Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE Muhammad œ, and the meaning is: He has clarified for you and made for you a strong and clear religion upon whose truth the Prophets and Messengers of old agreed. The goal of establishing the religion is to uphold its pillars, preserve it, and maintain it. His saying ‘(and it is tawheed)’ explains what is meant by the religion that these Messengers shared. As for His saying ‘and that which We have revealed to you,’ it is more general, referring to the entire Shariah, including both fundamentals and branches. The mention of tawheed alone is because it is the head and foundation of the religion.” (Hashiyat Al-Sawi ‘ala Tafsir al-Jalalayn, Vol. 6, pp. 150–151) The above quotations clearly show that the author attributed something to them that they did not say themselves. Both commentators stated that in the phrase aqeem-ud-deen, the command is only to establish tawheed and its basic requirements, as mentioned in Jalalayn, not the detailed Shariah. However, the issue with the second phrase, alladhi awhayna ilayka, (which We have revealed to you), is different because its meaning encompasses the entire revelation given to Prophet Muhammad œ. But what the commentators of the Quran, al-‘Allamah al-Sawi and Shaykh Sulayman said about alladhi awhayna ilayka was linked to the phrase aqeem-ud-deen to argue that, according to both