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Continuation of Prophethood according <strong>to</strong> the Holy Qur’ān 257<br />

compilations. The reader is expected <strong>to</strong> take Farhan Khan’s<br />

word for it when, in reality, it seems <strong>to</strong> be an exercise meant <strong>to</strong><br />

confound the truth with falsehood and this is against the very<br />

teachings of the Holy Qur’ān. It also appears <strong>to</strong> be a deceptive<br />

tactic <strong>to</strong> misguide those individuals who have a very basic<br />

knowledge of their beliefs or those who may not find the time <strong>to</strong><br />

do proper research <strong>to</strong> check the validity of Farhan Khan’s faulty<br />

claims.<br />

The third problem with his arguments is that he<br />

considers that hadīth <strong>to</strong> be informing us of the reason behind the<br />

revelation of Sūrah An-Nisā’, verse 70. This is absolutely faulty<br />

reasoning. Not only is that hadīth <strong>to</strong>o weak <strong>to</strong> be considered a<br />

reason for the revelation of 4:70, it is the practice of Allāh, the<br />

Exalted, <strong>to</strong> elucidate the reason for the revelation of particular<br />

verses Himself wherever He deems it necessary. If Allāh, the<br />

Exalted, does not provide the reason, it is not appropriate for us<br />

<strong>to</strong> go looking for those reasons in weak ahādīth. We should not<br />

try <strong>to</strong> confine the meanings of clear verses in<strong>to</strong> specific contexts<br />

when Allāh, the Exalted, has not intended it Himself. Instead,<br />

we should accept the messages of the verses as they are<br />

presented. To illustrate this, here are a few examples from the<br />

Holy Qur’ān:<br />

اِلاَّ‏ تَنْصرُ‏ ‏ُوْ‏ هُ‏ فَقَدْ‏ نَصرَ‏ ‏َهُ‏ ٰ اهللّ‏ ُ اِذْ‏ اَخْرَجَهُ‏ اذلَّ‏ ‏ِيْنَ‏ كَفَرُ‏ وْ‏ ا اثَ‏ نىِ‏ َ اثْنَينْ‏ ِ اِذْ‏<br />

همُ‏ ‏َا فىِ‏ ْ الْغَارِ‏ اِذْ‏ يَقُوْلُ‏ لِصَ‏ احِبِهٖ‏ لاَ‏ تحَ‏ ‏ْزَنْ‏ اِنَّ‏ اهللّ‏ فَاَنْزَلَ‏ اهللّ‏<br />

سَ‏ كِيْنَتَهٗ‏ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَاَيَّدَهٗ‏ بجِ‏ ‏ُنُوْدٍ‏ لَّمْ‏ تَرَ‏ وْ‏ هَا وَجَعَلَ‏ كلَِمَةَ‏ اذلَّ‏ ‏ِيْنَ‏ كَفَرُ‏ وا<br />

السُّ‏ فْ‏ ‏ٰلى ؕ وَكلَِمَةُ‏ اهللّ‏<br />

ٰ َ مَعَنَا ٰ ُ<br />

۝<br />

ٰ ِ هىِ‏ َ الْعُلْيَاؕ‏ ٰ وَاهللّ‏ ُ عَزِيْزٌ‏ حَكِيمْ‏ ٌ<br />

If you help him not, then know that Allāh helped him<br />

even when the disbelievers drove him forth while he<br />

was one of the two when they were both in the cave,

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