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Part two<br />
the divine origin of Islam and the evidence I have put forward to<br />
establish the Holy Quran as the Word of God and its superiority<br />
over other Divine Scriptures to be conclusive and irrefutable, they<br />
will accept them in the spirit of justice and righteousness and not<br />
turn away out of prejudice and heedlessness. ☆<br />
☆ The opponents of Islam might object that admitting the superiority of<br />
the holy Quran over all divine Scriptures would perforce mean that<br />
other scriptures are inferior; but how can they be inferior when they<br />
are the Word of the same God. how can there be any question of superiority<br />
and inferiority between them. The answer is that, as far as their<br />
divine origin is concerned, all the scriptures are equal; however, some<br />
are superior to others in terms of the degree and perfection to which<br />
they elaborate the principles of faith. Thus it is that the holy Quran<br />
enjoys superiority over all other scriptures. No book contains religious<br />
truths—such as those regarding the oneness of God, prohibition of<br />
all forms of idolatry, cures for spiritual maladies, arguments against<br />
false doctrines and proofs in support of true beliefs—to such perfection<br />
as does the holy Quran. detailed arguments in support of this<br />
claim shall be given in chapter 1.<br />
doubts and misgivings, as to why God did not equally invest all<br />
his Books with truths and verities and why the holy Quran was given<br />
superiority in this regard, will only arise in the minds of those who<br />
are ignorant of the true nature of revelation, of its causes and of the<br />
manner in which it is vouchsafed. Let it be clear that God never sends<br />
revelation unless there are reasons calling for it. he only sends down<br />
his revelations when there is a genuine need for them and this has<br />
been his eternal practice. It also goes without saying that sending revelations<br />
regardless of whether they are needed or not is something that<br />
we would not expect from the All-Wise one, who does everything in<br />
keeping with the requirements of wisdom, appropriateness and timeliness.<br />
It should be understood, therefore, that if the Quran contains the<br />
truths and principles of faith that other scriptures do not, it is because<br />
the need for these teachings arose only at the time of the holy Quran<br />
and they could not have been revealed earlier. detailed evidence for<br />
this shall also be given in chapter 1.—Author<br />
Footnote Number 2<br />
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