January 2012

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This is photograph of the oldest known copy of the Holy Qur’an. This copy is housed in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and is said to be one of the five copies compiled per instructions of

Hadhrat Uthmanra. Written on camel skin, only one-third of this copy has survived.

The Holy Qur’an Edition

Holy Qur’an Translations in Various Languages of the World

Volunteers at Miami Soup Kitchen Imam Daud Hanif with New York Commisioner of Police

the Qur’an. It is true that people recite the Qur’an but they do not compre-hend it. It is said in this sense that the Qur’an will be lifted to the heavens in the last age. In the same Ahadith, it also has been mentioned that there will be a person of Persian origin who will bring the Qur’an back to the earth from the heavens. As said,

This Hadith in fact points to the same age that is alluded to in the verse (23:19) of the Holy Qur’an, And surely it is We Who determine its taking away. (Izala Auham, Roo-hani Khuzain, vol 3, pp. 492-493, in the margin)

In essence it was the time of the 13th century Hijri when the Qur’an was practically lifted from the earth. A large number of Muslims did not even know how to read the Qur’an. The Qur’an was enclosed in covers and kept in the alcoves as a decora-tion piece. The people who read Qur-’an were exactly like as mentioned metaphorically in the Ahadith that they would not be able to swallow the Qur’an and their lives would not de-pict any part of the teachings of the Qur’an. Many doctrines, beliefs, and practices related ills had taken root in Muslims and they had become living proofs of

Their religious leaders were in a worst state. The false tenet of the ab-rogation of verses of the Holy Qur’an

was commonly believed. One to 700 verses of the Holy Qur’an were declared abrogated. Unfor-tunately such religious leaders exist even today who not only practice this doctrine but also preach it with great obstinacy, and they do not understand that this doctrine is tantamount to blaspheming the Holy Qur’an. The events of the Prophets men-tioned in the Holy Qur’an were presented as mere fiction and past tales. There was a group that considered the status of Ahadith and tradition higher than the Qur’an. The fear of the modern knowledge, philosophy and science forced some Mus-lims to hypothesizing about the Qur’anic verses to the point that they started denying important principles like the revelation of Allah the Exalted, acceptance of prayers, descending of angels, and divine prophecies. Because of the decadence of Muslim’s conduct, their ignorance and ad-versity, the outsiders were em-boldened and they raised a storm of objections on the Holy Qur’an from all sides. Hindus, Aryans, Christians, Atheists, Naturists and Philosophers raised objections and attacked the Holy Qur’an like vultures and scavengers.

So, this was the time when faith had ascended to Pleiades and Qur’an was lifted to the heavens and when, according to the prophecy mentioned in

and according to the interpreta-tion of the Holy Prophetsaw, the man from Persia was supposed to be commissioned to bring the

Qur’an back from the heavens and reestablish the faith in the hearts.

The Promised Messiahas de-scribed this insightful point in the commentary of the verse of the Holy Qur’an,

that it’s alphabetic count points to-wards the time which was the time of the appearance of the promised man from Persia. He says:

“The fact that the numerical sum of the alphabets of the verse is 1275 has a hidden sign in it that the Persian man who is the object of this prophecy of

will show his abundant signs by this age and establish likeness with the companions. So 1275 Hijri, which is depicted by the numerical sum of the alphabets of the verse is the time for the adulthood of this humble person, and time for his sec-ondary birth or the spiritual birth. (Aina Kamalat-e-Islam, Roohani Khazain, vol. 5, pp 219,220)

So Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ah-mad Qadiani, Promised Messiahas, the founder of Jama’at Ahmadiyya was commissioned according to the proph-ecies of the Qur’an and Ahadith by God the Exalted for the revival of Is-lam and establishing of Shariah. He said:

“God the Exalted appointed me at the beginning of the 14th century for the reformation and support of the

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