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[It
(the Qur'an) is simply a reminder to all the
worlds.]
(Saad 38:87)
The judgments of the Qur'an, a
unique book of wisdom that Allah sent as a
reminder to all the worlds, will apply until
the Day of Judgment. However, some insincere
people who make up excuses not to comply with
its judgments unjustly assert that the
Qur’an addresses only a certain period and
only the Arab society of that time. According
to their shallow outlook, some of its
judgments can be ignored.
Given that the Qur’an is
beyond all time and place, it is a reminder to
all people about their eternal life and calls
them to the right path, as we read: [It
is certainly a reminder to you and to your
people, and you will be questioned]
(Az-Zukhruf 43:44), and therefore people will
be called to account for their deeds in the
Hereafter.
With its unique and superior
wisdom, the information it conveys about the
past and future, as well as its style, which
removes forgetfulness and customary behavior,
the Qur’an is a matchless book. This unique
feature applies to all people who have been
created since its revelation and who will be
created until the Day of Judgment.
The following quotation from
Badi` Az-Zaman Sa`id An-Nursi states that the
Qur’an’s wisdom is eternal:
The people of truth and the
exacting scholars say: “The Qur’an is an
unending, inexhaustible treasury. In addition
to submitting to and accepting its established
and incontestable matters, each age also
receives its share of its hidden truths, in
the form of a supplement; it cannot trespass
on the share of another which is concealed.”
An-Nursi, who also mentioned
the Qur’an’s impact on people, describes
this impact as follows:
This is the Qur’an’s
youth. It preserves its freshness and youth
every age as though newly revealed. In fact,
the Qur’an has to have perpetual youth
since, as a pre-eternal address, it addresses
at once all the levels of mankind in every
age.
The rulings and laws of the
Qur’an are so firm and well-founded that
they increase in strength as the centuries
pass.
An-Nursi states further that
the Qur’an is a matchless book that cannot
be replaced by any other book:
The Qur’an by no means
has—nor can have—any equal. Absolutely
nothing can take the place of this greatest
miracle.
Moreover
It shows its exalted,
beautiful, and original style, which no one
can imitate, although it pleases everyone. The
passage of time does not cause its style to
age; it always remains fresh and new. Its
prose and word-order are so well-ordered that
it is both elevated and pleasant. To
soothsayers and other diviners of the Unseen,
it displays its miraculousness in its
extraordinary reports concerning the Unseen.
To historians, it demonstrates its
miraculousness by giving information
concerning events of past ages, as well as
those of the future, and of the Intermediate
Realm, and of the Hereafter. To social and
political scientists, it shows the
miraculousness in its sacred principles... To
those occupied with knowledge of Allah and
cosmic truths, it shows the miraculousness of
the sacred Divine truths in the Qur’an, or
else it indicates the existence of that
miraculousness. To the Sufis and saints, it
shows the miraculousness in the hidden
mysteries of its verses, which constantly rise
and fall like waves in the sea of the
Qur’an. And so on. To each of forty classes
of men, it opens up a window and shows its
miraculousness. The ordinary people even, who
only listen to the Qur’an understanding a
little of its meaning, confirm that it does
not resemble any other book.
The primary responsibility of
every person is to serve Allah. Only turning
to Allah with a sincere heart and taking the
Qur’an as a guide makes this possible. Every
person must assume this responsibility and
firmly embrace the Qur’an. In Surat
Al-Hashr, Allah relates the Qur’an’s
superiority and explains what a great
responsibility it is to adopt the Qur’an as
a guide:
[If
We Had sent down this Qur’an onto a
mountain, you would have seen it humbled,
crushed to pieces out of fear of Allah. We
make such examples for people so that
hopefully they will reflect.]
(Al-Hashr 59:21)
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