I had explained the three objectives of prophet-hood in the light of the Qur’ân to the ‘ulamâ’ of Jâmi‘ah Ashrafîyyah Lahore. Allah Ta’alarevealed these objectives in the Qur’ân. Now listen to the work of the Prophets (Alaihimus salaam)! Hazrat Ibrâhîm (alaihis salaam) is making the following supplication:

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“O our Lord! Send to them a Messenger from among themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom, and purify them.”

O Allâh! Send such a Prophet who would recite to the ummah Your verses, i.e. he will recite the verses of the Qur’ân to the Sahabah (Radhiallaho anhum). An explanation of which is:

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In other words, Rasulullah (sallellaho alaihe wasallam) will teach them the words of the Qur’ân and the manner in which they must be pronounced.

Thus all the madâris and makâtib (secondary and primary madrasahs) where the Qur’ân is taught, and where students are taught to memorize the Qur’ân are all fulfilling this objective of prophet-hood and fulfilling this work of the Prophets (Alaihimus salaam). Therefore, to scorn the madrasahs amounts to belittling this objective of prophet-hood, viz. “who will recite to them Your verses”. There is the fear ofdisbelief (kufr) in doing this and a person should therefore correct his beliefs (aqîdah) in this regard. This verse thus establishes and proves the existence ofmadâris and makâtib.