Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE how could this command be fulfilled? What would be the way to establish religion in a manner that fulfills the duty of establishing and following the divine guidance given to all the Prophets? That was the difficulty on the minds of the commentators, and to address it, they believed it was necessary to clarify that the laws are not being discussed here. I do not see how these words disprove my point. The apparent meaning seems to be this: in the verse where the command aqeem-ud-deen appears, the wording suggests that if ad-deen were taken to mean the entire religion, then an objection would immediately arise. That’s why the commentators have said that the laws are not being discussed here. They believe that the “form of complying with this command” is to follow the religion. So, what in this differs from what I am saying? Is my claim that the commentators—without any reason—arbitrarily decided that this command only refers to establishing the core religion? The truth is, Maulana Sadruddin Islahi Sahib words simply offer an explanation of what the commentators believe; they do not refute my supposed “misunderstanding.” In this context, the author has presented a second point—that the commentators used the phrase lam yurad ash-shara’i‘ (the laws are not meant here),