However, the argument that delaying the explanation of Quran would prevent people from following it in practice on the ground that one cannot follow what has not been explained is untenable.
Our answer to this argument is that the Quranic Verses are of various kinds:
1. Verses relating to prayers and worshipping and other matters.
2. Verses relating to necessary beliefs without which Faith (Iman) does not take roots in one heart (mind).
3. Verses relating to the stories of prophets which make the listeners believe.
4. Verses relating to divine knowledge (they have been worded in metaphors and smiles and their real meaning cannot easily be comprehended by the idiom used in the verses.
The secrets in these four kinds of Quranic Verses were explained to the people during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the harbinger of Sahr'iat, and the people of Arabia and elsewhere put them into practice.
But the fifth kind of Quranic Verses which were about divine realities (Haqiqat) and the nature and attributes of Allah, were not explained at the time for obvious reasons. For one thing, it was the initial period of the propagation of Islam and the people could not bear the brunt of the secrets of Divine Reality. It was also felt that any shortcoming in the performance of the injunctions might result in divine wrath. Hence, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did not explain these verses to the common people. This knowledge remained secret till the time of Imam Mahdi (AHS)...... .
Hence Quran relating to matters of Sahr'iat bad been explained and those relating to Haqiqat remained unexplained. No exception to this could be taken. Mualim-ut-Tanzil says that some of the Quranic Verses were explained before they were revealed, some were explained during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), some others would be explained during the later era and some would be explained on the Day of Judgement (Qiamat).
This shows that explaining of all the verses of the Quran was not necessary during the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Hence, the verse, "Then lo., upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof" (LXXV:19), signifies delay. It proves that some of the verses were explained during the life of lmam Mahdi (AHS). If, however, it is argued that the pronoun in the word "bayanah" in the verse refers to the whole of the Quran, it is to be noted that while the reference could be to the whole of the Book, it could also be for a part of the Book as is evident from the idiom used by the companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). They used to say: "Quran is revealed like this in respect of this precept. Hence the reference in this verse is not to the whole of the Quran, but to apart of the Quran, namely Verses relating to the knowledge about Divine Reality. This shows that the questions relating to Haqiqat was not publicly explained during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Its explanation was delayed.
The Book, Hayakil-un-Nur, was written by Shaikh Shihabuddin Maqtool, Al-Shiraqi, Al-Ilahi. In the commentary of this book, researcher Dawwani also confirms that the word. "sum or "thum" in the Verse means delay.
There is no ambiguity about the revelations about the Divine Truth, which will continue till the end of Time...... . Here, again delay is indicated, for this would be revealed during the life of Paraclete.
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