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Its source had to be the Lord of the Worlds, Allaah, Most Great and Glorious.
Allaah Himself pointed to this fact in the Qur’aan, saying,
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“Won’t they contemplate the Qur’aan? If it had come from other than
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Allaah, they would have found in it many contradictions.”
Whenever the Prophet (r) had a new revelation, he would tell his companions to
put it after other earlier revelations or before them. The Prophet (r) had no idea
what he was going to face in the future or how long he was going to live. His life
was filled with a multitude of incidents which, without a doubt, altered his mood
and his mode of expression. Yet, the Qur’aan in no way reflected these
differences. The Qur’aan is definitely not the product of Muhammad (r), as some
would like to claim, and that fact is proven by the Qur’aan itself.
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS OF SEGMENTED REVELATION
The process of education depends on the following two basic principles: (a)
taking into account the mental level of the students, and (b) developing their
mental, spiritual and physical abilities with material which guides their thought
processes in the correct direction. Both of these important principles have been
carefully taken into consideration by the revelation of the Qur’aan in segments.
Gradation of legislation took into account the level of the Muslim community
during its various stages of development. The revelation of corrections and
answers at the time when they were most needed trained, developed and guided
the mental, spiritual and physical faculties in the right direction.
The question which naturally arises here is why the earlier books of
revelation were revealed as a whole. The answer to this question lies in the role of
the earlier books and the history of prophethood. The earlier books were sent for
short periods in human history and were directed to specific nations or tribes.
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Soorah an-Nisaa’ (4):82.
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