Manifestation of Prophethood in the Present Day and Age

the onus of preserving the divine scriptures had been put upon the followers of prophets. In the words of the Quran, they had been “required to guard the Book of God.”198 With the Quran, however, God has made it plain that “it was We who revealed the Quran, and We will certainly preserve it.”199 It was God’s will that, with the mission of the Prophet of Islam, polytheism should be vanquished and monotheism reign supreme in the world.200 Only He can bring about circumstances conducive to such a transformation in human thought. So it was that, over the 2,500 years preceding the coming of Muhammad, the groundwork for the Islamic revolution had been laid. It was for the Prophet Muhammad to work on this foundation and bring about the domination of monotheism over polytheism. The Islamic revolution of the Prophet’s time forever vanquished polytheism. Through the work of the Prophet and his companions, the possibility vanished of polytheism ever-again ruling the world. Yet, monotheistic thought has again forfeited its dominance in the present age. In today’s world, atheistic thought holds pride in place, and monotheism has been relegated to a position of secondary importance. God, indeed had full knowledge of the fact that atheism was going to rear its head in the world. Accordingly, He sent down His succour, preparing global conditions to counter atheism and re-establish the dominance of