A deeper study of the verse...

A deeper study of the verse, however, reveals that in the verse, the word touching is not used in its literal sense. Also “the purified ones ” does not mean those who have done ritual washing, for example wudu . Besides the pronoun “it” in “None shall touch it” does not refer to the holy Qur’an, and the word “ touching ” in this verse means “spiritual contact”, and “ the purified ones ” means those to whom God, the Mighty and High, has granted particular “purity”.

The antecedent for pronoun “it” in “ none shall touch it ” is “ the guarded tablet ”. Below are explanatory notes on this point: The sentence “ None shall touch it” is a descriptive one not a command. Apparently this sentence, like the phrases previously used as adjectivals, functions as an adjective, so it cannot be a command. It is a descriptive sentence. Also, there is no…