No Interference
English book, PDF p. 97
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
~ 97 ~ unlike other prophets, would not be an unknown personality. His teachings would be preserved for all time to come. This is a great advantage for the da’is of Islam in modern times, since it enables them to achieve unopposed victory in the field of da’wah. The urge to find God is something which man is born with. It remains inherent in his nature. That is why he is eternally seeking the truth. In this he resorts to human sciences, but it is all to no avail. Then he turns to religions, only to find that in their present ill preserved form, they are lacking in historical credibility. Here we are in a position to tell the seekers after truth that what they have been questing after has been available with us all along, that is, the Qur’an and the hadith in their pristine form. And if they are in that pristine form, it is because they have been so carefully and reverentially preserved. The Prophet of Islam may be regarded as the definitive source of divine truth, because his life and teachings have been fully authenticated by historical records. It is this absence of controversy, which has been the mainstay of the Prophet’s reputation at all times. This is a very great

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