revelation should be vouchsafed contrary to this way, for that would amount to falsifying Holy Scriptures. [Majmū'a Ishtihārāt, Vol. 2, p. 84] The clear miracle of the Holy Qur'an which can manifest itself to every people and by presenting which we can silence everyone, whether an Indian, Persian, European or American, is the unlimited treasury of insights, veri- ties and wisdoms, which are expounded in every age according to its need and stand as armed soldiers to re- fute the thinking of every age. If the Holy Qur'an had been limited in its verities and insights, it would not have amounted to a perfect miracle. Beauty of composition is not a matter the miraculous nature of which can be ap- preciated by every literate and illiterate person. The clear 221 al-Ma'idah, 5:4 [Publisher]