The Ahmadiyya GAZETTE USA January 2012 An informational, literary, educational, and training magazine of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA The Holy Qur an Edition 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 Uthman ra. Written on camel skin, only one-third of this copy has survived.
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January 2012 55 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA the Qur an. It is true that people recite the Qur an but they do not comprehend 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, Roohani Khuzain, vol 3, pp. 492-493, in the margin) In essence it was the time of the 13 th 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 decoration 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 depict 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 abrogation of verses of the Holy Qur an was commonly believed. One to 700 verses of the Holy Qur an were declared abrogated. Unfortunately 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 mentioned 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 Muslims 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 adversity, the outsiders were emboldened 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 interpretation of the Holy Prophet saw, 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 Messiah as described this insightful point in the commentary of the verse of the Holy Qur an, that it s alphabetic count points towards 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 secondary birth or the spiritual birth. (Aina Kamalat-e-Islam, Roohani Khazain, vol. 5, pp 219,220) So Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, Promised Messiah as, the founder of Jama at Ahmadiyya was commissioned according to the prophecies of the Qur an and Ahadith by God the Exalted for the revival of Islam and establishing of Shariah. He said: God the Exalted appointed me at the beginning of the 14 th century for the reformation and support of the