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5. CHANGING THE WORDS FROM THEIR RIGHT PLACES The prominent scholar and propagator of Islam, Shaykh Muḥammad al-GhazālĪ in his book entitled Fī Mawkib al-Da‘wah (“In the Procession of Islamic Propagation”) under the topic َْتحْ ِريْفُ ْال َكل ِِم َعن “( َم َواضِ ِع ِهChanging the Words from their Right Places”), says: Among the insurmountable obstacles which obstructed the march of Islam in this era, and covered its new revival, is an obvious support of a kind of Islamic propagators who are endowed with eloquence and ability to debate. As they have opportunities to talk, they talked in great length, and people praised them more and more, so that they talked more and more, until they exceeded the proper bound. (p. 241) In spite of their eloquence Islam gets nothing from them in sociopolitical field, but rather a great loss and evilness from their prattle. How could this happen? Shaykh al-GhazālĪ explains as follows: The Qur’an was not revealed all at once, but in stages, and closely related to new incidents. It is Allah’s wisdom that in this way the conscience of the believers grows through understanding these verses, like the growth of the young body through pure food. This is in particular case, as Allah said: ِك َ ِين َك َفرُوا َل ْو َل ُن ِّز َل َع َل ْي ِه ْالقُرْ آنُ ُج ْم َلة َوا ِح َدة َك َذل َ َو َقا َل الَّذ َ لِ ُن َثب )23: ك َو َر َّت ْل َناهُ َترْ تِيل (الفرقان َ ِّت ِب ِه فُ َؤا َد And those who disbelieve say “Why is not the Qur’an revealed to him all at once?” Thus (it I s sent down in parts), that We may strengthen your heart thereby. And We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages. [It was revealed to the Prophet in 23 years] (Q. 25:32) In general case it was to connect laws from heaven with the affairs of the earth, as sufficient and satisfactory answers and solutions to arising problems. Revelation is not at one side, while human affairs at the other, as pointed out by the following verse: