Islam Rediscovered
13. The Shariah and Its Application
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people did not possess the complete Quran as they
do today.
This example shows wherein, those who raise such
objections, have gone wrong. The actual error lies in
their taking something out of context by misquoting
the verses of the Quran. At a time when Muslims
are in the stage of
da’wah
and as such are might
have
required
to
perform
their
da’wah
responsibilities by exercising patience, they have
been mistakingly referring to the verses revealed to
discharge the responsibilities at the stage of defence.
In this way they have fallen into the error of wrong
application of the verses. They are citing the verses
applicable to such circumstances as prevailed in
Madinah, while they find themselves in the
situation that prevailed in Makkah.
History shows that the Prophet of Islam and his
companions were faced with all the problems and
hardships in Makkah, as the Muslims of modern
times have allegedly been, facing. Yet when the
Prophet of Islam asked his companions to follow
the path of patience and avoidance, no one stood up
to question why they must exercise patience, when
