The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Divine Arrangement
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DIVINE ARRANGEMENT
The Jews were commanded by God to preserve
their holy book, the Torah. The responsibility for
preserving these early divine scriptures thus fell to
their followers, whereas it was God who Himself
shouldered the burden of keeping the Qur’an intact:
‘We have, without doubt, sent down the Message,
and We will assuredly guard it.’ (15:9) Earlier
scriptures were books of God just as the Qur’an
was. The only difference was that the bearers of
those books failed in their task of preserving them,
and hence they lost their original qualities. As for
the Qur’an, God having taken it upon Himself to
provide His special divine succour for its
safeguarding, it remained in its pristine state.
This, however, does not mean that angels will
descend from heaven in order to keep the Qur’an
under their protection. The present world being one
of trial, the realities of the next world remain
hidden from us in this life. It can therefore never
happen that the angels will virtually come down in
order to guard the Qur’an. All such things are
achieved in this world under normal and not
