Arguments from the Quran

complete His mission. Then, He explained how this completion would occur, saying: ‘It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all religions.’ This means that, according to Imam al-Razi, the “divine will” mentioned in the earlier verses (wa-Allahu mutimm nurihi—“and Allah will perfect His light) refers to the same divine intention, and the second verse (arsala rasulahu bi-l-huda wa-deeni al-haqq—He is the One who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth…) describes how this will be accomplished. Therefore, the implication of the verb yuzhira (to make prevail) being attributed to the Messenger indicates an explanation of the action of the original doer, rather than defining the doer itself. Qadi al-Baydawi expressed the same idea in a different way. He sees the second phrase (huwa alladhi arsala rasulahu…—He is the One who sent His Messenger…) as an explanation of the first one (yuriduna an yutfi’u… — They wish to extinguish…). Since Allah, the doer, is clearly mentioned in the first phrase (wa-Allahu mutimm nurihi—“and Allah will perfect His light” and yuriduna an yutfi’u—they wish to extinguish), it’s natural to understand that He remains the doer in the second phrase as well. According to this view, identifying the doer of the omitted pronoun isn’t relevant anymore, since the doer is already mentioned in the speech.