20 Oct 2013
[Shri Anil said that a Muslim devotee told that even the Quran is preserved by recitation only like the Veda. Given below is Shri Swami’s reply.]
A Scripture preserved by recitation can also have the possibility of the adulteration through insertion of some statements by certain human scholars. Therefore, be it the Veda or the Gita or the Quran or the Bible, the validity cannot be established by simply saying that a particular scripture is valid since it is protected through recitation and the validity of another scripture is doubtful since it is not preserved through recitation. The final validity can be decided only by the final test of the sharp analysis of the meaning of the Scripture. If the meaning is illogical, you cannot protect the validity of such statement by saying that it is from a Scripture preserved through recitation. If the Scripture was totally preserved after the expression from God, every statement of such Scripture should withstand the logical analysis. The simple reason is that the omniscient God will not speak anything, which is illogical. Therefore, if you find any illogical statement in any Scripture, that statement should have been inserted by some human being. If you keep this test of analysis as final, other means of validity are not required at all. Such false means of validity are accepted and projected by selfish people only to protect the false concepts that are convenient and beneficial to them. If such selfishness does not exist, you can follow the royal path of analysis without any prejudice and bias.