The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Divine Arrangement
~ 142 ~
Others engage themselves in show business in the
name of Islam. Yet others exploit it for political
gain.
All these activities, even if they are indulged in in
the name of the Qur’an and Islam, are all deviations
from sacred principles. If Muslims persist in
engaging themselves in such activities, they will not
escape the wrath of God. If they feel satisfied that
they will be saved on the ground that they have
spared no effort in preserving the words of the
Qur’an, they are grossly mistaken. God will hold
them responsible for having distorted the meanings
of the Qur’anic text out of all recognition.
It should be clearly understood that the Muslims
will be taken to task for the meaning of the text just
as the earlier peoples of the Book had been taken to
task for having altered the wording of their
scriptures. It is on this point that the Muslims are
perennially tested. Having changed the meaning of
the Qur’an by their self styled interpretations, they
cannot escape the wrath of God simply because
they have made no change in the text.
No man can be tested unless he be given freedom of
