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26 Islam<br />
perfect in truth and justice ; there is none 'who can change<br />
His 'words ; He both heareth and knoweth"<br />
The Will of God is<br />
supreme<br />
in His<br />
universe ;<br />
Islam tells in one word the<br />
relation of the Faithful to that Will ;<br />
and<br />
the Will is revealed to men in its final form<br />
Quran the Quran. The Quran descended from<br />
highest heaven complete, and was passed<br />
on by the Angel to the Prophet Sura by<br />
Sura, as its message was required. The<br />
Quran supersedes all other scriptures,<br />
it is<br />
the eternal Divine Word ;<br />
there is no<br />
further truth to be revealed, for this is<br />
literally<br />
the last word of God to man.<br />
The human language medium is Arabic,<br />
and as each several word is an Act of God,<br />
the very words are sacred. There cannot,<br />
therefore, be any authorized translation of<br />
the Quran ; and, as in its completeness it<br />
is one undivided message, to issue it in<br />
parts would be grievous sin.<br />
The book is<br />
published and used in many lands, and<br />
passes through many hands, but so great