1In my previous sermon I had mentioned that, in fulfillment of a previous promise of mine, I shall take up, one by one, every objection raised in the so-called White Paper published by the Government of Pakistan.
In the verses which I recited at the beginning of the last Friday sermon, Allah says that those who raise objections against the Holy Prophet (sas) can make not a single new objection against him and only imitate their predecessors who raised objections against their respective Prophets (as). Thus the objections that were raised against earlier Prophets (as), are repeated against him [the Holy Prophet (sas)] by his contemporaries who opposed him and rejected his message. This is an established principle that the objections which are raised against the Prophet (as) of the time are in fact the same old hackneyed objection that are repeated again and again in case of all Prophets (as). Of course the objections raised against the first Prophet (as) to come (though we do not know their details) were original. However, since then this has been an established practice of the opponents of a Prophet (as) that these very objections were raised against all the subsequent Prophets (as) by them.
Regarding the Holy Prophet (sas) the Quran says:
And those who disbelieve say, ‘It is naught but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him with it.’ Indeed, they have brought forth an injustice and an untruth. (Al-Furqan 25:5)
Elsewhere the Holy Quran says that the people who are alleged by non-believers to have helped the Holy Prophet (sas) are ‘Ajami (non-Arabs) and to this the Quran replies that if an ‘Ajami lends him help and writes down the Quran for him (sas) and if his claim to be a Prophet is based on the help he receives from ‘Ajamies, then why don’t we see any trace of foreignness (in the pure and pristine Arabic) of the Quran and the speech of the Prophet (sas). That being the case, how is it possible that his helper is an ‘Ajami (non-Arab), but his own way of speaking and the Book he has brought is utterly different from the language of non-Arabs.
1 I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger. [Publisher]
2 After this I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed.
3 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. The Gracious, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment. Thee alone do we worship and Thee alone do we implore for help. Guide us in the right path—the path of those on whom Thou has bestowed Thy blessings, those who have not incurred displeasure, and those who have not gone astray. (The Holy Quran, Al-Fatihah 1:1-7) [Publisher]
4 And those who disbelieve say, ‘It is naught but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him with it.’ Indeed, they have brought forth an injustice and an untruth. And they say, ‘These are fables of the ancients; and he has got them written down, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.’ Say, ‘He Who knows every secret that is in the heavens and the earth has revealed it. Verily, He is Most Forgiving, Merciful.’ (The Holy Quran, Al-Furqan 25:5-7) [Publisher]
