intention to ponder over the following verses of the Holy Book :(1) He it is Who has sent down to you the Book fully explained . . .' There is none who can change His words. (6: 115, 116). (2) We have revealed the Book to thee explaining all things, and a guidance and mercy and good news for those who submit. (16 : 89). (3) Surely, We have revealed the Reminder (the Quran) and surely We are its Guardian. (15 : 19). (4) Surely it is a decisive not a joke. (86: 13, 14). word, and it is
(5) It (the Quran) is not a narrative which could be forged, but a verification of what is before it, and a distinct explanation of all things (12 : Ill). It is 0 bviously clear from these verses that the Holy Quran explains "all things," and expounds every basic principle necessary for the welfare and uplift of man. its Law, therefore, is everlasting and eternal, guarded over and preserved by the All-Powerful God, and there is none who can alter or abrogate it.
It will be interesting and instructive for the Bahais, to know what their learned preacher Abul Fazal had to say in explanation of the Quranic verse 12: III quoted above. "It is explicitly dear," wrote he," that the Most High God has explained and expounded in complete detail, in the Holy Quran, all the principles of Law with all kinds of arguments, explaining the alpha and omega of all things; selfishness and desire cannot corrupt this Book, and the Ulama are not satiated with it; and one who turns away from and forsakes the Holy Quran, will be annihilated, and one who seeks guidance in a Book other than the Holy Quran will be deserted by the Most High God to grope in error.
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Abul Fazal has yet another clear statement to make on the everlastingness of the Law of Islam,
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Earid, we have quoted the Tradition in our book ~~I ~J_,JI that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) has said in respect of the Holy Quran that its exalted excellences will never come to an end. " And Bahaullah, too, regarding: the misconception that the mental, moral and physical evolution of man has outgrown the Law of the Holy Quran, has clinched this argument with a dear and categorical statement, recorded in Haft Wadi, page 42 : ~ wi} y:J ..::..:.5 ..\jl_,J .f.. JY': ~ - )t;:,.:; .:!.1""'" ~';..Iil ,Y £. 2..~~ i. e. "How can the imperfect human intellect hem in and encompass the Holy Quran? A tiny spider certainly cannot prey upon and devour a sea-gull." The Holy Quran has thrown out a challenge (17 : 88) to the whole world, saying:
"Even if all the human beings, big and small, should co-operate and combine to produce the like of the Quran, they will not be able to do so. We have certainly made clear in the Quran all kinds of excellent teaching and guidance with indisputable arguments; but most of the people deny it ungratefully."
This mighty challenge which has not been limited by any time and space, has rung through the ages unmet and unanswered. Even the Bahais had not the courage to place before the world their much-vaunted book, Kitab al-Aqdas which they claim to be the abrogater of the Holy Quran. A ringed cat certainly cannot be a match for a roaring desert lion. The Law contained in the Holy Quran is, beyond the last shadow of doubt, perfect" unique and completely comprehensive which shall abide and function for all time to come; and not a question nor a problem there will be, to which the best explanation will not be found in the Holy Quran; so that even that great philosopher of modern age, the late George Bernard Shaw, had to tell the world that during the next century the Western World would be obliged to bow their heads before the Law of Muhammad which alone was comprehensive enough to solve their staggering problems. Reference may be made to the verse of the Holy Quran wherein it has been Clearly laid down: And they cannot a question, bring thee (the Prophet) but we have brou